2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #4 – Event #3: $670 NLH

It took about 8 hours to play down from the 27 returning players to a winner on Day 2 of Event #3, and David Boyer rode a big stack pretty much the whole way. He came into the day 3rd in chips behind runner-up Garry Sandhu and 3rd-place Jimmy Lee, but in the end, he was the one with all the chips.

In the final hand, he limp-raised against Sandhu, and Sandhu shoved over the top. Boyer called it off, and it was roughly a coin flip between ace-five and jack-nine. Boyer turned his ace and that was all he needed to take down the title.

This is Boyer’s first live win, though he’s had a couple of final tables here on the PPT before. Today’s win is worth more than his previous lifetime earnings, according to Hendon Mob.

It was a spirited heads-up that saw a lot of action between David Boyer and Garry Sandhu. Both players had the chance to win it all at various times, and neither was shy about getting chips in the pots.

They traded doubles and the lead a few times during the final phase, but the money finally went in for the final time after a preflop raising war that saw Boyer limp-raise from 145k to 650k. Sandhu shoved, and Boyer called it off with the most.

Boyer was on A♦5♠ against J♣9♠ for Sandhu to set up the not-so-classic race. The 10♠K♠4♥A♣J♥ board hit both players, but Boyer had the best of it with his ace, and Sandhu had to settle for runner-up tonight.

The chips are flying at the final table tonight. Garry Sandhu just doubled back to near even when the money went in preflop with both players on an ace. Sandhu was kicked by a jack, against the deuce for Boyer. They both connected with the J♥2♦9♣Q♦4♥ but Sandhu hit it hardets to take the win.

Garry Sandhu is down to just over 1 million, with Boyer in the big lead now. In a recent hand, Sandhu raised blind to 120k and Boyer called. They both checked the Q♣9♦2♥ flop, and Boyer check-raised from 100k to 310k on the 10♥ turn.

Sandhu called to the 9♠ river, where they both checked. Boyer showed two kings for the best hand, while Sandhu showed a single king and mucked his second card face down.

Garry Sandhu limped, then called when David Boyer raised to 205k. On the 5♦3♥6♠ Boyer shoved, and Sandhu called it off. Sandhu had 7♠2♠ against [invalid notations] paired Sandhu but straightened out Boyer, while the river was a brick to double Boyer back to almost 2 million.

A massive cooler just shifted the tide in heads up. The money went in preflop with Garry Sandhu on pocket kings against ace-king for David Boyer. The board ran low for Sandhu’s kings to hold, and he now has almost 5 million, compared to about 600k for Boyer.

Last time this game ran, Jimmy Lee ended up with the trophy at the end. This time around, he made a pretty solid effort at the repeat, but ended up falling just 2 places short.

He’d been nursing a short stack since getting coolered by David Boyer, and after Boyer folded his button, Lee shoved the small blind. Garry Sandhu woke up with it in the big and snapped it off.

Lee had Q♦J♥ against A♣K♥. The hearts would be relevant as the board ran 8♥4♥Q♠Q♥2♥ to give both players a heart flush, but Sandhu’s was the biggest.

Sandhu is now heads up with Boyer, with the two close to even, though Boyer is playing a bit more to start the heads up with about 3 million to 2.5 million.

Garry Sandhu raised under the gun to 60k, then snap-called with more when Ryan Comely shoved the small blind. Sandhu was on pocket kings against the A♦J♦ for Comely. The board was of no help to Comely, and he ended his day in 4th place.

It was limped preflop between Garry Sandhu on the small blind and David Boyer on the big. The flop was Q♦7♠9♦ and Sandhu fired 30k. Boyer called to the 7♥ turn, where he called again for 50k this time.

Sandhu slid out 200k on the 2♥ river and Boyer snap-called, but mucked when Sandhu showed 7♣6♦ for the turned trips.

Cameron Stewart was the short stack at the table, and he raised to 130k from the cutoff, leaving just 40k behind. David Boyer was on the big blind and raised to put him in, and Stewart called off the rest.

Stewart was dominated with king-nine into king-jack, and the board missed both hands to leave Boyer in front, and Stewart heading to the cage for 5th-place money.

