Soukha Kachittavong has been on a roll on the 2023 PokerStars U.S. Summer Series at Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia. The poker participant from Woonsocket, Rhode Island has made a closing desk throughout every of the previous three weekends at this occasion, coming away with two titles alongside the best way.
Kachittavong kicked off his hat trick with a seventh-place end from a discipline of 1,020 entries within the $200,000 assured $550 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion that ran from Aug. 24-27, incomes $13,800 for his efforts.
On Labor Day, Kachittavong secured the title within the $300,000 assured $1,100 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion, besting a discipline of 714 entries to earn $105,408. In that occasion, Kachittavong chopped with Cheng Xu, who earned one fewer greenback than the champion because the runner-up ($105,407).
Just six days faraway from that win, Kachittavong as soon as once more battled his solution to the title within the $500,000 assured $2,200 buy-in no-limit maintain’em event, the highest-stakes occasion on the schedule. He outlasted a 448-entry discipline in that occasion, placing a heads-up take care of Greg Himmelbrand that noticed each gamers take residence $147,735.
All instructed, Kachittavong has cashed for $266,943 throughout his three deep runs at this competition, bringing his lifetime earnings to over $1.8 million.
Kachittavong has now made 5 closing tables in 2023, with three titles and a pair of,648 Card Player Player of the Year factors locked up alongside the best way. As a outcome, Kachittavong now sits in 74th place within the 2023 POY race standings introduced by Global Poker.
Several large names ran deep within the $2,200 buy-in occasion alongside Kachittavong, together with 2015 World Series of Poker essential occasion champion Joe McKeehen (forty third), three-time bracelet winner Matt Matros (fortieth), and 2006 WSOP essential occasion champion Jamie Gold (eighth).
Below is a take a look at the ultimate desk outcomes from the three occasions that Kachittavong closing tabled throughout this collection.
PokerStars Summer Series $550 No-Limit Hold’em $200K GTD
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Matt Gross | $69,568 | 480 |
2 | Elias Garney | $69,567 | 400 |
3 | Boris Vaynberg | $37,180 | 320 |
4 | Michael Dangelico | $27,480 | 240 |
5 | Adam Reese | $20,830 | 200 |
6 | Alesandro Jimenes | $16,670 | 160 |
7 | Soukha Kachittavong | $13,800 | 120 |
8 | Yingxin Chen | $10,960 | 80 |
9 | Donald Bell | $8,185 | 40 |
PokerStars Summer Series $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em $300K GTD
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Soukha Kachittavong | $105,408 | 912 |
2 | Cheng Xu | $105,407 | 760 |
3 | Nhan Cao | $56,460 | 608 |
4 | Johanssy Joseph | $41,710 | 456 |
5 | Ron Adams | $31,770 | 380 |
6 | Soheb Porbandarwala | $25,250 | 304 |
7 | Matthew Kret | $20,920 | 228 |
8 | William Chonka | $16,635 | 152 |
9 | Jeffrey Yanchek | $12,490 | 76 |
PokerStars Summer Series $2,200 No-Limit Hold’em $500K GTD
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Soukha Kachittavong | $147,735 | 720 |
2 | Greg Himmelbrand | $147,735 | 600 |
3 | Andrew Porter | $79,150 | 480 |
4 | Adam Reese | $53,595 | 360 |
5 | Norman Rogers | $41,190 | 300 |
6 | Keith Crowder | $34,200 | 240 |
7 | Chan Woo Kim | $28,655 | 180 |
8 | Jamie Gold | $23,105 | 120 |
9 | Christopher Moon | $17,560 | 60 |
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