The third running of the 2026 Pure Poker Tour is now in the books, with all 16 events completed at Pure Casino Edmonton. The final game finished out about 12.5 hours after it began on Sunday, just a couple of hours after Trevor Patrick came from behind to take down the biggest prize of the series in the Main Event.
Weekend action also saw the completion of the $340 NLH on Saturday night. That completes the 16 games on the schedule for this series, and there were some standout performances in the field.
Sarnelli Bags Player of the Series with 6 Cashes
The Player of the Series race came down to the wire, with multiple players having a shot to win it based on the outcome of Sunday’s games. Ali Razzaq was in Day 2 of the Main Event, with a solid chance to jump to the top with a win, as was Cam Stewart.
Across the casino, the Last Chance had Sarnelli battling for his sixth cash, as well as Mike Malm, Eric Wasylenko, Bash Ramahi, and Alan Zhu all battling for a potential win, depending on the Sunday results. In the end, the final result showed how consistency in poker can pay dividends, even without any outright wins.
Sarnelli brought the lead into Sunday, but he had to cash in the final game to secure his spot. He not only cashed it, but he also managed to hold on long enough to get heads-up against Malm. By that point, the race was already over, as the second-place finish pushed Sarnelli over the top to heights no other player could reach.
Sarnelli ended his run with more than 350 points, about 70 points ahead of second-place Mike Malm, with PPT #1 PoS Winner Cam Stewart in 3rd, and Ali Razzaq in 4th. Sarnelli ended the series with 6 cashes, including two runner-up finishes to secure the title.
Alan Zhu was second-best in terms of cashes with 5, and Cam Stewart, Mike Malm, Stefan Maloney, and David Chau all bagged four cashes in the series. For Malm’s part, he also booked two wins among those 4 cashes and was the only player in the series to bag more than one trophy,
Final Results for Player of the Series
| Place | Player | Cashes | PoS Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benny Sarnelli | 6 | 353.17 |
| 2 | Mike Malm | 4 | 279.30 |
| 3 | Cam Stewart | 4 | 254.80 |
| 4 | Ali Razzaq | 3 | 247.67 |
| 5 | Stefan Maloney | 4 | 229.67 |
| 6 | Alan Zhu | 5 | 205.60 |
| 7 | Eric Wasylenko | 2 | 200.00 |
| 8 | Pete Fylyma | 2 | 172.33 |
| 9 | Bash Ramahi | 3 | 155.10 |
| 10 | Russ Rimer | 2 | 150.33 |
Trevor Patrick Gets Comeback Win in Main Event for $61,273
- Entries: 306
- Day 1a: 143
- Day 1b: 163
- Prizes: $287,793
- Winner (1st Place): Trevor Patrick ($61,273)
Event #14: $1,100 NLH Main Event ($990 + $110)
The Main Event was an exciting finish. Ali Razzaq, who came into Day 2 second in chips, ran pure through most of the day, building a massive stack of nearly half the chips in play after 24 levels of play. That’s when it all went south for Razzaq, however.
After Jody Fayant sent Stephen Dauphinais home in 6th place, he went on a tear, doubling through Razzaq to take the chip lead. Shortly after that, the player who seemingly couldn’t miss earlier in the day couldn’t find any hits, and he ended his day in 5th place. Razzaq was the main competitor for Sarnelli in the Player of the Series race, and he could have snatched it away with a win in the Main, depending on Sarnelli’s result from the Last Chance.
Roymond Kim was the next to fall in 4th place, after he turned two pair against Fayant’s turned straight. Kim was one of the short stacks through much of the final table, but negotiated the short stack masterfully for 4th place.
That left them three-handed, with Trevor Patrick & Jody Fayant on the big stacks versus Glenn Tarasoff on the shorty. Tarasoff came into Day 2 with the 3rd shortest stack, so bagging a 3rd place was a real achievement in survival for him.
