Event #9: $10,000 NLH Day 1 | 2026 PokerGO Cup

03-13-2026 18:17 UTC-7

Katz Jams

Tyler Boyer

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

Shannon Shorr raised from under the gun to 20,000, and was called by Cary Katz in the small blind, and the big blind Justin Zaki.

After the flop came 6♥6♠Q♥ it was checked to Shorr, who bet out 14,000. Katz then moved all in, which got two quick folds from Zaki and Shorr to give the pot to Katz.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shannon Shorr	445,000 215,000	215,000

Cary Katz	175,000 30,000	30,000

Justin Zaki	175,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Justin Zaki Cary Katz Shannon Shorr

Level: 11

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

03-13-2026 18:07 UTC-7

Simao's Boat Sends Seward Home

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Tyler Boyer

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was picked up on the river, with the rest of Nicholas Seward's chips heading over to Joao Simao.

The board showed J♠A♣2♠2♥J♣ and Seward showed K♥J♥ for a full house, jacks full of deuces, but Simao had the bigger boat when he tabled A♦J♦ for jacks full of aces to knock out Seward.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Simao	330,000 155,000	155,000

Nicholas Seward	Busted

Tags: Joao Simao Nicholas Seward's

03-13-2026 17:58 UTC-7

Grise Doubles Through Rheem

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Tyler Boyer

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was picked up with Ben Grise all in for 236,000 on the button, and the small blind Chino Rheem putting him at risk.

Ben Grise: A♣Q♦ All in
Chino Rheem: A♠10♠

Rheem was dominated by Grise, and once the board ran out clean, Grise's ace-queen was still best, giving him a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Grise	490,000 385,000	385,000
Chino Rheem	72,000 213,000	213,000

Tags: Ben Grise Chino Rheem

03-13-2026 17:48 UTC-7

Berk Doubles the Hard Way

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Tyler Boyer

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was picked up on the flop, with the board showing 9♥10♣6♣ and Michael Berk all in with Dan Smith putting him at risk.

Michael Berk: 6♦5♦ All in
Dan Smith: 10♦8♦

Berk was well behind the top pair of Smith, but the 5♣5♥ runout improved him to a full house, to secure the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	155,000 118,000	118,000

Michael Berk	102,000 102,000	102,000

Tags: Dan Smith Michael Berk

Level: 10

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

03-13-2026 17:36 UTC-7

Prize Pool Announced

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Tyler Boyer

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

70 total entries has created a total prize pool of $700,000, with 10 players earning a min-cash of $21,000, and the winner taking home $210,000.

Event #9 Prize Pool

Place	Prize
1	$210,000
2	$136,500
3	$94,500
4	$70,000
5	$52,500
6	$38,500
7-8	$28,000
9-10	$21,000

03-13-2026 17:33 UTC-7

Stephens Holds to Double

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Tyler Boyer

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Kent Stephens was all in for 42,000, and Chris Hunichen putting him at risk.

Kent Stephens: J♥J♦ All in
Chris Hunichen: K♥8♥

Stephens was well in front with his jacks, and held easily as the board ran out J♠7♦8♣3♣6♦ to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	220,000 30,000	30,000

Kent Stephens	96,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Kent Stephens Chris Hunichen

03-13-2026 17:27 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Tyler Boyer

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Weissman	730,000 60,000	60,000

Myles Mullaly	565,000 338,000	338,000
Brandon Wilson	505,000 145,000	145,000
Joe McKeehen	505,000 380,000	380,000

David Coleman	480,000 294,000	294,000

Sean Winter	470,000 205,000	205,000
Jeremy Ausmus	470,000 88,500	88,500

Michael Brinkenhoff	455,000 259,000	259,000

Darren Elias	360,000 360,000	360,000

Justin Zaki	300,000 175,000	175,000
Chino Rheem	285,000 109,000	109,000

Chris Hunichen	250,000 125,000	125,000

Shannon Shorr	230,000 105,000	105,000

Cary Katz	205,000 55,000	55,000

Joao Simao	175,000 95,000	95,000

William Draper	160,000 29,000	29,000
Filipp Khavin	145,000 145,000	145,000
Sam Soverel	145,000 145,000	145,000

Jeremy Becker	130,000 130,000	130,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	125,000 125,000	125,000

John Riordan	110,000 110,000	110,000

John Krpan	108,000
Benjamin Grise	105,000 105,000	105,000
Jesse Lonis	100,000 25,000	25,000

Dylan Linde	70,000 55,000	55,000

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Level: 9

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000