David Peters Wins PokerGO Cup Kickoff Event

David Peters sped to a title within the first occasion of the 2024 PokerGO Cup, changing a final-day chip lead into the title in simply a few hours. The four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner outlasted complete subject of 111 entries within the $5,100 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion, incomes $141,525 and his first trophy of the 12 months. This was his forty second recorded event victory.

The 36-year-old American poker professional now has greater than $47.4 million in profession earnings, which is nice for ninth place on poker’s all-time cash checklist. He is one in every of simply ten gamers to have cashed for $45 million of extra on the circuit.

This was already the third final-table end of the 12 months for Peters, who recorded a pair of sixth-place finishes through the PGT Last Chance competition for $103,800 in mixed earnings. Peters has accrued 820 Card Player Player of the Year factors, good for twenty third place within the 2024 standings introduced by Global Poker. The 2016 POY award winner additionally climbed to eleventh place within the PokerGO Tour factors race due to the 142 factors he took house with this win.

The 111-entry turnout constructed a last prize pool of $555,000 that was in the end paid out among the many high 16 finishers. Among people who cashed have been 10-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel (fifteenth), bracelet winner Andrew Lichtenberger (thirteenth), 2020 WSOP Online foremost occasion winner Stoyan Madanzhiev (tenth), rising Vegas event star Jeremy Becker (eighth), and two-time World Poker Tour champion and Card Player columnist Jonathan Little (seventh).

The second and last day noticed six gamers return to the PokerGO Studio inside ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas. As beforehand talked about, Peters held the result in begin. Cody Daniels was the primary to hit the rail on the ultimate day. The terminally unwell poker fanatic was fulfilling a longtime dream of taking part in in a PGT occasion by taking a seat on this event. He battled his strategy to the ultimate desk and located an early double-up earlier than getting his A-Q beat by the A-J of huge stack Mark Ioli, who was second in chips on the time. A jack on the river ended Daniel’s bid for the title in sixth place. He took house $27,750 because the runner-up.

It ends in brutal vogue. Obviously sick to my abdomen however PHYSICALLY. My physique was pushed to its limits. Absolutely had a blast. Will be left questioning “what could have been” for a day or two till I get again house. Thanks for the love. Maybe subsequent time eh? https://t.co/5zGthgHD4l

— Cody Daniels (@CodyDaniels88) January 26, 2024

Shawn Daniels scored the following elimination. The bracelet winner’s pocket queens held towards the A-10 of quick stack Dusti Smith (fifth – $36,075) to slim the sphere to 4.

German poker professional Fabian Quoss received all-in with a flush draw and an overcard towards the pocket jacks of Peters. A brick on the tip despatched the pot to Peters, whereas Quoss was awarded $49,950 because the fourth-place finisher.

Peters additionally scored the following knockout, together with his A-8 suited holding towards the Ok-J of Daniels, who had slid under the 12-big-blind mark. Neither participant improved and Daniels busted in third place ($63,825).

Heads-up play started with Ioli holding 8,475,000 to Peters’ 5,400,000. The steadiness of energy shifted when Peters check-raised a 886 flop and known as the three-bet shove of Ioli. Peters had flopped journeys with 98, which had Ioli’s 107 in tough form. The 4 flip and A river noticed Peters boudle into roughly a 4:3 chip lead.

Peters was capable of prolong his benefit additional earlier than the ultimate hand was dealt. He moved all-in from the button with Ok10 and Ioli known as off his final 13 or so huge blinds with Ok5. The board ran out 862Q7 and Peters pale the backdoor flush draw to safe the pot and the title.

Ioli earned $88,800. The bracelet winner now has greater than $1.9 million in lifetime earnigns to his identify.

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

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