A coronary heart situation will not get in the way in which of Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek, who received one other poker match on Wednesday.
The poker participant who is not truly a Texan however did attend the College of Texas took down the primary PokerGO Cup occasion of the sequence, a $5,100 No-Restrict Maintain’em affair. Beating out 177 entrants contained in the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas paid the Illinois native $185,850.
Excessive-Stakes Poker Crushers on the Remaining Desk
Day 1 concluded on Tuesday with Moncek holding a large chip lead over the six different remaining gamers. These nonetheless with chips returned to motion for the livestreamed closing desk on Day 2, and it was extra of the identical all through a lot of the session, with the Texas Longhorns fan extending his lead early by eliminating Eric Baldwin in seventh place ($35,400) with a rivered flush beating high two pair.
2025 PokerGO Cup Occasion #1 Remaining Desk Outcomes
Danny Qutami was then eradicated in sixth place ($44,250), and Stephen Tune went out in fifth place ($53,100). Moncek’s dominance of the match, nonetheless, was placed on maintain for a bit when he doubled up Cherish Andrews in a monster pot.
Moncek raised to 500,000 from underneath the gun with A♠9♠, and Andrews referred to as with J♠J♣ within the small blind. The flop got here out J♦8♥7♠ and the preflop raiser continued with a 525,000 wager, to which his opponent referred to as.
When the 7♣ appeared on the flip,, it locked up the hand for Andrews, who had an unbeatable full home. She once more checked, after which simply referred to as a 1,200,000 wager. The ten♥ on the river was a brutal card for “Texas Mike” because it gave him a straight. Andrews checked one final time, and Moncek put her all in for two,775,000. She rapidly referred to as and the ultimate desk had a brand new chip chief for the primary time.
Moncek, a finalist for Most Entertaining Participant on the upcoming International Poker Awards, would regain the lead after Weissman, who had been down to only 5 huge blinds, doubled via Andrews.
Weissman, a World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, continued his rise by taking Michael Brinkehoff out in fourth place ($66,375). Moncek would then lastly bust Andrews, the 2024 GPI Feminine Participant of the Yr, with a lucky flop that gave him a pair of aces towards an all in opponent who had a medium pair.
Andrews, one of many rising stars within the high-stakes match scene the previous couple of years, obtained $88,500 for third place, which brings her above $2.8 million lifetime.
Moncek, one of the unpredictable gamers within the recreation together with his loose-aggressive gambler mentality, held a 4:1 chip lead when heads-up play started. The match lasted lower than 10 minutes Weissman referred to as an all in wager preflop with Q♥Q♣, the perfect hand on the time. However “Texas Mike’s” A♠10♠ would come from behind by flopping an ace to complete off the match for $185,850. Weissman secured $123,900 for his efforts.
Moncek, whose coronary heart issues are publicly recognized, continues to play any two playing cards with nice success. PokerGO commentator Brent Hanks referred to his fashion of play as “reckless however remarkably sound.”
The primary PokerGO Cup champion of the yr, who does not wish to be known as a professional, now has over $4 million in reside match cashes, which incorporates two WSOP bracelet and 4 World Sequence of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) rings.
PokerGO Cup motion continued Wednesday on the Las Vegas Strip with Day 1 of Occasion #2: $10,100 No-Restrict Maintain’em, which is ready to play all the way down to a winner on Thursday. The sequence options eight NLH tournaments with buy-ins starting from $5,100 to the $25,200 finale on Feb. 19.
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