2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #3 – Event #5: $300 NLH

Devon Jacobs had to come from behind tonight against DJ Sharma to take the win. He started heads up at a disadvantage, but a big cooler shifted the momentum. Sharma shoved with ace-ten with a slight lead, but ran into ace-queen for Jacobs. The queen played and Sharma was down to less than 200k.

That didn’t make it any easier for Jacobs though. Sharma switched up his game and started shoving nearly every hand, putting Jacobs on his heels, forcing him to fold after raises and calls multiple times. Sharma had nearly gotten back to even when his shove strategy failed for him.

Jacobs woke up with king-queen, and called off. Sharma was live with six-four, but the Jacobs held the day for the win, taking his first PPT trophy and denying Sharma his second.

DJ Sharma came one player away from his second PPT trophy tonight, but unfortunately, Sharma Time wasn’t to be in this one. He ended up heads up against Devon Jacobs, and started heads up with the chip lead. The pair found a cooler, however, and Sharma was on the wrong end of it when his ace-ten was capped by ace-queen.

That left him on fumes, but he put on a hell of a comeback effort. He switched up his game and started shoving nearly every hand, and managed to chip back up to close to even after several raise-folds or call-folds from Jacobs. That’s a great strategy heads up … right up until it’s not. After several pots to Sharma with preflop shoves, Jacobs woke up with a caller. Sharma was live with six-four against king-queen, but a king on the board sealed his fate tonight. Jacobs was still the leader, and Sharma had to settle for second.

DJ Sharma had chipped up into a slight lead until he shoved ace-ten and got called by Devon Jacobs with ace-queen. Jacobs held and left Sharma on about 200k. Sharma doubled back the next hand, but he’s still got a hill to climb.

It was limped preflop to 6♠4♦2♣ flop and both players checked to the 5♠ turn. Devon Jacobs bet out 60k and Sharma called to see J♣ on the river. Jacobs fired 100k and, after a bit of a tank, Sharma slid in the call but mucked when Jacobs chowed king-three for the turned straight.

It’s now heads up between DJ Sharma with the lead and Devon Jacobs. Jacobs just sent Ruslan Baldzhy to the rail in 3rd when his ace-six held over ace-three. Sharma is playing about 1.4 million to 800k for Jacobs.

Pav Braich is on the rail, cheering on DJ Sharma, but he was a little confused by the most recent hand. It was blind on blind between Sharma and Ruslan Baldzhy after Sharma called pre and Baldzhy checked his option.

Sharma fired 40k on the 9♣J♦5♣ flop and Baldzhy called to the K♥ turn. Sharma fired another min-bet and got the call to the river 10♠ where both players checked and then both revealed jack-deuce for a chop.

“What the fuck did I just watch?” Braich asked from the rail as the dealer was chopping the pot.

It was a pretty good night for Kristopher Huntley. He picked up his first-ever live poker cash tonight, and it was quite a bit better than just a min-cash. He managed to ladder all the way up to 4th place for just shy of $2,900 to open his Hendon Mob page. In the final hand, he sent his chips across to Ruslan Baldzhy when he got it in with ace-x for a race against pocket sixes for Baldzhy. The sixes held, and Huntley took 4th place for his first cash.

DJ Sharma is on a hot run. He just sent Curtis Singleton to the rail, chipping up to about 1.3 million in the process. Singleton shoved the 8♣2♣4♥ flop with queens after he raised the button pre and DJ Sharma called. Sharma snapped him off with the club draw, and got there on the turn A♣. The 7♠ river was irrelevant and Singleton was out in 5th, but he’s back tomorrow for day 2 of Event #3 with the second biggest stack.

Bash Ramahi just hit the rail for 6th place. I missed the action writing up some previous hands, but his chips slide to his right into the stack of Curtis Singleton, who looks to be second in chips now behind DJ Sharma.

DJ Sharma found a 9 on the turn for a set of nines to crack Glen Craigen’s kings as well as the ace-x for Paul Shakir. The set of nines held and Sharma took over the chip lead with the double elimination.

They are down to 8 players left now after Mike Aloneissi was the first off the final table. I missed the action while I was getting pictures sorted.

Once the bubble burst, there were two quick busts to put them on the bubble to the final table. After the next elimination, they’ll be down to the final table, and the average stack is down to under 20 big blinds.

Place	Player	Prize
11	Resul Dauti	$605
12	Andy Truong	$605

They played just a couple of hands with the clock paused at 13 players before Ron Lauzon was sent home by Curtis Singleton on the bubble. They got it in blind on blind after Lauzon flopped top two, but Singleton had flopped the nuts to Broadway.

They are down to 18 players left, and breaking down to the final two tables. That puts them six players away from the 12 paid spots tonight.

Players left in the game are Paul Williams, Ron Lauzon, Glen Craigen, Bash Ramahi, Resul Dauti, Devon Jacobs, Bernard Buyar, Alexander Richmond, Ruslan Baldzhy, Andy Truong, DJ Sharma, Curtis Singleton, Keith Stick, Mike Aloneissi, Garry Sandhu, Kristopher Huntley, Paul Shakir, and Ryan Strap.

