2026 Pure Poker Tour Series #1 – Event #5: $340 NLH 2nd Chance

As soon as they got heads up, Jo Teliani, who has to be back in action for Day 2 of Event #3 tomorrow at 1 PM, offered a chop to Adam Bishop. Bishop had the lead by about 250k at that point, 1.35m to 1.1m, so they agreed to a somewhat unusual chop that saw Teliani take the win, but Bishop take the most money.

They chopped the remaining prizes by chip count, which meant Bishop pocketed $6,901 while Teliani was happy with $6,650 just to end the game so she could get some sleep before tomorrow. For his part, Bishop seemed happy to pass the trophy and the official win over to Teliani for the extra guaranteed juice. Note that because of the deal, the PoS points are chopped evenly between all deal participants.

Results from Second Chance

They are heads up now after Jo Teliani sent Cameron Phillips to the rail for 3rd. She shoved the small blind with king-jack of spades, and Phillips called off a short stack of less than 8 big blinds with 10♦6♥. Phillips flopped a gutshot and rivered a pair of tens, but Teliani was already ahead with her flopped king on the Q♦K♥9♣5♥10♥. The king held and they are down to two.

The action was on the turn with the board reading J♥2♥7♥2♣ and Telieni bet 100k from the small blind before Adam Bishop shoved for 525k from the button. Teliani hit the tank, and found a fold after a couple of minutes, telling the table she had top-top. Bishop showed king-deuce to let her know it was a good fold.

Jo Teliani raised to 60k from the button, and Ian Broen called from the big blind. Broen shoved the 8♥7♥3♥ flop for 194k and Teliani hit the tank.

“Are you drawing to hearts?” she asked. “I have a pair.” She made the call after about a minute in the tank, and her queen seven was good against the [invalid notations] for Broen. Neither had a heart, and the 5♠9♦ runout didn’t change anything, with Teliani stacking Broen’s chips and taking the three-way lead.

The action is moving quicker than I can keep up with, as the field is now down to 6 left. John Hubensky was the 7th-place finisher tonight for a score of $1,326.

Brad Bishop just hit the rail for 8th place tonight, but I missed the action while I was getting the pictures sorted.

They are in the money now with 10 players left, and it was quite a switch at the end. Jo Teliani and Brad Bishop were beside each other on Table 21, with Bishop sitting with 800k to Teliani’s 350k. Just a few hands later, after a massive cooler between queens for Teliani and ace-king for Bishop, Teliani was the one stacking an 800k stack. Bishop still has chips and is now on the other table.

They’ve played four hands on the bubble, and they are still looking for the final elimination before the money. Brad Bishop, who bagged the big stack in yesterday’s Day 1a for Event #3 is also the big stack here tonight at the moment. He is playing close to 800k, with Jo Teliani & Adam Biship both playing about 350k for what looks like second place.

The clock is now paused for hand-for-hand bubble play. They played one hand at the level 17 blinds of 4k/8k/8k, and they’ve now moved on to Level 18 with a big blind of 10k. That puts the average stack at about 22 big blinds right now.

DJ Sharma was the most recent casualty to bring the game to 14 left, 4 off the money spots. He got his money in after he flopped a diamond draw with suited gappers, but then bricked the runout.

The Second Chance is down to 16 left, 6 off the money spots. I’ve just had a look around at the stacks, and it looks like Adam Bishop is the current leader with around 220k, while on the other table, Adam Bishop looks to have about 200k for second place.

The Second Chance players are on a break now, and when they return, they’ll be at the final two tables with 18 left. Just before the break began, there was an elimination in 19th place, so as soon as they return, they’ll break the 3rd table, and play down to hand-for-hand at 11 players.

The side game is now down to 25 players left, putting the 15 away from the 10 paid spots. Pav Braich, Lap Chi Duong, John Donnelly, Keith Stick, DJ Sharma, Jo Teliani, and Graham Lupton are among the players still alive as they near the money spots.

