2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #1 – Event #9: $780 6-Max

After 5 hours of play, Daniel Lefebvre has soared through the ranks to take down Event #9: $780 6-Max. Lefebvre defeated Kim Graham in heads-up play and is no stranger to PPT trophies. He is a high roller aficionado having won 4 of the events in the past 2 years. Currently he joined the fray in the high roller and coverage will move over to that event.

He started the day chip leader with around 500,000. He retained the chip lead at the first break but the gap was narrowing between him and the field. By the next break he had 730,000 and was far ahead of the next closest with 490,000. Lefebvre continued to play aggressive putting other players stacks to the test. Lefebvre eliminated Ron Lauzon in 5th place to regain the chip lead.

He eliminated Duval in third after a turned flush and gained a major lead compared to the remaining stacks with 1,280,000. Continued pressure dwindled Graham’s stack to just over 300,000. Finally, Lefebvre got it all in against Graham with an over pair to Graham’s top pair. It held to give Lefebvre another trophy to add to his title. Stay tuned as the series continues and ramps towards the Main Event.

Daniel Lefebvre raised to 60,000 and Kim Graham made the call.

The flop came 10♠3♦2♠ and Lefebvre led out for 60,000. Graham moved all in and Lefebvre made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Kim Graham: K♠10♥

Daniel Lefebvre: J♦J♠

The board ran out Q♥5♣ for Lefebvre to take the pot and the trophy.

Daniel Lefebvre has been on the offensive and has gained an overwhelming chip lead with 1,810,000. Kim Graham currently sits with 410,000.

Action was caught after the board ran out 6♦6♥5♥K♥Q♣ and Murray Duval fired for 75,000. Daniel Lefebvre moved all in and Duval went into the tank.

Eventually he made the call and revealed 4♠6♣ while Lefebvre’s J♥2♥ too the pot. Lefebvre sits at 1,280,000.

Kim Graham raised to 25,000 from the button. Murray Duval and Daniel Lefebvre made the call.

The flop came 4♦2♦10♣ and action checked around.

After the turn peeled the 4♣, Duval fired for 40,000. Only Lefebvre made the call.

The river was the A♠ and Duval continued for 75,000. Lefebvre made the fold for Duval to chip up to 356,000. Lefebvre sits at 880,000 and Graham with 910,000.

Action was caught after the turn of 8♥A♠7♣10♥ and Curtis Glyngsdal moved all in. Kim Graham made the call and both players revealed their hands.

Curtis Glyngsdal: A♦A♣

Kim Graham: 9♦6♦

The river was no held to Glyngsdal as it peeled the 9♣. Graham sits with 1,030,000.

Daniel Lefebvre moved all in from the small blind and Ron Lauzon called off his stack. Both players revealed their hands.

Ron Lauzon: K♥Q♠

Daniel Lefebvre: 10♣8♥

The board ran out 7♦9♠J♥2♣A♠ for Lefebvre to win the pot. He currently sits at 790,000.

Michael Bernstein moved all in for 140,000 and was called by Kim Graham. Both players revealed their holdings.

Michael Bernstein: J♣J♠

Kim Graham: A♥Q♦

The board ran out 10♥Q♠10♣2♦A♣ for Graham to take the pot. He currently sits at 387,000.

Ryan Smith moved all in under the gun for 30,000 and Murray Duval made the call from the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.

Ryan Smith: A♥2♥

Murray Duval: 10♠8♦

The board ran out 9♦3♣7♣Q♥6♠ for Duval to take the pot. He currently sits at 435,000.

Action was caught after the turn of A♥K♥Q♥7♦ and Curtis Glyngsdal firedfor 45,000 from under the gun. Michael Bernstein made the call.

The river was the 7♥ and both players checked their option. Glyngsdal revealed [invalid notations]AsJh[invalid notations] to take the pot. He sits at 400,000 while Bernstein is currently at 174,000.

Action was caught after the turn of Q♦J♥4♠K♦, and Michael Bernstein was quick to check. Murray Duval fired for 24,000 and received a call.

The river was the 2♥ and Berinstein checked to Duval. He moved all in and was snap called by Bernstein. He revealed A♦10♣ to best Duval’s K♥Q♣. He now sits at 285,000.

The remaining 7 players are headed on a 15 minute break. They return to blinds of 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante.

