Action folded to the small blind Landon Tice, who moved all in for 510,000, which was called by Darren Elias in the big blind.
Landon Tice: A♠Q♥
Darren Elias: A♣6♠
Tice had Elias dominated again, looking to score another double through him. However, the board ran out A♥6♦3♥6♥2♥ to give Elias a full house, sixes full of aces to knock out Tice.
Action folded to Landon Tice in the hijack, and he moved all in for his stack of 335,000. Darren Elias on his left made the call, and the rest of the table quickly folded, leaving them heads up, with Tice at risk.
Landon Tice: A♠J♣
Darren Elias: A♦10♦
Tice had Elias dominated, and when the board ran out 5♠6♦Q♣K♥10♥ Tice made Broadway to secure the double up.
Chris Hunichen raised to 500,000 from under the gun, leaving just 35,000 behind. It then folded to the big blind Anthony Gregg, who three-bet to put Hunichen all-in, which he quickly called.
Chris Hunichen: A♣8♥
Anthony Gregg: 10♠10♣
Hunichen would need to find an ace to stay alive, but the board ran out 9♥10♥3♦7♠2♥ and Gregg improved to a set to score the knockout.
Anthony Gregg moved all in from the cutoff for 860,000 and was called by the big blind Chris Hunichen.
Anthony Gregg: K♥J♣
Chris Hunichen: Q♠Q♥
Hunichen was in great position to score another knockout after waking up with queens, and the 9♣10♥4♣ flop kept Hunichen in front, but gave Gregg additional outs with a gut shot straight draw. Gregg picked up more outs after the 7♥ on the turn made him double gutted, but the river just brought the K♣ to give Gregg a pair of kings, and the double up.
Chris Hunichen opened to 120,000 from under the gun, and it folded to Landon Tice in the cutoff, who three-bet all-in for his stack of 420,000. It folded back to Hunichen who made the call to put Tice at risk.
Landon Tice: A♣10♦
Chris Hunichen: K♥4♥
Tice was in front with his ace high, and when the board ran out 9♣2♥Q♠8♦3♠ his ace high was still best to give him the double up.
Action folded to the short stack Jeremy Ausmus on the button, and he moved all in for 385,000. He was called by the small blind Chris Hunichen, and the big blind quickly mucked to leave the players heads up, with Ausmus at risk.
Jeremy Ausmus: K♦K♣
Chris Hunichen: A♥9♦
Ausmus woke up with cowboys at the perfect time but would need to fade the ace of Hunichen to double up.
However, the board ran out 6♥J♥A♦Q♥5♥ and Hunichen hit his ace to take the pot and eliminate Ausmus.
The final seven players will return to the felt today in Event #7: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em at the 2026 PokerGO Cup, held inside the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino. Cards will be back in the air at 12 p.m. local time, with the remaining contenders battling it out for another PokerGO Cup title after a dramatic Day 1 that saw the bubble burst late in the evening. With only seven players left and plenty of high-stakes firepower still in the field, the players return to battle it out for the $201,000 first place prize.
Remaining Prize Pool
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$201,000
6
$36,850
2
$130,650
7
$26,800
3
$90,450
4
$67,000
5
$50,250
Several of the remaining players arrive with serious momentum during this stretch of the series. Chris Hunichen and chip leader Qinghai Pan have each reached three straight $10,000 final tables at the PokerGO Cup, continuing an impressive run of consistency against some of the toughest competition in the game. Darren Elias is not far behind, having made two consecutive $10K final tables, and will look to convert another deep run into a PokerGO Cup victory.
Darren Elias
Six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and the newest vlogger at the PokerGo studioJeremy Ausmus returns as the short stack, needing to find an early double to stay in contention. Landon Tice, who began the final table near the top of the counts, slipped down the leaderboard after losing a massive pot to Hunichen in thefinal hand of the night on Day 1. Also still in the mix are Anthony Gregg and Neil Warren, both capable of making a run once cards are back in the air.
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Qinghai Pan
United States
2,165,000
2
Darren Elias
United States
1,960,000
3
Chris Hunichen
United States
1,405,000
4
Anthony Gregg
United States
1,160,000
5
Neil Warren
United States
930,000
6
Landon Tice
United States
575,000
7
Jeremy Ausmus
United States
505,000
Play resumes at 12 p.m. local time on Level 19 (30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante), while the action will be streamed on a one-hour delay on PokerGO as the final seven battle down to a champion.
Stay locked on PokerNews for live updates, chip counts, and key hands from the final day of Event #7 at the 2026 PokerGO Cup and tournaments all around the globe.
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