2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #5 – Event #16: $340 Last Chance NLH

Event #16: $340 Last Chance NLH, found a frenzy of players looking to find the last PPT trophy of the year. The field drew 144 entries to combine for a prize pool of $41,040. Denis Mujcin climbed his way to the top, to take home his first PPT trophy. Mujcin ended the tournament with a double elimination.

He called off with K♦J♦ against Ryan Smith’s short stacked all in, as well as Rob Lothian’s re-jam. Smith had 5♦6♦, while Lothian held J♠J♥. However, the K♥Q♣7♥ flop launched him into the lead. The board completed with the 6♣2♠ to give Mujcin his first trophy.

Mujcin shared some key hands including an elimination, and big pot five handed picking up pocket aces twice. He also found two eliminations with Ace-Queen on his way to taking home his first poker trophy.

Event #16: $340 Last Chance NLH Final Result

Position	Player	Prize
1	Denis Mujcin	$10,900
2	Rob Lothian	$7,500
3	Ryan Smith	$4,875
4	Lucas Lacko	$3,750
5	Jason Law	$2,885
6	Resul Dauti	$2,285
7	Shane Hall	$1,800
8	Stefan Maloney	$1,425
9	Rodica Fatol	$1,160
10	Alexander Bichovsky	$935
11	Ndumisa Gama	$765
12	Tim Baiden	$765
13	Glenn Tarasoff	$665
14	Andy Truong	$665
15	Colin Orleski	$665

Rob Lothian opened to 3,000 from the button. Both blinds made the call.

The flop came 10♥10♦7♠, and both blinds were quick to check. Lothian fired for 5,500, and only Jason Law made the call.

After the turn peeled the K♦, Law checked to Lothian. He continued for 13,000, and Law made the call.

The 2♣ completed the board, and Law moved all in for 25,600. Lothian went into the tank, but found the fold.

Earlier in the week, Law found his first PPT trophy taking down the $230 NLH.

Rob Lothian: 95,500
Jason Law: 72,700

Action was caught after the flop of 2♦4♣4♠, and middle position moved all in for 11,500. Gerald Chung made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.

Middle Position: K♥K♣
Gerald Chung: J♣J♠

The board completed with the 9♦J♦ for Chung to find the elimination.

Gerald Chung: 46,900

Action was caught after the flop of J♥K♣K♥, and Varanpreet Sidhu checked from under the gun. Holly Orleski moved all in for 14,000 from the button, and Sidhu made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Holly Orleski: J♦10♣
Varanpreet Sidhu: A♣Q♣

The board completed with the 9♣4♣ for Orleski to find the double.

Holly Orleski: 49,800
Varanpreet Sidhu: 23,700

Action was caught after the board ran out 9♠2♥J♥A♦7♥, and two early players were quick to check.

Kenneth Budd fired for 3,000 from middle position, and Ryan Smith raised to 10,000 from late position.

Budd went into the tank, but eventually made the fold.

Kenneth Budd: 87,100
Ryan Smith: 35,300

Action was caught after a three way all in occurred. The three players revealed their holdings.

Zhenning Zhang: A♦K♦
Middle Position: J♣J♥
Keith Sarnoski: Q♠Q♥

The board ran out K♥3♦9♣4♠A♣ to give the main pot to Zhang, and the side pot to Sarnoski.

Zhenning Zhang: 44,200
Keith Sarnoski: 16,100

Ian Alvarado moved all in for 3,600 under the gun. Early position called, and Denis Mujcin moved all in for 14,000 from middle position. Ken Kaneda called for his remaining 400, and the three players revealed their holdings.

Ken Kaneda: 9♦2♣
Ian Alvarado: A♣Q♠
Denis Mujcin: A♠9♣

The board ran out 7♠2♠3♦2♦Q♥ for Kaneda and Alvarado to find a section of the pot.

Denis Mujcin: 11,700
Ian Alvarado: 9,800
Ken Kaneda: 3,200

Action was caught after the turn of K♦Q♠8♦4♣, and Loretta Manley moved all in for 17,500. Ken Kaneda went into the tank, but eventually made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Loretta Manley: K♦K♣
Ken Kaneda: Q♣8♣

The board completed with the 7♠ for Manley to find the double.

