2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #3 – Event #3: $670 NLH Day 1B ($600 + $70)
| Date: | Jul 19, 2025, 1 PM |
| Blinds: | 40 Min |
| Starting Stack: | 25k |
| Late Entry: | 9 Levels (~8:15 PM) |
| Day 1 Ends: | 12.5% of the field |
Day 1a of Event #3 drew 76 entries for prizes of $43,320. They played what looked like it might become the Never-Ending Bubble, as hand-for-hand play lasted nearly 2 full levels. When Michael St Pierre-Porter finally bubbled Day 2, after losing a huge cooler to Weston Pring, Pring was second in chips behind leader Curtis Singleton. See the Day 1a final post for all the bags that came from Day 1a.
Players will be able to enter late or rebuy for 9 levels of play, which should put the end of buy-ins on Day 1 at about 8:15 PM. After that, they’ll play down to 12.5% of the starting field before the bags come out. 12.5% will move forward from each starting flight, and all players who make Day 2 are guaranteed money.
This is a best stack forward event, meaning players can bag both flights and play their biggest stack on Day 2 while taking a min-cash for the small stack, but players must bag at least one stack to get a payout. No payouts will be awarded on either Day 1, so if multiple players bust on the Day 1 bubble such that fewer than 12.5% go through, those busted players won’t receive payouts, and the Day 2 field will be a bit lighter than normal.
This game will be my main focus on Saturday, and I should be on the floor pretty close to the start of action.
