PPT staff have barely had time to break down the tables from PPT #4 at Pure Casino Yellowhead and it’s almost time for the penultimate series of the 2024 season. Series #5 is across town at Pure Casino Edmonton and is a shortened schedule from the full series with just one week of poker action and 11 events.
The first PPT branded action for Series #5 kicks off at 1 pm Sunday, Oct 13 with a 1 in 10 satellite game for $T equivalent to entry in all open events for the series. Buy-in for the game is $430 ($390 + $40) and players start with 25k in chips for 30-minute levels.
There is more satellite action on Oct 14 with main series action kicking off on Oct 15 with the Seniors First at noon, an open NLH game starting at 4 pm, and a satellite game at 7 pm. That kicks off seven days of PPT action that includes the ever-popular 6-Max and PLO Big Bounty games as well as the two-flight Main Event and the $2k “Series Saver” High Roller to finish it out.
Check out live updates and reporting from the Pure Poker Tour Series #5 by Lyle Bateman. Chose an event of your choice down below:
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$50k in Prizes
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 45/55 Prizes: $51,728 The prize pool is now over $50k with 55 entries on the board. There are about 10 minutes to play in Level 4 with entries still open on today’s flight for more than four hours. Kris Steinbach, who was runner-up in the PLO yesterday, is among the newer faces I spotted in the field, along with Benny Sarnelli and the winner of the first two Main Events this year, Eric Wasylenko.
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Back from Break
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 39/47 Prizes: $44,204 They are closing in on 50 entries for today’s flight so far with 47 entries on the board now. Other players I’ve noticed in the mix today include the most recent Main Event winner Michael “Berny” Bernstein, Seniors champ Kim Graham, Rob Limpert, Deven Lane, and Nick Milkovich.
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First Break Approaching
Level: 3 (200/300/300) Entries: 38/45 Prizes: $42,323 After a late night on Thursday, I was a bit late to the game today, but I’m here now with Level 3 ticking down and the first break approaching. There are 45 entries on the board no for prizes of more than $42k. Among the players I spotted as I came in are Malcolm Bolger, Brett Worton, Kyle Bonnazo, Tony Comely, Weston Pring, Jolnar Teliani, Lynne Stephenson, Ryan Comely, and the summer Main Event winner Ryan Cairns.
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Ed Zurawell Wins Event #6 for $7,868 after Deal
Ed Zurawell, winner of Event #6 The final two players agreed to an ICM chop that guaranteed Ed Zurawell $7,868 for the big stack. They then decided to flip for the trophy and, while runner-up Brian Wells won the first hand for a double, he was still the short stack when Zurawell took down the second flip, ending the game.
This was Zurawell’s second career win and first PPT trophy and should push his lifetime earnings over $85k.
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Brian Wells Out in 2nd Place for $6,172 after Deal
Brian Wells When they got heads up Brian Wells and Ed Zurawell decided it was late and they wanted to end it. They agreed to an ICM chop with Zurawell close to 1.5 million and Wells just under 400k. That gave Wells $6,172 guaranteed.
They then decided to flip for th trophy and Wells doubled up on the first hand and looked to maybe make a comeback, but Zurawell was still the leader and he took down the second hand for the win.
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Justin Pennell Out in 3rd Place for $3,710
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 2/93 Prizes: $26,505 
Justin Pennell They are heads up now after Ed Zurawell raised to 50k, then called when Justin Pennell shoved. Zurawell was on pocket ducks against ace-eight for Pennell, but the deuces held and they are now heads up.
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Weston Pring Out in 4th Place for $2,650
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 3/93 Prizes: $26,505 
Weston Pring They are down to three now after Weston Pring hit the rail in 4th place, though I missed the action while I was writing up the previous hand.
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Bash Ramahi Out in 5th Place for $1,987
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 4/93 Prizes: $26,505 
BashRamahi It was a cooler that sent Bash Ramahi to the rail. He shoved under the gun with pocket jacks, but small blind Ed Zurawell woke up with aces. Zurawell turned an ace to seal the deal and send Ramahi out in 5th.
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Pring Doubles
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 5/93 Prizes: $26,505 Bash Ramahi raised the cutoff to 40k before Weston Pring announced all in from the small blind for 120k. Ramahi got a count and called it off.
Pring was on aces against K♥J♥ for Ramahi. The aces held and Pring is now nearing 300k.
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Break Chips
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 5/93 Prizes: $26,505 Seat Player Chips 2 Brian Wells 185,000 3 Bash Ramahi 526,000 6 Justin Pennel 174,000 8 Weston Pring 155,000 9 Ed Zurawell 805,000
