LIVE Reporting: Pure Poker Tour Series #6

Francis Fan was dominant in this one. I didn’t get eyes on the game until the final two tables, but from the first time I checked through the end of the game, Fan had the most chips in the room.

Fan took out the final three players on his way to the win, starting with Vancouver’s Juno Lau with ace-nine into king-queen. Lau hit a queen on the flop, but fan rivered his ace for the win.

He then moved on to DJ Sharma, sending the McDonald’s magnate home in 3rd with queen-ten when both players flopped a pair but Fan’s was best. That left Mike X to get through, and while they played a few hands without any big confrontations, Mike was very short-stacked and it went in on a two-spade flop with Mike holding a flopped pair. Fan had the spade draw, though, and nailed it on the turn for the big win.

This looks to be Fan’s 8th live win and he has more than $500k in live earnings.

Francis Fan had all the chips through the endgame of this one, and when Mike X got heads up with him, it was a huge hill to climb. Fan had close to 2 million with Mike on about 300k when the final money went in.

The money went in on a flop of 6♠A♦9♠ when Mike shoved with seven-six for the flopped pair, but Fan called off with Q♠4♠ for the spade draw. J♠8♣ completed the board to give Fan the turned flush and the win.

Francis Fan opened to 100k from the button, and DJ Sharma shoved blind from the small blind. Fan called with queen-ten and Sharma woke up with six-three. Sharma found a three on the flop, but Fan also found a queen, and Sharma hit the rail for 3rd place tonight.

Juno Lao shoved for just under 400k with king-queen and Francis Fan called off with ace-nine. Lau hit his queen on the flop but Fan rivered his ace for the win.

Dj Sharma Doubled to more than 350k when he got there with a dominated ace hitting a flush with ace-ten diamonds against ace-jack for Juno Lau.

Zhao’s double didn’t last long as he hit the rail while I was still writing up the previous hand, finishing tonight in 5th place for $1,600.

Juno Lau opened to 66k and it folded to DJ Sharma in the small blind who shoved for 219k. Big blind Shihao Zhao called the all-in with 66k, before Lau tank-folded and showed an ace.

Sharma had ace-jack against pocket sixes for Zhao, and the sixes held despite Sharma flopping straight outs and turning flush outs. After the hand, Lau said his ace would have lost to Sharma’s.

They are down to 5 left now after Aaron Syrenne got his money in good with ace-seven over ace-three for Mike X. Mike jept calling for a three through the board of [invalid notations] and he finally got it on the river to best the better ace.

They are down to 6 left after Mike Ho couldn’t win a race with king-queen against pocket sevens.

I picked up th action on the flop with 9♦10♠5♠ showing. Daniel O’Leary shoved with a flush draw and Aaron Syrenne called with ace-high. O’Leary’s spades missed and the ace-high held.

DJ Sharma was the short stack to start the game, but he’s been hitting Sharma time to improve. He doubled as soon as they sat down at the final table with a blind shove that Daniel O’Leary called off with jack-nine. Sharma woke up with ace-nine and despite O’leary turn straight outs, Sharma held.

A few hands later he scored a triple up when the money went in on a deuce-four-five flop. It checked to Sharma in position and he shoved, Mike X reshoved with more, and Francis Fan called it with the most. Fan had pocket deuces, Mike X had pocket fours, while Sharma was on pocket fives for set over set over set.

Sharma held and is now sitting with a lot of chips in front of him.

In the final hand before the break, Sharmark Mohamed shoved with king-jack and Francis Fan called off with pocket tens. Fan held for the win to bring the field to 8. I’ll grab final table pics of the final 8 after the break, but the current stacks are below.

They are setting the final table now after Haven Taylor ended her day in 10th place tonight, adding to the mountain of chips in front of Francis Fan.

Francis Fan is the confirmed big leader right now with more than 800k in front of him. There are only 2.3 million in play, so that’s more than a third in front of Fan.

Graham Ible was the first player out in the money tonight, and Preston Stevenson the second, bringing the field to 10 left. They are still relatively deep for a turbo game with the average stack at about 228k or just under 30 big blinds.

They are in the money now after two all-ins saw the short stack double on one table, but Deven Lane hit the rail on the second one. In the first hand Mike Ho’s ace0queen held against the suited seven-four for DJ Sharma.

Lane wasn’t so lucky, however, running his ace-jack into the big stack ace-queen for Francis Fan, to his left. The board didn’t help Lane and he was tonight’s bubble.

I don’t have a good handle on the chip counts yet, but Francis Fan has a mountain in front of him that looks like more than 300k for one of the bigger stacks on the bubble.

They are hand-for-hand on the bubble in the Turbo game now with 13 players left. The clock is paused with 9:44 remaining in Level 16 with two minutes coming off the clock for each hand played until the next player busts.