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• 2024 WSOP Circuit Calgary
• Pure Poker Tour 2024 Series #1
• Pure Poker Tour 2024 Series #2

Nearly $1 Million in Prizes for Opening Pure Poker Tour of 2024

Almost 2,000 entries open the Pure Poker Tour 2024 season as Eric Wasylenko takes down his first PPT Main Event title after three straight final tables to close out 2023.

The first shots have been fired in the 2024 PPT season with a strong opening series at Pure Casino Edmonton . Just shy of 2,000 entries were recorded across 14 events, and almost $1 million in prizes were handed out over the 12-day series.

The biggest winner was Eric Wasylenko , and if anyone has been paying attention to the last few Main Events on the PPT, it was really only a matter of time. Wasylenko final tabled the last three PPT Main Events prior to this one, with two-fourths and a runner-up finish to his name.

Other big winners this time around included Thomas Taylor grabbing his first win in Edmonton, Canadian slo-pitch player Justin Pennell grabbing the NLH/PLO title, and a rare twins versus twins battle in the Team event. Ian Pettifer picked up two turbo wins in the series, while Jimmy Lee bagged the High Roller title after getting in at the last minute.

2024 PPT #1 Results Summary

Ppt patches for 2024.

One of the new additions to the Pure Poker Tour this year are PPT Patches. They were available starting in the third event of the series to anyone who wanted to rep the brand at the tables.

It was about more than just brand awareness though – patched players were also in the running for prizes throughout the series, including event entries and PPT merch. Mo Alemehada was among the first players to don the patch, and he was also the last-longest winner in the Mystery Bounty to win a free Turbo entry for later in the series.

Some Big Stories

One of the biggest early stories in the series came in the Team event. In a rare spot, two teams of identical twins got heads up for the title , and that’s not where the similarities ended. As the heads-up match was playing out, the teams were getting to know each other, and it turns out they live in the same town as well.

Thomas Taylor, second place in the Alberta poker rankings, now has more than $1.6 million in live wins after four cashes, including two final tables and a win for more than $25k in cashes in this series. He took down the 6-Max game for nearly $17k a couple of days after coming 3rd in the 8-Max, then added a PLO and Main cash to the total.

Ian Pettifer showed some turbo chops as well, taking down two of the low-roller 20-minute blind games during the series. In four-card games this series, it was Canadian slo-pitch player Justin Pennell who showed his skills, coming from behind to win the mixed NLH/PLO and following that up with a final table showing in the straight PLO a few days later.

The big winner this time around was Eric Wasylenko from Winnipeg. He’s been sniffing at the Main Event title here on the PPT in his last three outings, with three straight final-table finishes. He fell just short in Calgary with second place in October, and that was bracketed by two fourth-place finishes at Pure Casino Yellowhead in Sept and the season-closing Tournament of Champions.

So it was really only a matter of time before the third-ranked player in Manitoba grabbed himself a PPT Main Event trophy. To be fair, he already owns a couple of the smaller trophies from side events on the tour, but the big trophy and prize eluded him until this week.

The win, his second biggest live score, pushed his lifetime earnings within $10k of $900,000 (USD). His only bigger score came from a win in a 2017 Deepstack Extravaganza event, so this win was his biggest cash on Canadian soil.

About the Pure Poker Tour

The Pure Poker Tour is sponsored by Pure Canadian Gaming, with six stops between Calgary and Edmonton every year. There was more than $4 million to be won in the 2023 season, and it looks like 2024 could be just as big.

There are four full series plus two mini-series per season for around 60 days of PPT poker every year. The tour moves between Pure Casino Edmonton, Pure Casino Calgary , and Pure Casino Yellowhead, which make up three of four Pure Canadian Gaming facilities in Alberta.

While the Pure name is somewhat new, Pure Canadian Gaming has a long history in the Alberta gaming scene going back to the 1970s. The operator has long been a staple of tournament poker in Alberta, hosting many huge events prior to creating its own tour brand in the PPT.

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Daniel Lefebvre has been having a great end to his 2023, at least in High Roller branded events on the PPT. This was his third straight victory after taking down the High Roller games in Sept here at Yellowhead and October in Calgary. Now he's added this Super High Roller to the list.

It was a great run for Lefebvre who ran pure in several spots to get there for huge pots. He was getting cards at the right time for most of the day, but also made disciplined laydowns to preserve his stack when needed. He used aggression to his advantage, shoving blind-on-blind against the card-dead Josh Starborn for much of the final table, and used his big stack to pressure other players as well.

This was the fourth career win for the 2018 SIGA Champion and will push his lifetime earnings close to $225k.