Michael Bernstein raised to 10,000 from early position and Curtis Glyngsdal defended his big blind.

The flop came 3♣2♦9♣ and Glyngsdal was quick to check. Bernstein fired for 8,000 and was called.

After the J♥ peeled off on the turn, Glyngsdal again checked to Bernstein. He continued for 20,000 and was rewarded with the pot. He sits at 134,000 after the hand.

Sal Haji moved all in and was called by Kim Graham. Both players revealed their holdings.

Sal Haji: J♥10♣

Kim Graham: 10♦10♠

The board ran out Q♣K♦6♥8♠7♦ for Graham to take the pot. He now sits with 457,000.

Action was caught after the flop of 10♦9♠J♦ and John Dalphond moved all in. Sal Haji made the call and both players revealed their hands.

John Dalphond: A♦Q♣

Sal Haji: K♠Q♥

The board changed nothing as it completed with the A♠8♣. Haji now sits with 242,000 in play.

Day 2 of the 6-Max is now set with 9 players returning all in the money. Daniel Lefebvre is the chip leader with just shy of 500k while Murray Duval is also playing a 400k+ stack.

The Day 2 action kicks off at 1 PM (players are asked to be here at 12:45 to get the bags open) and they’ll crown a winner on Day 2. I’ll be following this one until the final hand, while Alek Gillies will be in to cover Day 1 of the High Roller.

Day 2 is set for the 6-Max with Daniel Lefebvre leading the way. He bagged up 480k at the end of Day 1, about 50k ahead of Murray Duval in second with 428k. Below is a full look at the chip counts for the 9 players returning with seat assignments — note that there will not be a redraw on Wednesday so players will stay in these seats.

The bubble lasted one hand, though I missed the action as I was writing the soft bubble hand. Krista Meilleur was the player to bust on the bubble leaving 9 players left. They are bagging the chips for tomorrow’s Day 2 — stay tuned for the final chip counts coming shortly.

Michael St. Pierre-Porter was the soft bubble tonight ending his run in 11th place tonight. Daniel Lefebvre raised the cutoff to 8.5k then snap-called when St. Pierre-Porter shoved the small blind.

St. Pierre-Porter was dominated with ace-jack into ace-king and Lefebvre hit a king on the flop to take a big lead. The turn and river bricked for St. Pierre-Porter and action is now hand-for-hand on the bubble.

Krista Meilleur raised to 9k from the button and Ron Lauzon called from the big blind. Lauzon check-called for 8k on the 7♦10♣9♣ flop and they both checked the 2♦ turn. Lauzon led for 9k on the Q♦ river and Meilleur called with queen-seven for two pair.

There are 14 players left at the break following Level 12 and Daniel Lefebvre is the current leader with just shy of 300k. See below for a look at all the remaining stacks. They’ll be in the money after 5 more eliminations and the structure says they will bag when they get to the money but they may play on until the final table before the bags come out depending on how late it is.

They are down to 18 players left on the final three tables now. That puts them 9 players off the bags and the money. Below is a look at the remaining players in action, and I’ll grab a full round of chip counts at the next break in about 30 minutes.

They are down to 22 left at the start of Level 11 on the final four tables.David Ko was among the late entries in this one just before dinner and he’s still in play along with Daniel Lefebvre, Ron Lauzon, Michael St. Pierre-Porter, Pav Braich, Talal Shoush, Hamish Tong, Sal Haji, Michael “Berny” Bernstein, Krista Mueller, Johnny Dalphond, Kim Graham, Daniel Hicks, DJ Sharma, and Ryan Smith. I’ll get a full list of remaining players with chip counts at the next break.

Entries are now closed for the 6-Max with 89 as the final tally. That puts the prizes at $59,185 with almost $19k reserved for the winner tomorrow.

A total of 9 players will get a piece of the prizes, and they’ll bag up the chips tonight once they hit that number. There are currently 28 players remaining, so there’s still some poker to play before the bags come out. See the Payouts tab for a full look at the prize breakdown.

The players are on their dinner break now with 88 entries on the board and 33 players still in the action. Entries will remain open until the dinner break is complete but will be closed when they sit down for Level 10 in a bit less than 30 minutes.

The prizes are now at $51,205 with 77 entries on the board and about 10 minutes to play in Level 8. There is another full level of poker before the dinner break, with entries set to close at the start of Level 10 when dinner in complete. That puts the end of entries about 1 hour and 20 minutes away.