The side game field is down to 29 left, and the prizes are now in. The winner is set to take home $8,022, with a total of 10 players sharing in the prizes.

The side game is now down to 37 players remaining. I’m still waiting on the prize pool, but they should be paying 10 players later tonight with a top prize of at least $5k.

Entries are now closed for the Second Chance NLH, and the final unofficial tally is 97 entries. If that number holds once the prizes are posted, then it should mean 10 players sharing in $27,645 later tonight.

Just under 10 minutes remain in Level 7, with the field at 77 entries now for prizes of almost $22k. DJ Sharma, Sheraz Nasir, and John Donnelly are among the players in action with just over an hour to go in entries.

The side game is nearing 60 entries now, with prizes of more than $16.5k. Level 3 is nearly complete, with the first break of the day scheduled following this level. After that, they’ll return for another four levels of poker, plus another break, before entries close around 9:30 tonight.

The side game is now in Level 2, with about 8 minutes to play. The field is now at 45 entries for prizes of almost $13k, with just under 3 hours left to enter the game. Pav Braich & Jo Teliani, who both bagged 1a of Event #3 yesterday, are among the players in the game so far, along with Russ Sluchinski, Tom T, Josh Myers, Keith Stick, and Steve Azizi (who also bagged 1a last night).

The side game is now underway with 21 entries on the board to start Level 1. Entries are open for about 3.5 hours, with the desk set to close at about 9:30 PM tonight.

Event #5: $340 NLH 2nd Chance ($300 + $40)

The side game for Saturday evening is the Second Chance NLH. The action gets going at 6 PM, and players get 25k in chips for their $340 buy in.

Blinds will last for 20 minutes throughout the game, and players can enter or rebuy for the first nine levels of play. Level 10 should begin at about 8:30, following the break after Level 9, and entries for this one will be closed at that point. After that, it will be a race to the trophy later on Saturday evening.

I should be able to get some coverage of the endgame of this one, but I’ll likely be paying more attention to Day 1b of Event #3 until that one bags for the night.

As soon as they got heads up, Jo Teliani, who has to be back in action for Day 2 of Event #3 tomorrow at 1 PM, offered a chop to Adam Bishop. Bishop had the lead by about 250k at that point, 1.35m to 1.1m, so they agreed to a somewhat unusual chop that saw Teliani take the win, but Bishop take the most money.

They chopped the remaining prizes by chip count, which meant Bishop pocketed $6,901 while Teliani was happy with $6,650 just to end the game so she could get some sleep before tomorrow. For his part, Bishop seemed happy to pass the trophy and the official win over to Teliani for the extra guaranteed juice. Note that because of the deal, the PoS points are chopped evenly between all deal participants.

Results from Second Chance

They are heads up now after Jo Teliani sent Cameron Phillips to the rail for 3rd. She shoved the small blind with king-jack of spades, and Phillips called off a short stack of less than 8 big blinds with 10♦6♥. Phillips flopped a gutshot and rivered a pair of tens, but Teliani was already ahead with her flopped king on the Q♦K♥9♣5♥10♥. The king held and they are down to two.

The action was on the turn with the board reading J♥2♥7♥2♣ and Telieni bet 100k from the small blind before Adam Bishop shoved for 525k from the button. Teliani hit the tank, and found a fold after a couple of minutes, telling the table she had top-top. Bishop showed king-deuce to let her know it was a good fold.

Jo Teliani raised to 60k from the button, and Ian Broen called from the big blind. Broen shoved the 8♥7♥3♥ flop for 194k and Teliani hit the tank.

“Are you drawing to hearts?” she asked. “I have a pair.” She made the call after about a minute in the tank, and her queen seven was good against the [invalid notations] for Broen. Neither had a heart, and the 5♠9♦ runout didn’t change anything, with Teliani stacking Broen’s chips and taking the three-way lead.

The action is moving quicker than I can keep up with, as the field is now down to 6 left. John Hubensky was the 7th-place finisher tonight for a score of $1,326.

