2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #4 – Event #16: $340 Last Chance NLH

Heads-up in the final game at PPT #4 was pretty much all Roger Hoyt. He had the chip lead to start, and never surrendered it, forcing Zhu onto his heels with aggressive play.

He started with about a 2:1 lead, but as he chipped Zhu down, his strategy was to make Zhu play for his remaining stack, as he knew that Zhu needed at least two doubles to even it out. He had Zhu down to 310k when he managed to double, but that wouldn’t last.

Shortly after his double, they found a race spot with Zhu on sevens against king-nine for Hoyt. Hoyt spiked a king, but by the turn, Zhu had open-ended straight outs as well. He bricked the river, and the chips went to Hoyt. Hoyt said this was his first live cash, so it’s a pretty decent way to start your Hendon Mob profile.

Roger Hoyt has been relentlessly aggressive so far in heads-up, shoving over raises from Alan Zhu to force folds. Zhu was down to 310k, and the money went in with him playing ace-four of hearts against queen-jack off. Zhu hit his ace on the flop and held to double up.

The players are on a break following Level 20 now, with Roger Hoyt on 2.3 million to about 850k for Alan Zhu. They’ll be back in action in about 10 minutes.

Roger Hoyt raised to 30k, then called when Alan Zhu made it 90k. Zhu bet 60k on the Q♠J♥6♦ flop. Hoyt called to the 4♠ turn, where they both checked.

Zhu bet 100k on the 7♦ river, then snap-called when Hoyt raised it to 300k. “Two Pair,” said Hoyt, showing 7♥6♠.

“Really?” Zhu said incredulously as he counted out the call. The hand left Zhu down to about 600k.

Roger Hoyt has more than 2 million chips now, with 3.175 million in play, leaving Alan Zhu on about 1 million.

Roger Hoyt is the leader of the final three. He has around 2 million, Alan Zhu in second, and Mishel Nguyen is the short stack. Jason Law was out in 6th place, Nadav Bitton couldn’t hit his flush draw for 5th, Shane Hall lost a race for 4th place, and Mishel Nguyen just shoved her short stack into aces for 3rd place.

Dino R was the first player off the final table, leaving 8 players alive in the last chance. Jason Law said he was winning this, but Mishel Nguyen was happy to be sitting in the same seat she was on her last final table.

They are down to the final table now in the Last Chance after Michelle Valencia went out in 10th place for $850.

I am still busy in the Pearl Room watching the final four of the Main Event, while this game is down to 10 players remaining.

Place	Player	Prize
11	Shihao Zhao	$780
12	Ed Zurawell	$780
13	Somsanouk Sitthamma	$680

The field for the final game of this series topped out at 127 entries tonight. There are still 30 players in action fighting for 13 paid spots, with the winner set to pocket $9,850. I’m still not watching that game as the Main Event is still 6-handed, but it seems likely I’ll make it over there eventually.

I haven’t had any time to watch the side game today, but it’s turned into a pretty big one. There is still about an hour left to enter the game, with the field at 111 entries for $31,635 in prizes. I’ll move over to the poker room to cover this game once the final table of the Main Event is complete.

Event #16: $340 Last Chance NLH ($300 + $40)

The final chance to win a PPT trophy during this series comes on Sunday afternoon in the Last Chance. Players start with 25k in chips for 30-minute blinds, and they have 8 levels to buy into the game.

That should put the final rebuy chance at about 6:45 PM for this series. After that, the final game will play down to a winner before the night is over.

In July, it was Nathan Tang who took home the trophy in the Last Chance. Tang managed to win the game on a 3-high flush in a crazy endgame. Tang and runner-up Bash Ramahi got it in with four-three for Tang against four-deuce for Ramahi.

They both flopped a pair of fours, and turned trips before rivering four-card flushes on their kicker cards. Tang’s trey beat out Ramahi’s deuce, leaving Ramahi on fumes, and the game was over shortly after.

I likely won’t be able to watch much of this one as I’ll be focused on Day 2 of the Main Event, and this game is likely to end before that does, but I should be able to keep the numbers and results updated.

