Event #4: $5,000 Single Day | 2026 PokerGO Cup

7 hours 24 minutes ago

Katz Dodges a Second Bullet

Adam Lamers

Level 7 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

"500,000 chips or reenter," has been the motto for Cary Katz since he sat down after the first break of the day. So far, Katz is well on his way to 500,000 chips and not having to reenter...as of yet.

Michael Brinkenhoff raised it up in middle position and Brandon Wilson called in the cutoff. Katz came along from the big blind and the flop of K♠J♠4♠ hit the felt. Brinkenhoff continued with a bet of 15,000 and Wilson called. Katz check-raised all in for 125,000 and Brinkenhoff reshoved all in. Wilson called off his stack of just over 100,000 and all three hands were tabled.

Brandon Wilson: A♠10♦ All in
Cary Katz: 10♠5♠ All in
Michael Brinkenhoff: A♦K♥

Katz flopped the best hand with a flush but Wilson had the best odds to overcome it with a better flush draw. The 5♥ on the turn and the 6♥ on the river bricked out and Katz celebrated.

"500k, here we come!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Cary Katz	405,000 262,000	262,000

Michael Brinkenhoff	182,000 128,000	128,000

Brandon Wilson	125,000

Tags: Brandon Wilson Cary Katz Michael Brinkenhoff

Level: 7

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

7 hours 38 minutes ago

Brinkenhoff Doubles Katz, Eliminates McKeehen

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Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Michael Brinkenhoff has been active at the table in front of the media desks. After just sending a good portion of his chips across the table to Cary Katz who had quad kings, Brinkenhoff wasted little time getting back in the saddle.

On the very next hand, Brinkenhoff got tangled up in a pot with Joe McKeehen on his left and Brinkenhoff got the better of the former WSOP Main Event champion, sending McKeehen to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Brinkenhoff	310,000

Cary Katz	143,000 18,000	18,000

Joe McKeehen	Busted

Manig Loeser	Busted

Tags: Michael Brinkenhoff Joe McKeehen Cary Katz

7 hours 48 minutes ago

Mullaly Finds a Double Up

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Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Myles Mullaly raised it up from under the gun and Sean Winter stuck in a three-bet from the small blind. Mullaly four-bet jammed all in for 108,000 and Winter quickly called.

Myles Mullaly: Q♣Q♦ All in
Sean Winter: 10♠10♥

The flop came K♣9♥7♠ and Mullaly was still in the lead with the better of the two pocket pairs. The 5♣ on the turn and the 9♠ on the river both bricked out and Mullaly held on for a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Myles Mullaly	220,000 95,000	95,000
Sean Winter	210,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Sean Winter Myles Mullaly

Level: 6

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

8 hours 15 minutes ago

Harder and Shorr Clicking Buttons

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Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Shannon Shorr raised it up from under the gun and Christian Harder defended from the big blind. The flop fell 7♠7♦5♣ and Harder checked to Shorr who continued with a bet. Harder check-raised to 11,000 and Shorr clicked it back to 19,000. Harder called and both players were left with a stack less than the size of the pot.

The turn brought the Q♣ and Harder checked again. Shorr slid out his entire stack of 33,000 and Harder quickly released his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shannon Shorr	85,000 40,000	40,000

Christian Harder	36,500 88,500	88,500

Tags: Shannon Shorr Christian Harder

8 hours 19 minutes ago

New Stacks and Big Stacks

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Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Laskowitz	597,000 472,000	472,000
Brock Wilson	473,000 218,000	218,000
Timothy Capretta	442,000 442,000	442,000
Neil Warren	330,000 35,000	35,000
Jesse Lonis	268,000 143,000	143,000

Daniel Sepiol	250,000 125,000	125,000

Frank Brannan	235,000

Cary Katz	125,000 125,000	125,000

Brandon Wilson	125,000 125,000	125,000
John Hennigan	125,000 125,000	125,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

8 hours 48 minutes ago

First Break of the Day

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

The players are being sent on their first break of the day which will be 20 minutes in length. This will also bring an end to the live straddles which seemed to be very popular amongst the players in the PokerGO studio.

8 hours 51 minutes ago

Becker Tells the Truth

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

With the straddle employed, Michael Berk raised to 14,000 on the button. Jeremy Becker used a time bank before moving all in for 133,500 in the small blind. Cherish Andrews reshoved all in from the big blind which got the straddle and Berk to fold.

Neither player wanted to show their cards and the dealer proceeded to run out the board. The flop came 9♥7♥4♥ and Becker announced that he had a flush, although many at the table did not believe him.

The 9♠ and J♣ completed the board and Becker whipped over Q♥J♥ to show that he indeed had a flush. Andrews rechecked her cards and then tossed them into the muck as she passed over half of her stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Becker	286,000 159,000	159,000
Cherish Andrews	138,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Michael Berk Jeremy Becker Cherish Andrews