The curtain has come down on the 2026 Pure Poker Tour #2, as the final action played out just before midnight on Sunday. That was the end of 17 events over 11 days of poker action at Pure Casino Yellowhead, where more than 1,600 entries were recorded across the series.
The final weekend saw the biggest action of the week, as the $1,100 Main Event played down to the big winner. 287 entries showed up to the game over the two starting flights, with 36 paid spots. The total prizes were close to $270k, with the winner taking home just shy of $59k.
There were also a couple of games on the side, with Saturday evening hosting an NLH Bounty game, and the Last Chance NLH on Sunday alongside the Main Event. The Bounty game drew 85 entries for prizes of $24,225 ($15,725 prizes, $8,500 bounties), while the Last Chance went into 3 digits with 107 entries and almost $30.5k in prizes.
| Total Entries | Total Prizes | Total 1st Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1613 | $794,140 | $194,030 |
Ross Wilson Takes Player of the Series Honours
This year on the PPT, the Player of the Series race is back. Each series features a prize worth $2,500 for the top player. Points are calculated based on field size and finishing position.
In this series, Ross Wilson was the standout performer. He scored 4 cashes, with three final tables, and two wins to his credit across the 17 events. He had a bit of a scare coming into the final day, however, as Ramaz Haymour came in from Calgary for the back half of the series, and nearly took it away.
In the end, Wilson ended up with 268 points for his efforts, but Haymour got 241 with two wins and three cashes in the final few days of the series. Jody Fayant also put in a solid run for third place, with 3 cashes and two final tables, including a heads-up finish, for 193.3 points.
| Player | PoS Points |
|---|---|
| Ross Wilson | 268 |
| Ramaz Haymour | 241 |
| Jody Fayant | 193.3 |
| Johnny Dalphond | 181.2 |
| Eric Wasylenko | 180.4 |
| Ali Razzaq | 154 |
| Denis Mujcin | 152.9 |
| Levi Jones | 151.8 |
| Danh Huynh | 146 |
| Edward Sorenson | 140.8 |
Todd Oakley Dominates the Main Event Final Table for Biggest Career Win
Event #15: $1,100 NLH Main Event ($990 + $110)
- Entries: 287
- Prizes: $269,924
- Winner (1st Place): Todd Oakley ($58,965)
As usual, the Main Event was the biggest game of the series, with almost $270k in prizes. That was the only prize pool that hit six digits in this series, and the final field for both starting days was close to 300.
Todd Oakley was the dominant force at the final table, holding a big lead through most of it. With play still nine-handed, he had 3.27 million of ~11.5 million in play, and while it wasn’t all wins for him, he never really dropped anywhere close to the danger zone.
It wasn’t exactly an easy final table to overcome, either. Among the players he was facing were the Alberta Poker Index 2025 Woman of the Year, Nu Teliani, the always tough Ryan Comely, and Jatinder Brar, along with the rest of the top three of Allen Butkovic and Nicholas Peterson.
Brar was the first to fall at the final table, after an unfortunate hand with Teliani. His top pair, second kicker, was no good against the dominated two pair for Teliani.
After Ryan Comely ended his day in 8th, Teliani got it in with runner-up Peterson, but he flopped the joint to leave her with very few outs. Leon Doublet, George Broumas, and Brady O’Hara followed fairly quickly, with O’Hara putting in a solid run playing the “fold to big money” strategy. He had a near 0 VPIP through the final table, but managed to ladder that strategy into a $20k 4th-place finish. Doublet also had his own story – he was down to just 125k at one point on the final table, before laddering back to 5th place.
That set up a bit of a marathon three ways, with about 90 minutes of poker before Allen Butkovic busted out for 3rd, and it was about another hour of play before Oakley was posing with the trophy. Oakley was running very well, but he also used aggression with the big stack quite well.
In one example, he took a huge pot from George Broumas with a massive river bet, but that was far from the only example. When he got heads up with Peterson, the runner-up was able to pull close to even at one point, but Oakley was never at risk for his stack.
The final hand saw Peterson flop bottom pair and a diamond draw, against open-ended and backdoor club draws for Oakley. The money went in, and not only did Oakley improve to his straight on the turn, but the river brought in his clubs as well, for the decisive win.
This was Oakley’s 5th live win, and second of the year, after he took down the opening multi-day event in the most recent series in Calgary. That score was worth $20k, and the second-biggest score of his career behind a win from 2024. This win tonight will easily cap both of those (combined) and will push his lifetime earnings well above $100k.
Final Table Results from the Main Event
Note that full results can be found under the Payouts tab on the Live Reporting Page for the Main.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Todd Oakley | $58,965 |
| 2 | Nicholas Peterson | $40,665 |
| 3 | Allen Butkovic | $26,430 |
| 4 | Brady O’Hara | $20,330 |
| 5 | George Broumas | $15,655 |
| 6 | Leon Doublet | $12,405 |
| 7 | Nu Teliani | $9,760 |
| 8 | Ryan Comely | $7,725 |
| 9 | Jatinder Brar | $6,305 |
Ramaz Haymour Gets Second Series Win in NLH Bounty
Event #16: $340 NLH Bounty ($200 + $100 + $40)
- Entries: 85
- Prizes: $24,225 ($15,725 prizes, $8,500 bounties)
- Winner (1st Place): Ramaz Haymour ($5,036)
The Saturday night side game was the $340 Bounty, with $100 bounties on each player. After close to 9 hours of play, Ramaz Haymour took down the win over Jordan Panas and Alex Woods, for his second trophy of the series.
He won his first on Wednesday evening in the PLO Bog Bounty, so he bagged trophies with both two and four cards, but both his trophies came with bounties attached. That, along with a Main Event cash, was nearly enough for him to snatch the Player of the Series prize from Ross Wilson, despite only playing the final five days of the series.
Final Results from the NLH Bounty
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramaz Haymour | $5,036 |
| 2 | Jordan Panas | $3,302 |
| 3 | Alex Woods | $2,201 |
| 4 | Daniel Matthew | $1,572 |
| 5 | Zhenning Zhang | $1,179 |
| 6 | Tyler Foran | $849 |
| 7 | Russell Sieben | $660 |
| 8 | Benny Sarnelli | $518 |
| 9 | Ryan Cairns | $408 |
Charles Spiruda Bags the Final Trophy of PPT #2
Event #17: $340 Last Chance NLH ($300 + $40)
- Entries: 107
- Prizes:
- Winner (1st Place): Charles Spiruda ($7,308 after HU Deal)
The Last Chance game played out alongside Day 2 of the Main Event on the final day of the series. The game took a bit less than 10 hours to finish, with the final hand playing out at almost exactly the same time as the final hand in the Main Event.
As a result of the timing, this game didn’t get much coverage beyond the numbers and the results, but Charles Spiruda took down the final trophy after a heads-up deal with Amanda Belanger-Weigel that saw them chop the prizes evenly, then play it out for the trophy. Local McDonald’s magnate DJ Sharma was 3rd, but threatened to run over the field with the biggest stack three-ways, until he got run over by the deck.
Final Results from the Last Chance
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Spiruda | $7,308* |
| 2 | Amanda Belanger-Weigel | $7,308* |
| 3 | Dj Sharma | $3,875 |
| 4 | Eric Wasylenko | $2,980 |
| 5 | Cam Stewart | $2,295 |
| 6 | Dale Campbell | $1,820 |
| 7 | Brian Flemming | $1,430 |
| 8 | Bradley Spencer | $1,135 |
| 9 | Adam Lamers | $925 |
| 10 | Dwayne Saville | $745 |
| 11 | Steve Azizi | $675 |
PPT #2 Results
| Event | Entries | Prizes | Winner | 1st Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event #1: $340 Seniors First 50+ ($300 + $40) | 91 | $25,935 | Saroar Parvez | $6,675 |
| Event #2: $340 NLH/PLO Mixed ($300 + $40) | 95 | $27,075 | Ross Wilson | $7,855 |
| Event #3: $670 NLH ($600 + $70) | 161 | $91,770 | Darcy Stone | $21,750 |
| Event #4: $340 PLO Deepstack Hyper ($300 + $40) | 59 | $16,815 | Levi Jones | $6,225 |
| Event #5: $340 NLH ($300 + $40) | 60 | $17,100 | Jeff Clarke | $4,275 |
| Event #6: $560 NLH PKO ($300 + $200 + $60) | 82 | $38,950 | Edward Sorensen | $5,200 |
| Event #7: $450 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot ($400 + $50) | 93 | $35,340 | Ross Wilson | $10,250 |
| Event #8: $340 NLH ($300 + $40) | 95 | $27,075 | George Mounsef | $7,000 |
| Event #9: $560 NLH Big Bounty ($300 + $200 + $60) | 70 | $33,250 | Jordan Banfield | $4,942 |
| Event #10: $340 NLH Deepstack Hyper ($300 + $40) | 73 | $20,805 | Riol Sherifi | $7,070 |
| Event #11: $560 NLH ($500 + $60) | 61 | $28,980 | Brian Macnevin | $9,180 |
| Event #12: $560 PLO Big Bounty ($300 + $200 + $60) | 62 | $29,450 | Ramaz Haymour | $6,139 |
| Event #13: $1,100 PLO Main Day 1 ($990 + $110) | 60 | $56,430 | Kurtis Ruhl | $19,185 |
| Event #14: $340 NLH ($300 + $40) | 72 | $20,520 | Denis Mujcin | $6,975 |
| Event #15: $1,100 NLH Main Event Day 1A ($990 + $110) | 287 | $269,924 | Todd Oakley | $58,965 |
| Event #16: $340 NLH Bounty ($200 + $100 + $40) | 85 | $24,225 | Ramaz Haymour | $5,036 |
| Event #17: $340 NLH Last Chance ($300 + $40) | 107 | $30,496 | Charles Spiruda | $7,308 |
See You in July
That’s a wrap for the 2026 Pure Poker Tour #2 from Pure Casino Yellowhead. The tour goes on hiatus for about six weeks while many players head down to Las Vegas for the big summer poker party, but the PPT will be back in action immediately following the World Series of Poker, with PPT #3 kicking off with early satellite play on July 12, and trophy action starting July 16.
Stay tuned for all the details for PPT #3 in the coming weeks, but plan your time now for the final two weeks of July at Pure Casino Edmonton!