Loretta Manley: 49,200
Ken Kaneda: 400

Action was caught after the board ran out Q♠7♦3♣10♦J♣, and Josh Myers fired for 25,000 from early position.

His opponent called for his remaining 19,700, and Myers revealed 7♠7♣ to find the elimination.

Myers won the first side event of the series showing a dominant performance in the $340 NLH/PLO Mixed. A win in today’s event would see Myers find is third PPT trophy.

Josh Myers: 70,300

After an under the gun open to 1,100, two players made the call. Shane Hall called from the small blind, and Allison Buffalo moved all in for 19,900 from the big blind. Action folded to Hall who flicked in the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Allison Buffalo: A♥K♠
Shane Hall: K♥K♣

The board ran out 7♥A♣2♥Q♥9♦ for Buffalo to find the double.

Allison Buffalo: 44,700
Shane Hall: 500

Action was caught after the flop of 10♣J♦7♦, and Lynne Stephenson led out for 1,000. Early position made the call, and Jason Law moved all in for 13,900. Stephenson was quick to make the call, and both players revealed their holdings.

Jason Law: A♠J♣
Lynne Stephenson: 10♦7♣

The board completed with the 6♠2♥ to send Law to the rail.

Lynne Stephenson: 72,600

Ali Razzaq opened to 800 from middle position. Three players made the call.

The flop came 10♣5♣Q♦, and Shiane Runcie led out for 800 from the small blind. Two players made the call.

After the turn came the 8♣, Runcie continued for 800. Razzaq raised to 7,000, and Runcie called off for his remaining 6,300. Both players revealed their holdings.

Shiane Runcie: 10♦9♣
Ali Razzaq: A♣9♦

The board completed with the 4♥ to give Runcie the double.

Ali Razzaq: 39,200
Shiane Runcie: 18,100

Action was caught after the flop of K♥K♦4♥, and William Lubyck checked from the big blind. Brenda Robertson fired for 1,500 from middle position, and two players made the call.

The turn was the 9♣, and Lubyck checked to Robertson. She fired for 4,500, and Lubyck called for his remaining 3,600. Both players revealed their holdings.

William Lubyck: 6♥3♥
Brenda Robertson: A♠A♦

The 7♥ completed the board to give Lubyck the flush and the pot.

Brenda Robertson: 30,200
William Lubyck: 14,900

Middle position opened, and the cutoff made the call. Lillian Lubyk called from the button, and Naleen Naraya defended his big blind.

The flop came 6♠Q♠A♣, and Naraya led out for 2,000. Middle position made the call, and Lubyk raised to 6,000. Only Naraya made the call.

After the turn peeled the 8♦, both players were quick to check.

The river came the J♥, and Naraya fired for 6,000. He was rewarded with the pot.

Naleen Naraya: 34,900
Lillian Lubyk: 19,200

After taking down the Tag Team yesterday with partner Mitch Heidt, Keith Stick is off to a hot start in the Last Chance.

Stick opened to 300 from late position, and under the gun made the call.

The flop came 3♠2♣3♣, and both players were quick to check.

After the turn peeled the 6♦, under the gun checked to Stick. He fired for 900, and was rewarded with the pot.

Keith Stick: 67,700

The cutoff called, along with Brenda Robertson in the button. The small blind raised to 600, and both players made the call.

The flop came 10♣7♣J♥, and the small blind led out for 1,200. Both players made the call.

After the turn peeled the 3♦, the small blind continued for 2,800. Only Robertson made the call.

The 3♣ completed the board, and the small blind was quick to check. Robertson fired for 6,000, and the small blind went into the tank. Eventually, they made the fold.

Brenda Robertson: 30,300

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

The final event on the 2025 PPT schedule runs on Sunday afternoon at 2 PM. The Last Chance game isn’t just the last chance in this series to bag a trophy, it’s the last chance in 2025 before the new season kicks off in February 2026 at Pure Casino Edmonton.

The Last Chance NLH starts with 25k in chips, and levels are 30 minutes long throughout the game (dropping to 20 in heads up). Players have 8 levels of poker to enter the game, putting the last entry for the 2025 PPT at about 6:45 PM Sunday evening. After that, they’ll play until one player has all the chips.

In September’s series, Roger Hoyt was the winner of this one, taking it down heads up over Alan Zhu. He made it through 127 entries for the biggest share of $36,190 in total prizes.