The remaining 21 players are now on a break, with Level 16 set to begin in about 10 minutes. DJ Sharma is the leader at the moment with just shy of 300k while it looks like Bernard Buyar and Curtis Singleton are still both playing a bit less than 200k.

They are now 12 off the money in the side game tonight with 24 players remaining. The action is moving pretty quickly with the average stack right now just under 20 big blinds. There’s a break following this level.

It looks like DJ Sharma and Bernard Buyar are the big stacks right now, with both of them looking close to 200k. Curtis Singleton, who bagged the big 1a stack last night in Event #3, is also sitting pretty with around 150k in front of him.

The numbers are confirmed with 116 entries. That means 12 players will get a piece of the prizes with the winner set to pocket $8,279.

Payouts for Event #5

The final break of registration is now underway and entries will be closed in about 5 minutes. The field is now at 116 entries for $31,320 in prizes — I’ll confirm the final numbers when the prizes are posted shortly after the break is complete, but it looks like 12 players will be getting paid later tonight.

The field for the side game is now over 100 entries, with 102 on the board. There is still about 45 minutes left to enter the game, so it’s looking like a field of around 120 by the time entries close.

Level 4 is about to begin with 75 entries on the board. That puts the prizes just over $20k and climbing, with more than 2 hours left to enter the game. The pace of entries now makes 100+ look like a lock, but it remains to be seen how many more they’ll get.

There are just moments remaining in the opening level of Event #5, and the field is at 52 entries for prizes of $14,040. Entries are still open for 3 more hours, so it’s looking good for a field of 100+.

Event #5 is just moments from cards going in the air, with 26 entries on the board to start the game. That puts the prizes at more than $7k before the action, so it looks like this could be a pretty decent field of a one-day game.

2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #3 – Event #5: $300 NLH ($270 + $30)

The side game on Saturday is Event #5: $300 NLH ($270 + $30). The action kicks off at 6 PM Saturday night with players getting 20k in chips to start.

Blinds will increase every 20 minutes throughout the day, and there are 9 levels of late entry. That should put the final chance to enter at about 9:30 PM, just as they sit down for Level 10 action.

This will be my second priority on Saturday, with most of my early attention on Day 1b of Event #3. Once that event bags, I’ll move over to this one to finish my night, but if 1b is anything like 1a, they could go pretty late in E3 as the Day 1a bubble went for almost 2 full levels.

Devon Jacobs had to come from behind tonight against DJ Sharma to take the win. He started heads up at a disadvantage, but a big cooler shifted the momentum. Sharma shoved with ace-ten with a slight lead, but ran into ace-queen for Jacobs. The queen played and Sharma was down to less than 200k.

That didn’t make it any easier for Jacobs though. Sharma switched up his game and started shoving nearly every hand, putting Jacobs on his heels, forcing him to fold after raises and calls multiple times. Sharma had nearly gotten back to even when his shove strategy failed for him.

Jacobs woke up with king-queen, and called off. Sharma was live with six-four, but the Jacobs held the day for the win, taking his first PPT trophy and denying Sharma his second.

DJ Sharma came one player away from his second PPT trophy tonight, but unfortunately, Sharma Time wasn’t to be in this one. He ended up heads up against Devon Jacobs, and started heads up with the chip lead. The pair found a cooler, however, and Sharma was on the wrong end of it when his ace-ten was capped by ace-queen.

That left him on fumes, but he put on a hell of a comeback effort. He switched up his game and started shoving nearly every hand, and managed to chip back up to close to even after several raise-folds or call-folds from Jacobs. That’s a great strategy heads up … right up until it’s not. After several pots to Sharma with preflop shoves, Jacobs woke up with a caller. Sharma was live with six-four against king-queen, but a king on the board sealed his fate tonight. Jacobs was still the leader, and Sharma had to settle for second.

DJ Sharma had chipped up into a slight lead until he shoved ace-ten and got called by Devon Jacobs with ace-queen. Jacobs held and left Sharma on about 200k. Sharma doubled back the next hand, but he’s still got a hill to climb.

It was limped preflop to 6♠4♦2♣ flop and both players checked to the 5♠ turn. Devon Jacobs bet out 60k and Sharma called to see J♣ on the river. Jacobs fired 100k and, after a bit of a tank, Sharma slid in the call but mucked when Jacobs chowed king-three for the turned straight.

It’s now heads up between DJ Sharma with the lead and Devon Jacobs. Jacobs just sent Ruslan Baldzhy to the rail in 3rd when his ace-six held over ace-three. Sharma is playing about 1.4 million to 800k for Jacobs.

Pav Braich is on the rail, cheering on DJ Sharma, but he was a little confused by the most recent hand. It was blind on blind between Sharma and Ruslan Baldzhy after Sharma called pre and Baldzhy checked his option.

