﻿{"id":1689,"date":"2026-03-15T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T06:07:54","slug":"sean-winter-pokergo-cup-event-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/sean-winter-pokergo-cup-event-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Winter won the championship in a strong reversal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/631ea6b34e.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/631ea6b34e.webp 800w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/631ea6b34e-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/631ea6b34e-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clinches the PokerGO Cup Event #9 Title and $210,000 Top Prize<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Frequent winner of high-profile events&nbsp;<strong>Sean Winter<\/strong>&nbsp;Prove your strength in the top arena again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In&nbsp;<strong>2026 PokerGO Cup Event #9:$10,000 Unlimited Texas Hold'em (No-Limit Hold'em)<\/strong>&nbsp;In, Winter successfully defeated&nbsp;<strong>70-person competition lineup<\/strong>, Finally in Las Vegas&nbsp;<strong>PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort &amp; Casino<\/strong>&nbsp;Win the championship and take it away&nbsp;<strong>$210,000 Score<\/strong>&nbsp;And a&nbsp;<strong>PokerGO Tour Championship Trophy<\/strong>\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the final table, Winter faced a number of powerful professional players and finally defeated them in Heads-up.&nbsp;<strong>Benjamin Grise<\/strong>, Successfully reached the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This victory also once again proved Winter's stable performance in high-profile events, allowing him to continue to consolidate his position as&nbsp;<strong>High-stakes race winning general (high-roller crusher)<\/strong>&nbsp;The status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, this championship was not easy to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning of the heads-up, Winter was once in&nbsp;<strong>Obviously behind the chips<\/strong>, But he showed patience and experience at critical moments, gradually recovered the gap, and finally completed the reversal to win the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final table final result<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The following is\u00a0<strong>2026 PokerGO Cup Event #9: \u65e0\u965010,000 Unlimited Texas Holdem<\/strong>\u00a0The final ranking and prize money of the final table\uff1a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Ranking<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">player<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">bonus<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Sean Winter<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$210,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Benjamin Grise<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$136,500<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Myles Mullaly<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$94,500<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Jeremy Ausmus<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$70,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Brandon Wilson<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$52,500<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Justin Zaki<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$38,500<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">7<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Aram Zobian<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$28,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ben Grise's emotional weekend<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although he failed to win the championship in the end, but&nbsp;<strong>Ben Grise<\/strong>&nbsp;The performance is still one of the most impressive stories of this series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grise is here&nbsp;<strong>Won the runner-up in two days in a row<\/strong>\uff1a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Event #8: Second place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Event #9: Second place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This kind of achievement is already excellent, but there is a heavier background behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In&nbsp;<strong>After Event #8 is over<\/strong>, Grise immediately&nbsp;<strong>Max Late Register<\/strong>&nbsp;Participate in Event #9. And at this moment, he learned a shocking news\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His friend and fellow poker player&nbsp;<strong>Matt Lushin<\/strong>, was found killed in Indiana a few days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lushin is a highly respected member of the local poker community and has accumulated a career&nbsp;<strong>More than $500,000 in live event bonuses<\/strong>\u3002 The police found the body in his home, and the case is still under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even in the case of extreme depression, Grise continued to compete and won at the end of Day 1.&nbsp;<strong>Chips lead<\/strong>, Finally played one of the best results of his career in two consecutive games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6311b1580e-1024x682.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6311b1580e-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6311b1580e-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6311b1580e-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6311b1580e.webp 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The final table is fierce<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first out of the final table is&nbsp;<strong>Aram Zobian<\/strong>\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc51 Pocket Kings vs. 5-3 offsuit\u2014can <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenGrise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BenGrise<\/a> pull off a miracle at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokerGO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@PokerGO<\/a> Cup Event 9 final table? