2026 Pure Poker Tour Series #2 – Event #4: $340 PLO Deepstack Hyper

For much of the night, it looked for all the world like David Cox was going to be a repeat winner in this one, and he almost made it happen. Unfortunately for him, Levi Jones showed up from Vancouver for the game.

Cox was dominant through most of the night, though the early lead went to Canadian national slo-pitch player Justin Pennell and George Broumas. Cox turned up the heat when they got close to the money, and dominated the stacks most of the rest of the way.

When they hit the final table, Cox was the big leader with more than 700k, but the rest of the final five tonight rounded out the top five back then as well. Jones was the shortest of the five with 345k, while David Johnson, Dah Huynh, and Christopher Becyagen were playing between 380k & 395k each.

Compared to the typical running of this game, they were still quite deep, with the game not dropping to less than 20 big blinds average until they were 6-ways at the final table. Throughout the night, the blinds never really got overly short, which is a marked departure from the usual style of this game.

When they got four ways after Cox sent Becyagen to the rail in 5th, he was playing more than half the chips in play, while the rest of the final four were pretty even stacked with the other half. Huynh then sent Johnson to the rail with a turned flush after the money went in preflop, with Johnson slightly ahead with a pair of fours.

Johnson flopped a five to pip up his pair, but Huynh got two diamonds, with a third on the turn, to send Johnson out in 4th. Jones then grabbed a double through Cox when his aces managed to fade a club draw for Cox.

The stacks evened out three ways after that, but then Cox jumped back into the lead when he barely outstacked Huynh after turning a flush. That left him heads up against Jones with a big lead, but Jones came back in a big way.

After he chipped up a bit early in heads up, a huge hand saw the momentum shift from Cox to Jones. After a raise and a call preflop, the action went wild on the seven-eight-deuce, two-heart flop. Jones flopped a set of sevens against two pair and straight outs, and the set held to score a big double up.

That left Cox with about 200k behind, and after he doubled up once by hitting trip sevens, the final confrontation came shortly after. The money went in preflop on the final hand after Jones potted and Cox repotted all in. Cox flopped a heart draw, but Jones hit his ace, then turned another one for trips. Cox couldn’t find his heart, and Jones was stacking all the chips for the winner’s photo.

This was Jones’ first live win, but he mentioned during the game that he generally plays cash rather than tournaments, and he’s a PLO specialist who doesn’t play hold’em. His Hendon Mob page is actually a bit sparser than expected, given his solid performance in this one; his first live win came in just his 7th recorded live cash. While he says he plays more cash than tournaments, it seems pretty clear he has a knack for PLO regardless of the format.

Final Results from PLO Deepstack Hyper

Place	Player	Prize
1	Levi Jones	$6,225
2	David Cox	$4,205
3	Danh Huynh	$2,775
4	David Johnson	$1,765
5	Christopher Becyagen	$1,175
6	Alex Caroline	$670

Levi Jones has most of the chips in play bow after a huge hand. Jones raised to 120k, and David Cox called. It all kicked off on the 7♥8♥2♦ flop.

Cox check-potted to 900k after a bet of 200k from Jones. Jones shoved, and Cox called it off with a bit more. Cox flopped two pair and a wrap, but Jones was on a set of sevens, and Cox bricked the runout.

He was left very short, but then secured a double-up shortly after with trip sevens, and they battle on with Jones now in a big lead.

The money went in on the Q♦2♣9♦ flop with Danh Huynh on top pair with some straight outs, but he had to fade the diamond draw for David Cox. He didn’t have to sweat long as Cox hit his diamonds on the turn and held. When the stacks were counted, Cox covered Huynh by about 50k, so they are now heads up with Cox in a slight lead against Levi Jones.

The stacks have evened out a bit, with Levi Jones taking a small lead three ways. He has about 1.15 million, while David Cox is just over 1 million, and Danh Huynh is playing about 800k.

Levi Jones just got a double up, but he had to sweat it out. He was in with aces and nut hearts against ace-ten-nine-six with clubs for David Cox. Cox flopped a club draw, but then bricked the runout for Jones’ aces to hold.

David Johnson potted the small blind to 120k, then called off the rest when Danh Huynh repotted to cover him. Johnson was on 9♥5♠4♠4♣ against 10♣7♦6♦5♣.

Johnson flopped a five, but Huynh flopped a diamond draw and turned the flush for the win.

David Cox is the big leader four ways. He has 1.55 million, with less than 3 million in play, with the rest of the field roughly even.

David Cox is looking to repeat as the champion of this game, and he just brought the game four-handed. His aces held against Chris Becyagen after Becyagen flopped a gutshot and turned a wrap and two pair, but the river paired to give Cox the bigger two pair.