I arrived at the table with the board already out, and Jimmy Lee was counting out a double for David Boyer. Boyer had just over a million in chips, and was playing ace-king on a board of A♣6♠K♣A♦3♦ for aces full, while Lee’s had was already mucked.

The result was Boyer with a stack of more than 2 million, while defending champ Lee is down to one of the shorties alongside Cameron Stewart.

Garry Sandhu has the lead at the dinner break following Level 22. He has just shy of 2 million, but Jimmy Lee and David Boyer also both have more than a million, while Cameron Stewart is in the danger zone with 245k.

Jimmy Lee raised to 50k from the cutoff, and David Boyer reraised to 160k from the small blind. Lee called to the 2♠7♠4♠ flop, then snapped it off when Boyer shoved the flop.

Lee had aces with the ace of spaces against A♣10♣ bluff from Boyer. J♠8♣ on the runout secured the double for Lee, putting him at 1.3 million, while Boyer is down to just over a million. There’s another break coming in about 10 minutes, and I’ll get the full exact counts then.

Garry Sandhu opened to 50k, then snapped it off when Holly Lingel shoved her short stack from the big blind. Lingel was on the suited slick with ace-king of spades against ace-deuce off-suit for Sandhu.

The domination was reversed when Sandhu hit a deuce on the flop, then rivered trips on a board of [8d2h3c9s2s[/pcn] and Lingel had to settle for 6th place tonight.

Jimmy Lee raised early to 40k and Holly Lingel called from the big blind. Lingel led for 200k on the 7♣K♣8♣ flop, then called off the extra 40k when Lee put in the rest of his stack.

Lingel was good with king-queen for top pair, but Lee had ace-ten with the ace of clubs. The J♣Q♣ runout gave Lingel two-pair, but it was no good against the nut clubs for Lee.

Alex Liu was down to 160k and shoved from the cutoff. Cameron Stewart flat-called from the button, and after the blinds folded, he was in great shape with sevens against sixes for Liu.

The Q♣K♠9♠5♣5♥ board was no help for Liu, and the double Main Event winner from Calgary was out in 7th place today.

David Boyer raised early to 55k, and Cameron Stewart came along from the button. Stewart called 60k on the K♠Q♣J♥ flop, and called again for 75k on the 10♠ turn.

When the river came 8♥ Boyer fired 145k into the middle. Stewart hit the tak for a bit before folding, and he claimed to have flopped a set of jacks, while Boyer showed pocket aces for Broadway to the table as he collected the pot.

Garry Sandhu raised the hijack to 50k before Ryan Comely came over the top to 135k from the button. The blinds folded back to Sandhu, who asked for a count of Comely’s remaining stack, and getting the number of 300k, and called.

Sandhu bet 500k on the 8♠5♥3♠ flop, enough to force Comely all in, and he snapped it off. His pocket nines were ahead of the ace-eight for Sandhu, and the [invalid notations]QsJd[/cpn] runout didn’t change anything. The hand put Comely over 900k while Sandhu is still playing about 870k.

The final table is down to seven now after Mike Aloneissi hit the rail for 8th place tonight. I missed thw action typing up the most recent post, but Aloneissi was also one of the shorter stacks coming into the FT.

Matthew Ouellette was the first off the final table tonight, taking 9th place for $3,110. I missed the action while I was out of the room, but he came to the FT as the short stack and had survived several short shoves leading up to the FT.

Recent Payouts for Event #3

Place	Player	Prize
9	Matthew Ouellette	$3,110
10	Alan Zhu	$2,750
11	Eric Wasylenko	$2,750
12	Phillip Louie	$2,750

Alan Zhu is now on less than 10 bigs after he folded the river to Cameron Stewart. I got to the table with the river just being dealt on a board of 3♣4♣6♦Q♣7♦, and Zhu led out for 45k from the small blind, leaving himself just 140k behind. Stewart raised it up to 300k to force Zhu all in, and Zhu hit the tank.

After a couple of minutes of thought, he mucked his hand, saying he had five-eight, which made a strong straight. However, with the flush on board, he decided to get rid of his hand, but Stewart showed a 9♥ as he collected his pot, which didn’t seem to connect with anything relevant on the board.

Zhu lost the rest of his stack in the next hand, but I missed the final action.

