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The third stop of the 2025 Pure Poker Tour kicks off on July 17 at Pure Casino Edmonton, with live coverage by Lyle Bateman throughout the series.
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Jerry Li Smashes the Competition to Take Home Event #12: $480 PLO ($10,210)
Event #12: $480 PLO Winner Jerry Li In a dominant display, Jerry Li bested the 84 player field to take home another PPT Trophy. The field combined for a total prize pool of $31,920. For his effort, Li took home the lion share of $10,210. Li tore through the final table with ease finding elimination after elimination. Heads-up was only one hand as he bested Luteng Li to take home the trophy.
Position Player Prize 1 Jerry Li $10,210 2 Luteng Li $6,705 3 Bobby Rutledge $4,470 4 Raul Cruz $3,190 5 Anthony Espejo $2,395 6 Leo Zhang $1,725 7 Brady O’Hara $1,340 8 Ali Khani $1,055 9 Varanpreet Sidhu $830 Li had a slow start to the day only picking up momentum after registration closed. With 12 remaining he sat as the chip leader with 511,000. Over 100,000 more than the next closest opponent. Once the final table was established it was all Li. He found the first elimination sending home Varanpreet Sidhu and closing in on the 1,000,000 chip mark.
Him and Bobby Rutledge found all the eliminations to bring play three handed. Bobby Rutledge found a monster flop with a set of aces, but Li lucked out and hit a gutshot to send him to the rail. Heads-up play lasted all but one hand, as Li found a straight to take the pot and the trophy.
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Luteng Li Eliminated in 2nd Place ($6,705)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 2/84 Prizes: $31,920 
Luteng Li An all in and call occurred between Luteng Li and Jerry Li. Both players revealed their holdings.
Luteng Li: A♦Q♣J♣2♦
Jerry Li: 10♦9♥8♠3♥The board ran out 6♠10♠7♣9♦2♥ to give Li the pot.
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Bobby Ruthledge Eliminated in 3rd Place ($4,470)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 2/84 Prizes: $31,920 
Bobby Rutledge An all in and call occurred between Bobby Ruthledge and Jerry Li after the flop of 6♥A♥3♣. Both players revealed their holdings.
Bobby Rithledge: A♣A♠J♣6♠
Jerry Li: 8♦6♦3♦5♣The board completed with the 4♣2♥ to give Li the pot.
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Raul Cruz Eliminated in 4th Place ($3,190)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 5/84 Prizes: $31,920 
Raul Cruz An all in and call occurred between Raul Cruz, Bobby Ruthledge, and Jerry Li after the flop of Q♠J♦5♣. All players revealed their holdings.
Raul Cruz: A♦10♥8♥3♥
Bobby Ruthledge: A♥Q♥J♣4♣
Jerry Li: Q♦J♥5♠6♣The board ran out J♦Q♠5♣10♠2♣ for Cruz to hit the rail.
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Anthony Espejo Eliminated in 5th Place ($2,395)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 4/84 Prizes: $31,920 An all in and call occurred between Anthony Espejo and Bobby Rutledge. Both players revealed their holdings.
Anthony Espejo: A♥A♦Q♣9♠
Bobby Rutledge: Q♠J♥10♠9♥The board ran out 10♦Q♥5♣2♥Q♦, for Espejo to hit the rail.
Bobby Rutledge: 550,000
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Leo Zhang Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,725)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 5/84 Prizes: $31,920 
Leo Zhang An all in and call occurred between Leo Zhang and Jerry Li. Both players revealed their holdings.
Leo Zhang: A♥A♦7♠7♣
Jerry Li: Q♣Q♦9♠4♣The board ran out 10♥5♥Q♥6♠J♦ to give Li the pot.
Jerry Li: 1,520,000
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Brady O’Hara Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,340)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 6/84 Prizes: $31,920 
Brady O’Hara Action was caught after an all in and call occurred between Brady O’Hara and Bobby Rutledge. Both players revealed their holdings.
