2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #1 – Event #10: $200 NLH Turbo Bounty

It was a marathon battle for Gerald Chung to get his sixth live win. He has three previous trophies from the PPT, but they were all in Seniors events, so this is his first open trophy on the tour.

He had to find a way to survive a few times when he was at risk heads up but he managed to find the cards he needed when he needed them. In the final hand, he flopped the best six, then proceeded to run out to a full house against the weaker six for runner-up Clint Galloway.

Chung has $126k USD in earnings on Hendon so today’s win should put close to $130k.

It was a marathon when they got heads up with the short stack doubling a couple of times. They played three levels with just two players at the table before it finally came to an end.

The money went in on the final hand when both players flopped a pair of sixes on a flop of 6♥4♥8♦. Gerals Chung was ahead with 9♠6♦ against 6♣5♦ for Galloway. Once the rest of the 6♦9♣ runout was complete, Chung was on the boat for the trophy.

It’s a marathon heads up now as they keep trading chips back and forth. Gerald Chung was down to 650k when it went in with him on ace-four against king-three and the ace held to put Chung in the lead.

It was a battle of the mini-pairs as Clint Galloway shoved with pocket threes and Gerald Chung called with pocket fours. The fours held and Chung doubled to even the stacks out.

Tom T got his money in with ace-eight but ran into ace-ten for Gerald Chung. Chung flopped his ten and held to send Tom to the rail.

I picked up the action on the turn with the board reading A♣10♠10♦7♣ Gerald Chung bet 75k, then called when Clint Galloway raised to 300k. The river was 2♠ and Chung bet 150k, then called when Galloway shoved. Chung flopped the nuts with pocket aces while Galloway was on king-ten for trip tens.

Bowen Leung got the rest of his stack in when he flopped a pair with eight-three from the big blind, but Clint Galloway was on queens and held to send Leung to the rail in 4th place.

Callum Lehingrat was the chip leader just a few hands ago, then he lost three coolers in a row to hit the rail in 5th place. First he lost ace-queen to ace-jack for Gerald Chung when Chung hit his jack. Then he lost ace-king into ace-three when the ace-three hit a straight. The final hand saw him shove another ace but run into pocket aces for Tom T.

They are down to 5 left after Hideki Takafuji took 6th place tonight.

Callum Lehingrat is leading with almost 800k while Bowen Leung is second with more than 500k. Full estimated stacks are below for the final six.

The action is moving quicker than I can keep up on the final table with the field down to 6 left now. Julius Roque took 7th place in a hand I missed while writing the previous update.

They are down to 7 quickly after Shlomi Sokolovski & Bash Ramahi it the cage for 9th and 8th places respectively. I missed the action while I was processing pictures.

Tom T prefers that his picture and full name not be posted but the rest of the final nine are below.

Shawn Taghavi was the bubble to the final table tonight when his queens couldn’t hold against the ace-rage for chip leader Callum Lehing. They are setting up the final table now and I’ll grab some pics shortly.

They are down to 10 players left after Resul Dauti and DJ Sharma were the first to bust in the money. They both collected $285 from the payout desk.

They completely skipped the bubble today as two players, Carl Schelpe and Jamie Morin hit the rail in the same hand to take it from 14 to 12. Below is a look at the 12 cashing players.

The prizes are now updated and correct with the winner set to pocket just shy of $4k tonight. Full prize details are under the Payouts tab and the field is now down to 14 players left — see below for the remaining players.

They are down to 17 left in the Turbo Bounty now, five off the money spots. Level 16 has just begun and I don’t have a good handle on all the chips, but it looks like Callum Lehing is the leader with about 280k in front of him. Below is a look at the remaining players to start Level 16.

The Turbo Bounty field is down to 20 players left now, but the prize pool has some issues so it’s not posted yet. Staff are redoing the numbers now and I should be able to post prizes with 30 minutes or so.

They are down to 38 left in the Turbo Bounty game with Level 11 nearly complete. I’m still in the other room with Day 1 of the 6-Max so I don’t have eyes on this game.

Entries are now closed in the Turbo Bounty game with 117 entries. That puts the combined prizes at $18,720 with $12,870 of that in the prize pool and $5,850 in bounties. While the prizes aren’t posted yet, it looks like 12 players get a piece of the prizes later tonight.

The Turbo Bounty is up to 80 players with the action taking place in the Poker Room tonight. There is just less than 1:30 remaining in the entry period so there’s a good chance the final numbers will top 100 or more.

With 80 entries, the combined prizes are now $12,800 with $4,000 of that reserved for the bounty pool.

The side game on Tuesday is the Turbo Bounty. For $200, players get 20k in chips for 20-minute levels (15 minutes heads up). Entries are open for 8 levels, putting the last chance to enter at about 10:10 PM.

This is the side event for Tuesday so it won’t get much coverage until the end, if at all. Day 1 of the 60Max should bag relatively early, but that game will be my focus as long as it’s playing with mostly just numbers updates for this one.