Tyler Roll bubbled the money tonight, while Alex Caroline took the min-cash spot for $670.

The side game has moved to the poker room to finish out the night, and the field is now down to 7, on the money bubble. Glyn Gracias and Sean Ebbesen were the two players to bust to get them to 7 – stay tuned for some photos of the remaining players.

Defending champ David Cox is leading the way with the field still 3 off the money. He has about twice as many chips as the next player – see below for the final table chips.

The final table is now being set with nine players left. That puts them 3 off the money still, with the average stack a bit deepr than usual for this stage of the game, 27 big blinds. That will drop back to 22 bigs in 5 minutes when the level changes, assuming no busts between now and then. I’ll grab chips for the remaining players at the break in 5 minutes.

The side game is now 5 off the money spots with 11 players remaining. Just over 10 minutes remain in Level 19, and the average stack right now is about 22 big blinds.

The prizes are in for the side game, and the field is confirmed at 59 entries for $16,815 in prizes. Six players will share a piece of those prizes, with the winner set to pocket more than $6k later tonight, assuming no deals.

The PLO Deepstack Hyper is down to 17 remaining on the final two tables of play. The average stack is still relatively deep at more than 40 big blinds, but they still look to be racing to the money.

The side game is down to 22 players at the start of Level 14. That should put them 16 off the money spots, but I’m still waiting for confirmation on the prizes.

The side game is down to 24 players remaining, with Level 13 about to start. The action has been pretty quick since entries closed, despite the fact that the average stack is still around 40 big blinds.

Entries for the side game are now closed, with the final unofficial number at 59 entries. If that holds, it should mean 6 players getting a piece of $16,815 in prizes later tonight, but I’ll confirm that when the prizes are posted shortly.

The side game is on their final break of entries, with about 10 minutes to go until they are back at the felt with entries closed. There are 57 entries on the board right now, so it might hit 60 before the end of the break, but it doesn’t look like it will go much higher than that.

Justin Pennell, who is playing for Canada in another slo-pitch Border Battle this June, and George Broumas look to be the joint leaders right now, with both on about 250k.

Level 11 has just kicked off, and that means there are just under 30 minutes left until entries close for the side game tonight. The field is 55 entries as the final level of registration begins, putting the prizes at more than $15k.

Level 9 has just begun, and the field hit 50 just before the end of Level 8. That puts the prizes over $14k now, with about an hour left to enter the game. I expect new entries in this one as players bust from Event #3, as well as more rebuys from players already in action. That said, my previous prediction of a field flirting with 100 seems wildly optimistic now.

The side game players are on their first break of the day now, with 6 levels of play in the books. The field is at 44 entries now, for prizes of $12,540, and when they return from the break in a couple of minutes, there will be 5 levels of poker, plus one more break, before entries are over.

The PLO Deepstack Hyper is now over $10k, with 38 entries on the board. Level 6 is about to start, and that will be the final level before the first break of the day.

Level 3 has just over 10 minutes to play, and the field is at 25 entries, for prizes of more than $7k now. The entries so far have been pretty brisk, and it’s looking like a decent turnout for this one. I expect quite a few rebuys through the night, as well as more new entries, so it seems like a reasonable bet this field will flirt with 100 entries. Leo Zhang, who cashed in the Mix game last night and is a regular in the endgame of 4-card poker here in Alberta, was among the recent entries.

The side game field is now up to 18 entries as Level 2 gets underway. Francis Fan looks to be the most recent entry to this game tonight.

The side game is now underway with the action in Level 1. There were 13 players in their seats to start the day, but it looks like there is a small line for entries at the desk to start the game, so we should see a few more on the next update. Among the players in the game are Stefan Maloney, Dylan Descheneaux, Benny Sarnelli, Brady O’Hara, Paul Shakir, and defending champ David Cox.

Event #4: $340 PLO Deepstack Hyper ($300 + $40)

The Friday side game is likely to see a lot of fast action, with lightening-fast blinds at 15 minutes per level. Players get 50k to start for this combination of deepstack poker with hyper-fast blinds.

The action kicks off at 6 PM, and players have a bit more than three hours to buy in or reenter. The registration desk closes at the start of Level 12, which should be around 9:15 PM tonight. After that, it will be a race to the finish for this one-day game. I expect this to be a fairly quick game, as the hyper-fast blinds tend to mean that players in the money are rarely playing more than 15 big blinds on average.

In the opening series of 2026, David Cox was the winner of this one. He made it through a field of 89 entries for the biggest share of $25,365 in prizes. He took down the title heads up over Keith Stick after about 8 hours of play.

