2026 PokerGO Cup

Event #1: $3,000 PokerGO Cup Showcase
Day: 1a
1a1b2
Event Info
2026 PokerGO Cup
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
33
Prize
$130,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$645,000
Total Entries
215
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
54
Players Left
8
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Nicholls Shoves Out Zavorotnijs

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs opened to 12,000 in the cutoff and boar vehicular man-slaughterer Kai Nicholls three-bet to 135,000 in the small blind. Zavorotnijs called.

Nicholls bet around 200,000 on the flop of 985 and Zavorotnijs folded with less.

Player Chips Progress
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Kai Nicholls
320,000
320,000
320,000
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Vitalijs Zavorotnijs
135,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Vitalijs ZavorotnijsKai Nicholls

Suck, Re-Suck and What Would Have Been Quads

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Cary Katz
Cary Katz

Samuel Laskowitz opened to 12,000 in the hijack and Adam Hendrix three-bet to 33,000 in the cutoff. Cary Katz then four-bet jammed a stack of 142,000 in the small blind as Laskowitz re-shoved a slightly bigger stack.

"Uh-oh! I wasn't worried about him," said Katz as Hendrix folded what he later said was pocket tens.

Cary Katz: AK All in
Samuel Laskowitz: JJ

The flop landed Q410 and Katz called for the dealer to give Laskowitz a set as the J turn landed to give Katz Broadway. Laskowitz then successfully called for the board to pair as the 10 gave him a full house and gave Hendrix what would have been quads.

Adam Hendrix
Adam Hendrix
Player Chips Progress
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Adam Hendrix
800,000
300,000
300,000
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Samuel Laskowitz
420,000
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Cary Katz
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Adam HendrixCary KatzSamuel Laskowitz

Level: 9

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

I Shot the Sherif

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

Justin Young opened on the button and Michael Rossitto three-bet jammed in the small blind. Young, who said he had only looked one card and it was an ace, looked at his second card and called.

Michael Rossitto: A10 All in
Justin Young: AQ

Rossitto was dominated and couldn't improve as the board ran out J37JK to mark his elimination.

Shortly after, qualifier Sherif El Messiri was eliminated at the same table.

Player Chips Progress
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Justin Young
130,000
60,000
60,000
WPT 1X Winner
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Michael Rossitto
Busted
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Sherif El Messiri
Busted

Tags: Justin YoungMichael RossittoSherif El Messiri

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 was "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
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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