Roses are crimson, violets are blue. Adam Hendrix had air, however his huge bluff bought via.
Hendrix was capable of get a multi-street transfer by his heads-up opponent in occasion no. 3 on the 2025 PokerGO Cup, taking down an enormous pot that helped him shut out the win on Valentine’s Day. The bluff noticed him shove the river with king excessive, finally forcing his opponent off of two pair. The Alaskan poker professional closed out the victory from there, besting a discipline of 129 entries within the $10,000 no-limit maintain’em affair to earn $316,050. This was the fourth-largest rating of Hendrix’s profession, and it elevated his lifetime haul to $8.2 million.
This occasion awarded loads of rankings factors to its champion, together with 660 Card Participant Participant of the Yr factors for what was already his third final-table end of the yr. Hendrix now sits in thirty first place within the 2025 POY race standings offered by World Poker. He additionally secured 316 PokerGO Tour factors, sufficient to maneuver him into seventh place within the PGT season-long standings.
The 129-entry discipline constructed a prize pool of $1,290,000 for this occasion, with the highest 19 finishers making the cash. Simply seven gamers superior to day 2 motion contained in the PokerGO Studio, with 2023 World Collection of Poker Circuit Choctaw primary occasion winner Harvey Castro within the lead and Hendrix towards the underside of the chip counts.
Landon Tice was the primary to fall, along with his A-Ok being outrun by the A-J suited of Manuel Fritz. Tice was bested by a rivered queen-high straight for his opponent after the chips went in preflop. He earned $51,600 for his seventh-place displaying.
A basic race ended Cherish Andrew’s run on this occasion. The bracelet winner bought all-in with A-9 suited dealing with the pocket eights of Hendrix. Neither participant linked with the board and Andrews was despatched packing in sixth place ($64,500). This was her second final-table end of the collection, having positioned third within the kickoff occasion for $88,500. These two scores have pushed her profession earnings previous $3.2 million.
A second collection closing desk for @CherishAndrews ends in a sixth-place end.
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After an prolonged stretch of five-handed motion, 2023 World Poker Tour World Championship primary occasion winner Daniel Sepiol ran pocket nines into the pocket aces of Castro to go dwelling with $77,400. He’s now approaching $9.3 million in lifetime cashes, with the vast majority of that complete coming from his $5.3 million windfall within the aforementioned WPT season-ending occasion.
The subsequent elimination noticed Hendrix open-shove from the small blind with Ok
3
. Fritz awakened with AQ
and referred to as off his final 16 or so huge blinds from the large blind. Fritz flopped a pair of queens to increase his lead, however Hendrix drilled a king on fourth avenue to show the tables, and one other on the river for good measure. Fritz collected $103,200 because the fourth-place finisher. This was the second-largest dwell rating but for the Austrian, who now has greater than $1.2 million in complete scores to his identify.
With that, Hendrix had overtaken the lead heading into three-handed motion. Castro was demoted to second in chips in the interim, however quickly bought concerned in an enormous coin-flip that propelled him again in entrance. Hendrix opened from the button for a 400,000 min-raise with Ok4 and was three-bet to 1,100,000 by two-time bracelet winner Joao Simao, who held AOk. Castro four-bet to 2,000,000 out of the large blind and Hendrix bowed out. Simao five-bet shoved for 3,950,000 complete and Castro made the decision. The board got here down Q22
102 and Simao was eradicated in third place ($141,900). The rating grew his lifetime earnings to greater than $8.3 million.
Heads-up play started with 9,350,000 for Castro and 6,775,000 for Hendrix. The hole had been erased, with Hendrix taking a slight lead by the point the hand of the day arose. Castro limped in from the button for 250,000 complete with 106 and Hendrix raised to 900,000 from the large blind with OkQ. Castro made the decision and the flop got here down 532. Hendrix wager 500,000 as the primary to behave and Castro made the decision along with his gutshot straight draw. The flip introduced the ten to provide Castro prime pair. Hendrix, who had king excessive and no draw to talk of, fired 1,700,000. Castro got here alongside and the river introduced the 6 to enhance Castro to tens and sixes, whereas placing 4 to a straight on board. Hendrix saved on firing, transferring all-in for an efficient wager of 4,800,000. Castro requested for a rely after which went deep into the tank. After a number of minutes, Castro lastly determined to fold his tens up, sending the large pot Hendrix’s manner.
In some way, @AdamHendrix10 finds a manner.
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That profitable bluff gave Hendrix greater than a 2:1 chip lead. He was capable of additional prolong his benefit forward of the ultimate hand of the event. Castro limped with QJ from the small blind and Hendrix shoved for round 9 huge blinds efficient with 77. The 54338 runout introduced the occasion to an in depth.
Castro was awarded $193,500 because the runner-up finisher. This was the second-largest payday but for the Texan, rising his total incomes to almost $881,000.
Here’s a have a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the closing desk:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
PGT Factors
1
Adam Hendrix
$316,050
660
316
2
Harvey Castro
$193,500
550
194
3
Joao Simao
$141,900
440
142
4
Manuel Fritz
$103,200
330
103
5
Daniel Sepiol
$77,400
275
77
6
Cherish Andrews
$64,500
220
65
7
Landon Tice
$51,600
165
52
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