2026 Pure Poker Tour Series #4 – Event #6: $560 NLH PKO

Level:	20 (10000/20000/20000)
Entries:	1/65
Prizes:	$30,875 ($17,875 prizes, $13,000 bounties)
Local Time:	1:00 AM

It was a pretty even match to start heads up, but one hand essentially ended it. The money went in with the stacks just 40k apart, with Nicholas Peterson on pocket sixes against Dan Luczyk’s ace-ten. Peterson had the marginal lead in chips and the hand, and held for the huge double up.

That left Luczyk all in from the big blind in the next hand, where his ace-queen couldn’t hold against the ten-four for Peterson when a four flopped and the rest of the board bricked.

Luczyk got $1,175 in bounties over the night to add to the $4,600 payout, while Peterson pocketed an astonishing $5,225 to more than double his $4,600.

Final Results from the PKO

Place	Player	Prize
1	Nicholas Peterson	$4,600
2	Dan Luczyk	$4,600
3	Mike Malm	$3,075
4	Ricardo Silva	$1,900
5	Shane Hall	$1,500
6	Colten Yamagishi	$1,200
7	Eric Dunham	$1,000

Level:	20 (10000/20000/20000)
Entries:	2/65
Prizes:	$30,875 ($17,875 prizes, $13,000 bounties)
Local Time:	12:40 AM

I missed the final action for Mike Malm’s 3rd place finish, but he was short after the trips hand against Nicholas Peterson, and busted a few hands later.

Level:	17 (5000/10000/10000)
Entries:	7/65
Prizes:	$30,875 ($17,875 prizes, $13,000 bounties)
Local Time:	10:50 PM

Colten Yamagishi was down to 11k, second to act. He called for 10k, then put his final 1k in when Nicholas Peterson raised the button to 30k. Peterson was on 9♣7♣ but Yamagishi found the goods with ace-queen. He spiked his ace on the flop, and while Peterson hit the river, it wasn’t enough and Yamagishi is now over 40k.

Level:	17 (5000/10000/10000)
Entries:	7/65
Prizes:	$30,875 ($17,875 prizes, $13,000 bounties)
Local Time:	10:35 PM

Eric Wasylenko was the money bubble tonight, and Dan Luczyk is now leading the way with the remaining players all guaranteed a payout.

Place	Player	Chips	BB
1	Mike Malm	405,000	40.5
3	Ricardo Silva	272,000	27.2
5	Colten Yamagishi	16,000	1.6
6	Shane Hall	392,000	39.2
7	Dan Luczyk	431,000	43.1
8	Nicholas Peterson	391,000	39.1
9	Eric Dunham	65,000	6.5

Level:	14 (2500/5000/5000)
Entries:	8/65
Prizes:	$30,875 ($17,875 prizes, $13,000 bounties)
Local Time:	9:30 PM

Ken Rosales-Hernandez busted the final table in 9th place, two off the money. Below is a look at all 9 final table faces.

Level:	13 (2000/4000/4000)
Entries:	11/65
Prizes:	$30,875 ($17,875 prizes, $13,000 bounties)
Local Time:	8:35 PM

The PKO field is down to 11 players remaining now, with about 5 minutes to play in Level 13. That puts them 4 off the money spots.

Level:	12 (1500/3000/3000)
Entries:	12/65
Prizes:	$30,875 ($17,875 prizes, $13,000 bounties)
Local Time:	7:55 PM

The prizes are in, and the field is confirmed at 65 entries, for $17,875 in prizes and $13k in total bounties.

Place	Prize
1	$4,600
2	$4,600
3	$3,075
4	$1,900
5	$1,500
6	$1,200
7	$1,000

Level:	3 (200/400/400)
Entries:	22/25
Prizes:	$11,875 ($6,875 prizes, $5,000 bounties)
Local Time:	2:10 PM

The PKO game is up to 25 entries now, with Jo Teliani as the most recent entry. Also in the PKO mix are Eric Wasylenko, Dan Luczyk, Cam Stewart, Nicholas Petereon, Rob Lothian, Naleen Narayan, Rob Limpert, and Nadav Bitton.

Level:	2 (200/300/300)
Entries:	16/18
Prizes:	$8,550 ($4,950 prizes, $3,600 bounties)
Local Time:	1:50 PM

The PKO game is up to 18 entries with about 15 minutes to play in Level 2. That puts the prizes at $8,550 total, with $4,950 of that reserved for payouts later tonight.

Level:	1 (100/200/200)
Entries:	8/8
Prizes:	$3,800 ($2,200 prizes, $1,600 bounties)
Local Time:	1:05 PM

The PKO game is about to get underway with 8 entries on the board, playing on two four-handed tables at the moment. Entries are open for 4 hours and 45 minutes, with the desk set to close at about 5:45 PM.

Event #6: $560 NLH PKO ($300 + $200 + $60)

Date:	Sep 20, 1 PM
Blinds:	30 Minutes
Starting Stack:	30k
Late Entry:	8 Levels (Entries Close About 5:45 PM)
Day 1 Ends:	One-Day Event

While the big game on Sunday is Day 2 of Event #3, the game that new players can jump into is the $560 PKO. The PKO format means each player’s bounty grows with each elimination as they pocket half the busted bounty and have the other half moved to their own bounty stack. As an early example, in a first hand bustout, the winning player will get $100 in cash, and $100 will be added to their bounty, for a bounty of $300 going forward. By the end of the night, the bounty totals in a PKO are often bigger than 1st place money.

The game gets going at 1 PM, with 30-minute blinds throughout the game (15 minutes heads up). Players get 30k to start, with entries open for 8 levels, or until about 5:45 PM at the end of the dinner break following Level 8. After that, they’ll play it down to a winner.

In the most recent series, Johnny Dalphond was the PKO king, taking down the 108-entry field for the top share of $51,300 in total prizes, while last September, Thomas Woodburn and Ken Kaneda chopped it at the end, and kept their bounties.