Eric Wasylenko hit the rail for 11th place shortly before the break to put them on the final table bubble. David Boyer and Garry Sandhu are both playing stacks of more than 1 million, but Cameron Stewart isn’t far off the mark with 995k.

The full board was out reading 9♦6♠A♥5♠Q♣. Cameron Stewart put in a bet from the small blind, then faced a covering shove from Alan Zhu on the button.

He hit the tank for a bit, but put in the call. Both players had flopped the nine, but Stewart rivered two pair with queen-nine for the win and the double up.

The field is down to 11 left now, after Phillip Louie ended his run in 12th place. Alan Zhu just pulled in a nice pot on the river with no showdown.

It was a dead button in Louie’s former seat, and Zhu limped from the cutoff. Cameron Stewart and Garry Sandhu called from the blinds.

It checked to Zhu on the 3♥Q♠7♥ flop, and he fired 18k. Both blinds called to the 9♥ turn where Stewart led for 40k.

He got two callers again to the 6♣ river, and when it checked to Zhu, he went huge with a bet of 180k. Both Stewart and Sandhu tanked for a bit on their decisions, but ultimately sent their hands to the muck to give Zhu a nice pot with no showdown.

There is a break coming in about 25 minutes, and I’ll get another full round of counts then, but Sandhu is still sitting on close to 1 million for what appears to be the lead.

The field is down to 12 left now in Event #3, with just under 20 minutes to play in Level 18. There’s a break following this level and I’ll do another round of chip counts while the players are on break. See below for a look at the recent cashes, and check the Payouts tab for all of today’s prizes.

Place	Player	Prize
13	Brian Mcnevin	$2,395
14	Tait Benoit	$2,395
15	Zerui Xu	$2,395
16	Rob Lothian	$2,125
17	Ryan Cairns	$2,125

They are down to the final two tables, with 17 players left now. There are about 30 minutes to play in Level 17, with the next break coming at the end of Level 18.

Recent Payouts for E3 (Full Prizes under the Payouts Tab)

Place	Player	Prixe
18	Yeping Shan	$2,125
19	Shawn Taghavi	$1,940
20	Clayton Littke	$1,940
21	Aman Dhaliwal	$1,940

Aman Dhaliwal was the most recent exit from the game in 21st place, bringing the field to 20. Below is a look at the stacks at break, with Garry Sandhu in the big lead, and David Boyer and Jimmy Lee behind.

There are 21 players remaining in Event #3 now with about 15 minutes to play in Level 16. I’m not watching this action too closely yet as I’m trying to get a recap of yesterday’s action published, but see below for the cashing players to date. The full list is stored under the Payouts tab, and I’ll add recent busts to new posts as the day goes on.

Place	Player	Prize
22	Ali Razzaq	$1,775
23	Rob Limpert	$1,775
24	Michael “Berny” Bernstein	$1,775
25	Wu Yaobin	$1,640
26	Razvan Radu	$1,640
27	Johnny Dalphond	$1,640

They are down to 25 remaining pretty quickly today, with two players busting in the first 10 minutes of play. Johnny Dalphond took the first mon-cash spot, while Razvan Radu was 26th today.

Day 2 of Event #3 is set to roll, with the action expected to start shortly. Day 1b finished significant;y earlier than Day 1a, so Day 2 starts with 30 minutes remaining in Level 15, and players from Day 1a will see the blinds drop from their final hand on Friday night.

There are a few short stacks in the room today, so I expect some fairly quick early action.

Event #3: $670 NLH Day 2

Day 2 is set with 27 players returning, and defending champion Jimmy Lee is leading the way. He bagged 474k in the opening flight on Friday, and no one on Day 1b was able to eclipse that. His Day 1a compatriot, Garry Sandhu, has 469k, while the biggest stack from 1b, belonging to David Boyer, is 433k. Shawn Taghavi and Cameron Stewart, both from Day 1b, bagged 4th and 5th places, respectively.

The Day 2 action gets underway at 1 PM, and all returning players are in the money. Blinds will continue at 40 minutes throughout the day until heads up when they drop to 20. See the Payouts tab for a full look at the prizes.

