The 2021 PokerGO Cup was the inaugural PokerGO Cup, a series of high-stakes poker tournaments as part of the PokerGO Tour . It was held from inside the PokerGO Studio at Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada . The series took place from July 6–14, 2021, with eight scheduled events culminating in a $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament.[ 1] Each final table was streamed on PokerGO.[ 2]
The player who earns the most points throughout the series would be crowned the PokerGO Cup champion earning $50,000 and the PokerGO Cup.[ 3]
The Main Event was won by American Cary Katz , and the PokerGO Cup was awarded to Canadian Daniel Negreanu .[ 4]
[ 5]
#
Event
Entrants
Winner
Prize
Winning hand
Runner-up
Losing hand
Results
1
$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em
66
Alex Foxen
$178,200
9 ♥ 9 ♦
Sean Perry
10 ♦ 8 ♥
Results [ 5]
2
$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em
61
Ali Imsirovic
$183,000
K ♠ 2 ♦
Jason Koon
A ♣ 9 ♦
Results [ 5]
3
$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em
53
Dylan Linde
$169,600
A ♣ 10 ♣
Sam Soverel
A ♦ 3 ♣
Results [ 5]
4
$15,000 No-Limit Hold'em
50
Ali Imsirovic
$240,000
5 ♠ 5 ♦
Daniel Weinand
8 ♣ 3 ♣
Results [ 5]
5
$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em
36
Jake Schindler
$324,000
Q ♦ J ♦
David Peters
6 ♠ 6 ♦
Results [ 5]
6
$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em
36
Jason Koon
$324,000
9 ♥ 9 ♦
Thomas Winters
Kc6 ♣
Results [ 5]
7
$50,000 No-Limit Hold'em
35
Daniel Negreanu
$700,000
K ♣ 10 ♦
David Coleman
5 ♥ 5 ♦
Results [ 5]
8
$100,000 No-Limit Hold'em
23
Cary Katz
$1,058,000
Q ♦ 4 ♣
Sam Soverel
10 ♦ 9 ♣
Results [ 5]
The 2021 PokerGO Cup awarded the PokerGO Cup to the player that accumulated the most PokerGO Tour points during the series.[ 3] Canadian Daniel Negreanu won one event and cashed four times on his way to accumulating $996,200 in winnings. Negreanu accumulated 537 points and was awarded the PokerGO Cup.[ 4] [ 6]
Standings
Rank
Name
Points
Earnings
1
Daniel Negreanu
537
$996,200
2
Ali Imsirovic
497
$545,500
3
Cary Katz
475
$1,161,800
4
David Coleman
470
$710,000
5
Alex Foxen
421
$533,200
6
Sam Soverel
361
$812,200
7
Jason Koon
316
$446,000
8
Dylan Linde
255
$255,000
9
Sergi Reixach
244
$320,700
10
Jake Schindler
194
$324,000
Event #1: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em[ edit ]
2-Day Event: July 6–7
Number of Entries: 66
Total Prize Pool: $660,000
Number of Payouts: 10
Winning Hand: 9 ♥ 9 ♦ [ 7]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Alex Foxen
$178,200
2nd
Sean Perry
$132,000
3rd
Sergi Reixach
$85,800
4th
David Coleman
$66,000
5th
Jordan Cristos
$52,800
6th
Kristina Holst
$39,600
7th
Vanessa Kade
$33,000
8th
Steve Zolotow
$26,400
9th
Sam Soverel
$26,400
10th
David Peters
$19,800
Event #2: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em[ edit ]
2-Day Event: July 7–8
Number of Entries: 61
Total Prize Pool: $610,000
Number of Payouts: 9
Winning Hand: K ♠ 2 ♦ [ 8]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Ali Imsirovic
$183,000
2nd
Jason Koon
$122,000
3rd
Dylan Linde
$85,400
4th
Mo Rahim
$61,000
5th
Frank Funaro
$48,800
6th
Matas Cimbolas
$36,600
7th
Sam Soverel
$30,500
8th
Daniel Weinand
$24,400
9th
Marius Gierse
$18,300
Event #3: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em[ edit ]
2-Day Event: July 8–9
Number of Entries: 53
Total Prize Pool: $530,000
Number of Payouts: 8
Winning Hand: A ♣ 10 ♣ [ 9]
Event #4: $15,000 No-Limit Hold'em[ edit ]
2-Day Event: July 9–10
Number of Entries: 50
Total Prize Pool: $750,000
Number of Payouts: 8
Winning Hand: 5 ♠ 5 ♦ [ 10]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Ali Imsirovic
$240,000
2nd
Daniel Weinand
$157,500
3rd
Jordan Cristos
$105,000
4th
Alex Foxen
$75,000
5th
Mo Rahim
$60,000
6th
David Coleman
$45,000
7th
Eric Worre
$37,500
8th
Stephen Chidwick
$30,000
Event #5: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em[ edit ]
2-Day Event: July 10–11
Number of Entries: 36
Total Prize Pool: $900,000
Number of Payouts: 6
Winning Hand: Q ♦ J ♦ [ 11]
Event #6: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em[ edit ]
2-Day Event: July 11–12
Number of Entries: 36
Total Prize Pool: $900,000
Number of Payouts: 6
Winning Hand: 9 ♥ 9 ♦ [ 12]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Jason Koon
$324,000
2nd
Thomas Winters
$216,000
3rd
John Riordan
$144,000
4th
Anuj Agarwal
$99,000
5th
Cary Katz
$72,000
6th
Steve Zolotow
$45,000
Event #7: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em[ edit ]
2-Day Event: July 12–13
Number of Entries: 35
Total Prize Pool: $1,750,000
Number of Payouts: 5
Winning Hand: K ♣ 10 ♦ [ 13]
Event #8: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em[ edit ]
2-Day Event: July 13–14
Number of Entries: 23
Total Prize Pool: $2,300,000
Number of Payouts: 4
Winning Hand: Q ♦ 4 ♣ [ 14]
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