Brady O’Hara: K♠J♠10♣7♣
Bobby Rutledge: A♠9♠Q♣5♣The board ran out Q♠A♦A♥4♥3♣, to send O’Hara to the rail.
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Chip Counts on the Break
Player Chip Count Anthony Espejo 315,000 Leo Zhang 105,000 Luteng Li 110,000 Bobby Rutledge 455,000 Brady O’Hara 55,000 Raul Cruz 30,000 Jerry Li 1,455,000 -
Ali Khani Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,055)
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 7/84 Prizes: $31,920 
Ali Khani Action was caught after the flop of A♦10♠6♠, and Ali Khani moved all in. Jerry Li made the call and both players revealed their holdings.
Ali Khani: 9♣8♠7♥5♣
Jerry Li: K♣9♠8♣6♦The board completed with the K♠2♠ to give Li the pot.
Jerry Li: 1,360,000
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Varanpreet Sidhu Eliminated in 9th Place ($830)
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 8/84 Prizes: $31,920 
Varanpreet Sidhu Action was caught after the turn of 9♣8♥10♦5♦, and Varanpreet Sidhu moved all in. Jerry Li called and both players revealed their holdings.
Varanpreet Sidhu: 8♣7♥6♥3♦
Jerry Li: K♠J♠K♦8♦The board completed with the A♦ to send Sidhu to the rail.
Jerry Li: 992,000
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Final Table Faces
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Ying Luo Falls Short
Level: 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 9/84 Prizes: $31,920 An all in and call occurred between Ying Luo and Bobby Rutledge. Both players revealed their holdings.
Ying Luo: A♣K♦9♦4♥
Bobby Rutledge: A♥J♠8♦2♣The board ran out 4♦7♣3♦9♣10♥, to give Rutledge the pot. The remaining players have locked up a minimum of $830.
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All Stacks on Break
Player Chip Count Raul Cruz 149,000 Brady O’Hara 203,000 Scott Munro 138,000 Daniel O’Leary 137,000 Anthony Espejo 334,000 Jerry Li 511,000 Luteng Li 155,000 Ali Khani 384,000 Ying Luo 74,000 Leo Zhang 262,000 Varanpreet Sidhu 61,000 Bobby Rutledge 113,000 -
Munro Bluffs Li Off
Level: 16 (3,000/6,000/6,000) Entries: 13/84 Prizes: $31,920 Jerry Li raised to 12,000 from under the gun and three players made the call.
The flop came A♣Q♦9♥, and both blinds were quick to check. Li continued for 30,500, and Scott Munro called from the button.
After the turn peeled the J♣, Li checked to Munro. He moved all in for 83,000, and Li made the fold revealing A♦J♦. Munro revealed J♠9♣ for a worse two pair.
Jerry Li: 422,000
Scott Munro: 192,000 -
Zhang Doubles Through Li
Level: 15 (2,500/5,000/5,000) Entries: 14/84 Prizes: $31,920 Jerry Li opened to 12,500 from under the gun, and Leo Zhang three-bet to 50,000 from the button. Jerry Li moved all in, and Leo Zhang made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Leo Zhang: A♥A♣10♦7♥
Jerry Li: A♠K♦Q♦8♠The board ran out 2♥4♦Q♥6♦7♣ for Zhang to find the double.
Leo Zhang: 329,500
Jerry Li: 247,000 -
Truong Finds the Elimination
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 18/84 Prizes: $31,920 Andy Truong raised to the cutoff, and the big blind made the call.
The flop came A♣7♠10♥, and the big blind moved all in. Truong took no time to make the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Big Blind: A♦7♦J♣9♣
Andy Truong: A♥K♦10♦9♠The board completed with the 3♦6♠ to give Truong the pot.
Andy Truong: 138,000
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Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1 $10,210 2 $6,705 3 $4,470 4 $3,190 5 $2,395 6 $1,725 7 $1,340 8 $1,055 9 $830 -
Largest Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Ali Khani 275,000 Kenny Ta 233,000 Scott Munro 228,000 Leo Zhang 159,000 Raul Cruz 144,000 -
Sidhu Triples Up
Level: 12 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 21/84 Prizes: $31,920 A three way all in occurred, and the three players revealed their holdings.
