Shannon Shorr has 23 recorded poker match titles to his identify, together with two World Collection of Poker bracelet wins. The 39-year-old’s newest triumph noticed him defeat a discipline of 119 entries in occasion no. 2 of the PokerGO Tour Las Likelihood collection that’s at present working at PokerGO Studio inside ARIA Resort & On line casino Las Vegas.
Shorr earned $297,500 for the win within the $10,100 buy-in no-limit maintain’em match, growing his profession earnings to greater than $14.8 million within the course of. He was additionally awarded 600 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors, catapulting him right into a tie with occasion no. 1 champion Nick Schulman for first place within the fledgling 2025 POY standings introduced by International Poker.
The 298 PGT factors that got here with the title on this occasion moved Shorr into 103rd place on that season-long leaderboard.
The highest 17 finishers earned a share of the $1,190,000 prize pool on this occasion, however solely seven gamers survived day 1 motion. Bracelet winner Stephen Track held the chip lead when the ultimate desk bought underway. The primary large conflict of the day noticed Shorr win an enormous preflop race with pocket jacks towards the A-Okay of Track. Shorr surged to the highest of the chip counts after flopping a set and holding from there, whereas Track slid again into the center of the pack.
Adam Hendrix (seventh – $47,600) was the primary to fall, along with his pocket fives dropping a flip towards the Okay-Q of Joe Serock. He was ultimately joined by Ren Lin, who ran A-J into the A-Okay of Track. Neither participant linked and Track’s superior kicker performed. Lin earned $59,500 for his first final-table end of 2025 after recording 23 final 12 months to complete seventh within the POY race.
Ben Tollerene bought the final of his stack in good, calling off from the large blind with A-6 main the 8-6 suited of bracelet winner and 2024 WSOP most important occasion eighth-place finisher Joe Serock, who shoved when it folded to him within the small blind. The board introduced a straight for Serock to finish Tollerene’s run in fifth place ($77,350). Tollerene now has greater than $20.5 million in recorded match earnings.
Track’s run got here to an finish when his A
8
was bested by the OkayQ
of Shorr. A king-high board gave Shorr a profitable pair of kings to say the pot, sending Track house with $101,150 for his fourth-place end. He surpassed $9 million in profession cashes because of his efficiency on this occasion.
Shorr got here out on high once more on the alternative aspect of an identical state of affairs to attain the subsequent knockout, along with his A
7 held up towards the OkayQ of David Chen. A king-high flop gave Chen the lead, however Shorr turned aces up and dodged a king on the river to ship Chen packing in third place ($130,900). This was his second-largest rating but, trailing solely the $217,500 he earned because the champion of a $10,100 buy-in occasion on the 2024 Poker Masters at this similar venue.
Heads-up play started with nearly even stacks for Shorr and Serock. The very first hand noticed Serock unleash a three-bet from the large blind with 9-2 suited. Shorr had raised with pocket kings from the button, although, and was not going to be pushed off the hand. He four-bet shoved, drawing a fast fold to leap out to a virtually a 2:1 lead. The very subsequent deal, Serock raised to 600,000 (with blinds at 125,000-250,000 and an enormous blind ante of 250,000) from the button with 55. Shorr three-bet shoved for 4,975,000 efficient holding A6 and Serock referred to as it off to arrange a coin flip for the title. The board got here down AA843 to present Shorr journey aces for the win.
Serock cashed for $184,450 because the runner-up. That grew his lifetime haul to greater than $7.2 million.
Here’s a take a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the ultimate desk:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
PGT Factors
1
Shannon Shorr
$297,500
600
298
2
Joseph Serock
$184,450
500
184
3
David Chen
$130,900
400
131
4
Stephen Track
$101,150
300
101
5
Benjamin Tollerene
$77,350
250
77
6
Ren Lin
$59,500
200
60
7
Adam Hendrix
$47,600
150
48
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