2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #3 – Event #14: $1,100 NLH Main Event

The bags are in, and Jerry Li was the biggest bag from the final flight to the Main. That puts him in a great spot to pick up his second trophy this series after he took down the PLO earlier in the week.

Li bagged almost 660k, but Tyler Bourassa is also in the 600k club with 630k for second. Tony Ma, Ryan Cairns, and Luteng Li, who was runner-up to Jerry in the PLO game, round out the top five counts from 1b.

Stay tuned for the full stack and seats for 46 returning players. There are technically 47 bags on Sunday, but two of them belong to Aman Dhaliwal, so he’ll surrender the short one for a min-cash to start the day, and try to run up the bigger one.

Day 1b is now complete, and the bags are being collected and collated now. Stay tuned for the 1b chip counts and Day 2 seats in an hour or so.

The clock is paused with 30 players left, and they are playing hand for hand until the next elimination ends the day. There are 30 minutes left in Level 17, but each hand is taking exactly two minutes of manual time, so there are 15 hands left in the level, assuming no one busts first.

They are two off the bags now and it looks like Jerry Li is the chip leader from today. He’s playing about 700k now, and flirting with the overall lead as 1b leader Matthew Ouellette bagged 737k. Mike Smith and Tyler Bourassa are also still sitting with nice stacks in the 400k range.

It’s getting close to the end of Day 1b now as the field is down to 33 remaining. That leaves just four elominations until 1b is over, but they’ll pause the clock for hand-for-hand play after three eliminations.

The final table break of Day 1b has just occurred with the field now at 36 players. That puts them seven off the end of the night and they’ll end when the field hits 29 players, before the field is down to 3 table size.

Level 15 is complete, and the final 39 players are on what is likely the final break of the night. They need to lose 10 more people before the bags come out, so there’s still a fair amount of poker to play. The night could end in Level 16, but it’s possible it’ll go into Level 17.

Mike Smith looks to be the leader right now with almost 390k, while Robin (Ying) Yuo has had a couple of big hands recently to get up to just under 300k.

Kris Steinbach called me to the table after Tala Shoush opened to 11k from the middle and Steiner called from the button. Mike Aloneissi was considering a move in the big blind, and after a minute or so, raised to 30k. Both Shoush and Steinbach called to the 5♣10♠K♣.

Aloneissi was first to act and shoved, getting quick folds from both players. “Overbet?” he asked.

“Your aces are good,” joked Steiner.

“Better,” said Aloneissi as he showed the king of spades, and hinted he might have a second beneath it.

They never saw a board, but Ying Luo just picked up a nice pot from the small blind. Aaron Chuley opened to 10k from the middle, and Ali Razzaq called from the hijack, Jay Tran called from the cutoff, and Kulius Roque called from the button before Lua shoved 209k from the small blind.

Culey asked for a count and tanked for a minute or so before folding, while the rest got rid of their hands a lot quicker, and Yuo picked up an extra 40k uncontested.

The field is down to 45 players on the final five tables now, with 30 minutes to play in Level 15. That leaves them 16 eliminations off the bags so it’s still looking like they’ll play well into Level 16 at least.

There are 20 minutes remaining in Level 14, and the field is down to 50 players. that still leaves 21 eliminations to the bags, so it’s looking increasingly likely they’ll play into Level 16 at least.

The field is down to 54 remaining now, with about 5 minutes to play in Level 13. That puts them 25 eliminations off the end of the night. At this pace, it looks like 1b might go a little later than 1a, but should still bag up before the end of Level 16.

Aman Dhaliwal limped in under the gun, and Gerald Chung came along from the middle, as did Francis Fan from the cutoff. It folded to Jason Heang in the small blind, and he shoved for 25k. That was enough to push everyone else off, and he collected about 16k in extra dead money. Fan showed five-three, and Dhaliwal commented that he was glad he folded as he had pocket fives.

There are 60 players left on the break following Level 12. They’ll be back at the felt in less than 5 minutes and Aaron Chuley looks to be the leader right now. He was the only stack I saw over 300k, but there are a few of the “usual suspects” playing stacks in the 200k range.