Varanpreet Sidhu: K♣10♣7♠6♥
Button: Q♠Q♦8♥7♥
Luteng Li: A♠A♦9♥5♣The board ran out 9♠4♦K♠7♣6♦ to give Sidhu the triple up.
Luteng Li: 188,500
Varanpreet Sidhu: 32,700 -
O’Leary Eliminates Hernandez
Level: 10 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 29/84 Prizes: $31,920 Cutoff called, and the button raised to 5,000. Darlene Hernandez made the call, and Daniel O’Leary raised to 22,000. Only Hernandez made the call.
The flop came 9♣4♠3♦, and Hernandez checked to O’Leary. he fired for 40,000, and Hernandez called all in for less.
Darlene Hernandez: J♦J♠7♠8♦
Daniel O’Leary: A♥Q♠Q♥10♥The board completed with 8♣A♣ to send Hernandez to the rail.
Daniel O’Leary: 149,600
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O’Leary On the Up and Up
Level: 9 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 34/84 Prizes: $31,920 Action was caught after the flop came the Q♦K♦2♠, and Darlene Hernandez led out for 6,000 from the small blind. Daniel O’Leary called from the big blind, and the remaining two players made the fold.
After the turn peeled the 6♣, both players were quick to check.
Hernandez checked after the river came the [invalid notations]10d[/pcn, and O’Leary fired for 15,000. He was rewarded with the pot.
Daniel O’Leary: 102,500
Darlene Hernandez: 27,300 -
Big Stacks at the Dinner Break
Player Chip Count Kenny Ta 193,700 Ali Khani 146,800 Skyler York 145,800 Antonio Ma 144,500 Jerry Li 140,500 Thanh Tu 133,000 Tony Comely 123,800 -
Sandhu Eliminates Malm
Level: 8 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 29/74 Prizes: $28,120 Mike Malm raised to 3,000 from the button, and the big blind and under the gun called.
The flop came 2♥9♣5♦, and both early players checked to Malm. He fired for 10,000, and Garry Sandhu moved all in from under the gun. Malm made the call for less.
Mike Malm: A♣7♣4♥2♣
Garry Sandhu: J♦10♠9♦4♣The board completed with the 9♥K♣ to send the pot to Sandhu.
Garry Sandhu: 63,600
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Luo Finds a Triple Up
Level: 8 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 28/67 Prizes: $25,460 Action was caught after the flop of 7♦Q♦5♥, and a three way all in occurred. The three players revealed their holdings.
Ying Luo: Q♣Q♥8♣5♠
Mike Malm: K♠10♠7♣7♥
Daniel O’Leary: A♦K♦J♣4♠The board ran out 4♥6♠ to give Luo the triple up.
Ying Luo: 92,300
Daniel O’Leary: 75,100
Mike Malm: 46,800 -
A Rollercoaster of Emotions for O’Leary
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 30/65 Prizes: $24,700 The small blind raised to 6,400, and three players called. Daniel O’Leary three-bet to 35,400 from the button. The small blind folded and the middle position player called for less. Late Position moved all in and O’Leary made the call. The three players revealed their holdings.
Middle Position: 3♦3♣7♥7♦
Late Position: Q♠10♣8♥4♠
Daniel O’Leary: A♠A♣6♦8♦The board ran out A♥Q♣7♠3♥4♥ to give O’Leary the double elimination.
Daniel O’Leary: 150,600
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Truong Finds the Call
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 32/60 Prizes: $22,800 Three players called and Mike Malm raised to 2,000 from the small blind. The three players made the call.
The flop came 10♠10♦K♠, and all four players checked around.
After the turn peeled the K♣, Malm fired for 3,000. Only Andy Truong called from the button.
The river peeled the [invalid notations], and Malm continued for 10,000. Truong made the call and revealed K♥J♠8♠8♥ to take the pot.
