Event #7: $10,000 NLH Day 1 | 2026 PokerGO Cup

Mar 11, 2026

Double Knockout for Pan

Tyler Boyer

Level 13 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Qinghai Pan opened the action with a raise from the cutoff, before Dan Shak three-bet all in for 136,000. Then the small blind Joao Simao called for his short stack of 15,000. It then folded back to Pan who made the call to put both players at risk.

Joao Simao: 10♦8♥ All in
Dan Shak: A♠10♥ All in
Qinghai Pan: K♣Q♣

It was a fair fight between Pan and Shak, but the board ran out Q♠6♥3♣10♣Q♥ to give Pan trip queens and score the double knockout.

At nearby tables, Aaron Messmer and Cary Katz were eliminated as well.

Tags: Aaron Messmer Dan Shak Joao Simao Qinghai Pan

Level: 13

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

Mar 11, 2026

Break Time

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Tyler Boyer

Level 12 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Players have been sent on another 12-minute break.

Mar 11, 2026

Stephens Wins Massive Pot to Take the Chip Lead

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Tyler Boyer

Level 12 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action was picked up on the flop with the board showing 5♥Q♠5♠ and roughly 250,000 in the pot.

Joao Simao was facing a bet of 50,000 from Kent Stephens, before he decided to go with a massive raise, for all of the 529,000 chips in Stephens's stack. Stephens took his time, before making the call, for a pot that was well over 1,000,000 chips.

Joao Simao: 10♠7♠ All in
Kent Stephens: A♠3♠

What was by far the biggest pot of the tournament, neither player had a pair, as Stephens had Simao dominated with the better flush draw.

The board ran out 4♥ on the turn, and 2♥ on the river give to Stephens a wheel and the massive pot to take the chip lead.

Tags: Joao Simao Kent Stephens

Mar 11, 2026

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Tyler Boyer

Level 12 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

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Mar 11, 2026

Gregg Takes From Ausmus

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Tyler Boyer

Level 12 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action was picked up on the flop with the board showing A♦4♠7♦ and Anthony Gregg in the big blind was facing a bet of 17,000 from Jeremy Ausmus in middle position.

Gregg elected to raise to 60,000, and Ausmus made the call.

Both players then checked to showdown after the 2♦ on the turn and A♣ on the river. Gregg tabled A♠10♥ for trips aces, and Ausmus quickly mucked to give the pot to Gregg.

Tags: Anthony Gregg Jeremy Ausmus

Level: 12

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Mar 11, 2026

Shak Finds a Double

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Tyler Boyer

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Brandon Wilson opened to 20,000 from early position, and it folded to Jeremy Becker in the cutoff, and he three-bet to 50,000. Then it folded to the small blind Dan Shak who four-bet all in for roughly 85,000. Wilson folded and Becker made the call to put Shak at risk.

Dan Shak: A♥J♠ All in
Jeremy Becker: A♣2♣

Becker was dominated by Shak, and once the board ran out 10♠J♣K♦4♥6♥ Shak secured the double up.

Tags: Brandon Wilson Dan Shak Jeremy Becker

Mar 11, 2026

"UH-OH!"

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Tyler Boyer

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

After a player in early position raised to 22,000, it folded to Landon Tice in the small blind who made the call. Then, the big blind Myles Mullaly put in a three-bet all in for his stack of 181,000. After the original raiser folded, Tice said, "I'm going to look you up Myles Eastwood" and put in the chips to call, which got a loud "UH-OH!" from dealer Clyde Gaskins.

Myles Mullaly: A♦4♦ All in
Landon Tice: 8♥8♣

After the cards were on their back, Tice and others at the tabled joined in on the "UH-OH" chants, and they only got louder as the 7♦8♠K♣ flop came to give Tice middle set. After the Q♠ left Mullaly drawing dead, the 9♣ completed the board, to give the pot to Tice.