For much of the night, it looked for all the world like David Cox was going to be a repeat winner in this one, and he almost made it happen. Unfortunately for him, Levi Jones showed up from Vancouver for the game.

Cox was dominant through most of the night, though the early lead went to Canadian national slo-pitch player Justin Pennell and George Broumas. Cox turned up the heat when they got close to the money, and dominated the stacks most of the rest of the way.

When they hit the final table, Cox was the big leader with more than 700k, but the rest of the final five tonight rounded out the top five back then as well. Jones was the shortest of the five with 345k, while David Johnson, Dah Huynh, and Christopher Becyagen were playing between 380k & 395k each.

Compared to the typical running of this game, they were still quite deep, with the game not dropping to less than 20 big blinds average until they were 6-ways at the final table. Throughout the night, the blinds never really got overly short, which is a marked departure from the usual style of this game.

When they got four ways after Cox sent Becyagen to the rail in 5th, he was playing more than half the chips in play, while the rest of the final four were pretty even stacked with the other half. Huynh then sent Johnson to the rail with a turned flush after the money went in preflop, with Johnson slightly ahead with a pair of fours.

Johnson flopped a five to pip up his pair, but Huynh got two diamonds, with a third on the turn, to send Johnson out in 4th. Jones then grabbed a double through Cox when his aces managed to fade a club draw for Cox.

The stacks evened out three ways after that, but then Cox jumped back into the lead when he barely outstacked Huynh after turning a flush. That left him heads up against Jones with a big lead, but Jones came back in a big way.

After he chipped up a bit early in heads up, a huge hand saw the momentum shift from Cox to Jones. After a raise and a call preflop, the action went wild on the seven-eight-deuce, two-heart flop. Jones flopped a set of sevens against two pair and straight outs, and the set held to score a big double up.

That left Cox with about 200k behind, and after he doubled up once by hitting trip sevens, the final confrontation came shortly after. The money went in preflop on the final hand after Jones potted and Cox repotted all in. Cox flopped a heart draw, but Jones hit his ace, then turned another one for trips. Cox couldn’t find his heart, and Jones was stacking all the chips for the winner’s photo.

This was Jones’ first live win, but he mentioned during the game that he generally plays cash rather than tournaments, and he’s a PLO specialist who doesn’t play hold’em. His Hendon Mob page is actually a bit sparser than expected, given his solid performance in this one; his first live win came in just his 7th recorded live cash. While he says he plays more cash than tournaments, it seems pretty clear he has a knack for PLO regardless of the format.

Final Results from PLO Deepstack Hyper

Place	Player	Prize
1	Levi Jones	$6,225
2	David Cox	$4,205
3	Danh Huynh	$2,775
4	David Johnson	$1,765
5	Christopher Becyagen	$1,175
6	Alex Caroline	$670

Levi Jones has most of the chips in play bow after a huge hand. Jones raised to 120k, and David Cox called. It all kicked off on the 7♥8♥2♦ flop.

Cox check-potted to 900k after a bet of 200k from Jones. Jones shoved, and Cox called it off with a bit more. Cox flopped two pair and a wrap, but Jones was on a set of sevens, and Cox bricked the runout.

He was left very short, but then secured a double-up shortly after with trip sevens, and they battle on with Jones now in a big lead.

The money went in on the Q♦2♣9♦ flop with Danh Huynh on top pair with some straight outs, but he had to fade the diamond draw for David Cox. He didn’t have to sweat long as Cox hit his diamonds on the turn and held. When the stacks were counted, Cox covered Huynh by about 50k, so they are now heads up with Cox in a slight lead against Levi Jones.

The stacks have evened out a bit, with Levi Jones taking a small lead three ways. He has about 1.15 million, while David Cox is just over 1 million, and Danh Huynh is playing about 800k.

Levi Jones just got a double up, but he had to sweat it out. He was in with aces and nut hearts against ace-ten-nine-six with clubs for David Cox. Cox flopped a club draw, but then bricked the runout for Jones’ aces to hold.

David Johnson potted the small blind to 120k, then called off the rest when Danh Huynh repotted to cover him. Johnson was on 9♥5♠4♠4♣ against 10♣7♦6♦5♣.

Johnson flopped a five, but Huynh flopped a diamond draw and turned the flush for the win.

David Cox is the big leader four ways. He has 1.55 million, with less than 3 million in play, with the rest of the field roughly even.

David Cox is looking to repeat as the champion of this game, and he just brought the game four-handed. His aces held against Chris Becyagen after Becyagen flopped a gutshot and turned a wrap and two pair, but the river paired to give Cox the bigger two pair.

