Event #10: $15,000 NLH Day 1 | 2026 PokerGO Cup

03-14-2026 19:50 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	Busted

Neil Warren	Busted
Joao Simao	Busted

Michael Berk	Busted
Kent Stephens	Busted
Nicholas Seward	Busted

Brandon Wilson	Busted
Natalie Ferguson	Busted

03-14-2026 19:39 UTC-7

Updated Counts

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Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Arthur Peacock	800,000 512,000	512,000

Brock Wilson	630,000 180,000	180,000
Qinghai Pan	600,000 30,000	30,000

Landon Tice	500,000 350,000	350,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	500,000 220,000	220,000

Jeremy Ausmus	450,000 160,000	160,000

John Hennigan	350,000 350,000	350,000

Joe McKeehen	350,000

Trenton Daly	345,000 125,000	125,000
Filipp Khavin	320,000 50,000	50,000
Sam Soverel	260,000 40,000	40,000

Michael Brinkenhoff	260,000 90,000	90,000

Clemen Deng	260,000 85,000	85,000
Dan Smith	240,000 140,000	140,000

Chino Rheem	235,000 85,000	85,000

Joey Weissman	225,000 95,000	95,000

Jesse Lonis	225,000 225,000	225,000

Shannon Shorr	200,000 200,000	200,000

Cary Katz	170,000 135,000	135,000

Sean Winter	155,000
Tony Gregg	140,000 99,000	99,000

Nick Schulman	115,000 115,000	115,000

Marius Gierse	Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

03-14-2026 19:18 UTC-7

Luck of the Ausmus

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

https://twitter.com/jeremyausmus/status/2032977205656224050?s=20

03-14-2026 19:17 UTC-7

Smith Check-Raises Khavin

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Filipp Khavin opened to 12,000 from under the gun and Dan Smith defended his big blind.

Smith checked on the flop of 5♥6♦K♣ and Khavin continued for 8,000. Smith check-raised to 20,000 and the two-time PokerGO Cup champion turned it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Filipp Khavin	270,000 155,000	155,000
Dan Smith	100,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Dan Smith Filipp Khavin

03-14-2026 19:10 UTC-7

Someone Stops McKeehen

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Joe McKeehen opened to 13,000 in the hijack and Sam Soverel called on the button as Michael Brinkenhoff came along in the big blind.

The flop of 10♥K♦7♥ checked through and McKeehen bet 16,000 on the K♥ turn. Only Soverel called. McKeehen then checked on the 3♦ river and folded when Soverel bet 90,000.

"Someone had to stop McKeehen from opening every hand," said table mate Shannon Shorr.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Brinkenhoff	350,000 50,000	50,000

Joe McKeehen	350,000 10,000	10,000

Sam Soverel	300,000

Tags: Joe McKeehen Sam Soverel Shannon Shorr Michael Brinkenhoff

03-14-2026 18:47 UTC-7

Prize Pool Information

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The event drew 52 runners for a prize pool of $780,000. A total of eight places will be paid and a minimum cash will be worth $31,200.

Place	Prize
1	$257,400
2	$163,800
3	$109,200
4	$78,000
5	$62,400
6	$46,800
7	$31,200
8	$31,200

Level: 7

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

03-14-2026 18:20 UTC-7

Another Break

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Connor Richards

Level 6 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Players have been sent on another 15-minute break with the clocks showing 47 runners so far.

03-14-2026 18:13 UTC-7

Daly Calls Down

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Connor Richards

Level 6 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Joe McKeehen opened from under the gun and Trenton Daly called in middle position.

McKeehen continued for 11,000 on the flop of 7♠7♦4♣ and Daly called. McKeehen sized up to around 33,000 on the 3♥ turn and Daly again called.

Both players checked on the 4♠ river and McKeehen showed Q♦9♦ to lose to the pair of sixes of his opponent with 6♣6♥.

Elsewhere, Chris Hunichen and Jesse Lonis were eliminated in a double knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe McKeehen	340,000 80,000	80,000

Trenton Daly	220,000 90,000	90,000
Chris Hunichen	Busted

Jesse Lonis	Busted

Tags: Joe McKeehen Trenton Daly