Filipp Khavin won the second PokerGO Cup championship
The 2026 PokerGO Cup once again gave birth to the "double crown".
Professional poker player from Florida Filipp Khavin In Event #8:$10,000 No-limit Hold'em Texas Hold'em (No-Limit Hold'em) Successfully won the championship, won $210,000 Score, At the same time harvest this series of The second championship trophy。
As early as last week, Khavin was already in Event #2 When he won the championship, he and Jesse Lonis fought one-on-one and reached ICM Agreement Sub-award (chop), Finally accepted $124,525。 And this time, he is Rely entirely on strength to fight to the end, Defeated in heads-up Ben Grise, Climb to the top again.
It is worth mentioning that when he won the second game of the series, Khavin had just flown from Florida to Las Vegas and was already there. Awake for 20 hours continuously。 After winning the championship this time, he said with a smile: I must have slept more this time, and the prize pool is larger and the fight is more enjoyable.
This game is in the PokerGO Cup series The penultimate $10,000 level event, Attract a total of 70 players participated, The total prize pool is up to $700,000。
The lineup of the final table is also star-studded, including well-known players Jeremy Becker, Professional player and poker coach Andrew Lichtenberger, The new generation of players Nicholas Seward, As well as in this series Reached the final table three times in a row of Darren Elias。
Event #8 Final Table Results
| Ranking | player | country | bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Day 2 Race Situation Review
At the beginning of Day 2, it was known as the "Ultimate Boss of WPT". Darren Elias Hold the most chips in the audience and welcome your own in this series The third final table。 However, this day did not go well for him-the opponent always seemed to have stronger cards, and his raises and three raises were repeatedly counterattacked.
Soon after, in Jeremy Becker is out of sixth place After that, Elias also stopped immediately.
Immediately after Becker was out, he moved to the war. Event #9, And soon staged a "slowroll"-he took it AA Pair John Riordan of KK, Successfully received the next big pot.
On the other hand, the rhythm of the final table slowed down for a while until Nicholas Seward finished in fourth place Only to accelerate again.
enter Three-person duel At that time, Khavin began to establish a clear advantage. He eliminated well-known online masters Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger——Lichtenberg's KJ Failed to defeat Khavin's K4。
Entering Heads-up (Heads-Up) At that time, Khavin already had an overwhelming lead in chips, so the two sides did not discuss prize sharing.
Khavin said: This time the chips have never been close from start to finish, so we will fight directly to the end.
Ben Grise has succeeded Double it once, But the last hand is still unable to reverse the situation. He is holding 33 All against Khavin A3, Originally in the lead, but Khavin finally Runner flush (runner-runner flush), Lock in the championship.
PokerGO Cup standings Competition heats up
This victory made Filipp Khavin In the series standings Temporarily ranked first with 443 points, Slightly ahead of those who also won two championships before Brock Wilson (430 points)。
Currently PokerGO Cup is still left Last game——
$15,000 Final event Will be March 14th The fight will be decided on the same day Event #9 The ultimate champion.
The annual battle for the king of PokerGO Cup is still full of suspense.
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