Two more trophies have been awarded at the second edition of the 2026 Pure Poker Tour, as the series enters it’s final weekend.
The PLO Main Event started on Thursday with Day 1, finishing on Friday with Day 2, and drew a crowd of 60 entries for more than $56k in prizes. Meanwhile, Thursday night played host to the $340 NLH (Event #14), with 72 entries for prizes of more than $20k.
Ross Wilson is still leading the Player of the Series race, despite not adding any more points over the last couple of days. He is still sitting with just over 250 points, almost 60 ahead of second-place Jody Fayant. Johnny Dalphond has moved up into 3rd on the back of his 6th place in the PLO Big Bounty (his fourth cash of the series so far). See below for a look at the current top ten, with just a few events to go.
| Player | PoS Points |
|---|---|
| Ross Wilson | 251.2 |
| Jody Fayant | 193.3 |
| Johnny Dalphond | 181.2 |
| Ali Razzaq | 154 |
| Denis Mujcin | 152.9 |
| Levi Jones | 151.8 |
| Danh Huynh | 146 |
| Edward Sorenson | 140.8 |
| David Cox | 132 |
| Darcy Stone | 130 |
Kurtis Ruhl Back on Top of the Four-Card Main
Event #13: $1,100 PLO Main Day 1 ($990 + $110)
- Entries: 60
- Prizes: $56,430
- Winner (1st Place): Kurtis Ruhl ($19,185)
The big game over the last couple of days at Pure Casino Yellowhead was the PLO Main Event. 60 entries generated a prize pool of more than $56k, and they played down to 8 players on Thursday’s Day 1, with the final 8 returning for the money play on Friday.
Yong Lu was the chip leader at the end of Day 1, but his Day 2 wasn’t nearly as good. He managed to make it deeper than short-stack Alex Liu, who busted in 8th place early in the day, but the start-of-day leader was the next one out, ending in 7th place.
Kurtis Ruhl had a nearly opposite trajectory on his day. He came into Day 2 as the 3rd shortest stack, but he was running hot on the final day. After Eric Wasylenko hit the rail in 3rd place, Ruhl was the dominant stack heads-up against Reza Yazdani, who had started Day 2 with the second-biggest stack.
Ruhl was a 4:1 favorite to start HU play, but Yazdani was able to get some back in a big flush over flush spot. That was the most he could do, however, as he went card dead, while Ruhl’s relentless aggression from the big stack kept him on his heels.
In the final hand, Ruhl raised to 90k after Yazdani limped in. Yazdani called to the 4♠Q♣5♦ flop. Ruhl fired 40k on the flop, then 290k on the J♥ turn.
Yazdani called both bets, then called off the shove from Ruhl on the 8♦ river. Ruhl flopped a pair with backdoor outs to a straight and clubs, then ran out perfect to his straight for the win with 10♥9♣8♣4♥.
Final Results from the PLO Main Event
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kurtis Ruhl | $19,185 |
| 2 | Reza Yazdani | $12,980 |
| 3 | Eric Wasylenko | $8,465 |
| 4 | Cam Stewart | $5,645 |
| 5 | Ali Khani | $3,725 |
| 6 | Rob Limpert | $2,710 |
| 7 | Yong Lu | $2,085 |
| 8 | Alex Liu | $1,635 |
Denis Mujcin Scores First PPT Trophy in Event #14
Event #14: $340 NLH ($300 + $40)
- Entries: 72
- Prizes: $20,520
- Winner (1st Place): Denis Mujcin ($6,975)
The side game on Thursday night was the $340 NLH, and 72 entries showed up for the game. That put the prizes at $20,520, with 8 players getting a piece of that action.
Entries closed at about 9:30 PM, and it was about three hours to play down from the 28 remaining players to the paid spots. Once they got to the final table of 9, Gerald Chung was the first player out, bubbling the money spots.
It quickly got down to 5 within about 40 minutes of making the final table, and Rob Lothian was the leader of the final five. Thomas Taylor was the next to fall, after he was nearly felted after doubling up Daniel O’Leary. Taylor flopped a flush draw, but bricked the turn and river, leaving O’Leary’s pocket jacks best.
O’Leary’s double didn’t last long, as he followed Taylor out about 5 minutes later. That left the game three ways between Lothian, Malcolm Bolger, and Denis Mujcin.
Bolger quickly chipped up with a double before Lothian ended his run in 3rd place. Bolger was leading when they started heads up, but Mujcin found a quick double to the lead when his overcards got there against pocket nines for Bolger.
Bolger got back into a small lead after he doubled with boat over boat, but Mujcin was able to chip back into a slight lead before a huge hand ended it.
Bolger woke up with pocket kings, but decided to slow-play them, limping in preflop. That let Mujcin check to a flop of 2♦4♦10♠, where he check-called for 50k.
Mujcin led for 50k on the 2♠ turn, Bolger three-bet to 125k, then called when Mujcin shoved. Mujcin was on jack-deuce for trip ducks on the turn, while Bolger was drawing thin with pocket kings. The 5♣ river was a brick for Bolger, and the game was over.
Mujcin had three live wins coming into this one, with one previous PPT trophy from Nov 2025 in the Last Chance, so this will mark win #4 and PPT trophy #2.