Alek Gillies will be handling the reporting on this one from front to back.

Event #16: $340 Last Chance NLH, found a frenzy of players looking to find the last PPT trophy of the year. The field drew 144 entries to combine for a prize pool of $41,040. Denis Mujcin climbed his way to the top, to take home his first PPT trophy. Mujcin ended the tournament with a double elimination.

He called off with K♦J♦ against Ryan Smith’s short stacked all in, as well as Rob Lothian’s re-jam. Smith had 5♦6♦, while Lothian held J♠J♥. However, the K♥Q♣7♥ flop launched him into the lead. The board completed with the 6♣2♠ to give Mujcin his first trophy.

Mujcin shared some key hands including an elimination, and big pot five handed picking up pocket aces twice. He also found two eliminations with Ace-Queen on his way to taking home his first poker trophy.

Event #16: $340 Last Chance NLH Final Result

Position	Player	Prize
1	Denis Mujcin	$10,900
2	Rob Lothian	$7,500
3	Ryan Smith	$4,875
4	Lucas Lacko	$3,750
5	Jason Law	$2,885
6	Resul Dauti	$2,285
7	Shane Hall	$1,800
8	Stefan Maloney	$1,425
9	Rodica Fatol	$1,160
10	Alexander Bichovsky	$935
11	Ndumisa Gama	$765
12	Tim Baiden	$765
13	Glenn Tarasoff	$665
14	Andy Truong	$665
15	Colin Orleski	$665

Rob Lothian opened to 3,000 from the button. Both blinds made the call.

The flop came 10♥10♦7♠, and both blinds were quick to check. Lothian fired for 5,500, and only Jason Law made the call.

After the turn peeled the K♦, Law checked to Lothian. He continued for 13,000, and Law made the call.

The 2♣ completed the board, and Law moved all in for 25,600. Lothian went into the tank, but found the fold.

Earlier in the week, Law found his first PPT trophy taking down the $230 NLH.

Rob Lothian: 95,500
Jason Law: 72,700

Action was caught after the flop of 2♦4♣4♠, and middle position moved all in for 11,500. Gerald Chung made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.

Middle Position: K♥K♣
Gerald Chung: J♣J♠

The board completed with the 9♦J♦ for Chung to find the elimination.

Gerald Chung: 46,900

Action was caught after the flop of J♥K♣K♥, and Varanpreet Sidhu checked from under the gun. Holly Orleski moved all in for 14,000 from the button, and Sidhu made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Holly Orleski: J♦10♣
Varanpreet Sidhu: A♣Q♣

The board completed with the 9♣4♣ for Orleski to find the double.

Holly Orleski: 49,800
Varanpreet Sidhu: 23,700

Action was caught after the board ran out 9♠2♥J♥A♦7♥, and two early players were quick to check.

Kenneth Budd fired for 3,000 from middle position, and Ryan Smith raised to 10,000 from late position.

Budd went into the tank, but eventually made the fold.

Kenneth Budd: 87,100
Ryan Smith: 35,300

Action was caught after a three way all in occurred. The three players revealed their holdings.

Zhenning Zhang: A♦K♦
Middle Position: J♣J♥
Keith Sarnoski: Q♠Q♥

The board ran out K♥3♦9♣4♠A♣ to give the main pot to Zhang, and the side pot to Sarnoski.

Zhenning Zhang: 44,200
Keith Sarnoski: 16,100

Ian Alvarado moved all in for 3,600 under the gun. Early position called, and Denis Mujcin moved all in for 14,000 from middle position. Ken Kaneda called for his remaining 400, and the three players revealed their holdings.

Ken Kaneda: 9♦2♣
Ian Alvarado: A♣Q♠
Denis Mujcin: A♠9♣

The board ran out 7♠2♠3♦2♦Q♥ for Kaneda and Alvarado to find a section of the pot.

Denis Mujcin: 11,700
Ian Alvarado: 9,800
Ken Kaneda: 3,200

Action was caught after the turn of K♦Q♠8♦4♣, and Loretta Manley moved all in for 17,500. Ken Kaneda went into the tank, but eventually made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Loretta Manley: K♦K♣
Ken Kaneda: Q♣8♣

The board completed with the 7♠ for Manley to find the double.

Loretta Manley: 49,200
Ken Kaneda: 400

Action was caught after the board ran out Q♠7♦3♣10♦J♣, and Josh Myers fired for 25,000 from early position.

