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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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Even Chop; Mike Aloneissi Wins His First PPT Trophy ($5,066)
Event #13: $230 NLH Bounty Winner Mike Aloneiss With the three remaining players holding similar stacks, they agreed to a three way even chop. All three players received $5,066 with a blind roll’em determining who took the trophy. Mike Aloneissi woke up with pocket fives a turned a set to win the pot and take home his first PPT trophy.
Position Player Prize 1 Mike Aloneissi $5,066 2 Tyler Bourassa $5,066 3 Graeme Bryks $5,066 4 Curtis Lomanski $2,450 5 Paul Shakir $1,886 6 Krisen Ramchana $1,494 7 Dale Chalifoux $1,176 8 Maksym B $931 9 Brenan Barthal $759 10 Zsuzanna Spence $612 11 Dale Campbell $501 12 Alex Poltasky $501 13 Bernice McLennan $435 14 Gerald Chung $435 15 Madhu Sharma $435 -
Bryks Finds a Massive Pot
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 3/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) Action was caught after the board ran out 7♣9♦10♦8♣Q♣, and Tyler Bourassa was quick to check.
Graeme Bryks fired for 200,000, and Bourassa went into the tank.
He made the fold and Bryks showed K♦K♣.
Graeme Bryks: 1,660,000
Tyler Bourassa: 1,000,000
Mike Aloneissi: 400,000 -
Curtis Lomanski Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,450)
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 3/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) 
Curtis Lomanski An all in and call occurred between Curtis Lomanski and Tyler Bourassa. Both players revealed their holdings.
Curtis Lomanski: K♦Q♦
Tyler Bourassa: 3♠3♣The board ran out Q♠7♦9♥2♣3♦ to send Lomanski to the rail.
Tyler Bourassa: 1,980,000
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Paul Shakir Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,886)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 5/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) 
Paul Shakir An all in and call occurred between Paul Shakir and Tyler Bourassa. Both players revealed their hands.
Paul Shakir: 10♠10♦
Tyler Bourassa: A♣10♣The board ran out A♠6♥4♥9♦7♠ to give Bourassa the pot.
Tyler Bourassa: 600,000
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Krisen Ramchana Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,494)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 5/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) 
Krisen Ramchana An all in and call occurred between Curtis Lomanski and Krisen Ramchana. Both players revealed their holdings.
Krisen Ramchana: A♦K♦
Curtis Lomanski: K♣Q♣The board ran out 5♣2♠K♠Q♦8♠ to send Ramchana home.
Curtis Lomanski: 640,000
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Dale Chalifoux Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,176)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 6/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) 
Dale Chalifoux An all in and call occurred between Dale Chalifoux and Mike Aloneissi after the flop of A♦3♥4♣. Both players revealed their holdings.
Dale Chalifoux: A♣3♠
Mike Aloneissi: A♥10♦The board ran out 4♠5♠ to give Aloneissi the pot.
Mike Aloneissi: 840,000
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Maksym B Eliminated in 8th Place ($931)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 7/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) 
Maksym B An all in and call occurred between Mike Aloneissi and Maksym B. Both players revealed their holdings.
Maksym B: J♦J♥
Mike Aloneissi: A♦K♠The board ran out 8♦5♥3♠7♦A♥ to give Aloneissi the pot.
Mike Aloneissi: 580,000
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Brenan Barthal Eliminated in 9th Place ($759)
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 8/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) 
Brenan Barthal Action was caught after the flop of 2♦9♥J♣, and Brenan Barthal moved all in. Krisen Ramchana made the call and both players revealed their holdings.
Brenan Barthal: Q♥10♣
Krisen Ramchana: J♠5♦The board ran out 6♦A♦ to send Barthal to the rail.
Krisen Ramchana: 1,320,000
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Big Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Krisen Ramcharan 437,000 Brent Fetterly 308,000 Blair Stevens 295,500 Bernice McLennan 274,000 Brenan Barthal 239,000 -
Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1 $7,112.50 2 $4,900 3 $3,185 4 $2,450 5 $1,886 6 $1,494 7 $1,176 8 $931 9 $759 10 $612 11-12 $501 13-15 $435 -
Fatol Doubles Through Sharma
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 32/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) Rodica Fatol moved all in for 12,000, and DJ Sharma raised to 26,000. The remaining players folded, and both players revealed their holdings.
Radica Fatol: J♦10♦
DJ Sharma: K♠7♠The board ran out Q♣Q♠4♦Q♦8♦, and Fatol found the double.
DJ Sharma: 151,000
Rodica Fatol: 39,500 -
Driscoll Bluffs Sharma
Level: 11 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 43/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) Action was caught after the board ran out J♥10♣7♣10♦K♣, and DJ Sharma was quick to check.
Reynald Driscoll moved all in for 33,000, and Sharma went into the tank.
Sharma elected to fold, and Driscoll revealed A♦4♥ for the bluff.