The field is down to 67 left now with 25 minutes to play in Level 12. Among the players still alive are Francis Fan, Mike X, Aman Dhaliwal, Gerald Chung, Holly Berry, Shawn Taghavi, Kyle Bonazzo, Naleen Narayan, Ben Wilson, Tyler Panas, Michelle Valencia, Lina Niu, Ambrose Ng, Mike Smith, Ryan Cairns, Shane Brotherwood, Tony Ma, Michael St Pierre-Porter, Leo Zhang, Luteng Li, Jerry Li, Ryan Smith, Deven Lane, Julius Roque, and Michael “Berny” Bernstein.

The 1b field is down to 75 players left now, playing to 29 players left. There are just over 10 minutes remaining in Level 11 with another 15-minute break scheduled following Level 12.

The prizes are in, and the field is confirmed at 278 entries for $355,509 in total prizes. There will be a total of 47 paid spots on Day 2, with 18 players advancing from Day 1a and 29 from Day 1b (assuming there isn’t a double knockout on the button tonight).

Seven of nine players at the final table will pocket five-figure scores, with the winner set to take home $71,719. See the Payouts tab for a full look at the prizes, with the final table payouts below.

They are down to 11 tables left now as the first table from the Social room since dinner has broken. There are 95 players left alive, playing down to 29.

Entries for the Main Event are closed, and the 1b players are back in their seats for Level 10. The final number on the board for today is 229 entries, for a combined total of 378 across both days, and prizes of $355,509.

Based on those numbers, 29 players will be advancing from today’s flight for a total of 47 Day 2 players on Sunday. I’ll confirm all those numbers once the prizes are released.

There are about 5 minutes left in the dinner break, and the 1b field is at 227 entries. Among the max-late entries was Ambrose Ng, who can easily run up a short stack. Below is a look at some of th bigger stacks in the room at the dinner break.

Level 9 is just completing and the Day 1b players are off for their dinner break. That mean there are just 45 minutes left to enter this Main Event, and the field is currently 2 entries shy of $350k. It seems likely they’ll crack that $350k number by one or two entries at least.

I had a glitch in my spreadsheet for working out the current prize pool, and I’ve been reporting numbers that are about 5% too high. The actual prize pool right now, with 362 combined entries, is $340,461. Based on the corrected prize pool, they need 11 more entries to crack $350k in prizes. My apologies for the error.

The field is one entry shy of $350k in total prizes as they enter Level 9. There are 211 entries on the board for 1b, putting the combined field size at 360 entries. There is now about 1 hour and 20 minutes left to enter the game.

The field is up to 202 entries on Day 1b, with about an hour and 45 minutes left to enter this Main Event. That puts the combined prizes over #340k, and just 10 entries away from the $350k milestone.

Level 6 is just finishing, and the Day 1b field is up to 183 entries. That puts the combined prizes at $321k and climbing, with 3 hours left to enter this game.

They need 203 entries today to hit $200k in Day 1b prizes, so that milestone is just 20 entries away and should be easy to hit. That would put the combined prizes at a bit more than $340k, with 212 entries today required for $350k in total prizes.

While $400k is looking increasingly out of reach, a final prize pool between $350k & $400k looks like a lock right now.

The 1b prizes are over $175k now, with 178 entries on the board for today’s flight. That puts the combined prizes at more than $315k with about 3.25 hours left to enter this Main Event. At this point, a final field of 350+ looks like a lock, but it’s an open question if they’ll make it to 400 or not.

Among the players I spotted recently in the field are Kris Steinbach, who is among the players who have cashed a PPT Main Event twice, Shane Brotherwood, in for what looks like his first game of the series, Naleen Narayan, Vince Lam, Raymonf Trieu, Gerald Chung, Ben Wilson, Mike Malm, Paul Brar, Ryan Cairns, Justin Pennell, Bash Ramahi, and Shawn Taghavi, who already has two PPT trophies this series.

The combined prizes are now over $300k with 167 entries on the board for 1b. That puts the combined total up to 316 entries for total prizes of more than $305k. There are still 3 hours and 45 minutes left to enter the Main Event.

The combined prizes are nearing $300k with Level 5 just underway. 153 entries so far today have pushed the combined field over 300 entries, and there are still more than 4 hours left to enter today’s final flight to the Main. They still need another 98 entries today to hit 400 total entries, so that may be looking more like a longshot, but regardless, it’s going to be a big field today.