Tyler Roll bubbled the money tonight, while Alex Caroline took the min-cash spot for $670.

The side game has moved to the poker room to finish out the night, and the field is now down to 7, on the money bubble. Glyn Gracias and Sean Ebbesen were the two players to bust to get them to 7 – stay tuned for some photos of the remaining players.

Defending champ David Cox is leading the way with the field still 3 off the money. He has about twice as many chips as the next player – see below for the final table chips.

The final table is now being set with nine players left. That puts them 3 off the money still, with the average stack a bit deepr than usual for this stage of the game, 27 big blinds. That will drop back to 22 bigs in 5 minutes when the level changes, assuming no busts between now and then. I’ll grab chips for the remaining players at the break in 5 minutes.

The side game is now 5 off the money spots with 11 players remaining. Just over 10 minutes remain in Level 19, and the average stack right now is about 22 big blinds.

The prizes are in for the side game, and the field is confirmed at 59 entries for $16,815 in prizes. Six players will share a piece of those prizes, with the winner set to pocket more than $6k later tonight, assuming no deals.

The PLO Deepstack Hyper is down to 17 remaining on the final two tables of play. The average stack is still relatively deep at more than 40 big blinds, but they still look to be racing to the money.

The side game is down to 22 players at the start of Level 14. That should put them 16 off the money spots, but I’m still waiting for confirmation on the prizes.

The side game is down to 24 players remaining, with Level 13 about to start. The action has been pretty quick since entries closed, despite the fact that the average stack is still around 40 big blinds.

Entries for the side game are now closed, with the final unofficial number at 59 entries. If that holds, it should mean 6 players getting a piece of $16,815 in prizes later tonight, but I’ll confirm that when the prizes are posted shortly.

The side game is on their final break of entries, with about 10 minutes to go until they are back at the felt with entries closed. There are 57 entries on the board right now, so it might hit 60 before the end of the break, but it doesn’t look like it will go much higher than that.

Justin Pennell, who is playing for Canada in another slo-pitch Border Battle this June, and George Broumas look to be the joint leaders right now, with both on about 250k.

Level 11 has just kicked off, and that means there are just under 30 minutes left until entries close for the side game tonight. The field is 55 entries as the final level of registration begins, putting the prizes at more than $15k.

Level 9 has just begun, and the field hit 50 just before the end of Level 8. That puts the prizes over $14k now, with about an hour left to enter the game. I expect new entries in this one as players bust from Event #3, as well as more rebuys from players already in action. That said, my previous prediction of a field flirting with 100 seems wildly optimistic now.

The side game players are on their first break of the day now, with 6 levels of play in the books. The field is at 44 entries now, for prizes of $12,540, and when they return from the break in a couple of minutes, there will be 5 levels of poker, plus one more break, before entries are over.

The PLO Deepstack Hyper is now over $10k, with 38 entries on the board. Level 6 is about to start, and that will be the final level before the first break of the day.

Level 3 has just over 10 minutes to play, and the field is at 25 entries, for prizes of more than $7k now. The entries so far have been pretty brisk, and it’s looking like a decent turnout for this one. I expect quite a few rebuys through the night, as well as more new entries, so it seems like a reasonable bet this field will flirt with 100 entries. Leo Zhang, who cashed in the Mix game last night and is a regular in the endgame of 4-card poker here in Alberta, was among the recent entries.

The side game field is now up to 18 entries as Level 2 gets underway. Francis Fan looks to be the most recent entry to this game tonight.

The side game is now underway with the action in Level 1. There were 13 players in their seats to start the day, but it looks like there is a small line for entries at the desk to start the game, so we should see a few more on the next update. Among the players in the game are Stefan Maloney, Dylan Descheneaux, Benny Sarnelli, Brady O’Hara, Paul Shakir, and defending champ David Cox.

Event #4: $340 PLO Deepstack Hyper ($300 + $40)

The Friday side game is likely to see a lot of fast action, with lightening-fast blinds at 15 minutes per level. Players get 50k to start for this combination of deepstack poker with hyper-fast blinds.

The action kicks off at 6 PM, and players have a bit more than three hours to buy in or reenter. The registration desk closes at the start of Level 12, which should be around 9:15 PM tonight. After that, it will be a race to the finish for this one-day game. I expect this to be a fairly quick game, as the hyper-fast blinds tend to mean that players in the money are rarely playing more than 15 big blinds on average.

In the opening series of 2026, David Cox was the winner of this one. He made it through a field of 89 entries for the biggest share of $25,365 in prizes. He took down the title heads up over Keith Stick after about 8 hours of play.