The Golden Nugget Grand Poker Series kicked off on May 30 and continues through July 3, featuring 89 events with over $3 million in guaranteed prize money.
The upcoming highly anticipated PokerNews Cup featuring a $1,000,000 guarantee and an exciting mystery bounty format will run June 29 - July 3, and there will be a $200 buy-in mega satellite opportunity featuring 10 guaranteed seats on June 28.
The Bar Poker Open was recently at the Downtown Las Vegas venue and Edward Holt defeated a field of 1,053 entrants to win the 2023 BPO Vegas World Championship. There was also a $1,000 buy-in BPO Pro-Am event, and Konstantinos Tsikopoulos was victorious in that one against a 199-entrant field which included familiar faces such as Jamie Kerstetter, Ryan Depaulo, Garry Gates, and Veronica Brill just to name a few.
Here’s a look at some other notable recent winners of the Grand Poker Series.
Kyle Jeffrey Overcomes Field of 2,356 in Mystery Bounty Event
Event #41: $300 NLH Mystery Bounty $250K GTD featured nine starting flights and attracted a total of 2,356 entrants to generate a prize pool of $339,340.
In the end, it was England’s Kyle Jeffrey taking home the first-place prize of $55,485 after he defeated Neel Mazumdar in heads-up play. This was Jeffrey’s second-biggest live tournament cash according to Hendon Mob, with his best score of £200,000 having come last year in another large field event with 10,584 entrants.
Others who cashed in the tournament were Ebony Kenney (97th - $540), Event #28 winner Baker Abdallah (109th - $490), and Conor Beresford (172nd - $375).
Although Kenney finished well before the final table, she ended the day with a massive score of $31,540 thanks to pulling a $20,000 bounty, a $10,000 bounty, and a $1,000 bounty in the fun poker format which will also be featured in the upcoming PokerNews Cup.
Four Grand Poker Series Podium Finishes for Ivo Schoofs
On June 15, Event #39: $200 NLH $25K GTD saw 292 entrants battle it out the felt for a piece of the $43,800 prize pool.
Belgium’s Ivo Schoofs was the last man standing when he defeated Brent Philbin in heads-up play. Others at the final table were Ubaid Habib (3rd - $4,367), Richard Collier (8th - $1,205), and Hobin Suh (9th - $965).
Schoofs had a third-place finish four days earlier in Event #31 for $3,502, and four days before that, he had another third-place finish in Event #24 for $4,017. Four days after Schoofs’ victory in Event #39, he made another deep run with a runner-up result in Event #46 for $1,845 and his fourth podium finish in the Grand Poker Series.
Event #35: $200 NLH Tag Team $10K GTD ran on June 13 and attracted 192 entrants to generate a prize pool of $28,800.
The team consisting of Brian Barros Vazquez took the $7,297 first-place prize after defeating the team consisting of Lisa Godbehere. Vazquez bested his third-place finish only two days earlier for $3,921 in Event #30: $200 NLH $25K GTD.
Others who cashed in the event include Team Lena Evans (9th - $733), Team Abby Merk (22nd - $266), and Team Vanessa Alvarez Mejias (24th - $266).
Event #35 Final Table Results
Place
Player
Prize
1
Brian Barros Vazquez
$7,297
2
Lisa Godbehere
$4,978
3
Merrill Eversman
$2,952
4
Kristopher Burchfield
$1,796
5
David Smith
$1,387
6
Veronica Wautier
$1,149
7
Jason Umpleby
$979
8
Evgeny Urubkov
$854
9
Lena Evans
$733
2023 Grand Poker Series Winners Thus Far
Date
Tournament
Entries
Prize Pool
Winner
Prize
30-May
Event #1: $300 Omaha 8/B $10K GTD
96
$23,040
Chad Campbell
$5,020
30-May
Event #2: $150 NLH $10K GTD
136
$14,960
Austin Emerick
$3,458
30-May
Event #3: $200 Big O $5K GTD
75
$11,250
Bryce Fox
$3,300
30-May
Event #4: $130 NLH
29
$2,755
Scott Mahoney
$1,140
31-May
Event #5: $300 H.O.R.S.E $5K GTD
85
$20,400
Jean Marie Blanc
$6,014
31-May
Event #6: $200 Mixed NLH / PLO $5K GTD
32
$5,000
Federico Peralta
$2,006
31-May
Event #7: $200 Omaha 8/B / Stud $5K GTD
79
$11,850
Mark Povich
$3,632
31-May
Event #8: $130 NLH
36
$3,420
Bruno Manoel Fernandes
$924
1-Jun
Event #9: $300 Dealer's Choice $5K GTD
38
$9,120
James Van Alstyne
$3,422
4-Jun
Event #10: $200 NLH $200K GTD
2,347
$317,325
Jora Beit
$30,938
2-Jun
Event #11: $150 NLH $10K GTD
122
$13,420
Robert Bladon
$2,652
3-Jun
Event #12: $150 NLH $10K GTD
137
$15,070
Nabyl Simmons
$2,814
4-Jun
Event #13: $300 Mixed PLO/8; Omaha 8/B; Big O $20K GTD