2026 Pure Poker Tour Series #3 – Event #5: $340 NLH

They played about a level in the poker room before it all ended. In the final hand, Sarvesh Pershad shoved and Ali Razzaq called it off.

Razzaq was in good shape with ace-king of spades into queen-eight offsuit, but when Pershad turned the eight, and Razzaq bricked, Pershad was left with all the chips.

The final three made a deal, so Razzaq, along with Hayden Ebbern, scored $5k each from the deal, while Pershad got the extra $1,235 for $6,235 total.

The final three players made a deal for $5k each, leaving $1,200 to play for up top. Shortly after, Hayden Ebbern shoved with ace-deuce, but ran into aces for Sarvesh Pershad. The aces held, and Ebbern was out in 3rd.

That leaves Pershad heads up against Ali Razzaq, and Pershad has about a 3:1 lead.

They are down to three now after two quick eliminations. I missed the action on Cory Rotar’s 5th place finish, while Randy Dalla Vecchia got fumes in against Ali Razzaq and couldn’t beat his ace for 4th place tonight. The final three are now moving to poker to finish it out.

Sarvesh Pershad raised to 65k second to act, and Ali Razzaq called from the big blind. Razzaq check-called for 60k on the 5♦K♣J♠ and they both checked the 9♣ turn.

Razzaq checked again on the 10♣ river, then mucked when Pershad fired 150k. The House has just announced that the game will be moving to the poker room after this level, in about 6 minutes.

Hayden Ebbern opened to 50k under the gun, then called it off when Sandy Lam shoved the cutoff with a bit more. Ebbern had pocket nines against ace-six for Lam, and the nines held on a board of [invalid notations]. That left Lam very short, and the rest of her stack went to Ali Razzaq in the next hand.

The side game is still on the bubble with 10 left, and it looks like Ali Razzaq is the leader right now. He’s playing close to 500k at the moment.

They are on the bubble to the money now in the side game. The clock was paused with 17:31 remaining in Level 19, and two minutes will come off the clock manually until the next elimination puts the remaining field in the money.

Level 19 has just begun, and they played all of Level 18 with 11 remaining. The clock is still running normally, but they’ll pause it for hand-for-hand play after the next elimination.

The side game is on the soft bubble with 11 players left. Just over 5 minutes remain in Level 17, and they’ll go hand for hand after the next elimination until they get to nine.

The side game is now on the final two tables, with 15 players still alive. That puts them six eliminations away from the 9 paid spots tonight.

Level 16 is nearly complete, and I’m predicting the bubble play to start sometime in Level 18.

The side game is down to three tables now, with 26 players left alive. The average stack right now is just over 20 big blinds, so the game should move fairly quickly from here.

The prizes are in, and the field is confirmed at 85 entries for prizes of $24,225. Nine players will share in those prizes later tonight, with the winner set to pocket more than $7,500.

Entries are closed for Event #5, and the final tally on the board is 85 entries. If that holds, it will mean 9 players share in $24,225 later tonight. I’ll confirm all the numbers when the prizes are posted shortly.

The side game players are now on their second break of the night, and entries will close when they return. The current field is 82, but I expect a few entries on the break. However, regardless of the break entries, it looks like there will be 9 paid spots tonight, unless there’s a massive rush on entries during the break.

The side game is up to 80 entries with about 5 minutes to play in Level 8. That puts the prizes one entry shy of $23k with about 40 minutes left to enter the game.

With a bit less than 5 minutes to play in Level 6, the side game field is up to 72 entries for prizes of more than $20k. There is still more than an hour left to enter this game, so a final field between 80-100, as predicted, looks pretty decent.

The side game is up to 65 entries with just over 10 minutes to play in Level 5. They’ll take their first break of the night after this level, then return for four more levels of poker with entries open. The prizes are now just a few entries shy of $20k.

The side game is now over 50 entries, for prizes just shy of $15k. Level 4 is about to start, and there are about 2.5 hours remaining in entries for this game.

There are 37 entries on the board with about 10 minutes to play in Level 2. That puts the prizes a bit more than $10k so far, with about 3 hours left to enter the game. Jeff Clarke, Karin Schulenberg, Stacey Diederich, Stefan Maloney, Rob Lothian, and Hassan Issa are among the players competing for this trophy.

Action in the side game is now underway with 16 entries on the board to start the game. Registration is open for 3.5 hours, closing at about 9:30 PM, and I’m expecting this field to be 80-100 before the entry desk closes.

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

The Saturday night side game is the $340 NLH. Action gets going at 6 PM, and players start with 25k in chips.

Blinds are 20 minutes long throughout the game (15 minutes heads up), and players can enter or rebuy for the first 9 levels of play. That will mean the entry desk closes at about 9:30 PM. After that, it’ll be a run to the trophy before the game ends.

Back in May, it was Jeff Clarke who took down this game after a crazy heads-up. The final three players cut a deal with Jody Fayant in the lead, giving him the most money. Clarke then sent Duke Saddleback out in 3rd before a huge hand that looked like it gave Fayant the win. Instead, Clarke had him slightly outchipped and came back with fumes to a very unlikely series of doubles to take it down. The game saw 60 entries in May, for just over $17k in prizes.