That left Fayant (who Tarasoff had called “recklessly disciplined” earlier in the game) in the lead heads-up against Ontario’s Patrick, and it looked like the local player, who had taken a few years away from the live poker scene prior to this year, was set to win it. Fayant was just a single card away from the win with his tens holding in a race against ace-queen for Patrick, but a queen on the river saved Patrick’s life and left Fayant quite short.
After that, it was mostly a formality. Patrick had more than 10 million of the 12.2 million in play, and Fayant couldn’t find a way to grind it back. He secured $42,245 for second, while Patrick will be taking $61,273 back to Ontario with him, along with the Main Event trophy.
Special thanks go to both players for the generous tips at the end of the game. Equal thanks go to Johnny Dalphond for his generosity after the PKO. Thank you, Johnny, Jody & Trevor.
Final Table Results from Main Event
For the full results, see the Payouts tab on the Live Reporting Page.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Trevor Patrick | $61,273 |
| 2 | Jody Fayant | $42,245 |
| 3 | Glenn Tarasoff | $27,460 |
| 4 |  Roymond Kim | $21,125 |
| 5 | Ali Razzaq | $16,265 |
| 6 | Stephen Dauphinais | $12,885 |
| 7 | Ambrose Ng | $10,140 |
| 8 | Adam Mill | $8,025 |
| 9 | Jarret Gray | $6,550 |
Stefan Maloney Takes the Win from 1 Big Blind
- Entries: 58
- Prizes: $16,530
- Winner (1st Place): Stefan Maloney ($4,405 in Deal)
Event #15: $340 NLH ($300 + $40)
On the penultimate day of the series, while Day 1b of the Main Event was playing out, Stefan Maloney was across the casino in the Poker Room on his way to the win in Event #15. With the Main Event playing in the Social room, this game didn’t get much coverage until the end, when they were four-handed.
Ndumiso Gama was the first to fall from the four-way play, setting up an ICM deal for the final three. Yogesh Kamble secured the most money with the big stack before Benny Sarnelli bagged his 5th cash of the series with 3rd place.
Shortly after they got heads up, Maloney lost a flip with the stacks nearly equal, and he was left on 35k, barely one big blind at the time. He managed to stage an epic comeback with a bunch of doubles to come back and win it all.
The final action came when Maloney had doubled back to the lead and flopped top pair against an open-ended draw for Kamble. The draw never came in, and Maloney’s top pair took it down for his 4th cash of the series.
Final Results from Event #15
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefan Maloney | $4,405* |
| 2 | Yogesh Kamble | $4,605* |
| 3 | Benny Sarnelli | $4,105* |
| 4 | Ndumiso Gama | $1,735 |
| 5 | Dale Campbell | $1,155 |
| 6 | Maddie Sharma | $665 |
Mike Malm Gets Second Series Win in Last Chance
- Entries: 104
- Prizes: $39,520
- Winner (1st Place): Mike Malm ($11,210)
Event #16: $450 Last Chance NLH ($400 + $50)
Mike Malm was in the running for Player of the Series when it came down to the Last Chance on Sunday, after a win and two other cashes earlier in the series. He needed to win the final game to have a shot, and he did his part. Unfortunately for him, he also needed a couple of other things to slot into place to take down PoS.
One of those things was for Ali Razzaq to finish below 3rd place in the Main Event. Early on the final table of the Main, it looked like Razzaq was going to run away with it, and make the PoS battle between himself and Benny Sarnelli. That all came to an end when his luck changed after Level 24 of the Main, and he finished in 5th.
The other thing Malm needed in the Last Chance was for Sarnelli not to be around. That was his sticking point, as Sarnelli (already leading for the most cashes in the series) can be notoriously sticky with his chips, and he managed to play what seemed like the perpetual short stack in the endgame to the runner-up spot.
