Today, we're going to write about another pair of PokerGO Cup champions that is taking place at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. Tournament number 4 brought a $10,100 buy-in, 98 entries and a prizepool of $980,000, with $254,800 awaiting the winner.
Joey Weissman, who played heads-up in the first tournament, then won the second tournament and not only made the final table in tournament number 4, but made it all the way back to heads-up where Eric Blair sat against him. However, Eric was out of reach for Joey and had to settle for second place once again. Eric Blair took home his first PGT trophy and the full amount for the winner.
Place | Name | Country | PGT Points | Prize |
1st | Eric Blair | United States | 255 | $254,800 |
2nd | Joey Weissman | United States | 162 | $161,700 |
3rd | Justin Saliba | United States | 118 | $117,600 |
4th | Darren Elias | United States | 88 | $88,200 |
5th | Aram Zobian | United States | 69 | $68,600 |
6th | Justin Sternberg | United States | 49 | $49,000 |
Event #5 was the last $10,100 buy-in tournament and has now brought in 100 entries, making the prizepool $1,000,000. Of that amount, $255,000 awaited the winner.
Names such as Brandon Wilson, Nick Schulman, Shannon Shorr, Sergio Aido and the winner of the first tournament, Michael Moncek, made their way to the 6 seat final table. Moncek started as the chipleader, which gave him the opportunity to play his third heads-up, but he ended up finishing in third place.
Sergio Aido and Shannon Shorr went into the final heads-up, with Aido at a 3-1 disadvantage. However, even that didn't stop him on his way to the title, and Sergio Aido was eventually crowned champion, claiming his third career PGT title.
Place | Name | Country | PGT Points | Prize |
1st | Sergio Aido | Spain | 255 | $255,000 |
2nd | Shannon Shorr | United States | 165 | $165,000 |
3rd | Michael Moncek | United States | 115 | $115,000 |
4th | Nick Schulman | United States | 90 | $90,000 |
5th | Nick Seward | United States | 65 | $65,000 |
6th | Brandon Wilson | United States | 50 | $50,000 |
Today we will meet the sixth champion
With just 3 more tournaments to go, we are waiting only for the last three champions, and one of them will be crowned tonight. The buy-in has already increased to $15,100 and the entries counter has stopped at 87, which means a prizepool of $1,305,000.
There is a prize of $352,350 waiting for the winner and the top 6 players will play for it tonight. They are led by Christian Roberts with a stack of 3,610,000 and at the other end is Matthew McEwan with a stack of 1,035,000. All of them already have secured at least $65,250.
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
1 | Eric Blair | United States | 1,115,000 |
2 | Christian Roberts | Venezuela | 3,610,000 |
3 | Michael Berk | United States | 1,795,000 |
4 | Matthew McEwan | United States | 1,035,000 |
5 | Nick Schulman | United States | 2,175,000 |
6 | Keith Lehr | United States | 1,150,000 |
Source - pgt.com