Level 21: 10000/20000/20000 Entries: 2/22

Josh Starborn was card-dead for a lot of the day, but in a way, it paid off for him. He nursed the short stack through the bubble and managed to ladder up to second place over DJ Sharma, but he just couldn't stop the Daniel Lefebvre freight train.

In one of the final hands, Starborn flopped two pair and tried to lay the trap for Lefebvre but the board ran out to Broadway for Lefebvre to take a big pot.

The blinds have dropped to 20 minutes with the new level now that they are heads up.

Level 20: 10000/15000/15000 Entries: 2/22

Daniel Lefebvre was up over 900k after he hit a five on the river to cap Josh Starborn's turned deuce with 50k of value on the river. In the next hand, Starbor doubled back when he hit a ten with his jack-ten and held.

They just chopped a massive pot in a very odd runout. Starborn was in with ace-king against ace-ten for Lefebvre and Starborn flopped it with ace-king-king. After a brick turn, the river came the case ace, giving them both aces full of kings.

Level 21 is about to begin with blinds at 10k/20k/20k.

Level 20: 10000/15000/15000 Entries: 3/22

He was behind the ace-queen of Lefebvre, but a nine in the window held and gave him the double.

Level 19: 6000/12000/12000 Entries: 3/22

Josh Starborn looked down and saw an ace on the button and decided to shove without looking at his second card. Daniel Lefebvre called with more and was in decent shape with pocket sixes as Starborn's second card turned out to be a deuce.

DJ Sharma limped then snap-called when Daniel Lefebvre shoved the small blind. It was a flip between ace-king for Sharma and sixes for Lefebvre, and Sharma turned the king for the double to the lead.

They are back at the felt for Level 19 now with blinds at 6k/12k/12k and Daniel Lefebvre leading.

Level 18: 5000/10000/10000 Entries: 3/22

In the final hand of Level 18, DJ Sharma just sent a double to the stack of Daniel Lefebvre. Sharma raised to 26k from the small blind and Lefebvre called from the big.

"Straight," said Lefebvre, turning over the ace-three for the wheel. Sharma slammed his pocket aces down in frustration and sent a huge double to Lefebvre, who is now playing more than half the total chips.

It was a cooler that sent Johnny Yu to the rail in 4th place today on the bubble. He woke up with ace-queen and shoved it, but ran into the aces of DJ Sharma. The aces held and Yu was forced out on the bubble in a brutal spot.

Level 18: 5000/10000/10000 Entries: 4/22

In the first hand, Johnny Yu raised his button to 25k and DJ Sharma called from the small blind. Big blind Daniel Lefebvre asked how much Yu had behind, and got the answer of about 230k before shoving the big stack and getting folds from both his opponents.

Lefebvre fired a bet of 85k and sent Sharma into the tank for a bit. "You trying to buy it, Daniel?" he asked, but eventually sent his cards to the muck.

Level 17: 4000/8000/8000 Entries: 4/22

Johnny Yu shoved under the gun for 76k and Daniel Lefebvre reshoved the big stack from the small blind to isolate.

It was a coin flip between the pair of sixes for Yu and the overcards for Lefebvre. Yu was in danger of being counterfeited after the turn but managed to hold the clean board and take down the double.

There are now about 8 minutes remaining in Level 17 and blinds will increase to 5k/10k/10k on the next level for an average stack of 27.5 big blinds.

Lefebvre showed down jack-eight but Sharma turned a king for top pair and the win.

Level 16: 3000/6000/6000 Entries: 4/22

DJ Sharma is down some chips after a couple of hands that didn't go his way. In the first, he doubled up Josh Starborn when his fours couldn't hold against Starborn's ace-deuce.

The action has been pretty slow so far this level but chip leader Daniel Lefebvre just took a small-ish one from DJ Sharma. Lefebvre opened under the gun to 12k and Sharma called from the big blind.

"Ten high," said Sharma before Lefebvre showed ace-high for the win.

They are back at the felt for Level 16 now with blinds at 3k/6k/6k.

Daniel Lefebvre is in the lead at the break following Level 15. They are still on the bubble to the money and will be back in action for Level 16 in about 7 minutes.

Level 15: 2500/5000/5000 Entries: 4/22

Daniel Lefebvre is stacking more chips after sending Ali Khani to the rail in 5th place to put the game on the bubble to the money spots. The winner of the last two High Rollers had kings against ace-deuce suited for Khani and his short stack. Lefebvre turned kings full and he now has the big lead on the bubble.