DJ Sharma: 83,000
Reynald Discoll: 61,000 -
Largest Stacks on the Break
Player Chip Count Xiao Liu 209,000 Mike Whitehead 168,500 Brenan Barthel 148,500 Mike Aloneissi 142,000 Brent Fetterly 124,500 Eric Dunham 122,500 -
Sharma is Playing to Win
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 72/115 Prizes: $27,313 ($21,563 prizes, $5,750 bounties) 
DJ Sharma Action was caught after the flop of 9♦8♣J♣, and two players were quick to check. DJ Sharma fired for 6,600 from middle position, and only Leizel Castro made the call.
The turn was the 9♥, and Sharma continued for 6,600. Castro continued with a call.
After the river peeled the 2♦, Sharma moved all in having Castro covered. She made the fold and Sharma revealed J♦J♠.
DJ Sharma: 146,700
Leizel Castro: 24,900 -
Big Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count DJ Sharma 109,100 Tyler Bourassa 107,800 Krisen Ramcharan 98,900 Dale Campbell 93,200 Eric Dunham 80,900 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 78,800 -
A Hot Start for the NLH Bounty
Event #13 is underway and has 68 entries with 60 still in the field. Among the field are notables like Michael St. Pierre-Porter, Ben Sarnelli, Gerald Chung, Rob Lothian, and DJ Sharma. Registration remains open until 8:30 PM.
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Two-Card Bounty Action on the Thursday Side
2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #3 – Event #13: $280 NLH Bounty ($200 + $50 + $30)
Date: July 24, 5 PM Blinds: 20 Minutes Starting Stack: 25k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~8:30 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event Thursday’s side dish is served with two cards, in 20-minute blind intervals. The action kicks off at 5 PM and players sit down with 25k in chips.
Entries are open for 9 levels from the start of play. With breaks included, that should put the final chance to enter the game at about 8:30 PM Thursday night.
This will be Alek’s second priority today, as he’ll be watching Event #12: $450 PLO as his main focus until that finishes. Given that the PLO action can potentially go quite late, it’s possible he won’t have much time to cover this one, except for numbers and final results.
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Even Chop; Mike Aloneissi Wins His First PPT Trophy ($5,066)
Event #13: $230 NLH Bounty Winner Mike Aloneiss With the three remaining players holding similar stacks, they agreed to a three way even chop. All three players received $5,066 with a blind roll’em determining who took the trophy. Mike Aloneissi woke up with pocket fives a turned a set to win the pot and take home his first PPT trophy.
Position Player Prize 1 Mike Aloneissi $5,066 2 Tyler Bourassa $5,066 3 Graeme Bryks $5,066 4 Curtis Lomanski $2,450 5 Paul Shakir $1,886 6 Krisen Ramchana $1,494 7 Dale Chalifoux $1,176 8 Maksym B $931 9 Brenan Barthal $759 10 Zsuzanna Spence $612 11 Dale Campbell $501 12 Alex Poltasky $501 13 Bernice McLennan $435 14 Gerald Chung $435 15 Madhu Sharma $435 -
Bryks Finds a Massive Pot
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 3/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) Action was caught after the board ran out 7♣9♦10♦8♣Q♣, and Tyler Bourassa was quick to check.
Graeme Bryks fired for 200,000, and Bourassa went into the tank.
He made the fold and Bryks showed K♦K♣.
Graeme Bryks: 1,660,000
Tyler Bourassa: 1,000,000
Mike Aloneissi: 400,000 -
Curtis Lomanski Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,450)
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 3/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) Curtis Lomanski An all in and call occurred between Curtis Lomanski and Tyler Bourassa. Both players revealed their holdings.
Curtis Lomanski: K♦Q♦
Tyler Bourassa: 3♠3♣The board ran out Q♠7♦9♥2♣3♦ to send Lomanski to the rail.
Tyler Bourassa: 1,980,000
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Paul Shakir Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,886)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 5/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) Paul Shakir An all in and call occurred between Paul Shakir and Tyler Bourassa. Both players revealed their hands.
Paul Shakir: 10♠10♦
Tyler Bourassa: A♣10♣The board ran out A♠6♥4♥9♦7♠ to give Bourassa the pot.
Tyler Bourassa: 600,000
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Krisen Ramchana Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,494)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 5/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) Krisen Ramchana An all in and call occurred between Curtis Lomanski and Krisen Ramchana. Both players revealed their holdings.
Krisen Ramchana: A♦K♦
Curtis Lomanski: K♣Q♣The board ran out 5♣2♠K♠Q♦8♠ to send Ramchana home.
Curtis Lomanski: 640,000
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Dale Chalifoux Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,176)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 6/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) Dale Chalifoux An all in and call occurred between Dale Chalifoux and Mike Aloneissi after the flop of A♦3♥4♣. Both players revealed their holdings.
Dale Chalifoux: A♣3♠
Mike Aloneissi: A♥10♦The board ran out 4♠5♠ to give Aloneissi the pot.