It was a marathon battle for Gerald Chung to get his sixth live win. He has three previous trophies from the PPT, but they were all in Seniors events, so this is his first open trophy on the tour.

He had to find a way to survive a few times when he was at risk heads up but he managed to find the cards he needed when he needed them. In the final hand, he flopped the best six, then proceeded to run out to a full house against the weaker six for runner-up Clint Galloway.

Chung has $126k USD in earnings on Hendon so today’s win should put close to $130k.

It was a marathon when they got heads up with the short stack doubling a couple of times. They played three levels with just two players at the table before it finally came to an end.

The money went in on the final hand when both players flopped a pair of sixes on a flop of 6♥4♥8♦. Gerals Chung was ahead with 9♠6♦ against 6♣5♦ for Galloway. Once the rest of the 6♦9♣ runout was complete, Chung was on the boat for the trophy.

It’s a marathon heads up now as they keep trading chips back and forth. Gerald Chung was down to 650k when it went in with him on ace-four against king-three and the ace held to put Chung in the lead.

It was a battle of the mini-pairs as Clint Galloway shoved with pocket threes and Gerald Chung called with pocket fours. The fours held and Chung doubled to even the stacks out.

Tom T got his money in with ace-eight but ran into ace-ten for Gerald Chung. Chung flopped his ten and held to send Tom to the rail.

I picked up the action on the turn with the board reading A♣10♠10♦7♣ Gerald Chung bet 75k, then called when Clint Galloway raised to 300k. The river was 2♠ and Chung bet 150k, then called when Galloway shoved. Chung flopped the nuts with pocket aces while Galloway was on king-ten for trip tens.

Bowen Leung got the rest of his stack in when he flopped a pair with eight-three from the big blind, but Clint Galloway was on queens and held to send Leung to the rail in 4th place.

Callum Lehingrat was the chip leader just a few hands ago, then he lost three coolers in a row to hit the rail in 5th place. First he lost ace-queen to ace-jack for Gerald Chung when Chung hit his jack. Then he lost ace-king into ace-three when the ace-three hit a straight. The final hand saw him shove another ace but run into pocket aces for Tom T.

They are down to 5 left after Hideki Takafuji took 6th place tonight.

Callum Lehingrat is leading with almost 800k while Bowen Leung is second with more than 500k. Full estimated stacks are below for the final six.

The action is moving quicker than I can keep up on the final table with the field down to 6 left now. Julius Roque took 7th place in a hand I missed while writing the previous update.

They are down to 7 quickly after Shlomi Sokolovski & Bash Ramahi it the cage for 9th and 8th places respectively. I missed the action while I was processing pictures.

Tom T prefers that his picture and full name not be posted but the rest of the final nine are below.

Shawn Taghavi was the bubble to the final table tonight when his queens couldn’t hold against the ace-rage for chip leader Callum Lehing. They are setting up the final table now and I’ll grab some pics shortly.

They are down to 10 players left after Resul Dauti and DJ Sharma were the first to bust in the money. They both collected $285 from the payout desk.

They completely skipped the bubble today as two players, Carl Schelpe and Jamie Morin hit the rail in the same hand to take it from 14 to 12. Below is a look at the 12 cashing players.

The prizes are now updated and correct with the winner set to pocket just shy of $4k tonight. Full prize details are under the Payouts tab and the field is now down to 14 players left — see below for the remaining players.

They are down to 17 left in the Turbo Bounty now, five off the money spots. Level 16 has just begun and I don’t have a good handle on all the chips, but it looks like Callum Lehing is the leader with about 280k in front of him. Below is a look at the remaining players to start Level 16.

The Turbo Bounty field is down to 20 players left now, but the prize pool has some issues so it’s not posted yet. Staff are redoing the numbers now and I should be able to post prizes with 30 minutes or so.

They are down to 38 left in the Turbo Bounty game with Level 11 nearly complete. I’m still in the other room with Day 1 of the 6-Max so I don’t have eyes on this game.

Entries are now closed in the Turbo Bounty game with 117 entries. That puts the combined prizes at $18,720 with $12,870 of that in the prize pool and $5,850 in bounties. While the prizes aren’t posted yet, it looks like 12 players get a piece of the prizes later tonight.

The Turbo Bounty is up to 80 players with the action taking place in the Poker Room tonight. There is just less than 1:30 remaining in the entry period so there’s a good chance the final numbers will top 100 or more.

With 80 entries, the combined prizes are now $12,800 with $4,000 of that reserved for the bounty pool.

The side game on Tuesday is the Turbo Bounty. For $200, players get 20k in chips for 20-minute levels (15 minutes heads up). Entries are open for 8 levels, putting the last chance to enter at about 10:10 PM.

This is the side event for Tuesday so it won’t get much coverage until the end, if at all. Day 1 of the 60Max should bag relatively early, but that game will be my focus as long as it’s playing with mostly just numbers updates for this one.