Joey Weissman sat in fourth heads-up and became PokerGO Cup overall winner

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The PokerGO Cup also crown the last pair of champions last night. First, we got to know the champion of the last tournament and then the overall champion of this series, who earned the most points.

The PokerGO Cup offered a total of 8 NLH tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $5,100 to $25,200. The last tournament had a buy-in of $25,200 and brought 59 entries with a prizepool of $1,475,000. Seven players made it to the final table and Joey Weissman led the way with a stack of 2,040,000. A total of $472,000 awaited the winner.

Seat Player Country Chip Count
1 Jesse Lonis United States 480,000
2 Clemen Deng United States 530,000
3 Justin Zaki United States 1,825,000
4 Christian Roberts Venezuela 1,880,000
5 Michael Berk United States 595,000
6 Sam Soverel United States 1,495,000
7 Joey Weissman United States 2,040,000

Joey had a beautiful journey during this series as he was the runner-up in Event 1 and Event 4, and the champion in Event 2. In the last tournament, he had a chance to take home his second trophy and become the overall series champion. Joey was finally able to make it to the final heads-up, which was his fourth during the series. Here, he and his opponent Justin Zaki negotiated a reduction in the first place prize and it was Justin Zaki who was the winner, taking home the trophy and $417,000 in prize money.

Place Name Country PGT Points Prize
1st Justin Zaki United States 283 $417,000
2nd Joey Weissman United States 177 $350,000
3rd Clemen Deng United States 124 $206,500
4th Sam Soverel United States 89 $147,500
5th Christian Roberts Venezuela 66 $110,625
6th Michael Berk United States 49 $81,125
7th Jesse Lonis United States 35 $59,000

 

Joey Weissman series winner

 

Joey Weissman earned $350,000 for finishing second in the tournament, plus 177 points, bringing his total to 758 points and making him the overall PokerGO Cup winner. He left behind two-time champion Eric Blair, who accumulated 568 points.

Rank Player Points Wins Top 3 FT Cashes Winnings
1 Joey Weissman 758 1 4 4 4 $930,600
2 Eric Blair 568 2 2 2 3 $645,850
3 Michael Moncek 484 1 3 3 3 $483,750
4 Kristen Foxen 332 1 1 1 3 $401,300
5 Sergio Aido 327 1 1 2 2 $345,300
6 Adam Hendrix 316 1 1 1 1 $316,050
7 Keith Lehr 283 0 1 1 4 $352,275
8 Justin Zaki 283 1 1 1 1 $417,000
9 Patrick Leonard 244 0 1 2 3 $288,550
10 Michael Berk 224 0 1 2 4 $288,500

Joey Weissman secured the PokerGO Cup Overall Winner trophy for his first place finish, plus a $25,000 PGT Passport. He joins star poker players like Jonathan Little (2024), Cary Katz (2023), Jeremy Ausmus (2022) and Daniel Negreanu (2021). His lifetime live tournament winnings have already exceeded $8.5 million, winning four career PGT titles along with 19 final tables and 29 ITM placements.

Joe also managed to dethrone Kristen Foxen, who until last night sat at the top of the PGT Player of the Year leaderboard with 857 points. However, Joey Weissman overtook Kristen thanks to his participation in the fourth heads-up, and is currently at the top of the leaderboard with 907 points.

 

 

 


Source - pgt.com