Dan Zack Wins PokerGO Tour Mixed Games $10,200 Eight-Game Title

In 2023 Dan Zack was topped the participant of the collection on the inaugural PokerGO Tour Mixed Games pageant, with 5 cashes throughout the eight-event schedule. The 31-year-old three-time bracelet winner is now well-situated to make a run at a second collection title because of an enormous win within the $10,200 buy-in eight-game occasion on the 2024 PGT Mixed Games.

Zack outlasted a area of 61 entries to earn $195,200 and loads of rankings factors. The 195 PGT factors he earned moved him into second place within the collection standings and twenty second on the season-long leaderboard. The 360 Card Player Player of the Year factors he secured moved him inside the highest 450 within the 2024 POY race offered by Global Poker.

The second and ultimate day of this occasion started with bracelet winner Dylan Weisman atop the leaderboard and Zack in second chip place among the many seven remaining contenders. Six-time bracelet winner and up to date $5,100 eight-game occasion champion of this collection John Hennigan bowed out in seventh place ($24,400), whereas two-time bracelet winner Chris Vitch fell in sixth place ($33,550).

Three-time bracelet winner Mike Gorodinsky acquired the final of his chips in with a pair of queens and a low attract stud eight-or-better. He was up in opposition to a pair of kings and a low draw for fellow three-time bracelet winner Jim Collopy. Collopy improved to 2 pair and Gorodinsky bricked out to slender the sector to 4. Gorodinsky was awarded $45,750 for his efforts.

Joshua Rhodes quickly adopted Gorodinsky to the rail. His final chips went in throughout a spherical of deuce-to-seven triple-draw lowball. He ended with a Q-8-7-5-4, which was bested by the 9-5-4-3-2 of Weisman. Rhodes took dwelling a career-best payday of $61,000 because the fourth-place finisher.

Zack misplaced an enormous no-limit maintain’em hand throughout three-handed play that left him quick, however he managed a few double-ups to present himself respiratory room. He then knocked out Weisman in an enormous pot-limit Omaha pot, with the chips entering into after the A108 flop. Weisman held A865 for high two pair, however was in bother in opposition to the AA106 of Zack. The 7 flip and and J river meant that high set was the perfect hand in the long run. Weisman earned $85,400 because the third-place finisher.

Collopy entered heads-up play with 5,825,000 to Zack’s 3,325,000. A limped pot in PLO noticed Zack flip journey eights in his hand right into a bluff, forcing Collopy off of a straight to win the pot and take the chip lead. Check out a replay of that hand from PokerGO’s protection under:

.Dan__Zack</a> goes for the big bluff and puts Jim Collopy to the test during heads-up play in <a href="https://twitter.com/PokerGOTour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">PokerGOTour Mixed Games Event #4: $10,200 8-Game. pic.twitter.com/7RTakz07dr

— PokerGO (@PokerGO) March 4, 2024

The ultimate hand of the event noticed all of the chips go in preflop in restrict maintain’em. It was a traditional race, with 66 for Collopy and A9 for Zack. The board got here down Okay8779 and Zack rivered nines as much as safe the pot and the title. Collopy cashed for $122,000 because the runner-up. He now has greater than $6.8 million in lifetime earnings.

Zack elevated his lifetime event earnings to just about $3.9 million because of this victory.

Here is a take a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the ultimate desk:

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