Andy Truong: 94,000
Mike Malm: 53,400 -
Khani Gets it Through
Level: 5 (300/500/500) Entries: 33/54 Prizes: $20,520 Ali Khani opened to 1,200 from under the gun, and Garry Sandhu three-bet to 3,500 from late position. Khani made the call.
The flop of 2♠10♠K♦ peeled off, and both players were quick to check.
After the turn came the J♦, and Khani fired for 5,500. Sandhu made the call.
The river peeled the 8♥, and Khani bet the pot. Sandhu took little time to fold.
Garry Sandhu: 75,500
Ali Khani: 50,400 -
Event #12 Finds its Stride
With just under 3 hours of late registration available, 32 players remain of the 48 total entries. Blinds are currently 200 and 400 with a 400 big blind ante. Also on the menu is the $280 NLH Bounty that begins registration at 5:00 PM. Late registration is open until 8:30 PM and every player will have a $50 bounty on their head.
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PLO Off to a Strong Start
One of the PLO events of the series, Event #12 currently has 29 total registrations with 26 currently still in. Blinds are 200 and 300 with a 300 big blind ante. Registration is open for just under four hours and a winner will be crowned within the day.
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$450 PLO On Deck for Thursday
2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #3 – Event #12: $450 PLO ($400 + $50)
Date: Jul 24, 1 PM Blinds: 30 Minutes Starting Stack: 30k Late Entry: 8 Levels (~5:45 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event The main four-card game is here with the $450 PLO. 30-minute blinds with a 30k starting stack make for a fairly deep, slow structure for this game, which plays with four cards throughout.
The game gets going at 1 pm and players have 8 levels to enter the game. Including breaks, that should put the final chance to enter this one at 5:45 PM when they return from the dinner break following Level 8.
Alek will be covering this one as his main focus today (I’m taking a couple of days off due to illness), though he may be late to the floor as it looks like Wednesday night was a fairly late one.
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Jerry Li Smashes the Competition to Take Home Event #12: $480 PLO ($10,210)
Event #12: $480 PLO Winner Jerry Li In a dominant display, Jerry Li bested the 84 player field to take home another PPT Trophy. The field combined for a total prize pool of $31,920. For his effort, Li took home the lion share of $10,210. Li tore through the final table with ease finding elimination after elimination. Heads-up was only one hand as he bested Luteng Li to take home the trophy.
Position Player Prize 1 Jerry Li $10,210 2 Luteng Li $6,705 3 Bobby Rutledge $4,470 4 Raul Cruz $3,190 5 Anthony Espejo $2,395 6 Leo Zhang $1,725 7 Brady O’Hara $1,340 8 Ali Khani $1,055 9 Varanpreet Sidhu $830 Li had a slow start to the day only picking up momentum after registration closed. With 12 remaining he sat as the chip leader with 511,000. Over 100,000 more than the next closest opponent. Once the final table was established it was all Li. He found the first elimination sending home Varanpreet Sidhu and closing in on the 1,000,000 chip mark.
Him and Bobby Rutledge found all the eliminations to bring play three handed. Bobby Rutledge found a monster flop with a set of aces, but Li lucked out and hit a gutshot to send him to the rail. Heads-up play lasted all but one hand, as Li found a straight to take the pot and the trophy.
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Luteng Li Eliminated in 2nd Place ($6,705)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 2/84 Prizes: $31,920 Luteng Li An all in and call occurred between Luteng Li and Jerry Li. Both players revealed their holdings.
Luteng Li: A♦Q♣J♣2♦
Jerry Li: 10♦9♥8♠3♥The board ran out 6♠10♠7♣9♦2♥ to give Li the pot.
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Bobby Ruthledge Eliminated in 3rd Place ($4,470)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 2/84 Prizes: $31,920 Bobby Rutledge An all in and call occurred between Bobby Ruthledge and Jerry Li after the flop of 6♥A♥3♣. Both players revealed their holdings.
Bobby Rithledge: A♣A♠J♣6♠
Jerry Li: 8♦6♦3♦5♣The board completed with the 4♣2♥ to give Li the pot.
