Day 3 of the 2025 PPT #2 is under wraps. Players who joined the series for their first time found their stride today. Eric Dunham took down Event #5: $300 NLH at his first-ever PPT tournament. Sebastien Crema found the chip lead alongside Nadav Bitton in his first-ever PPT cash. Day 2 of the Event #3: NLH $670 will play down to a winner tomorrow.
Sebastien Crema & Nadav Bitton Bag Day 1b Chip Lead
| Event 3: | $670 NLH Day 1B ($600+$70) |
| Date: | May 17, 1 PM |
| Blinds: | 40 Minutes |
| Starting Stack: | 25k |
| Late Entry: | 9 Levels (~8:15 PM) |
| Day 1 Ends: | 12.5% of the Starting Field |
| Entries (Prizes): | 125 – $71,250 (Combined: $126,540) |
The last flight of Event #3 has completed with 16 players making it through to Day 2. Sebastien Crema and Nadav Bitton both bagged the largest stack with 343,000 a piece. Alan Zhu retains the overall chip lead with 565,500. Taran Parmar also sits on the podium with 363,500 from Day 1a.
Day 1b played slightly longer than the previous flight, with play ending at level 17. A few familiar faces from events throughout the week bubbled including Senior final tablist Kim Graham. He got it in against Varan Sidhu and turned trips. However, his run would end when Varan Sidhu made his nut flush on the river. Bubble play slowed to a crawl with sixteen players bagging to head into the final day of this event.
A total of 122 players jumped into the action to bring the prize pool to a total of $126,540 ($28,960 for first). The Day 2 action gets going at 1 pm in the Pearl Showroom, and they’ll play down to a winner. Four players on the final table will be pocketing five-figure scores before the day is done. Blinds remain at 40 minutes until play is heads up, when it will drop to 20 minutes. Follow the exclusive 1b reporting at https://www.poker.pro/live-reporting/2025-pure-poker-tour-series-2-event-3-670-nlh/.
Final Stacks From Day 1b
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| Sebastian Crema | 343,000 |
| Nadav Bitton | 343,000 |
| Keith Schultz | 330,000 |
| Ryan Calahan | 303,000 |
| Alemu Makonen | 294,000 |
| Shane Brotherwood | 265,000 |
| Treenna Angelski | 207,000 |
| Adrian Baran | 150,000 |
| Mike Malm | 147,000 |
| Kyle Levicki | 144,000 |
| Victor Ma | 128,000 |
| Brady O’Hara | 122,000 |
| Chris Lahey | 105,000 |
| Skyler York | 103,000 |
| Daniel Luczyk | 74,000 |
| Shane Chief | 70,000 |
Eric Dunham Finds a Trophy on His First PPT Visit
The side event of the day, Event #5: $300 NLH took a different approach to many of the side events thus far. It kept things simple as a straight No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a simple one day structure. Eric Dunham came to visit some friends and tried his hand at his first PPT series. After traveling from Fort McMurray and a 8 hours of play later, he had a PPT trophy to take home as a souvenir.
He overcame the 82-player field, as he took home the main share of the $21,033 prize pool. For his effort, he received $6,733 along with one of the newly designed PPT trophies. He bested Shihao Zhao in heads up play, although he commented that Zhao “Wasn’t making it easy” for him.
Dunham got it in a heavy underdog with jack-nine, against Zhao’s queen-jack. However, a flopped straight flipped the odds and Dunham held to finish the tournament in style. The tournament featured many players with prior cashes this series including Joe Herlein and Zsuzsanna Spence.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Eric Dunham | $6,733 |
| 2 | Shihao Zhao | $4,415 |
| 3 | Zsuzsanna Spence | $2,945 |
| 4 | Lehat Musa | $2,105 |
| 5 | Victor Chouliaras | $1,575 |
| 6 | Jeffery Clarke | $1,135 |
| 7 | Joe Herlein | $885 |
| 8 | Tyler Roll | $695 |
| 9 | Brett Higgins | $545 |
There is still plenty of action to come here at Pure Casino Yellowhead. Sunday features two action packed tournaments as the conclusion of Event #3: $670 NLH plays out. Alongside it is the NLH Big Bounty $560 where $200 from the buy-in will be given as a bounty for each entrant. Follow all the exclusive reporting here on poker.pro.
In This Series
Varan Sidhu Makes a Deal and Takes Down the Main; Mike Malm Wins the $340 Last Chance at the Pure Poker Tour #2
After an action-packed final day of the series, Varan Sidhu has risen to the occasion to take down the Main Event. He bested Gordon…
Gordon Wong Crushes the Day 1b Field; Team Daryl Roberts/Bradley Stevens Take Down the Tag Team
An action-packed Day 1b was underway as the final opportunity for players to find a bag into Day 2. The day saw 193 entrants…
Brett Worton Bags a Monster Stack in Day 1a of the Main
Action was underway in the PPT #2 $1,100 Main Event. The first flight of the series saw 100 players combining for a $94,050 prize…
Old and New Faces Find Success as Michael St Pierre Porter and Luteng Li Take Home a Trophy Each at PPT #2
It was another exciting day at Pure Casino Yellowhead, with the first straight PLO tournament opening the day. Lutang Li went on to overcome…
Ma & Wasy Find Wins on Day 7 of 2025 PPT2
Day 7 of the 2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #2 is complete and some familiar faces found their way to the top of the…
Razzaq Gets Second Trophy; Dick Bags Big in HR at PPT #2
Day 6 of Pure Poker Tour #2 was headlined by Day 2 of the 6-Max game, but Tuesday also saw the first day of…
Show all 10 articles
DJ Sharma Wins First PPT Trophy with Style; Crema Dominates $780 6-Max Day 1
Day 5 was an action-packed day of the series. One of the biggest buy-ins of the series Event #7: $780 NLH 6 Max returned,…
Alan Zhu Wins $670 NLH After Three Player Chop; Michael St Pierre-Porter Wins $560 Big Bounty at PPT #2
It was an action-packed Sunday with the first Day 2 of the series playing down to a winner. After a three player chop, Alan…
Sarnelli Chops for Second PPT Trophy; Zhu Leads E3
Day 2 of the 2025 PPT #2 is complete. Day 1a of Event #3 was the main focus of the day as 97 entries…
Third Seniors Win for Donnelly Highlights Day 1 at PPT #2
The opening day of action is complete here at the second edition of the 2025 Pure Poker Tour. The opening day of action saw…
About the author
More Articles
Sarnelli Snags PPT Main Event Crown; Malm Takes PoS
Chernenkoff & Crema Chop for Wins in Tuesday Action
Ryan Comely Takes a Trophy Home for His Kids
Fourth Running of 2026 Pure Poker Tour Kicks Off at Yellowhead
Crema is PLO King; Rimer Crushes NLH Bounty
Malm & Baluchynskyy Take Trophies on Wednesday
Tuesday was Ali Day on the PPT
Wasylenko Leads 4 Trophies from Weekend Action