Sharma fired 40k on the 9♣J♦5♣ flop and Baldzhy called to the K♥ turn. Sharma fired another min-bet and got the call to the river 10♠ where both players checked and then both revealed jack-deuce for a chop.

“What the fuck did I just watch?” Braich asked from the rail as the dealer was chopping the pot.

It was a pretty good night for Kristopher Huntley. He picked up his first-ever live poker cash tonight, and it was quite a bit better than just a min-cash. He managed to ladder all the way up to 4th place for just shy of $2,900 to open his Hendon Mob page. In the final hand, he sent his chips across to Ruslan Baldzhy when he got it in with ace-x for a race against pocket sixes for Baldzhy. The sixes held, and Huntley took 4th place for his first cash.

DJ Sharma is on a hot run. He just sent Curtis Singleton to the rail, chipping up to about 1.3 million in the process. Singleton shoved the 8♣2♣4♥ flop with queens after he raised the button pre and DJ Sharma called. Sharma snapped him off with the club draw, and got there on the turn A♣. The 7♠ river was irrelevant and Singleton was out in 5th, but he’s back tomorrow for day 2 of Event #3 with the second biggest stack.

Bash Ramahi just hit the rail for 6th place. I missed the action writing up some previous hands, but his chips slide to his right into the stack of Curtis Singleton, who looks to be second in chips now behind DJ Sharma.

DJ Sharma found a 9 on the turn for a set of nines to crack Glen Craigen’s kings as well as the ace-x for Paul Shakir. The set of nines held and Sharma took over the chip lead with the double elimination.

They are down to 8 players left now after Mike Aloneissi was the first off the final table. I missed the action while I was getting pictures sorted.

Once the bubble burst, there were two quick busts to put them on the bubble to the final table. After the next elimination, they’ll be down to the final table, and the average stack is down to under 20 big blinds.

Place	Player	Prize
11	Resul Dauti	$605
12	Andy Truong	$605

They played just a couple of hands with the clock paused at 13 players before Ron Lauzon was sent home by Curtis Singleton on the bubble. They got it in blind on blind after Lauzon flopped top two, but Singleton had flopped the nuts to Broadway.

They are down to 18 players left, and breaking down to the final two tables. That puts them six players away from the 12 paid spots tonight.

Players left in the game are Paul Williams, Ron Lauzon, Glen Craigen, Bash Ramahi, Resul Dauti, Devon Jacobs, Bernard Buyar, Alexander Richmond, Ruslan Baldzhy, Andy Truong, DJ Sharma, Curtis Singleton, Keith Stick, Mike Aloneissi, Garry Sandhu, Kristopher Huntley, Paul Shakir, and Ryan Strap.

The remaining 21 players are now on a break, with Level 16 set to begin in about 10 minutes. DJ Sharma is the leader at the moment with just shy of 300k while it looks like Bernard Buyar and Curtis Singleton are still both playing a bit less than 200k.

They are now 12 off the money in the side game tonight with 24 players remaining. The action is moving pretty quickly with the average stack right now just under 20 big blinds. There’s a break following this level.

It looks like DJ Sharma and Bernard Buyar are the big stacks right now, with both of them looking close to 200k. Curtis Singleton, who bagged the big 1a stack last night in Event #3, is also sitting pretty with around 150k in front of him.

The numbers are confirmed with 116 entries. That means 12 players will get a piece of the prizes with the winner set to pocket $8,279.

Payouts for Event #5

The final break of registration is now underway and entries will be closed in about 5 minutes. The field is now at 116 entries for $31,320 in prizes — I’ll confirm the final numbers when the prizes are posted shortly after the break is complete, but it looks like 12 players will be getting paid later tonight.

The field for the side game is now over 100 entries, with 102 on the board. There is still about 45 minutes left to enter the game, so it’s looking like a field of around 120 by the time entries close.

Level 4 is about to begin with 75 entries on the board. That puts the prizes just over $20k and climbing, with more than 2 hours left to enter the game. The pace of entries now makes 100+ look like a lock, but it remains to be seen how many more they’ll get.

There are just moments remaining in the opening level of Event #5, and the field is at 52 entries for prizes of $14,040. Entries are still open for 3 more hours, so it’s looking good for a field of 100+.

Event #5 is just moments from cards going in the air, with 26 entries on the board to start the game. That puts the prizes at more than $7k before the action, so it looks like this could be a pretty decent field of a one-day game.

2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #3 – Event #5: $300 NLH ($270 + $30)

The side game on Saturday is Event #5: $300 NLH ($270 + $30). The action kicks off at 6 PM Saturday night with players getting 20k in chips to start.

Blinds will increase every 20 minutes throughout the day, and there are 9 levels of late entry. That should put the final chance to enter at about 9:30 PM, just as they sit down for Level 10 action.

This will be my second priority on Saturday, with most of my early attention on Day 1b of Event #3. Once that event bags, I’ll move over to this one to finish my night, but if 1b is anything like 1a, they could go pretty late in E3 as the Day 1a bubble went for almost 2 full levels.