2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #4 – Event #5: $300 NLH

Heads up was a pretty quick affair tonight. Varan Sidhu had the chip lead going in, but Stacey Diederich wasn’t far behind. They traded small pots for a few hands before both players woke up with gapped hands. Sidhu was suited with seven-nine in spades, while Diederich was best preflop with king-jack off.

Sidhu flopped a nine and turned trips to reverse the hand, however, and send Diederich out in second place for $4,365 while Sidhu bagged another PPT trophy and $6,652.

They are heads up now after Leo Brouwer shoved his short stack in with a suited queen, but ran into Varan Sidhu’s suited gapper with nine-seven. Sidhu found his nine and Brouwer was out in 3rd place tonight.

Avery Aloneissi was very short at the break, sitting with just 65k. He wasn’t able to spin that up, and hit the rail shortly after the break ended for $2,075.

There are four left in the side game now after Gerald Chung shoved with sevens and Varan Sidhu called it off with ace-five and the big stack. Sidhu hit two aces on the flop, and Chung bricked the board to go home in 5th place tonight.

They are down to 5 remaining now after Michael Powley hit the rail for 6th place, but I missed the action while I was in the washroom.

The field is down to 6 left, and Varan Sidhu has more than 700k after he hit a queen to hold and send Ken Kaneda (8th, $685) and Resul Dauti (7th, $870) to the rail. The remaining players are now all guaranteed at least $1,120.

Benny Sarnelli was the first player out in the money tonight. He got to the final table very short and got his final two bigs in on the first FT hand, but couldn’t spin it up.

The side event field is down to 13 remaining now with Level 15 just underway. That puts them 4 off the money, with Ken Kaneda looking to be in the lead right now. He’s playing about 190k, but Leo Brouwer, who chopped the Seniors earlier in the week, is just behind on 180k. Michael Powley has about 160k with Varan Sidhu, who cashed the PLO Deepstack Hyper last night, playing about 145k.

The prizes are in, and the field is confirmed at 81 entries. That means 9 players will share in $20,777 in prizes later tonight.

The final tally for the side game tonight was 81 entries, for a prize pool of $20,777. I’m still waiting on confirmation of the numbers, but if they hold, 9 players will likely get a share of the prizes later tonight. I’ll confirm all the numbers once the prizes are posted.

The pace of entries has slowed quite a bit in the side game with 66 on the board now. There are a bit less than 90 minutes remaining in the entry period, but given the current pace, I’m thinking the final field will end up at around 80 tonight.

The side game is up to 64 entries, with players back from the first break of the day and about 15 minutes remaining in Level 6. They take their next break at the end of Level 9, and when they return for Level 10, entries will be closed. I still expect fairly brisk action at the rebuy desk throughout the entry period for this one.

The field is just a few entries shy of $15k in prizes now with the action in Level 4. There are 56 entries on the board so far, but still more than 2 hours to enter the game. The turnout for this one has been so strong that they’ve had to expand to tables in the poker room to accommodate the numbers alongside Day 1b of Event #3.

George Broumas, Rob Lothian, Benny Sarnelli, and Julius Roque are among the players in the game.

The side game field is growing fast, with almost 40 entries on the board in the opening level of play. Level 2 has just kicked off, and the prizes are already over $10k and climbing.

Event #5: $300 NLH ($270 + $30)

The side game on Saturday night should be a fairly quick affair with a 20k starting stack and 20-minute levels. The action kicks off at 6 PM, and they’ll play through to a winner before they quit.

Players have 9 levels to enter or rebuy, with the final chance to enter this one coming at about 9:50 PM. After that, it will be a race to the trophy. I should be able to catch a lot of the late-game action in this one, but it will depend on how late Day 1b of E3 runs.

Last time around, Devon Jacobs came back from behind against DJ Sharma to take down the win. He bested 115 entries to win the biggest share of almost $30k in prizes.

Heads up was a pretty quick affair tonight. Varan Sidhu had the chip lead going in, but Stacey Diederich wasn’t far behind. They traded small pots for a few hands before both players woke up with gapped hands. Sidhu was suited with seven-nine in spades, while Diederich was best preflop with king-jack off.

Sidhu flopped a nine and turned trips to reverse the hand, however, and send Diederich out in second place for $4,365 while Sidhu bagged another PPT trophy and $6,652.

They are heads up now after Leo Brouwer shoved his short stack in with a suited queen, but ran into Varan Sidhu’s suited gapper with nine-seven. Sidhu found his nine and Brouwer was out in 3rd place tonight.

Avery Aloneissi was very short at the break, sitting with just 65k. He wasn’t able to spin that up, and hit the rail shortly after the break ended for $2,075.

There are four left in the side game now after Gerald Chung shoved with sevens and Varan Sidhu called it off with ace-five and the big stack. Sidhu hit two aces on the flop, and Chung bricked the board to go home in 5th place tonight.

They are down to 5 remaining now after Michael Powley hit the rail for 6th place, but I missed the action while I was in the washroom.

The field is down to 6 left, and Varan Sidhu has more than 700k after he hit a queen to hold and send Ken Kaneda (8th, $685) and Resul Dauti (7th, $870) to the rail. The remaining players are now all guaranteed at least $1,120.

Benny Sarnelli was the first player out in the money tonight. He got to the final table very short and got his final two bigs in on the first FT hand, but couldn’t spin it up.

The side event field is down to 13 remaining now with Level 15 just underway. That puts them 4 off the money, with Ken Kaneda looking to be in the lead right now. He’s playing about 190k, but Leo Brouwer, who chopped the Seniors earlier in the week, is just behind on 180k. Michael Powley has about 160k with Varan Sidhu, who cashed the PLO Deepstack Hyper last night, playing about 145k.

The prizes are in, and the field is confirmed at 81 entries. That means 9 players will share in $20,777 in prizes later tonight.

The final tally for the side game tonight was 81 entries, for a prize pool of $20,777. I’m still waiting on confirmation of the numbers, but if they hold, 9 players will likely get a share of the prizes later tonight. I’ll confirm all the numbers once the prizes are posted.

The pace of entries has slowed quite a bit in the side game with 66 on the board now. There are a bit less than 90 minutes remaining in the entry period, but given the current pace, I’m thinking the final field will end up at around 80 tonight.

The side game is up to 64 entries, with players back from the first break of the day and about 15 minutes remaining in Level 6. They take their next break at the end of Level 9, and when they return for Level 10, entries will be closed. I still expect fairly brisk action at the rebuy desk throughout the entry period for this one.

The field is just a few entries shy of $15k in prizes now with the action in Level 4. There are 56 entries on the board so far, but still more than 2 hours to enter the game. The turnout for this one has been so strong that they’ve had to expand to tables in the poker room to accommodate the numbers alongside Day 1b of Event #3.

George Broumas, Rob Lothian, Benny Sarnelli, and Julius Roque are among the players in the game.

The side game field is growing fast, with almost 40 entries on the board in the opening level of play. Level 2 has just kicked off, and the prizes are already over $10k and climbing.

Event #5: $300 NLH ($270 + $30)

The side game on Saturday night should be a fairly quick affair with a 20k starting stack and 20-minute levels. The action kicks off at 6 PM, and they’ll play through to a winner before they quit.

Players have 9 levels to enter or rebuy, with the final chance to enter this one coming at about 9:50 PM. After that, it will be a race to the trophy. I should be able to catch a lot of the late-game action in this one, but it will depend on how late Day 1b of E3 runs.

Last time around, Devon Jacobs came back from behind against DJ Sharma to take down the win. He bested 115 entries to win the biggest share of almost $30k in prizes.