Level 15: 2500/5000/5000 Entries: 5/22

They are two from the money now after Mike Kim hit the rail in 6th place. He had the chip lead to start the day, but then ran into the High Roller wizard Daniel Lefebvre and his flush. Kim couldn't recover from that confrontation, but he will be taking the PLO trophy back to Vancouver with him anyway.

Level 14: 2000/4000/4000 Entries: 6/22

Daniel Lefebvre is on his way to his third straight win in games branded as "High Rollers" here on the PPT. He's won the last two high roller games in Calgary in Oct and here at Yellowhead in Sept, and now he's chip leading the Super High Roller today with 6 left.

He just ran out to a flush against Mike Kim for a huge double to stack up more than 400k.

Three players from the Super High Roller will walk away with money in their pockets, and the winner is set to grab $23,275. The Payouts tab lists all the spots for today, and there are still six players left in the hunt for one of the three paid spots today.

Level 13: 1500/3000/3000 Entries: 7/22

There are six players left in the game now after Andrew Goertz lost his chips near the end of Level 13. I missed the action as I was writing up the previous hand while it happened.

David Quang ran into a race for his life but his pocket eights couldn't win it. Josh Starborn woke up with ace-jack suited and ran out to a straight to send Quang packing today.

The day didn;t go well for either of the two new entries this morning. Nicholas Peterson lasted a little longer than Hugh Armstrong, but Peterson, along with Colten Yamagishi just hit the rail after DJ Sharma hit a set of sevens to crack jacks for Peterson and suited overs for Yamagishi.

It was a quick day today for Hugh Armstrong who jumped into the SHR this morning, but he didn't survive long with his 17 big blinds to start the day and he was the first exit from the field today.

Level 13: 1500/3000/3000 Entries: 12/22

There were a couple of extra entries this morning to bring the total to 22 entries with 12 players still alive and battling. Action is now underway in Level 13, and they'll play today until a winner is decided.

The Super High Roller stacks are in and Mike Kim is leading the way into Dat 2 with more than 300k. The next biggest stack belongs to Johnny Yu but he has barely half the chips of Kim.

Entries are open on this one until the start of Day 2 so I expect a few more players to jump into this one before the cards go in the air tomorrow. It's likely I'll be late to the floor as the Main Event finished pretty late, but I should be around shortly after the start.

10 players remain from the 20 entries to enter today. I still don't have the stacks yet, and entries are open until the start of day tomorrow. I'll publish the Day 1 stacks and Day 2 seats later after the Main Event ends.

Level 6: 300/600/600 Entries: 8/13

The Super High Rollers are off for their dinner break with 13 entries and 8 players still alive. They'll be back at the felt in about 25 minutes for Level 7 with blinds at 400/800/800 and an average stack of just over 100 big blinds.

There are 13 entries for the Super High Roller now with 8 players at the tables. I expect the numbers to grow in the SHR slowly as the night goes on, as I suspect some people who might have played it are over in the $340 Freezeout and plan to enter this one later once that one is finished.

Level 3: 200/300/300 Entries: 9/10

There is one full table of players in the Super High Roller now with 10 entries and 9 players at the felt. A dealer is waiting to open a new table if they get another player in the game, but for the time being, the 9 players are sitting on a single full table.

There are just under 10 minutes to play until the first break of the day.

Level 2: 100/200/200 Entries: 7/8

They are up to 8 entries in the Super High Roller now, but only 7 players in action right now. There are just over 10 minutes left in Level 2.

Level 1: 100/100/100 Entries: 7/7

The High Roller field is up to 7 now with about 15 minutes to play in Level 1.

The Super High Roller is now underway with 6 players in their seats to start. Entries are open throughout today and up until Day 2 begins tomorrow.

The Super High Roller is still waiting to get started with 4 players in the field so far. They are waiting for a fifth entry before they start the game, so the action is still waiting.

It's the final day of entries here for the 2023 Pure Poker Tour. There will still be poker action tomorrow as the Main Event and the Super High Roller finish, but entries for those are already closed, or will be closing before the start of Day 2 for High Roller game. A few players may well enter this one tomorrow morning before the action begins, but most of the entry action will be happening today.

The game gets going at 2 pm today and players get 50k in chips for their $2,500 buy-in. Blinds are 40 minutes throughout the event and Day 1 plays 12 levels before they bag for the night.

Daniel Lefebvre has been in town for some events this week, and it seems likely we'll see him in this game. He's been running very hot in the big games on the PPT as he's won the last two High Roller games on the Tour so he'll no doubt be looking to go three-for-three.

I'll try to keep an eye on this one a bit today, but most of my attention will be on Day 2 of the Main Event as they play down to the final table.

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