Heads-up in the final game at PPT #4 was pretty much all Roger Hoyt. He had the chip lead to start, and never surrendered it, forcing Zhu onto his heels with aggressive play.

He started with about a 2:1 lead, but as he chipped Zhu down, his strategy was to make Zhu play for his remaining stack, as he knew that Zhu needed at least two doubles to even it out. He had Zhu down to 310k when he managed to double, but that wouldn’t last.

Shortly after his double, they found a race spot with Zhu on sevens against king-nine for Hoyt. Hoyt spiked a king, but by the turn, Zhu had open-ended straight outs as well. He bricked the river, and the chips went to Hoyt. Hoyt said this was his first live cash, so it’s a pretty decent way to start your Hendon Mob profile.

Roger Hoyt has been relentlessly aggressive so far in heads-up, shoving over raises from Alan Zhu to force folds. Zhu was down to 310k, and the money went in with him playing ace-four of hearts against queen-jack off. Zhu hit his ace on the flop and held to double up.

The players are on a break following Level 20 now, with Roger Hoyt on 2.3 million to about 850k for Alan Zhu. They’ll be back in action in about 10 minutes.

Roger Hoyt raised to 30k, then called when Alan Zhu made it 90k. Zhu bet 60k on the Q♠J♥6♦ flop. Hoyt called to the 4♠ turn, where they both checked.

Zhu bet 100k on the 7♦ river, then snap-called when Hoyt raised it to 300k. “Two Pair,” said Hoyt, showing 7♥6♠.

“Really?” Zhu said incredulously as he counted out the call. The hand left Zhu down to about 600k.

Roger Hoyt has more than 2 million chips now, with 3.175 million in play, leaving Alan Zhu on about 1 million.

Roger Hoyt is the leader of the final three. He has around 2 million, Alan Zhu in second, and Mishel Nguyen is the short stack. Jason Law was out in 6th place, Nadav Bitton couldn’t hit his flush draw for 5th, Shane Hall lost a race for 4th place, and Mishel Nguyen just shoved her short stack into aces for 3rd place.

Dino R was the first player off the final table, leaving 8 players alive in the last chance. Jason Law said he was winning this, but Mishel Nguyen was happy to be sitting in the same seat she was on her last final table.

They are down to the final table now in the Last Chance after Michelle Valencia went out in 10th place for $850.

I am still busy in the Pearl Room watching the final four of the Main Event, while this game is down to 10 players remaining.

Place	Player	Prize
11	Shihao Zhao	$780
12	Ed Zurawell	$780
13	Somsanouk Sitthamma	$680

The field for the final game of this series topped out at 127 entries tonight. There are still 30 players in action fighting for 13 paid spots, with the winner set to pocket $9,850. I’m still not watching that game as the Main Event is still 6-handed, but it seems likely I’ll make it over there eventually.

I haven’t had any time to watch the side game today, but it’s turned into a pretty big one. There is still about an hour left to enter the game, with the field at 111 entries for $31,635 in prizes. I’ll move over to the poker room to cover this game once the final table of the Main Event is complete.

Event #16: $340 Last Chance NLH ($300 + $40)

The final chance to win a PPT trophy during this series comes on Sunday afternoon in the Last Chance. Players start with 25k in chips for 30-minute blinds, and they have 8 levels to buy into the game.

That should put the final rebuy chance at about 6:45 PM for this series. After that, the final game will play down to a winner before the night is over.

In July, it was Nathan Tang who took home the trophy in the Last Chance. Tang managed to win the game on a 3-high flush in a crazy endgame. Tang and runner-up Bash Ramahi got it in with four-three for Tang against four-deuce for Ramahi.

They both flopped a pair of fours, and turned trips before rivering four-card flushes on their kicker cards. Tang’s trey beat out Ramahi’s deuce, leaving Ramahi on fumes, and the game was over shortly after.

I likely won’t be able to watch much of this one as I’ll be focused on Day 2 of the Main Event, and this game is likely to end before that does, but I should be able to keep the numbers and results updated.