PokerGO Cup: Cary Katz Emerges Victorious In Event No. 4

Cary Katz secured his first PokerGO Tour collection title in 2023, cashing in 5 of eight occasions to seize final yr’s PokerGO Cup. Now, due to a win in occasion no. 4 of the 2024 PokerGO Cup, he’s effectively positioned for a run at back-to-back collection championships.

The 53-year-old businessman and poker participant defeated a subject of 81 entries within the $10,500 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion for his newest event victory, incomes $226,800 for the win. The PokerGO founder surpassed $40 million in profession event earnings with this win, turning into simply the fifteenth participant in poker historical past to prime that milestone. He now sits in fifteenth place on the sport’s all-time cash checklist consequently.

In addition to the trophy and the cash, Katz additionally locked up 480 Card Player Player of the Year factors and 227 PGT factors for popping out on prime on this occasion. This was Katz’s first certified rating of 2024, however it was sufficient to maneuver him inside hanging distance of the highest 100 within the POY rankings introduced by (*4*) He additionally climbed to eighth place within the season-long PGT standings, whereas shifting into third place within the race for this yr’s PokerGO Cup.

The sturdy turnout on the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas resulted in an $810,000 prize pool, with the highest 12 finishers making the cash. Just six contenders moved on to the second and remaining day, with 2020 World Series of Poker Online foremost occasion champion Stoyan Madanzhiev main the way in which and Katz in fourth chip place.

Madanzhiev added to his lead due to an early cooler, along with his pocket aces holding towards the pocket queens of two-time bracelet winner Jesse Lonis (sixth – $40,500). This was already the fourth final-table end of the yr for Lonis, with greater than $543,000 in to-date POY earnings piled up alongside the way in which. As a outcome, he now sits in fourth place within the POY rankings.

Six-time bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus fell in fifth place ($56,700) to 2018 WSOP foremost occasion sixth-place finisher Aram Zobian. Katz then scored his first knockout of the day when his A-Q held up towards the A-10 of three-time World Poker Tour champion Chino Rheem (4th – $76,950).

Katz and Madanzhiev traded the lead a couple of occasions throughout three-handed play. Madanzhiev was the one who scored the subsequent elimination, selecting up pocket jacks towards the pocket fives of Zobian and holding to take a slight lead into heads-up motion. Zobian earned $105,300 because the third-place finisher. The bracelet winner now has greater than $5.7 million in profession earnings.

It took lower than 40 minutes for the heads-up match to play out. Katz overtook the lead and was in a position to stretch his benefit to greater than 5:1 by the point the ultimate hand of the event was dealt. Katz moved all in from the button for simply over 10 large blinds efficient with OkJ and Madanzhiev referred to as with Ok5. The board ran out J1028Q and Katz light Madanzhiev’s backdoor flush draw to lock up the title. Madanzhiev earned $145,800 because the runner-up, the most important reside rating of his profession. He now has over $4.8 million in recorded cashes, with greater than $3.9 million of that coming from his large win within the WSOPO foremost occasion.

Here is a have a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the remaining desk:

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