That left Malm with the win in the Last Chance, but the runner-up spot to Sarnelli in Player of the Series. Malm did secure his second win of the series in the final game, however, making him the only player to have a trophy for each hand in this series, along with his 4th cash, which tied him for 3rd in the cashes list.
Alan Zhu (4th, $3,865) also had an outside chance at the PoS coming into the game, depending on Sarnelli and others. Zhu booked his 5th cash in this one for sole possession of 2nd place on the cashes list.
Malm took down the win dramatically, taking down every other player once they got five-handed. He started by winning a race against Alexander Bichovsky, and never looked back, sending Zhu, Eric Wasylenko (3rd, $5,025), and Sarnelli out in short order.
Final Results from the Last Chance
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Malm | $11,210 |
| 2 | Benny Sarnelli | $7,730 |
| 3 | Eric Wasylenko | $5,025 |
| 4 | Alan Zhu | $3,865 |
| 5 | Alexander Bichovsky | $2,975 |
| 6 | Colten Yamagishi | $2,355 |
| 7 | Wonjun Choi | $1,855 |
| 8 | Cam Stewart | $1,470 |
| 9 | Erleen Mclean | $1,195 |
| 10 | Dnr | $965 |
| 11 | Sheri Yarema | $875 |
Final Summary of the 2026 Pure Poker Tour #3
| Total Entries | Total Prizes | Total 1st Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1858 | $946,321 | $223,870 |
| # | Event | Entries | Prizes | Winner | 1st Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event #1: $340 Seniors First 50+ ($300 + $40) | 145 | $41,325 | Brett Worton | $6,500 |
| 2 | Event #2: $340 NLH/PLO Mixed ($300 + $40) | 78 | $29,640 | Cameron Stewart | $10,080 |
| 3 | Event #3: $670 NLH ($600 + $70) | 221 | $125,970 | Eric Wasylenko | $28,870 |
| 4 | Event #4: $340 PLO Deepstack Hyper ($300 + $40) | 83 | $23,655 | Denis Mujcin | $6,280 |
| 5 | Event #5: $340 NLH ($300 + $40) | 85 | $24,225 | Sarvesh Pershad | $6,235 |
| 6 | Event #6: $560 NLH PKO ($300 + $200 + $60) | 108 | $51,300 | Johnny Dalphond | $6,000 |
| 7 | Event #7: $1,000 6-Max | 54 | $46,170 | Ali Razzaq | $16,390 |
| 8 | Event #8: $340 NLH ($300 + $40) | 104 | $29,640 | Shawn Taghavi | $8,415 |
| 9 | Event #9: $560 PLO Big Bounty ($300 + $200 + $60) | 115 | $54,625 | Ali Khani | $8,805 |
| 10 | Event #10: $560 NLH ($500 + $60) | 102 | $48,450 | Mike Malm | $13,745 |
| 11 | Event #11: $340 NLH Deepstack Hyper ($300 + $40) | 73 | $20,805 | Maksym Baluchynskyy | $7,075 |
| 12 | Event #12: $1,100 PLO Main ($990 + $110) | 66 | $62,073 | Sebastian Crema | $21,113 |
| 13 | Event #13: $340 NLH Bounty ($100 + $100 + $40) | 156 | $44,460 | Russ Rimer | $7,474 |
| 14 | Event #14: $1,100 Main Event ($990 + $110) | 306 | $287,793 | Trevor Patrick | $61,273 |
| 15 | Event #15: $340 NLH ($200 + $40) | 58 | $16,670 | Stefan Maloney | $4,405 |
| 16 | Event #16: $340 Last Chance NLH ($300 + $40) | 104 | $39,520 | Mike Malm | $11,210 |
See You in September!
That’s a wrap from PPT #3. There are still two more stops on the Pure Poker Tour for 2026, with the next chance to win PPT trophies from Sep 17 – 26 at Pure Casino Yellowhead. As always, Poker.Pro will be there for exclusive live reporting from start to end.