Mike Aloneissi: 840,000
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Maksym B Eliminated in 8th Place ($931)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 7/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) Maksym B An all in and call occurred between Mike Aloneissi and Maksym B. Both players revealed their holdings.
Maksym B: J♦J♥
Mike Aloneissi: A♦K♠The board ran out 8♦5♥3♠7♦A♥ to give Aloneissi the pot.
Mike Aloneissi: 580,000
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Brenan Barthal Eliminated in 9th Place ($759)
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 8/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) Brenan Barthal Action was caught after the flop of 2♦9♥J♣, and Brenan Barthal moved all in. Krisen Ramchana made the call and both players revealed their holdings.
Brenan Barthal: Q♥10♣
Krisen Ramchana: J♠5♦The board ran out 6♦A♦ to send Barthal to the rail.
Krisen Ramchana: 1,320,000
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Big Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Krisen Ramcharan 437,000 Brent Fetterly 308,000 Blair Stevens 295,500 Bernice McLennan 274,000 Brenan Barthal 239,000 -
Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1 $7,112.50 2 $4,900 3 $3,185 4 $2,450 5 $1,886 6 $1,494 7 $1,176 8 $931 9 $759 10 $612 11-12 $501 13-15 $435 -
Fatol Doubles Through Sharma
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 32/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) Rodica Fatol moved all in for 12,000, and DJ Sharma raised to 26,000. The remaining players folded, and both players revealed their holdings.
Radica Fatol: J♦10♦
DJ Sharma: K♠7♠The board ran out Q♣Q♠4♦Q♦8♦, and Fatol found the double.
DJ Sharma: 151,000
Rodica Fatol: 39,500 -
Driscoll Bluffs Sharma
Level: 11 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 43/143 Prizes: $33,963 ($26,813 prizes, $7,150 bounties) Action was caught after the board ran out J♥10♣7♣10♦K♣, and DJ Sharma was quick to check.
Reynald Driscoll moved all in for 33,000, and Sharma went into the tank.
Sharma elected to fold, and Driscoll revealed A♦4♥ for the bluff.
DJ Sharma: 83,000
Reynald Discoll: 61,000 -
Largest Stacks on the Break
Player Chip Count Xiao Liu 209,000 Mike Whitehead 168,500 Brenan Barthel 148,500 Mike Aloneissi 142,000 Brent Fetterly 124,500 Eric Dunham 122,500 -
Sharma is Playing to Win
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 72/115 Prizes: $27,313 ($21,563 prizes, $5,750 bounties) DJ Sharma Action was caught after the flop of 9♦8♣J♣, and two players were quick to check. DJ Sharma fired for 6,600 from middle position, and only Leizel Castro made the call.
The turn was the 9♥, and Sharma continued for 6,600. Castro continued with a call.
After the river peeled the 2♦, Sharma moved all in having Castro covered. She made the fold and Sharma revealed J♦J♠.
DJ Sharma: 146,700
Leizel Castro: 24,900 -
Big Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count DJ Sharma 109,100 Tyler Bourassa 107,800 Krisen Ramcharan 98,900 Dale Campbell 93,200 Eric Dunham 80,900 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 78,800 -
A Hot Start for the NLH Bounty
Event #13 is underway and has 68 entries with 60 still in the field. Among the field are notables like Michael St. Pierre-Porter, Ben Sarnelli, Gerald Chung, Rob Lothian, and DJ Sharma. Registration remains open until 8:30 PM.
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Two-Card Bounty Action on the Thursday Side
2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #3 – Event #13: $280 NLH Bounty ($200 + $50 + $30)
Date: July 24, 5 PM Blinds: 20 Minutes Starting Stack: 25k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~8:30 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event Thursday’s side dish is served with two cards, in 20-minute blind intervals. The action kicks off at 5 PM and players sit down with 25k in chips.
Entries are open for 9 levels from the start of play. With breaks included, that should put the final chance to enter the game at about 8:30 PM Thursday night.
This will be Alek’s second priority today, as he’ll be watching Event #12: $450 PLO as his main focus until that finishes. Given that the PLO action can potentially go quite late, it’s possible he won’t have much time to cover this one, except for numbers and final results.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mike Aloneissi | $5,066* |
| 2 | Tyler Bourassa | $5,066* |
| 3 | Graeme Bryks | $5,066* |
| 4 | Curtis Lomanski | $2,450 |
| 5 | Paul Shakir | $1,886 |
| 6 | Krisen Ramchana | $1,494 |
| 7 | Dale Chalifoux | $1,176 |
| 8 | Maksym B | $931 |
| 9 | Brenan Barthal | $759 |
| 10 | Zsuzanna Spence | $612 |
| 11 | Dale Campbell | $501 |
| 12 | Alex Poltasky | $501 |
| 13 | Bernice Mclennan | $435 |
| 14 | Gerald Chung | $435 |
| 15 | Madhu Sharma | $435 |