A WPT World Champion just took her seat during Level 3. Lina Niu went to Vegas last winter for the WPT World Championships, and when the dust settled, she was the new Ladies World Champion from the WPT.

The Surrety, BC native has been grinding it out on the Edmonton scene for a few years now, with a few impressive results, including 5th place in the 2022 Tournament of Champions Main Event, but her biggest claim to fame is the World Championship win worth $105k. She’s sharing a table today with Ron Lothian, Rob Limpert, Talal Shoush, and Mike X, among others, so she’s sitting with some familiar faces today.

The 1b prizes are already over $100k for combined prizes of more than $250k. There are still 20 minutes to play in Level 3, and it’s a full house here at Pure Casino Edmonton. Among the players in action today are Cody Goulet, Jimmy Lee, Holly Berry, Shannon Lazorko, Michelle Valencia, Tony Ma, Nick Peterson, Leo Zhang, Daniel O’Leary, Andy Truong, Ian Alvarado, Jerry Li, Bernice McLennan, Nick Civitarese, and Akif Ghani. To be fair, that’s not even close to a complete list as I only looked at about half the tables in the room for this one lol.

The combined prizes are over $230k, with Level 2 just coming to an end. There are less than 5 minutes to play in the level, and the first break of the day is scheduled following Level 3.

Every table in the Social Room is now in use, and action will spill over into the poker room if necessary.

The prizes are over $200k now across both days, with the Day 1b field up to 67 entries. Level 2 has just started and there are still more than 6.5 hours of entry left for today’s flight.

The combined prizes are nearing $200k already, with action still in the opening level of play. There are a bit more than 10 minutes to play in the level and the field is now at 55 entries for 1b for a combined total of 204.

I’m predicting a final combined field in the range of 400 entries, which will mean prizes of around $390k, but they need 251 total entries today to hit that number. It’s currently on pace to get there, IMO, but there’s still a lot of poker to play.

Among the players in their seats for Day 1b are Ali Razzaq, Stephen Dauphinais, Benny Sarnelli, Malcolm Bolger, Michael St Pierre-Porter, Brian Wells, Rob Limpert, Tyler Panas, John Donnelly, Ryan Smith, and Rob Lothian, who is back for another try today after bagging the smallest stack from Day 1a.

Lothian is trying to take advantage of the multi-bag rule here on the PPT. For players who bag stacks on both day 1s, the bigger stack will be in play on Day 2, while the smaller stack will be taken out of play as if it busted on the first hand, and the player paid out a min-cash. That means players can potentially cash this event twice, and at least two players have done that in the past, including Kris Steinbach.

Level 1 is underway on Day 1b and it’s off to a rocking start. There are 40 players in their seats in the opening moments of Level 1, for combined prizes already pushing $200k.

2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #3 – Event #14: $1,100 NLH Main Event Day 1B ($990 + $110)

The opening flight to the Main Event was huge, with 149 entries, the biggest Day 1a for the Main since last September’s series at Pure Casino Yellowhead. That means there’s already $140,135 in the prize pool and, with Day 1b numbers typically ~50% bigger than 1a, the final prize pool should cap $350k with the field pushing 400 entries.

The stack to beat for 1b players belongs to Matthew Ouellette with a whopping 737k for Day 2. Cameron Stewart is less than 100k behind, and DJ Sharma, who has already recorded three runner-up finishes this series, has the third stack with just under 500k.

The action on all days starts at noon, and players get 30k in chips for their $1,100. Blind levels will be 40 minutes long for Day 1 action, and will move to 60 minutes for Day 2. Note that heads-up play drops to 30-minute blinds

There are nine levels of poker with entries open on each Day 1 and, including breaks, that will put the final chance to enter each flight at about 7:15 PM. After that, the Day 1 action continues until 12.5% of the starting field remains, with those players bagging chips for Day 2. Note that players must bag chips to cash out of this game — if multiple bustouts happen on the Day 2 bubble such that fewer than 12.5% remain, only the players remaining alive with chips will make money.

Players should also note that they can play both Day 1 flights, whether they bagged a 1a stack or not. If players bag stacks on both days, they’ll play the bigger stack on Day 2, while the smaller stack gets awarded a min-cash at the start of the day and is then removed from play as if it busted on the first hand. Previous series have already seen double cashes like that, with Kris Steinbach as one example.

This game will be my main focus on Saturday, from cards in the air through the final hand.