Day 2 Players by Name

Day 2 Players by Seat

It took about 8 hours to play down from the 27 returning players to a winner on Day 2 of Event #3, and David Boyer rode a big stack pretty much the whole way. He came into the day 3rd in chips behind runner-up Garry Sandhu and 3rd-place Jimmy Lee, but in the end, he was the one with all the chips.

In the final hand, he limp-raised against Sandhu, and Sandhu shoved over the top. Boyer called it off, and it was roughly a coin flip between ace-five and jack-nine. Boyer turned his ace and that was all he needed to take down the title.

This is Boyer’s first live win, though he’s had a couple of final tables here on the PPT before. Today’s win is worth more than his previous lifetime earnings, according to Hendon Mob.

It was a spirited heads-up that saw a lot of action between David Boyer and Garry Sandhu. Both players had the chance to win it all at various times, and neither was shy about getting chips in the pots.

They traded doubles and the lead a few times during the final phase, but the money finally went in for the final time after a preflop raising war that saw Boyer limp-raise from 145k to 650k. Sandhu shoved, and Boyer called it off with the most.

Boyer was on A♦5♠ against J♣9♠ for Sandhu to set up the not-so-classic race. The 10♠K♠4♥A♣J♥ board hit both players, but Boyer had the best of it with his ace, and Sandhu had to settle for runner-up tonight.

The chips are flying at the final table tonight. Garry Sandhu just doubled back to near even when the money went in preflop with both players on an ace. Sandhu was kicked by a jack, against the deuce for Boyer. They both connected with the J♥2♦9♣Q♦4♥ but Sandhu hit it hardets to take the win.

Garry Sandhu is down to just over 1 million, with Boyer in the big lead now. In a recent hand, Sandhu raised blind to 120k and Boyer called. They both checked the Q♣9♦2♥ flop, and Boyer check-raised from 100k to 310k on the 10♥ turn.

Sandhu called to the 9♠ river, where they both checked. Boyer showed two kings for the best hand, while Sandhu showed a single king and mucked his second card face down.

Garry Sandhu limped, then called when David Boyer raised to 205k. On the 5♦3♥6♠ Boyer shoved, and Sandhu called it off. Sandhu had 7♠2♠ against [invalid notations] paired Sandhu but straightened out Boyer, while the river was a brick to double Boyer back to almost 2 million.

A massive cooler just shifted the tide in heads up. The money went in preflop with Garry Sandhu on pocket kings against ace-king for David Boyer. The board ran low for Sandhu’s kings to hold, and he now has almost 5 million, compared to about 600k for Boyer.

Last time this game ran, Jimmy Lee ended up with the trophy at the end. This time around, he made a pretty solid effort at the repeat, but ended up falling just 2 places short.

He’d been nursing a short stack since getting coolered by David Boyer, and after Boyer folded his button, Lee shoved the small blind. Garry Sandhu woke up with it in the big and snapped it off.

Lee had Q♦J♥ against A♣K♥. The hearts would be relevant as the board ran 8♥4♥Q♠Q♥2♥ to give both players a heart flush, but Sandhu’s was the biggest.

Sandhu is now heads up with Boyer, with the two close to even, though Boyer is playing a bit more to start the heads up with about 3 million to 2.5 million.

Garry Sandhu raised under the gun to 60k, then snap-called with more when Ryan Comely shoved the small blind. Sandhu was on pocket kings against the A♦J♦ for Comely. The board was of no help to Comely, and he ended his day in 4th place.

It was limped preflop between Garry Sandhu on the small blind and David Boyer on the big. The flop was Q♦7♠9♦ and Sandhu fired 30k. Boyer called to the 7♥ turn, where he called again for 50k this time.

Sandhu slid out 200k on the 2♥ river and Boyer snap-called, but mucked when Sandhu showed 7♣6♦ for the turned trips.

Cameron Stewart was the short stack at the table, and he raised to 130k from the cutoff, leaving just 40k behind. David Boyer was on the big blind and raised to put him in, and Stewart called off the rest.

Stewart was dominated with king-nine into king-jack, and the board missed both hands to leave Boyer in front, and Stewart heading to the cage for 5th-place money.

