It was a busy weekend at Pure Casino Yellowhead for the second edition of the 2026 Pure Poker Tour, with four trophies awarded between Friday and Sunday evening.
The big game of the weekend was the first multi-flight game of the series, Event #3. Two Day 1 flights in that one produced a field of 161 entries for prizes of more than $90k.
Event #3 was the main action through the weekend, but all three days also had side games running alongside the Event #3 action. Friday night featured the PLO Deepstack Hyper game, drawing 59 entries for prizes of $16,815.
Saturday night’s side game was a straight NLH game for $340 that saw 60 entries for prizes of $17,100, while Sunday’s game was the Progressive Knockout with 82 entries for combined prizes of almost $39k.
Ross Wilson Leads Player of the Series Race
Alongside the individual tournament accolades in this series, there is a Player of the Series race going on as well. Players gather points in each event, with points based on field size, buy-in, and finishing position.
So far, Ross Wilson is the player at the top of the list, on the back of two trophies and a cash in Event #3. Jody Fayant has four cashes in this one, including a second & third place, for second place in the standings. Ali Razzaq, with two second-place finishes so far this series, is in 3rd. Below is a look at the current top ten, but with both of the Main Event games coming up later in the week, there are still lots of points to be won.
| Player | PoS Points |
|---|---|
| Ross Wilson | 251.2 |
| Jody Fayant | 193.3 |
| Ali Razzaq | 154 |
| Danh Huynh | 146 |
| Johnny Dalphond | 144.9 |
| Edward Sorenson | 140.8 |
| Darcy Stone | 130 |
| Saroar Parvez | 110 |
| Levi Jones | 110 |
| Jeffery Clarke | 110 |
Darcy Stone Starts and Ends Day 2 With the Most Chips
Event #3: $670 NLH ($600 + $70)
- Entries: 161
- Prizes: $91,770
- Winner (1st Place): Darcy Stone ($21,750)
The first multi-flight game of the series played out over the opening weekend, with Friday and Saturday hosting Day 1 flights, and Sunday featuring the Day 2 money play. Day 1a drew a small crowd of 55 entries, while Saturday’s 1b was significantly stronger with 106 entries.
That put the two-day total at 161 entries, for prizes of $91,770. After 2 starting days, Darcy Stone was the big chip leader, stacking almost 200k more than Pav Braich in second place with just shy of 350k.
Stone was able to run that big stack through to the end, collecting all the chips at the end of the day. He wasn’t the leader throughout the entire day, but he kept a healthy stack and chipped up when he needed to.
As they hit the final table, it was actually Braich who was playing the most chips. In one key hand at the final table, Braich tank-called a big river shove from Stone for his tournament life, and was right, catching Stone on a bluff with a busted straight draw.
That put Braich back into the lead, though Stone was still second in chips. With play 6-handed, Braich & Stone were the only players with a million or more. Braich then handed out a couple of doubles to Toller Conrad, while Stone doubled through Francis Fan before Fan hit the rail for 5th place.
Conrad fell shortly after Fan, and with play three-ways, Stone was back in the lead. Braich was the next to exit, and he may have been influenced by a previous hand against Stone. Earlier in the night, Braich tank-called off to catch a big river bluff from Stone, and in the bustout hand, he faced a similar snap-shove from Stone, though on the turn in this case.
This time, Stone had the goods, however, and his two pair was ahead of the top pair for Braich, sending him out in 3rd place. That set up a quick heads-up match between Stone and Danh Huynh (who was deep in the PLO Deepstack Hyper a few nights earlier). Stone had a big lead, and it didn’t take long for Huynh to get his money in with an ace. He ran into pocket nines for Stone, and couldn’t find the cards he needed to double,
The final two players made a small deal where they agreed the winner would pay the loser an extra $1k, so Stone won $21,750 while Huynh pocketed $16,700 for second.
Final Results from Event #3
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Darcy Stone | $21,750* |
| 2 | Danh Huynh | $16,700* |
| 3 | Pav Braich | $10,205 |
| 4 | Toller Conrad | $7,850 |
| 5 | Francis Fan | $6,045 |
| 6 | Denis Mujcin | $4,790 |
| 7 | Leo Zhang | $3,770 |
| 8 | Ross Wilson | $2,985 |
| 9 | Brad Bishop | $2,435 |
| 10 | Jody Fayant | $1,960 |
| 11 | Rob Thacker | $1,605 |
| 12 | Brenda Robertson | $1,605 |
| 13 | Jan Rofuli | $1,395 |
| 14 | Michael St. Pierre-Porter | $1,395 |
| 15 | Jared Zierler | $1,395 |
| 16 | Yaobin Wu | $1,215 |
| 17 | Johnny Dalphond | $1,215 |
| 18 | Will Kierstead | $1,215 |
| 19 | Chris Symesko | $1,120 |
| 20 | Weston Pring | $1,120 |
Levi Jones Denies David Cox the Repeat Win
Event #4: $340 PLO Deepstack Hyper ($300 + $40)
- Entries: 59
- Prizes: $16,815
- Winner: Levi Jones ($6,225)
The Friday side game played out alongside Day 1a of Event #3, and featured 4 cards, a big starting stack, and hyper-fast blinds. Through most of the night, it looked like David Cox was on his way to a repeat win in this one, after he took it down in the opening series of 2026 back in February.