The bags are in, and Jerry Li was the biggest bag from the final flight to the Main. That puts him in a great spot to pick up his second trophy this series after he took down the PLO earlier in the week.

Li bagged almost 660k, but Tyler Bourassa is also in the 600k club with 630k for second. Tony Ma, Ryan Cairns, and Luteng Li, who was runner-up to Jerry in the PLO game, round out the top five counts from 1b.

Stay tuned for the full stack and seats for 46 returning players. There are technically 47 bags on Sunday, but two of them belong to Aman Dhaliwal, so he’ll surrender the short one for a min-cash to start the day, and try to run up the bigger one.

Day 1b is now complete, and the bags are being collected and collated now. Stay tuned for the 1b chip counts and Day 2 seats in an hour or so.

The clock is paused with 30 players left, and they are playing hand for hand until the next elimination ends the day. There are 30 minutes left in Level 17, but each hand is taking exactly two minutes of manual time, so there are 15 hands left in the level, assuming no one busts first.

They are two off the bags now and it looks like Jerry Li is the chip leader from today. He’s playing about 700k now, and flirting with the overall lead as 1b leader Matthew Ouellette bagged 737k. Mike Smith and Tyler Bourassa are also still sitting with nice stacks in the 400k range.

It’s getting close to the end of Day 1b now as the field is down to 33 remaining. That leaves just four elominations until 1b is over, but they’ll pause the clock for hand-for-hand play after three eliminations.

The final table break of Day 1b has just occurred with the field now at 36 players. That puts them seven off the end of the night and they’ll end when the field hits 29 players, before the field is down to 3 table size.

Level 15 is complete, and the final 39 players are on what is likely the final break of the night. They need to lose 10 more people before the bags come out, so there’s still a fair amount of poker to play. The night could end in Level 16, but it’s possible it’ll go into Level 17.

Mike Smith looks to be the leader right now with almost 390k, while Robin (Ying) Yuo has had a couple of big hands recently to get up to just under 300k.

Kris Steinbach called me to the table after Tala Shoush opened to 11k from the middle and Steiner called from the button. Mike Aloneissi was considering a move in the big blind, and after a minute or so, raised to 30k. Both Shoush and Steinbach called to the 5♣10♠K♣.

Aloneissi was first to act and shoved, getting quick folds from both players. “Overbet?” he asked.

“Your aces are good,” joked Steiner.

“Better,” said Aloneissi as he showed the king of spades, and hinted he might have a second beneath it.

They never saw a board, but Ying Luo just picked up a nice pot from the small blind. Aaron Chuley opened to 10k from the middle, and Ali Razzaq called from the hijack, Jay Tran called from the cutoff, and Kulius Roque called from the button before Lua shoved 209k from the small blind.

Culey asked for a count and tanked for a minute or so before folding, while the rest got rid of their hands a lot quicker, and Yuo picked up an extra 40k uncontested.

The field is down to 45 players on the final five tables now, with 30 minutes to play in Level 15. That leaves them 16 eliminations off the bags so it’s still looking like they’ll play well into Level 16 at least.

There are 20 minutes remaining in Level 14, and the field is down to 50 players. that still leaves 21 eliminations to the bags, so it’s looking increasingly likely they’ll play into Level 16 at least.

The field is down to 54 remaining now, with about 5 minutes to play in Level 13. That puts them 25 eliminations off the end of the night. At this pace, it looks like 1b might go a little later than 1a, but should still bag up before the end of Level 16.

Aman Dhaliwal limped in under the gun, and Gerald Chung came along from the middle, as did Francis Fan from the cutoff. It folded to Jason Heang in the small blind, and he shoved for 25k. That was enough to push everyone else off, and he collected about 16k in extra dead money. Fan showed five-three, and Dhaliwal commented that he was glad he folded as he had pocket fives.

There are 60 players left on the break following Level 12. They’ll be back at the felt in less than 5 minutes and Aaron Chuley looks to be the leader right now. He was the only stack I saw over 300k, but there are a few of the “usual suspects” playing stacks in the 200k range.