I arrived at the table with the board already out, and Jimmy Lee was counting out a double for David Boyer. Boyer had just over a million in chips, and was playing ace-king on a board of A♣6♠K♣A♦3♦ for aces full, while Lee’s had was already mucked.

The result was Boyer with a stack of more than 2 million, while defending champ Lee is down to one of the shorties alongside Cameron Stewart.

Garry Sandhu has the lead at the dinner break following Level 22. He has just shy of 2 million, but Jimmy Lee and David Boyer also both have more than a million, while Cameron Stewart is in the danger zone with 245k.

Jimmy Lee raised to 50k from the cutoff, and David Boyer reraised to 160k from the small blind. Lee called to the 2♠7♠4♠ flop, then snapped it off when Boyer shoved the flop.

Lee had aces with the ace of spaces against A♣10♣ bluff from Boyer. J♠8♣ on the runout secured the double for Lee, putting him at 1.3 million, while Boyer is down to just over a million. There’s another break coming in about 10 minutes, and I’ll get the full exact counts then.

Garry Sandhu opened to 50k, then snapped it off when Holly Lingel shoved her short stack from the big blind. Lingel was on the suited slick with ace-king of spades against ace-deuce off-suit for Sandhu.

The domination was reversed when Sandhu hit a deuce on the flop, then rivered trips on a board of [8d2h3c9s2s[/pcn] and Lingel had to settle for 6th place tonight.

Jimmy Lee raised early to 40k and Holly Lingel called from the big blind. Lingel led for 200k on the 7♣K♣8♣ flop, then called off the extra 40k when Lee put in the rest of his stack.

Lingel was good with king-queen for top pair, but Lee had ace-ten with the ace of clubs. The J♣Q♣ runout gave Lingel two-pair, but it was no good against the nut clubs for Lee.

Alex Liu was down to 160k and shoved from the cutoff. Cameron Stewart flat-called from the button, and after the blinds folded, he was in great shape with sevens against sixes for Liu.

The Q♣K♠9♠5♣5♥ board was no help for Liu, and the double Main Event winner from Calgary was out in 7th place today.

David Boyer raised early to 55k, and Cameron Stewart came along from the button. Stewart called 60k on the K♠Q♣J♥ flop, and called again for 75k on the 10♠ turn.

When the river came 8♥ Boyer fired 145k into the middle. Stewart hit the tak for a bit before folding, and he claimed to have flopped a set of jacks, while Boyer showed pocket aces for Broadway to the table as he collected the pot.

Garry Sandhu raised the hijack to 50k before Ryan Comely came over the top to 135k from the button. The blinds folded back to Sandhu, who asked for a count of Comely’s remaining stack, and getting the number of 300k, and called.

Sandhu bet 500k on the 8♠5♥3♠ flop, enough to force Comely all in, and he snapped it off. His pocket nines were ahead of the ace-eight for Sandhu, and the [invalid notations]QsJd[/cpn] runout didn’t change anything. The hand put Comely over 900k while Sandhu is still playing about 870k.

The final table is down to seven now after Mike Aloneissi hit the rail for 8th place tonight. I missed thw action typing up the most recent post, but Aloneissi was also one of the shorter stacks coming into the FT.

Matthew Ouellette was the first off the final table tonight, taking 9th place for $3,110. I missed the action while I was out of the room, but he came to the FT as the short stack and had survived several short shoves leading up to the FT.

Recent Payouts for Event #3

Place	Player	Prize
9	Matthew Ouellette	$3,110
10	Alan Zhu	$2,750
11	Eric Wasylenko	$2,750
12	Phillip Louie	$2,750

Alan Zhu is now on less than 10 bigs after he folded the river to Cameron Stewart. I got to the table with the river just being dealt on a board of 3♣4♣6♦Q♣7♦, and Zhu led out for 45k from the small blind, leaving himself just 140k behind. Stewart raised it up to 300k to force Zhu all in, and Zhu hit the tank.

After a couple of minutes of thought, he mucked his hand, saying he had five-eight, which made a strong straight. However, with the flush on board, he decided to get rid of his hand, but Stewart showed a 9♥ as he collected his pot, which didn’t seem to connect with anything relevant on the board.

Zhu lost the rest of his stack in the next hand, but I missed the final action.