They played about a level in the poker room before it all ended. In the final hand, Sarvesh Pershad shoved and Ali Razzaq called it off.

Razzaq was in good shape with ace-king of spades into queen-eight offsuit, but when Pershad turned the eight, and Razzaq bricked, Pershad was left with all the chips.

The final three made a deal, so Razzaq, along with Hayden Ebbern, scored $5k each from the deal, while Pershad got the extra $1,235 for $6,235 total.

The final three players made a deal for $5k each, leaving $1,200 to play for up top. Shortly after, Hayden Ebbern shoved with ace-deuce, but ran into aces for Sarvesh Pershad. The aces held, and Ebbern was out in 3rd.

That leaves Pershad heads up against Ali Razzaq, and Pershad has about a 3:1 lead.

They are down to three now after two quick eliminations. I missed the action on Cory Rotar’s 5th place finish, while Randy Dalla Vecchia got fumes in against Ali Razzaq and couldn’t beat his ace for 4th place tonight. The final three are now moving to poker to finish it out.

Sarvesh Pershad raised to 65k second to act, and Ali Razzaq called from the big blind. Razzaq check-called for 60k on the 5♦K♣J♠ and they both checked the 9♣ turn.

Razzaq checked again on the 10♣ river, then mucked when Pershad fired 150k. The House has just announced that the game will be moving to the poker room after this level, in about 6 minutes.

Hayden Ebbern opened to 50k under the gun, then called it off when Sandy Lam shoved the cutoff with a bit more. Ebbern had pocket nines against ace-six for Lam, and the nines held on a board of [invalid notations]. That left Lam very short, and the rest of her stack went to Ali Razzaq in the next hand.

The side game is still on the bubble with 10 left, and it looks like Ali Razzaq is the leader right now. He’s playing close to 500k at the moment.

They are on the bubble to the money now in the side game. The clock was paused with 17:31 remaining in Level 19, and two minutes will come off the clock manually until the next elimination puts the remaining field in the money.

Level 19 has just begun, and they played all of Level 18 with 11 remaining. The clock is still running normally, but they’ll pause it for hand-for-hand play after the next elimination.

The side game is on the soft bubble with 11 players left. Just over 5 minutes remain in Level 17, and they’ll go hand for hand after the next elimination until they get to nine.

The side game is now on the final two tables, with 15 players still alive. That puts them six eliminations away from the 9 paid spots tonight.

Level 16 is nearly complete, and I’m predicting the bubble play to start sometime in Level 18.

The side game is down to three tables now, with 26 players left alive. The average stack right now is just over 20 big blinds, so the game should move fairly quickly from here.

The prizes are in, and the field is confirmed at 85 entries for prizes of $24,225. Nine players will share in those prizes later tonight, with the winner set to pocket more than $7,500.

Entries are closed for Event #5, and the final tally on the board is 85 entries. If that holds, it will mean 9 players share in $24,225 later tonight. I’ll confirm all the numbers when the prizes are posted shortly.

The side game players are now on their second break of the night, and entries will close when they return. The current field is 82, but I expect a few entries on the break. However, regardless of the break entries, it looks like there will be 9 paid spots tonight, unless there’s a massive rush on entries during the break.

The side game is up to 80 entries with about 5 minutes to play in Level 8. That puts the prizes one entry shy of $23k with about 40 minutes left to enter the game.

With a bit less than 5 minutes to play in Level 6, the side game field is up to 72 entries for prizes of more than $20k. There is still more than an hour left to enter this game, so a final field between 80-100, as predicted, looks pretty decent.

The side game is up to 65 entries with just over 10 minutes to play in Level 5. They’ll take their first break of the night after this level, then return for four more levels of poker with entries open. The prizes are now just a few entries shy of $20k.

The side game is now over 50 entries, for prizes just shy of $15k. Level 4 is about to start, and there are about 2.5 hours remaining in entries for this game.

There are 37 entries on the board with about 10 minutes to play in Level 2. That puts the prizes a bit more than $10k so far, with about 3 hours left to enter the game. Jeff Clarke, Karin Schulenberg, Stacey Diederich, Stefan Maloney, Rob Lothian, and Hassan Issa are among the players competing for this trophy.

Action in the side game is now underway with 16 entries on the board to start the game. Registration is open for 3.5 hours, closing at about 9:30 PM, and I’m expecting this field to be 80-100 before the entry desk closes.

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

The Saturday night side game is the $340 NLH. Action gets going at 6 PM, and players start with 25k in chips.

Blinds are 20 minutes long throughout the game (15 minutes heads up), and players can enter or rebuy for the first 9 levels of play. That will mean the entry desk closes at about 9:30 PM. After that, it’ll be a run to the trophy before the game ends.

Back in May, it was Jeff Clarke who took down this game after a crazy heads-up. The final three players cut a deal with Jody Fayant in the lead, giving him the most money. Clarke then sent Duke Saddleback out in 3rd before a huge hand that looked like it gave Fayant the win. Instead, Clarke had him slightly outchipped and came back with fumes to a very unlikely series of doubles to take it down. The game saw 60 entries in May, for just over $17k in prizes.