The field is up to 70 entries now with 35 players still at the felt. Level 8 has just begun meaning there is about an hour and three quarters left to enter the game. With 70 entries, the prizes are now $46,550.

I had a look around on the break at some of the stacks, and Daniel Hicks looks to be the clear leader at the moment with 204k in front of him. The next biggest stack I saw was in front of Ron Lauzon’s seat with about 100k. Sal Haji looks to be playing 74.4k while Daniel Lefebvre is on 68.8k and Ryan Smith is playing just over 50k.

The players are just moments away from their second break of the day with 62 entries on the board. That puts the prizes at $41,230 with 2:45 left to enter today’s game.

The field is up to 56 entries for prizes of $37,240 with Level 6 just underway. There are just under 3.5 hours left to enter the game with the entry desk set to close at about 8:15 pm.

There are 42 entries on the board with about 10 minutes to play in Level 4. That puts the prizes are $27,930 with more than 4 hours left to enter.

Among the players in action today are Geordi Lobe, Ryan Comely, Daniel Lefebvre, Nadav Bitton, Michael St. Pierre-Porter, Pav Braich (who won Event #2 in this series), Ryan Smith, DJ Sharma, Talal Shoush, Jerry Li, Daniel Hicks, Kim Graham, Alemu Makonen, and Michael “Berny” Bernstein.

There are nearly $20k in prizes with 30 entries in the 6-Max. There are about 20 minutes to play before the first break and entries are open through the start of Level 10, so there’s plenty of time for the numbers to grow from here.

Among the players I spotted coming in were Garry Sandhu, who took second in the NLH/PLO Mix last night, as well as Brett Worton, Ron Lauzon, Ali Razzaq, and Johnny Dalphond.

The opening day of the 6-Max game is the main game on Tuesday. The action gets going at 1 PM with a 25k start stack and 40-minute levels throughout the event (20 minutes for heads-up play).

Players will be able to enter or rebuy for 9 levels. Including breaks, that should put the last chance to enter at about 8:55 PM when they return from dinner following Level 9.

I might be late getting to the game on Tuesday depending on how late Monday’s action goes, but once I get in, I’ll be focused on this one until the bag.

Day 2 is set for the 6-Max with Daniel Lefebvre leading the way. He bagged up 480k at the end of Day 1, about 50k ahead of Murray Duval in second with 428k. Below is a full look at the chip counts for the 9 players returning with seat assignments — note that there will not be a redraw on Wednesday so players will stay in these seats.

The bubble lasted one hand, though I missed the action as I was writing the soft bubble hand. Krista Meilleur was the player to bust on the bubble leaving 9 players left. They are bagging the chips for tomorrow’s Day 2 — stay tuned for the final chip counts coming shortly.

Michael St. Pierre-Porter was the soft bubble tonight ending his run in 11th place tonight. Daniel Lefebvre raised the cutoff to 8.5k then snap-called when St. Pierre-Porter shoved the small blind.

St. Pierre-Porter was dominated with ace-jack into ace-king and Lefebvre hit a king on the flop to take a big lead. The turn and river bricked for St. Pierre-Porter and action is now hand-for-hand on the bubble.

Krista Meilleur raised to 9k from the button and Ron Lauzon called from the big blind. Lauzon check-called for 8k on the 7♦10♣9♣ flop and they both checked the 2♦ turn. Lauzon led for 9k on the Q♦ river and Meilleur called with queen-seven for two pair.

There are 14 players left at the break following Level 12 and Daniel Lefebvre is the current leader with just shy of 300k. See below for a look at all the remaining stacks. They’ll be in the money after 5 more eliminations and the structure says they will bag when they get to the money but they may play on until the final table before the bags come out depending on how late it is.

They are down to 18 players left on the final three tables now. That puts them 9 players off the bags and the money. Below is a look at the remaining players in action, and I’ll grab a full round of chip counts at the next break in about 30 minutes.

They are down to 22 left at the start of Level 11 on the final four tables.David Ko was among the late entries in this one just before dinner and he’s still in play along with Daniel Lefebvre, Ron Lauzon, Michael St. Pierre-Porter, Pav Braich, Talal Shoush, Hamish Tong, Sal Haji, Michael “Berny” Bernstein, Krista Mueller, Johnny Dalphond, Kim Graham, Daniel Hicks, DJ Sharma, and Ryan Smith. I’ll get a full list of remaining players with chip counts at the next break.