The field is down to 67 left now with 25 minutes to play in Level 12. Among the players still alive are Francis Fan, Mike X, Aman Dhaliwal, Gerald Chung, Holly Berry, Shawn Taghavi, Kyle Bonazzo, Naleen Narayan, Ben Wilson, Tyler Panas, Michelle Valencia, Lina Niu, Ambrose Ng, Mike Smith, Ryan Cairns, Shane Brotherwood, Tony Ma, Michael St Pierre-Porter, Leo Zhang, Luteng Li, Jerry Li, Ryan Smith, Deven Lane, Julius Roque, and Michael “Berny” Bernstein.

The 1b field is down to 75 players left now, playing to 29 players left. There are just over 10 minutes remaining in Level 11 with another 15-minute break scheduled following Level 12.

The prizes are in, and the field is confirmed at 278 entries for $355,509 in total prizes. There will be a total of 47 paid spots on Day 2, with 18 players advancing from Day 1a and 29 from Day 1b (assuming there isn’t a double knockout on the button tonight).

Seven of nine players at the final table will pocket five-figure scores, with the winner set to take home $71,719. See the Payouts tab for a full look at the prizes, with the final table payouts below.

They are down to 11 tables left now as the first table from the Social room since dinner has broken. There are 95 players left alive, playing down to 29.

Entries for the Main Event are closed, and the 1b players are back in their seats for Level 10. The final number on the board for today is 229 entries, for a combined total of 378 across both days, and prizes of $355,509.

Based on those numbers, 29 players will be advancing from today’s flight for a total of 47 Day 2 players on Sunday. I’ll confirm all those numbers once the prizes are released.

There are about 5 minutes left in the dinner break, and the 1b field is at 227 entries. Among the max-late entries was Ambrose Ng, who can easily run up a short stack. Below is a look at some of th bigger stacks in the room at the dinner break.

Level 9 is just completing and the Day 1b players are off for their dinner break. That mean there are just 45 minutes left to enter this Main Event, and the field is currently 2 entries shy of $350k. It seems likely they’ll crack that $350k number by one or two entries at least.

I had a glitch in my spreadsheet for working out the current prize pool, and I’ve been reporting numbers that are about 5% too high. The actual prize pool right now, with 362 combined entries, is $340,461. Based on the corrected prize pool, they need 11 more entries to crack $350k in prizes. My apologies for the error.

The field is one entry shy of $350k in total prizes as they enter Level 9. There are 211 entries on the board for 1b, putting the combined field size at 360 entries. There is now about 1 hour and 20 minutes left to enter the game.

The field is up to 202 entries on Day 1b, with about an hour and 45 minutes left to enter this Main Event. That puts the combined prizes over #340k, and just 10 entries away from the $350k milestone.

Level 6 is just finishing, and the Day 1b field is up to 183 entries. That puts the combined prizes at $321k and climbing, with 3 hours left to enter this game.

They need 203 entries today to hit $200k in Day 1b prizes, so that milestone is just 20 entries away and should be easy to hit. That would put the combined prizes at a bit more than $340k, with 212 entries today required for $350k in total prizes.

While $400k is looking increasingly out of reach, a final prize pool between $350k & $400k looks like a lock right now.

The 1b prizes are over $175k now, with 178 entries on the board for today’s flight. That puts the combined prizes at more than $315k with about 3.25 hours left to enter this Main Event. At this point, a final field of 350+ looks like a lock, but it’s an open question if they’ll make it to 400 or not.

Among the players I spotted recently in the field are Kris Steinbach, who is among the players who have cashed a PPT Main Event twice, Shane Brotherwood, in for what looks like his first game of the series, Naleen Narayan, Vince Lam, Raymonf Trieu, Gerald Chung, Ben Wilson, Mike Malm, Paul Brar, Ryan Cairns, Justin Pennell, Bash Ramahi, and Shawn Taghavi, who already has two PPT trophies this series.

The combined prizes are now over $300k with 167 entries on the board for 1b. That puts the combined total up to 316 entries for total prizes of more than $305k. There are still 3 hours and 45 minutes left to enter the Main Event.

The combined prizes are nearing $300k with Level 5 just underway. 153 entries so far today have pushed the combined field over 300 entries, and there are still more than 4 hours left to enter today’s final flight to the Main. They still need another 98 entries today to hit 400 total entries, so that may be looking more like a longshot, but regardless, it’s going to be a big field today.

A WPT World Champion just took her seat during Level 3. Lina Niu went to Vegas last winter for the WPT World Championships, and when the dust settled, she was the new Ladies World Champion from the WPT.