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Raul Cruz Eliminated in 4th Place ($3,190)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 5/84 Prizes: $31,920 Raul Cruz An all in and call occurred between Raul Cruz, Bobby Ruthledge, and Jerry Li after the flop of Q♠J♦5♣. All players revealed their holdings.
Raul Cruz: A♦10♥8♥3♥
Bobby Ruthledge: A♥Q♥J♣4♣
Jerry Li: Q♦J♥5♠6♣The board ran out J♦Q♠5♣10♠2♣ for Cruz to hit the rail.
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Anthony Espejo Eliminated in 5th Place ($2,395)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 4/84 Prizes: $31,920 An all in and call occurred between Anthony Espejo and Bobby Rutledge. Both players revealed their holdings.
Anthony Espejo: A♥A♦Q♣9♠
Bobby Rutledge: Q♠J♥10♠9♥The board ran out 10♦Q♥5♣2♥Q♦, for Espejo to hit the rail.
Bobby Rutledge: 550,000
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Leo Zhang Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,725)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 5/84 Prizes: $31,920 Leo Zhang An all in and call occurred between Leo Zhang and Jerry Li. Both players revealed their holdings.
Leo Zhang: A♥A♦7♠7♣
Jerry Li: Q♣Q♦9♠4♣The board ran out 10♥5♥Q♥6♠J♦ to give Li the pot.
Jerry Li: 1,520,000
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Brady O’Hara Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,340)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 6/84 Prizes: $31,920 Brady O’Hara Action was caught after an all in and call occurred between Brady O’Hara and Bobby Rutledge. Both players revealed their holdings.
Brady O’Hara: K♠J♠10♣7♣
Bobby Rutledge: A♠9♠Q♣5♣The board ran out Q♠A♦A♥4♥3♣, to send O’Hara to the rail.
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Chip Counts on the Break
Player Chip Count Anthony Espejo 315,000 Leo Zhang 105,000 Luteng Li 110,000 Bobby Rutledge 455,000 Brady O’Hara 55,000 Raul Cruz 30,000 Jerry Li 1,455,000 -
Ali Khani Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,055)
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 7/84 Prizes: $31,920 Ali Khani Action was caught after the flop of A♦10♠6♠, and Ali Khani moved all in. Jerry Li made the call and both players revealed their holdings.
Ali Khani: 9♣8♠7♥5♣
Jerry Li: K♣9♠8♣6♦The board completed with the K♠2♠ to give Li the pot.
Jerry Li: 1,360,000
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Varanpreet Sidhu Eliminated in 9th Place ($830)
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 8/84 Prizes: $31,920 Varanpreet Sidhu Action was caught after the turn of 9♣8♥10♦5♦, and Varanpreet Sidhu moved all in. Jerry Li called and both players revealed their holdings.
Varanpreet Sidhu: 8♣7♥6♥3♦
Jerry Li: K♠J♠K♦8♦The board completed with the A♦ to send Sidhu to the rail.
Jerry Li: 992,000
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Final Table Faces
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Ying Luo Falls Short
Level: 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 9/84 Prizes: $31,920 An all in and call occurred between Ying Luo and Bobby Rutledge. Both players revealed their holdings.
Ying Luo: A♣K♦9♦4♥
Bobby Rutledge: A♥J♠8♦2♣The board ran out 4♦7♣3♦9♣10♥, to give Rutledge the pot. The remaining players have locked up a minimum of $830.
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All Stacks on Break
Player Chip Count Raul Cruz 149,000 Brady O’Hara 203,000 Scott Munro 138,000 Daniel O’Leary 137,000 Anthony Espejo 334,000 Jerry Li 511,000 Luteng Li 155,000 Ali Khani 384,000 Ying Luo 74,000 Leo Zhang 262,000 Varanpreet Sidhu 61,000 Bobby Rutledge 113,000 -
Munro Bluffs Li Off
Level: 16 (3,000/6,000/6,000) Entries: 13/84 Prizes: $31,920 Jerry Li raised to 12,000 from under the gun and three players made the call.