Entries are now closed for the 6-Max with 89 as the final tally. That puts the prizes at $59,185 with almost $19k reserved for the winner tomorrow.

A total of 9 players will get a piece of the prizes, and they’ll bag up the chips tonight once they hit that number. There are currently 28 players remaining, so there’s still some poker to play before the bags come out. See the Payouts tab for a full look at the prize breakdown.

The players are on their dinner break now with 88 entries on the board and 33 players still in the action. Entries will remain open until the dinner break is complete but will be closed when they sit down for Level 10 in a bit less than 30 minutes.

The prizes are now at $51,205 with 77 entries on the board and about 10 minutes to play in Level 8. There is another full level of poker before the dinner break, with entries set to close at the start of Level 10 when dinner in complete. That puts the end of entries about 1 hour and 20 minutes away.

The field is up to 70 entries now with 35 players still at the felt. Level 8 has just begun meaning there is about an hour and three quarters left to enter the game. With 70 entries, the prizes are now $46,550.

I had a look around on the break at some of the stacks, and Daniel Hicks looks to be the clear leader at the moment with 204k in front of him. The next biggest stack I saw was in front of Ron Lauzon’s seat with about 100k. Sal Haji looks to be playing 74.4k while Daniel Lefebvre is on 68.8k and Ryan Smith is playing just over 50k.

The players are just moments away from their second break of the day with 62 entries on the board. That puts the prizes at $41,230 with 2:45 left to enter today’s game.

The field is up to 56 entries for prizes of $37,240 with Level 6 just underway. There are just under 3.5 hours left to enter the game with the entry desk set to close at about 8:15 pm.

There are 42 entries on the board with about 10 minutes to play in Level 4. That puts the prizes are $27,930 with more than 4 hours left to enter.

Among the players in action today are Geordi Lobe, Ryan Comely, Daniel Lefebvre, Nadav Bitton, Michael St. Pierre-Porter, Pav Braich (who won Event #2 in this series), Ryan Smith, DJ Sharma, Talal Shoush, Jerry Li, Daniel Hicks, Kim Graham, Alemu Makonen, and Michael “Berny” Bernstein.

There are nearly $20k in prizes with 30 entries in the 6-Max. There are about 20 minutes to play before the first break and entries are open through the start of Level 10, so there’s plenty of time for the numbers to grow from here.

Among the players I spotted coming in were Garry Sandhu, who took second in the NLH/PLO Mix last night, as well as Brett Worton, Ron Lauzon, Ali Razzaq, and Johnny Dalphond.

The opening day of the 6-Max game is the main game on Tuesday. The action gets going at 1 PM with a 25k start stack and 40-minute levels throughout the event (20 minutes for heads-up play).

Players will be able to enter or rebuy for 9 levels. Including breaks, that should put the last chance to enter at about 8:55 PM when they return from dinner following Level 9.

I might be late getting to the game on Tuesday depending on how late Monday’s action goes, but once I get in, I’ll be focused on this one until the bag.

After 5 hours of play, Daniel Lefebvre has soared through the ranks to take down Event #9: $780 6-Max. Lefebvre defeated Kim Graham in heads-up play and is no stranger to PPT trophies. He is a high roller aficionado having won 4 of the events in the past 2 years. Currently he joined the fray in the high roller and coverage will move over to that event.

He started the day chip leader with around 500,000. He retained the chip lead at the first break but the gap was narrowing between him and the field. By the next break he had 730,000 and was far ahead of the next closest with 490,000. Lefebvre continued to play aggressive putting other players stacks to the test. Lefebvre eliminated Ron Lauzon in 5th place to regain the chip lead.

He eliminated Duval in third after a turned flush and gained a major lead compared to the remaining stacks with 1,280,000. Continued pressure dwindled Graham’s stack to just over 300,000. Finally, Lefebvre got it all in against Graham with an over pair to Graham’s top pair. It held to give Lefebvre another trophy to add to his title. Stay tuned as the series continues and ramps towards the Main Event.

Daniel Lefebvre raised to 60,000 and Kim Graham made the call.

The flop came 10♠3♦2♠ and Lefebvre led out for 60,000. Graham moved all in and Lefebvre made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Kim Graham: K♠10♥

Daniel Lefebvre: J♦J♠

The board ran out Q♥5♣ for Lefebvre to take the pot and the trophy.

