Max Hoffman Crowned PokerGO Mixed Series Champion

After cashing in half of the occasions supplied, Max Hoffman was topped because the third ever champion of the PokerGO Mixed Games Series. The Massachusetts native racked up $376,300 in whole prize cash to fend off defending sequence champion Dan Zack to take the trophy and $10,000 leaderboard bonus.

Hoffman’s marketing campaign began every week and a half in the past with a fifth-place displaying within the $5,000 8-Game occasion for $31,150. He then scored back-to-back runner-up finishes, incomes $100,800 within the $10,000 Triple Stud Mix and $103,400 within the $10,000 Triple Draw Mix.

He cashed for a 3rd day in a row within the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice, ending sixth for one more $28,200. But he saved the very best for final, taking fourth within the $25,000 10-Game Championship for a career-best money of $112,750.

Hoffman now has $580,000 in earnings, greater than two-thirds of which has come on the Mixed Games Series. He additionally banked $56,000 for a fourth-place end within the $10,000 8-Game occasion final October.

Despite taking fourth within the finale, Hoffman did have a little bit of a sweat with three-time bracelet winner Dan Zack nonetheless in competition. The New Jersey native wanted a runner-up end or higher to defend his 2023 title, however fell simply brief by busting in third place for $153,750.

This was Zack’s second money of the sequence, having gained the $10,000 8-Game combine earlier within the week for $195,200.

The 10-Game Championship would finally come right down to WSOP primary occasion third-place finisher Alex Livingston and bracelet winner Dylan Weisman. Weisman isn’t any stranger to wins within the PokerGO studio, having already gained a Mixed Games Series occasion in 2023 and the $25,000 pot-limit Omaha championship on the U.S. Poker Open again in 2022.

This 12 months he already has two wins, banking $121,500 within the PGT Kickoff sequence and $240,300 within the PokerGO Cup. As a consequence, he has climbed to twentieth place within the Card Player Player of the Year rankings with a complete of 1,502 factors. The California professional is as much as $3.2 million in cashes.

This newest title, nonetheless, went to Livingston, who took the final of Weisman’s chips in a spherical of no-limit 2-7 single draw to prime the sphere of 41. Livingston pocketed $324,465 for the win, the fourth largest rating of his profession. The Canadian poker professional now has $8.5 million in profession earnings.

Another earlier occasion winner who cashed within the championship was WSOP primary occasion runner up John Racener, who not solely took down the $10,000 Triple Stud for $151,200, but in addition completed sixth within the $10,000 Big Bet Mix for $22,200 earlier than including $82,000 for fifth place within the Championship. Racener now has $11.8 million in earnings.

Walter Chambers didn’t have a win below his belt like Racener when he busted from the championship in sixth place for $61,500, however he did have an itch to maintain taking part in. The Lousiana mixed-games specialist instantly hopped into the ultimate occasion of the sequence, the $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw, and made good use of his final likelihood, beating 28 entries for the title and $63,000.

This was Chambers third consecutive money in a row, having additionally completed fourth within the $10,000 Big Bet Mix for $40,700. Chambers is maybe greatest identified for profitable the WSOP Circuit Championship again in 2005 for $787,340, however has been taking part in extra currently, together with a runner-up on the WSOP within the $3,000 9-Game occasion.

The PokerGO Tour continues later this March with the PLO Series, which runs from March 20-30 earlier than the U.S. Poker Open begins in April.

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