The flop came A♣Q♦9♥, and both blinds were quick to check. Li continued for 30,500, and Scott Munro called from the button.
After the turn peeled the J♣, Li checked to Munro. He moved all in for 83,000, and Li made the fold revealing A♦J♦. Munro revealed J♠9♣ for a worse two pair.
Jerry Li: 422,000
Scott Munro: 192,000 -
Zhang Doubles Through Li
Level: 15 (2,500/5,000/5,000) Entries: 14/84 Prizes: $31,920 Jerry Li opened to 12,500 from under the gun, and Leo Zhang three-bet to 50,000 from the button. Jerry Li moved all in, and Leo Zhang made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Leo Zhang: A♥A♣10♦7♥
Jerry Li: A♠K♦Q♦8♠The board ran out 2♥4♦Q♥6♦7♣ for Zhang to find the double.
Leo Zhang: 329,500
Jerry Li: 247,000 -
Truong Finds the Elimination
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 18/84 Prizes: $31,920 Andy Truong raised to the cutoff, and the big blind made the call.
The flop came A♣7♠10♥, and the big blind moved all in. Truong took no time to make the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Big Blind: A♦7♦J♣9♣
Andy Truong: A♥K♦10♦9♠The board completed with the 3♦6♠ to give Truong the pot.
Andy Truong: 138,000
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Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1 $10,210 2 $6,705 3 $4,470 4 $3,190 5 $2,395 6 $1,725 7 $1,340 8 $1,055 9 $830 -
Largest Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Ali Khani 275,000 Kenny Ta 233,000 Scott Munro 228,000 Leo Zhang 159,000 Raul Cruz 144,000 -
Sidhu Triples Up
Level: 12 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 21/84 Prizes: $31,920 A three way all in occurred, and the three players revealed their holdings.
Varanpreet Sidhu: K♣10♣7♠6♥
Button: Q♠Q♦8♥7♥
Luteng Li: A♠A♦9♥5♣The board ran out 9♠4♦K♠7♣6♦ to give Sidhu the triple up.
Luteng Li: 188,500
Varanpreet Sidhu: 32,700 -
O’Leary Eliminates Hernandez
Level: 10 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 29/84 Prizes: $31,920 Cutoff called, and the button raised to 5,000. Darlene Hernandez made the call, and Daniel O’Leary raised to 22,000. Only Hernandez made the call.
The flop came 9♣4♠3♦, and Hernandez checked to O’Leary. he fired for 40,000, and Hernandez called all in for less.
Darlene Hernandez: J♦J♠7♠8♦
Daniel O’Leary: A♥Q♠Q♥10♥The board completed with 8♣A♣ to send Hernandez to the rail.
Daniel O’Leary: 149,600
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O’Leary On the Up and Up
Level: 9 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 34/84 Prizes: $31,920 Action was caught after the flop came the Q♦K♦2♠, and Darlene Hernandez led out for 6,000 from the small blind. Daniel O’Leary called from the big blind, and the remaining two players made the fold.
After the turn peeled the 6♣, both players were quick to check.
Hernandez checked after the river came the [invalid notations]10d[/pcn, and O’Leary fired for 15,000. He was rewarded with the pot.
Daniel O’Leary: 102,500
Darlene Hernandez: 27,300 -
Big Stacks at the Dinner Break
Player Chip Count Kenny Ta 193,700 Ali Khani 146,800 Skyler York 145,800 Antonio Ma 144,500 Jerry Li 140,500 Thanh Tu 133,000 Tony Comely 123,800 -
Sandhu Eliminates Malm
Level: 8 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 29/74 Prizes: $28,120 Mike Malm raised to 3,000 from the button, and the big blind and under the gun called.
The flop came 2♥9♣5♦, and both early players checked to Malm. He fired for 10,000, and Garry Sandhu moved all in from under the gun. Malm made the call for less.
Mike Malm: A♣7♣4♥2♣
Garry Sandhu: J♦10♠9♦4♣The board completed with the 9♥K♣ to send the pot to Sandhu.