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X9EoSd7tpO\">pic.twitter.com\/X9EoSd7tpO<\/a><\/p>\u2014 PokerNews (@PokerNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokerNews\/status\/2032933511456329773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 14, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He was killed early in the game&nbsp;<strong>Ben Grise<\/strong>&nbsp;use&nbsp;<strong>5-3 offsuit<\/strong>&nbsp;Upset and defeated&nbsp;<strong>Pocket K<\/strong>, After the chips were significantly damaged, he was finally out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subsequently&nbsp;<strong>Justin Zaki<\/strong>&nbsp;Eliminated in sixth place, and&nbsp;<strong>Brandon Wilson<\/strong>&nbsp;He also left the field soon, and the field was reduced to the last four players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then&nbsp;<strong>Jeremy Ausmus<\/strong>&nbsp;Finished in fourth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/62cb306a2a-1024x682.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/62cb306a2a-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/62cb306a2a-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/62cb306a2a-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/62cb306a2a.webp 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After that, Grise was successfully defeated in a key hand.&nbsp;<strong>Myles Mullaly<\/strong>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<strong>AA<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014\u2014He's on the flop.&nbsp;<strong>Flush<\/strong>, Bringing the game into a head-to-head duel with Winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winter completes a wonderful reversal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning of the heads-up\uff0c<strong>Sean Winter is at a clear chip disadvantage<\/strong>\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, with a stable rhythm and pressure play, this regular in the high-level competition gradually won a number of small pots, narrowing the gap bit by bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the game progressed, Winter finally succeeded in overtaking the chips and completed the last hand.&nbsp;<strong>Wonderful reversal (comet)<\/strong>, Defeated Grise to win the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfc6 The end is near at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokerGO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@PokerGO<\/a> Cup Event 9 final table!<br><br>Sean <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nolez7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Nolez7<\/a> Winter and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenGrise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BenGrise<\/a> are battling heads up for the title and a $210,000 first-place prize \ud83d\udcb5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eNoeJ8yBL8\">pic.twitter.com\/eNoeJ8yBL8<\/a><\/p>\u2014 PokerNews (@PokerNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokerNews\/status\/2032967566126125072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 14, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is also for&nbsp;<strong>PokerGO Cup Event #9<\/strong>&nbsp;Draw an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more latest PokerGO Cup events and global poker news, please stay tuned&nbsp;<strong>Hunter Poker<\/strong>\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to change Texas Holdem from \"can understand\" to \"can win\"?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to learn more about Texas Hold'em, you can continue reading\uff1a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/texas-holdem-history\/\">The Origins of Texas Hold'em: Why is it the World's Most Popular Poker Variant?<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/texas-holdem-hand-rankings\/\">Texas Hold'em Hand Rankings and Showdown Rules (Beginner\u2019s Essentials)<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/texas-holdem-betting-actions\/\">Texas Hold'em Betting teaching: Check \/ Bet \/ Call \/Raise and Betting Strategy Analysis<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/hunter-poker-texas-holdem-how-to-play\/\">How to play Texas Hold'em? Novices learn Texas Hold'em rules, processes and betting teaching in 10 minutes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><em>Hunter Poker offers comprehensive tutorials, hand analysis, and strategy sharing to help players upgrade from simply &quot;reading the cards&quot; to <strong data-start=\"2099\" data-end=\"2113\">understanding the range<\/strong> . This allows you to make better decisions in every hand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 2026 PokerGO Cup Event #9:$10,000 No-Limit Hold&#039;em, high-stakes regular Sean Winter staged a remarkable comeback, defeating Benjamin Grise to claim the championship and a $210,000 prize. The event attracted 70 players, making for a fiercely competitive final table. Although Grise didn&#039;t win, his performance, despite his disappointment, resulted in two consecutive runner-up finishes, making it one of the most touching stories of the series.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[325],"tags":[476,364,432,458,365,369,371,377,475],"class_list":["post-1689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-325","tag-benjamin-grise","tag-high-stakes-poker","tag-las-vegas-poker","tag-no-limit-holdem-2","tag-poker-news","tag-poker-tournament","tag-pokergo-cup","tag-pokergo-tour","tag-sean-winter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1702,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions\/1702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}