Eric Wasylenko hit the rail for 11th place shortly before the break to put them on the final table bubble. David Boyer and Garry Sandhu are both playing stacks of more than 1 million, but Cameron Stewart isn’t far off the mark with 995k.

The full board was out reading 9♦6♠A♥5♠Q♣. Cameron Stewart put in a bet from the small blind, then faced a covering shove from Alan Zhu on the button.

He hit the tank for a bit, but put in the call. Both players had flopped the nine, but Stewart rivered two pair with queen-nine for the win and the double up.

The field is down to 11 left now, after Phillip Louie ended his run in 12th place. Alan Zhu just pulled in a nice pot on the river with no showdown.

It was a dead button in Louie’s former seat, and Zhu limped from the cutoff. Cameron Stewart and Garry Sandhu called from the blinds.

It checked to Zhu on the 3♥Q♠7♥ flop, and he fired 18k. Both blinds called to the 9♥ turn where Stewart led for 40k.

He got two callers again to the 6♣ river, and when it checked to Zhu, he went huge with a bet of 180k. Both Stewart and Sandhu tanked for a bit on their decisions, but ultimately sent their hands to the muck to give Zhu a nice pot with no showdown.

There is a break coming in about 25 minutes, and I’ll get another full round of counts then, but Sandhu is still sitting on close to 1 million for what appears to be the lead.

The field is down to 12 left now in Event #3, with just under 20 minutes to play in Level 18. There’s a break following this level and I’ll do another round of chip counts while the players are on break. See below for a look at the recent cashes, and check the Payouts tab for all of today’s prizes.

Place	Player	Prize
13	Brian Mcnevin	$2,395
14	Tait Benoit	$2,395
15	Zerui Xu	$2,395
16	Rob Lothian	$2,125
17	Ryan Cairns	$2,125

They are down to the final two tables, with 17 players left now. There are about 30 minutes to play in Level 17, with the next break coming at the end of Level 18.

Recent Payouts for E3 (Full Prizes under the Payouts Tab)

Place	Player	Prixe
18	Yeping Shan	$2,125
19	Shawn Taghavi	$1,940
20	Clayton Littke	$1,940
21	Aman Dhaliwal	$1,940

Aman Dhaliwal was the most recent exit from the game in 21st place, bringing the field to 20. Below is a look at the stacks at break, with Garry Sandhu in the big lead, and David Boyer and Jimmy Lee behind.

There are 21 players remaining in Event #3 now with about 15 minutes to play in Level 16. I’m not watching this action too closely yet as I’m trying to get a recap of yesterday’s action published, but see below for the cashing players to date. The full list is stored under the Payouts tab, and I’ll add recent busts to new posts as the day goes on.

Place	Player	Prize
22	Ali Razzaq	$1,775
23	Rob Limpert	$1,775
24	Michael “Berny” Bernstein	$1,775
25	Wu Yaobin	$1,640
26	Razvan Radu	$1,640
27	Johnny Dalphond	$1,640

They are down to 25 remaining pretty quickly today, with two players busting in the first 10 minutes of play. Johnny Dalphond took the first mon-cash spot, while Razvan Radu was 26th today.

Day 2 of Event #3 is set to roll, with the action expected to start shortly. Day 1b finished significant;y earlier than Day 1a, so Day 2 starts with 30 minutes remaining in Level 15, and players from Day 1a will see the blinds drop from their final hand on Friday night.

There are a few short stacks in the room today, so I expect some fairly quick early action.

Event #3: $670 NLH Day 2

Day 2 is set with 27 players returning, and defending champion Jimmy Lee is leading the way. He bagged 474k in the opening flight on Friday, and no one on Day 1b was able to eclipse that. His Day 1a compatriot, Garry Sandhu, has 469k, while the biggest stack from 1b, belonging to David Boyer, is 433k. Shawn Taghavi and Cameron Stewart, both from Day 1b, bagged 4th and 5th places, respectively.

The Day 2 action gets underway at 1 PM, and all returning players are in the money. Blinds will continue at 40 minutes throughout the day until heads up when they drop to 20. See the Payouts tab for a full look at the prizes.

Day 2 Players by Name

Day 2 Players by Seat