The Surrety, BC native has been grinding it out on the Edmonton scene for a few years now, with a few impressive results, including 5th place in the 2022 Tournament of Champions Main Event, but her biggest claim to fame is the World Championship win worth $105k. She’s sharing a table today with Ron Lothian, Rob Limpert, Talal Shoush, and Mike X, among others, so she’s sitting with some familiar faces today.

The 1b prizes are already over $100k for combined prizes of more than $250k. There are still 20 minutes to play in Level 3, and it’s a full house here at Pure Casino Edmonton. Among the players in action today are Cody Goulet, Jimmy Lee, Holly Berry, Shannon Lazorko, Michelle Valencia, Tony Ma, Nick Peterson, Leo Zhang, Daniel O’Leary, Andy Truong, Ian Alvarado, Jerry Li, Bernice McLennan, Nick Civitarese, and Akif Ghani. To be fair, that’s not even close to a complete list as I only looked at about half the tables in the room for this one lol.

The combined prizes are over $230k, with Level 2 just coming to an end. There are less than 5 minutes to play in the level, and the first break of the day is scheduled following Level 3.

Every table in the Social Room is now in use, and action will spill over into the poker room if necessary.

The prizes are over $200k now across both days, with the Day 1b field up to 67 entries. Level 2 has just started and there are still more than 6.5 hours of entry left for today’s flight.

The combined prizes are nearing $200k already, with action still in the opening level of play. There are a bit more than 10 minutes to play in the level and the field is now at 55 entries for 1b for a combined total of 204.

I’m predicting a final combined field in the range of 400 entries, which will mean prizes of around $390k, but they need 251 total entries today to hit that number. It’s currently on pace to get there, IMO, but there’s still a lot of poker to play.

Among the players in their seats for Day 1b are Ali Razzaq, Stephen Dauphinais, Benny Sarnelli, Malcolm Bolger, Michael St Pierre-Porter, Brian Wells, Rob Limpert, Tyler Panas, John Donnelly, Ryan Smith, and Rob Lothian, who is back for another try today after bagging the smallest stack from Day 1a.

Lothian is trying to take advantage of the multi-bag rule here on the PPT. For players who bag stacks on both day 1s, the bigger stack will be in play on Day 2, while the smaller stack will be taken out of play as if it busted on the first hand, and the player paid out a min-cash. That means players can potentially cash this event twice, and at least two players have done that in the past, including Kris Steinbach.

Level 1 is underway on Day 1b and it’s off to a rocking start. There are 40 players in their seats in the opening moments of Level 1, for combined prizes already pushing $200k.

2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #3 – Event #14: $1,100 NLH Main Event Day 1B ($990 + $110)

The opening flight to the Main Event was huge, with 149 entries, the biggest Day 1a for the Main since last September’s series at Pure Casino Yellowhead. That means there’s already $140,135 in the prize pool and, with Day 1b numbers typically ~50% bigger than 1a, the final prize pool should cap $350k with the field pushing 400 entries.

The stack to beat for 1b players belongs to Matthew Ouellette with a whopping 737k for Day 2. Cameron Stewart is less than 100k behind, and DJ Sharma, who has already recorded three runner-up finishes this series, has the third stack with just under 500k.

The action on all days starts at noon, and players get 30k in chips for their $1,100. Blind levels will be 40 minutes long for Day 1 action, and will move to 60 minutes for Day 2. Note that heads-up play drops to 30-minute blinds

There are nine levels of poker with entries open on each Day 1 and, including breaks, that will put the final chance to enter each flight at about 7:15 PM. After that, the Day 1 action continues until 12.5% of the starting field remains, with those players bagging chips for Day 2. Note that players must bag chips to cash out of this game — if multiple bustouts happen on the Day 2 bubble such that fewer than 12.5% remain, only the players remaining alive with chips will make money.

Players should also note that they can play both Day 1 flights, whether they bagged a 1a stack or not. If players bag stacks on both days, they’ll play the bigger stack on Day 2, while the smaller stack gets awarded a min-cash at the start of the day and is then removed from play as if it busted on the first hand. Previous series have already seen double cashes like that, with Kris Steinbach as one example.

This game will be my main focus on Saturday, from cards in the air through the final hand.