Daniel Lefebvre has been on the offensive and has gained an overwhelming chip lead with 1,810,000. Kim Graham currently sits with 410,000.

Action was caught after the board ran out 6♦6♥5♥K♥Q♣ and Murray Duval fired for 75,000. Daniel Lefebvre moved all in and Duval went into the tank.

Eventually he made the call and revealed 4♠6♣ while Lefebvre’s J♥2♥ too the pot. Lefebvre sits at 1,280,000.

Kim Graham raised to 25,000 from the button. Murray Duval and Daniel Lefebvre made the call.

The flop came 4♦2♦10♣ and action checked around.

After the turn peeled the 4♣, Duval fired for 40,000. Only Lefebvre made the call.

The river was the A♠ and Duval continued for 75,000. Lefebvre made the fold for Duval to chip up to 356,000. Lefebvre sits at 880,000 and Graham with 910,000.

Action was caught after the turn of 8♥A♠7♣10♥ and Curtis Glyngsdal moved all in. Kim Graham made the call and both players revealed their hands.

Curtis Glyngsdal: A♦A♣

Kim Graham: 9♦6♦

The river was no held to Glyngsdal as it peeled the 9♣. Graham sits with 1,030,000.

Daniel Lefebvre moved all in from the small blind and Ron Lauzon called off his stack. Both players revealed their hands.

Ron Lauzon: K♥Q♠

Daniel Lefebvre: 10♣8♥

The board ran out 7♦9♠J♥2♣A♠ for Lefebvre to win the pot. He currently sits at 790,000.

Michael Bernstein moved all in for 140,000 and was called by Kim Graham. Both players revealed their holdings.

Michael Bernstein: J♣J♠

Kim Graham: A♥Q♦

The board ran out 10♥Q♠10♣2♦A♣ for Graham to take the pot. He currently sits at 387,000.

Ryan Smith moved all in under the gun for 30,000 and Murray Duval made the call from the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.

Ryan Smith: A♥2♥

Murray Duval: 10♠8♦

The board ran out 9♦3♣7♣Q♥6♠ for Duval to take the pot. He currently sits at 435,000.

Action was caught after the turn of A♥K♥Q♥7♦ and Curtis Glyngsdal firedfor 45,000 from under the gun. Michael Bernstein made the call.

The river was the 7♥ and both players checked their option. Glyngsdal revealed [invalid notations]AsJh[invalid notations] to take the pot. He sits at 400,000 while Bernstein is currently at 174,000.

Action was caught after the turn of Q♦J♥4♠K♦, and Michael Bernstein was quick to check. Murray Duval fired for 24,000 and received a call.

The river was the 2♥ and Berinstein checked to Duval. He moved all in and was snap called by Bernstein. He revealed A♦10♣ to best Duval’s K♥Q♣. He now sits at 285,000.

The remaining 7 players are headed on a 15 minute break. They return to blinds of 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante.

Michael Bernstein raised to 10,000 from early position and Curtis Glyngsdal defended his big blind.

The flop came 3♣2♦9♣ and Glyngsdal was quick to check. Bernstein fired for 8,000 and was called.

After the J♥ peeled off on the turn, Glyngsdal again checked to Bernstein. He continued for 20,000 and was rewarded with the pot. He sits at 134,000 after the hand.

Sal Haji moved all in and was called by Kim Graham. Both players revealed their holdings.

Sal Haji: J♥10♣

Kim Graham: 10♦10♠

The board ran out Q♣K♦6♥8♠7♦ for Graham to take the pot. He now sits with 457,000.

Action was caught after the flop of 10♦9♠J♦ and John Dalphond moved all in. Sal Haji made the call and both players revealed their hands.

John Dalphond: A♦Q♣

Sal Haji: K♠Q♥

The board changed nothing as it completed with the A♠8♣. Haji now sits with 242,000 in play.

Day 2 of the 6-Max is now set with 9 players returning all in the money. Daniel Lefebvre is the chip leader with just shy of 500k while Murray Duval is also playing a 400k+ stack.

The Day 2 action kicks off at 1 PM (players are asked to be here at 12:45 to get the bags open) and they’ll crown a winner on Day 2. I’ll be following this one until the final hand, while Alek Gillies will be in to cover Day 1 of the High Roller.