2026 Pure Poker Tour Series #2 – Event #10: $340 NLH Deepstack Hyper

It didn’t take long to decide this one. Just a couple of hands into heads up, Riol Sherifi woke up with a suited king and shoved the big stack from the button. Jarret Gray looked down at a suited ace and called it off.

Gray was looking for clubs with ace-eight, while Sherifi had king-three in spades. Sherifi flopped a spade draw, turned his three, then rivered the flush to take it down on a board of J♠9♠2♣3♥7♠. Sherifi said after the game it was his first live win, and he was pretty stoked to get a trophy to go with it.

Most of the damage to Mike Aloneissi’s stack happened when he raised the button to 125k, then called off a shove from Riol Sherifi. Aloneissi had the most chips, but when Sherifi found a seven with ace-seven to crack Aloneissi’s fives, he was left with under 100k.

That went in blind on the next hand, but he woke up in good shape after Jarret Gray called him off with queen-three suited against ace-ten. Gray found his queen on the flop, however, and Aloneissi couldn’t catch up to end his night in 3rd place.

Canadian national slo-pitch player Justin Pennell busted for 4th place just before I got around to the pictures. Below are the final three players, with Jarret Gray in the lead with more than 1 million.

The side game is on the final table, which is also the money bubble, with nine players left and eight paid spots. I’m still watching the final five in the Big Bounty game, however, so this game will get limited coverage until the Big Bounty finishes. If this game finishes first (which seems likely), I’ll get a winner’s photo at least.

The side game is down to 14 players left on the break following Level 18. They’ll be back in action in about 5 minutes, with the play 6 off the money spots.

The side game is down to 17 remaining now, with about half of Level 18 complete. That puts them nine eliminations off the 8 paid spots for today’s game.

The prizes are in for the side game, and the field is confirmed at 73 entries. That means 8 players will get a share of almost $21k later tonight, with just over $7k up top for the winner.

Entries are closed on the side gae now, with 73 unofficial entries on the board. I’ll confirm the numbers when the prizes are in, but if this holds, it should mean 8 players sharing in just under $21k in prizes later tonight.

The side game field is up to 62 entries now, for prizes greater than $17.5k. An hour remains in the entry period for this one, so a final field between 70 & 80 still looks good.

The prizes are now over $15k with 53 entries on the board as they start the final 5 levels of entry. It’s still looking like a good bet for this field to finish between 70 and 80 entries.

Level 6 is just starting with 48 entries on the board. That puts them at more than $13k in prizes, with about 2 hours left to enter or rebuy.

The side game has been underway for about 45 minutes, and the field is at 40 entries. There are still about 2.5 hours left to enter the game, so lots of time for that number to push up into the 70 range at least.

Event #10: $340 NLH Deepstack Hyper ($300 + $40)

The NLH Deepstack Hyper is on the side for Tuesday evening, with action starting at 6 PM. Players get 40k in chips for their $340, but that stack will get small quickly with 15-minute blinds.

Entries are open for 11 levels, with the entry desk closing at about 9:15 PM, and they’ll play to a winner before they finish for the day.

In February’s series, Josh Myers & Ryan Cairns chopped this one, with Myers taking the win. The game got 71 entries for prizes of just over $20k.

It didn’t take long to decide this one. Just a couple of hands into heads up, Riol Sherifi woke up with a suited king and shoved the big stack from the button. Jarret Gray looked down at a suited ace and called it off.

Gray was looking for clubs with ace-eight, while Sherifi had king-three in spades. Sherifi flopped a spade draw, turned his three, then rivered the flush to take it down on a board of J♠9♠2♣3♥7♠. Sherifi said after the game it was his first live win, and he was pretty stoked to get a trophy to go with it.

Most of the damage to Mike Aloneissi’s stack happened when he raised the button to 125k, then called off a shove from Riol Sherifi. Aloneissi had the most chips, but when Sherifi found a seven with ace-seven to crack Aloneissi’s fives, he was left with under 100k.

That went in blind on the next hand, but he woke up in good shape after Jarret Gray called him off with queen-three suited against ace-ten. Gray found his queen on the flop, however, and Aloneissi couldn’t catch up to end his night in 3rd place.

Canadian national slo-pitch player Justin Pennell busted for 4th place just before I got around to the pictures. Below are the final three players, with Jarret Gray in the lead with more than 1 million.

The side game is on the final table, which is also the money bubble, with nine players left and eight paid spots. I’m still watching the final five in the Big Bounty game, however, so this game will get limited coverage until the Big Bounty finishes. If this game finishes first (which seems likely), I’ll get a winner’s photo at least.

The side game is down to 14 players left on the break following Level 18. They’ll be back in action in about 5 minutes, with the play 6 off the money spots.

The side game is down to 17 remaining now, with about half of Level 18 complete. That puts them nine eliminations off the 8 paid spots for today’s game.

The prizes are in for the side game, and the field is confirmed at 73 entries. That means 8 players will get a share of almost $21k later tonight, with just over $7k up top for the winner.

Entries are closed on the side gae now, with 73 unofficial entries on the board. I’ll confirm the numbers when the prizes are in, but if this holds, it should mean 8 players sharing in just under $21k in prizes later tonight.

The side game field is up to 62 entries now, for prizes greater than $17.5k. An hour remains in the entry period for this one, so a final field between 70 & 80 still looks good.

The prizes are now over $15k with 53 entries on the board as they start the final 5 levels of entry. It’s still looking like a good bet for this field to finish between 70 and 80 entries.

Level 6 is just starting with 48 entries on the board. That puts them at more than $13k in prizes, with about 2 hours left to enter or rebuy.

The side game has been underway for about 45 minutes, and the field is at 40 entries. There are still about 2.5 hours left to enter the game, so lots of time for that number to push up into the 70 range at least.

Event #10: $340 NLH Deepstack Hyper ($300 + $40)

The NLH Deepstack Hyper is on the side for Tuesday evening, with action starting at 6 PM. Players get 40k in chips for their $340, but that stack will get small quickly with 15-minute blinds.

Entries are open for 11 levels, with the entry desk closing at about 9:15 PM, and they’ll play to a winner before they finish for the day.

In February’s series, Josh Myers & Ryan Cairns chopped this one, with Myers taking the win. The game got 71 entries for prizes of just over $20k.