He was playing the big stack through much of the game, at least until they got short-handed at the final table. He was on more than half the chips in play after he sent Christopher Becyagen out in 5th place.
David Johnson followed about half an hour later, with his chips going across to Danh Huynh. That left them three ways with Cox still in front, but Levi Jones doubled through Cox to even things out.
Jones had the slight lead at that point, but then Cox sent Huynh out in third to get heads up with the slight lead. That lead was short-lived, however, as Jones got a huge double to leave Cox on fumes. Cox doubled once with trip sevens to chip up a bit, but the final confrontation came shortly after when he flopped a flush draw against Jones’ flopped pair of aces. Jones tripped up on the turn, and Cox couldn’t find his final heart.
Final Results from Event #4
| 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 |
Jeff Clarke Gets the Come-From-Behind Win in Event #5
Event #5: $340 NLH ($300 + $40)
- Entries: 60
- Prizes: $17,100
- Winner (1st Place): Jeff Clarke ($4,275 after deal)
The side game on Saturday night was a straight NLH. The game drew 60 entries for prizes just over $17k, and 6 players shared in those prizes.
The endgame of this one was pretty wild. The final three players made a deal with Jody Fayant in the lead, giving him a guaranteed payout of $4,875, while Duke Saddleback and Jeff Clarke agreed to $4,275 each.
After that they played for the trophy. Saddleback’s stack quickly went to Clarke to put them heads up, and a quick cooler looked like Fayant took down the game. After they both hit the flop and the money went in, Fayant was ahead with top pair over bottom pair for Clarke. Fayant held, and everyone thought the game was over.
Once the stacks were counted, however, it turned out that Clarke had Fayant outstacked by a few hundred thousand, and what followed was an unlikely series of doubles that saw Clarke come back to take down the game. In one example, Clarke was on a dominated ten, but found his seven to grab a double.
In the final hand, Clarke was once again behind with queen-eight versus king-ten for Fayant, but Clarke rivered the snowman to take it down. That gave Clarke the trophy while Fayant, who is in a battle with Ross Wilson & Johnny Dalphond for Player of the Series, had to settle for second with the most money.
Final Results for Event #5
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Clarke | $4,275* |
| 2 | Jody Fayant | $4,875* |
| 3 | Duke Saddleback | $4,275* |
| 4 | Resul Dauti | $1,795 |
| 5 | Brian Wells | $1,195 |
| 6 | Brad Bishop | $685 |
Ed Sorensen Stops Wrecking-Ball Razzaq for PKO Trophy
Event #6: $560 NLH PKO ($500 + $60)
- Entries: 82
- Prizes: $38,950 ($22,550 prizes, $16,400 bounties)
- Winner (1st Place): Ed Sorensen ($5,200 + $4,565)
For most of the day in Sunday’s PKO game, Ali Razzaq was a wrecking ball. He collected bounties at a rate that far surpassed all the other players and was playing the big stack for most of the game.
When they got to the final table, it was a battle between Razzaq and Ed Sorensen. Razzaq was leading, but he and Sorensen were responsible for all of the final table busts.
Once Razzaq sent Ryan Comely home in 3rd place, he and Sorensen got into a quick heads-up match. Just a few hands in, Sorensen raised to 50k, then called it off when Razzaq shoved. It was a race between ace-jack of spades for Sorensen and pocket sixes for Razzaq, but Sorensen flopped top two and held for the win.
As testimony to Razzaq’s run through the game, when the final bounties were counted, he had $2,380 to cash in, compared to $840 for Sorensen (before Razzaq’s final bounty was added in). Of the final table players, Razzaq was more than $1k ahead of the second-best bounty collector, Ryan Comely, with $1,375.
Sorensen did just fine in the bounty department in the end however. While he only had $840 before sending Razzaq home, after that hand, he had more than $4,500 in bounties to cash in while collecting his $5,200 payout.
Final Results for the PKO
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Sorensen | $5,200 + $4,565 |
| 2 | Ali Razzaq | $5,200 + $2,380 |
| 3 | Ryan Comely | $3,515 + $1375 |
| 4 | Johnny Dalphond | $2,455 + $100 |
| 5 | Ryan Cairns | $1,890 + $500 |
| 6 | Eric Wasylenko | $1,415 + $375 |
| 7 | Preston Stevenson | $1,145 + $100 |
| 8 | George Broumas | $945 + $950 |
| 9 | Dennis Cleaver | $785 + $400 |