Brad Bishop just hit the rail for 8th place tonight, but I missed the action while I was getting the pictures sorted.

They are in the money now with 10 players left, and it was quite a switch at the end. Jo Teliani and Brad Bishop were beside each other on Table 21, with Bishop sitting with 800k to Teliani’s 350k. Just a few hands later, after a massive cooler between queens for Teliani and ace-king for Bishop, Teliani was the one stacking an 800k stack. Bishop still has chips and is now on the other table.

They’ve played four hands on the bubble, and they are still looking for the final elimination before the money. Brad Bishop, who bagged the big stack in yesterday’s Day 1a for Event #3 is also the big stack here tonight at the moment. He is playing close to 800k, with Jo Teliani & Adam Biship both playing about 350k for what looks like second place.

The clock is now paused for hand-for-hand bubble play. They played one hand at the level 17 blinds of 4k/8k/8k, and they’ve now moved on to Level 18 with a big blind of 10k. That puts the average stack at about 22 big blinds right now.

DJ Sharma was the most recent casualty to bring the game to 14 left, 4 off the money spots. He got his money in after he flopped a diamond draw with suited gappers, but then bricked the runout.

The Second Chance is down to 16 left, 6 off the money spots. I’ve just had a look around at the stacks, and it looks like Adam Bishop is the current leader with around 220k, while on the other table, Adam Bishop looks to have about 200k for second place.

The Second Chance players are on a break now, and when they return, they’ll be at the final two tables with 18 left. Just before the break began, there was an elimination in 19th place, so as soon as they return, they’ll break the 3rd table, and play down to hand-for-hand at 11 players.

The side game is now down to 25 players left, putting the 15 away from the 10 paid spots. Pav Braich, Lap Chi Duong, John Donnelly, Keith Stick, DJ Sharma, Jo Teliani, and Graham Lupton are among the players still alive as they near the money spots.

The side game field is down to 29 left, and the prizes are now in. The winner is set to take home $8,022, with a total of 10 players sharing in the prizes.

The side game is now down to 37 players remaining. I’m still waiting on the prize pool, but they should be paying 10 players later tonight with a top prize of at least $5k.

Entries are now closed for the Second Chance NLH, and the final unofficial tally is 97 entries. If that number holds once the prizes are posted, then it should mean 10 players sharing in $27,645 later tonight.

Just under 10 minutes remain in Level 7, with the field at 77 entries now for prizes of almost $22k. DJ Sharma, Sheraz Nasir, and John Donnelly are among the players in action with just over an hour to go in entries.

The side game is nearing 60 entries now, with prizes of more than $16.5k. Level 3 is nearly complete, with the first break of the day scheduled following this level. After that, they’ll return for another four levels of poker, plus another break, before entries close around 9:30 tonight.

The side game is now in Level 2, with about 8 minutes to play. The field is now at 45 entries for prizes of almost $13k, with just under 3 hours left to enter the game. Pav Braich & Jo Teliani, who both bagged 1a of Event #3 yesterday, are among the players in the game so far, along with Russ Sluchinski, Tom T, Josh Myers, Keith Stick, and Steve Azizi (who also bagged 1a last night).

The side game is now underway with 21 entries on the board to start Level 1. Entries are open for about 3.5 hours, with the desk set to close at about 9:30 PM tonight.

Event #5: $340 NLH 2nd Chance ($300 + $40)

The side game for Saturday evening is the Second Chance NLH. The action gets going at 6 PM, and players get 25k in chips for their $340 buy in.

Blinds will last for 20 minutes throughout the game, and players can enter or rebuy for the first nine levels of play. Level 10 should begin at about 8:30, following the break after Level 9, and entries for this one will be closed at that point. After that, it will be a race to the trophy later on Saturday evening.

I should be able to get some coverage of the endgame of this one, but I’ll likely be paying more attention to Day 1b of Event #3 until that one bags for the night.