His opponent called for his remaining 19,700, and Myers revealed 7♠7♣ to find the elimination.

Myers won the first side event of the series showing a dominant performance in the $340 NLH/PLO Mixed. A win in today’s event would see Myers find is third PPT trophy.

Josh Myers: 70,300

After an under the gun open to 1,100, two players made the call. Shane Hall called from the small blind, and Allison Buffalo moved all in for 19,900 from the big blind. Action folded to Hall who flicked in the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Allison Buffalo: A♥K♠
Shane Hall: K♥K♣

The board ran out 7♥A♣2♥Q♥9♦ for Buffalo to find the double.

Allison Buffalo: 44,700
Shane Hall: 500

Action was caught after the flop of 10♣J♦7♦, and Lynne Stephenson led out for 1,000. Early position made the call, and Jason Law moved all in for 13,900. Stephenson was quick to make the call, and both players revealed their holdings.

Jason Law: A♠J♣
Lynne Stephenson: 10♦7♣

The board completed with the 6♠2♥ to send Law to the rail.

Lynne Stephenson: 72,600

Ali Razzaq opened to 800 from middle position. Three players made the call.

The flop came 10♣5♣Q♦, and Shiane Runcie led out for 800 from the small blind. Two players made the call.

After the turn came the 8♣, Runcie continued for 800. Razzaq raised to 7,000, and Runcie called off for his remaining 6,300. Both players revealed their holdings.

Shiane Runcie: 10♦9♣
Ali Razzaq: A♣9♦

The board completed with the 4♥ to give Runcie the double.

Ali Razzaq: 39,200
Shiane Runcie: 18,100

Action was caught after the flop of K♥K♦4♥, and William Lubyck checked from the big blind. Brenda Robertson fired for 1,500 from middle position, and two players made the call.

The turn was the 9♣, and Lubyck checked to Robertson. She fired for 4,500, and Lubyck called for his remaining 3,600. Both players revealed their holdings.

William Lubyck: 6♥3♥
Brenda Robertson: A♠A♦

The 7♥ completed the board to give Lubyck the flush and the pot.

Brenda Robertson: 30,200
William Lubyck: 14,900

Middle position opened, and the cutoff made the call. Lillian Lubyk called from the button, and Naleen Naraya defended his big blind.

The flop came 6♠Q♠A♣, and Naraya led out for 2,000. Middle position made the call, and Lubyk raised to 6,000. Only Naraya made the call.

After the turn peeled the 8♦, both players were quick to check.

The river came the J♥, and Naraya fired for 6,000. He was rewarded with the pot.

Naleen Naraya: 34,900
Lillian Lubyk: 19,200

After taking down the Tag Team yesterday with partner Mitch Heidt, Keith Stick is off to a hot start in the Last Chance.

Stick opened to 300 from late position, and under the gun made the call.

The flop came 3♠2♣3♣, and both players were quick to check.

After the turn peeled the 6♦, under the gun checked to Stick. He fired for 900, and was rewarded with the pot.

Keith Stick: 67,700

The cutoff called, along with Brenda Robertson in the button. The small blind raised to 600, and both players made the call.

The flop came 10♣7♣J♥, and the small blind led out for 1,200. Both players made the call.

After the turn peeled the 3♦, the small blind continued for 2,800. Only Robertson made the call.

The 3♣ completed the board, and the small blind was quick to check. Robertson fired for 6,000, and the small blind went into the tank. Eventually, they made the fold.

Brenda Robertson: 30,300

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

The final event on the 2025 PPT schedule runs on Sunday afternoon at 2 PM. The Last Chance game isn’t just the last chance in this series to bag a trophy, it’s the last chance in 2025 before the new season kicks off in February 2026 at Pure Casino Edmonton.

The Last Chance NLH starts with 25k in chips, and levels are 30 minutes long throughout the game (dropping to 20 in heads up). Players have 8 levels of poker to enter the game, putting the last entry for the 2025 PPT at about 6:45 PM Sunday evening. After that, they’ll play until one player has all the chips.

In September’s series, Roger Hoyt was the winner of this one, taking it down heads up over Alan Zhu. He made it through 127 entries for the biggest share of $36,190 in total prizes.

Alek Gillies will be handling the reporting on this one from front to back.