Garry Sandhu: 63,600
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Luo Finds a Triple Up
Level: 8 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 28/67 Prizes: $25,460 Action was caught after the flop of 7♦Q♦5♥, and a three way all in occurred. The three players revealed their holdings.
Ying Luo: Q♣Q♥8♣5♠
Mike Malm: K♠10♠7♣7♥
Daniel O’Leary: A♦K♦J♣4♠The board ran out 4♥6♠ to give Luo the triple up.
Ying Luo: 92,300
Daniel O’Leary: 75,100
Mike Malm: 46,800 -
A Rollercoaster of Emotions for O’Leary
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 30/65 Prizes: $24,700 The small blind raised to 6,400, and three players called. Daniel O’Leary three-bet to 35,400 from the button. The small blind folded and the middle position player called for less. Late Position moved all in and O’Leary made the call. The three players revealed their holdings.
Middle Position: 3♦3♣7♥7♦
Late Position: Q♠10♣8♥4♠
Daniel O’Leary: A♠A♣6♦8♦The board ran out A♥Q♣7♠3♥4♥ to give O’Leary the double elimination.
Daniel O’Leary: 150,600
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Truong Finds the Call
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 32/60 Prizes: $22,800 Three players called and Mike Malm raised to 2,000 from the small blind. The three players made the call.
The flop came 10♠10♦K♠, and all four players checked around.
After the turn peeled the K♣, Malm fired for 3,000. Only Andy Truong called from the button.
The river peeled the [invalid notations], and Malm continued for 10,000. Truong made the call and revealed K♥J♠8♠8♥ to take the pot.
Andy Truong: 94,000
Mike Malm: 53,400 -
Khani Gets it Through
Level: 5 (300/500/500) Entries: 33/54 Prizes: $20,520 Ali Khani opened to 1,200 from under the gun, and Garry Sandhu three-bet to 3,500 from late position. Khani made the call.
The flop of 2♠10♠K♦ peeled off, and both players were quick to check.
After the turn came the J♦, and Khani fired for 5,500. Sandhu made the call.
The river peeled the 8♥, and Khani bet the pot. Sandhu took little time to fold.
Garry Sandhu: 75,500
Ali Khani: 50,400 -
Event #12 Finds its Stride
With just under 3 hours of late registration available, 32 players remain of the 48 total entries. Blinds are currently 200 and 400 with a 400 big blind ante. Also on the menu is the $280 NLH Bounty that begins registration at 5:00 PM. Late registration is open until 8:30 PM and every player will have a $50 bounty on their head.
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PLO Off to a Strong Start
One of the PLO events of the series, Event #12 currently has 29 total registrations with 26 currently still in. Blinds are 200 and 300 with a 300 big blind ante. Registration is open for just under four hours and a winner will be crowned within the day.
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$450 PLO On Deck for Thursday
2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #3 – Event #12: $450 PLO ($400 + $50)
Date: Jul 24, 1 PM Blinds: 30 Minutes Starting Stack: 30k Late Entry: 8 Levels (~5:45 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event The main four-card game is here with the $450 PLO. 30-minute blinds with a 30k starting stack make for a fairly deep, slow structure for this game, which plays with four cards throughout.
The game gets going at 1 pm and players have 8 levels to enter the game. Including breaks, that should put the final chance to enter this one at 5:45 PM when they return from the dinner break following Level 8.
Alek will be covering this one as his main focus today (I’m taking a couple of days off due to illness), though he may be late to the floor as it looks like Wednesday night was a fairly late one.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jerry Li | $10,210 |
| 2 |  Luteng Li | $6,705 |
| 3 | Bobby Rutledge | $4,470 |
| 4 | Raul Cruz | $3,190 |
| 5 | Anthony Espejo | $2,395 |
| 6 | Leo Zhang | $1,725 |
| 7 | Brady O’Hara | $1,340 |
| 8 | Ali Khani | $1,055 |
| 9 | Varanpreet Sidhu | $830 |
