Level: 4
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level: 4
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
In a heads-up pot on a flop of A♦4♣8♣, Joey Weissman checked from the big blind and Michael Berk bet 11,000 in the cutoff. Weissman called.
Both players then checked on the 6♣ turn and again on the 5♣ river. Weissman showed Q♥8♦ for a pair of eights, but it was no good against the tens of Berk with 10♣10♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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95,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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Nicholas Seward limped in from the small blind and Chris Hunichen raised to 8,000 in the big blind. Seward called.
Seward checked on the flop of 5♥Q♦8♥ and Hunichen continued for 9,000. Seward called. Seward checked again on the 4♦ turn and folded as Hunichen sized up to 50,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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160,000
160,000
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160,000 |
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Level: 3
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Players have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day with the clocks showing 34 runners so far.
The hijack opened to 4,000 and Andrew Lichtenberger three-bet to 13,000 in the cutoff. The hijack called.
The hijack checked on the flop of 3♥9♣K♠ and Lichtenberger continued for 10,000. The hijack check-raised to 20,000 and Lichtenberger called.
The hijack bet 40,000 on the 9♠ turn and Lichtenberger called. The hijack then checked on the A♦ river and Lichtenberger put out a stack of around 70,000 to put his opponent all in. He folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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225,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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There's another double winner at the 2026 PokerGO Cup as Florida's Filipp Khavin took down Event #8: $10,000 NLH for $210,000 and his second series title.
Last week, Khavin won the second event of the series for $124,525 after a heads-up chop with Jesse Lonis. He won his second trophy outright as he defeated heads-up opponent Ben Grise, who couldn't overcome Khavin's overwhelming chip lead.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Filipp Khavin | United States | $210,000 |
| 2 | Ben Grise | United States | $136,500 |
| 3 | Andrew Lichtenberger | United States | $94,500 |
| 4 | Nicholas Seward | United States | $70,000 |
| 5 | Darren Elias | United States | $52,500 |
| 6 | Jeremy Becker | United States | $38,500 |
| 7 | John Riordan | United States | $28,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000 | |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |