2026 PokerGO Cup

Event #1: $3,000 PokerGO Cup Showcase
Day: 1a
Event Info
2026 PokerGO Cup
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,195,000
Entries
54
Players Left
8
Average Chip Stack
843,750
Total Chips
6,750,000
Level Info
Level
15
Blinds
15,000 / 25,000
Ante
25,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
54
Players Left
8
Players Left 8 / 54

Hit and Run at Table 3

Level 8 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Kai Nicholls
Kai Nicholls

Jeff Platt and Justin Young played an uneventful limped pot between the blinds, but it ended up being one of the most exciting moments of the day.

As the hand played out, new table edition Kai Nicholls told the table about the time he hit two wild boars while driving on a poker trip in the Czech Republic and was later detained for over three hours at the German border.

"It felt pretty serious," Nicholls said about the October 2025 incident, adding that he is still awaiting his punishment for fleeing the scene of the "hit and run."

Nicholls said there "hardly any damage, surprisingly," to the car, but the feral pigs weren't so lucky.

"I folded just to listen to this story!" said Michael Rossitto.

Meanwhile, the hand played out as Platt and Young checked on the flop of 6810. Platt then called a bet of 5,000 on the A turn and bet 18,000 on the 2 river to take down the pot.

Unlike those boars, Young, who has nursed a short stack the last few levels, will live to see another day.

Justin Young
Justin Young
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jeff Platt us
Jeff Platt
220,000
70,000
70,000
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Kai Nicholls
110,000
15,000
15,000
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Justin Young
70,000
20,000
20,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Jeff PlattJustin YoungKai NichollsMichael Rossitto