Alex Foxen Wins PokerGO Cup Event #6 for $317,040

Alex Foxen is the winner of Event #6: $25,000 NL Hold’em at the 2023 PokerGO Cup. After a heads-up deal with Orpen Kisacikoglu due to duration of the tournament, Foxen earned $317,040 in prize money. He also picked up 190 leaderboard points and now sits second behind Anthony Hu on the PokerGO Cup leaderboard.

2023 PokerGO Cup Event #6 Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Alex Foxen	United States	$317,040
2nd	Orpen Kisacikoglu	Turkey	$345,460
3rd	Aram Oganyan	United States	$175,000
4th	Cary Katz	United States	$125,000
5th	Sean Perry	United States	$100,000
6th	Sam Soverel	United States	$75,000
7th	Nick Schulman	United States	$62,500
8th	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	$50,000

At Wednesday’s final table, Sam Soverel busted first. He went out when he ran ace-nine into the pocket queens of Cary Katz. Following Soverel’s exit, Sean Perry busted in fifth place. Like Soverel, Perry ran one hand into a bigger one, with his pocket tens running into Aram Oganyan’s pocket jacks.

Katz’s luck ran out in fourth place, with his pocket fives going down to Oganyan’s ace-jack. Then it was Oganyan busting in third place after a lengthy three-handed battle with Alex Foxen and Orpen Kisacikoglu, but not before he was involved in one of the most memorable hands from the 2023 PokerGO Cup.

With the blinds at 40,000-80,000 with an 80,000 big blind ante, Foxen raised to 160,000 on the button with ace-king. Oganyan called from the big blind with eight-seven of hearts, and the dealer fanned the nine-seven-two flop. Oganyan and Foxen both checked. The turn was a ten, and Oganyan checked. Foxen checked again. The river was a jack to give Oganyan a jack-high straight, but it also brought in a backdoor flush draw. With 440,000 in the pot, Oganyan led with a bet of exactly that, 440,000. Foxen took some time before he put in a raise to 1,300,000. After he raised, Foxen had just 400,000 behind. With the ace of spades in his hand, Foxen had a blocker to Oganyan holding the nut flush. After a bit of thought of his own, Oganyan folded his straight.

On his final hand, Oganyan lost with ace-seven to Kisacikoglu’s ace-eight.

Heads-up play saw Kisacikoglu began with more than a 3-to-1 chip lead over Foxen. The two battled for a bit with the chip lead swinging back and forth. Eventually, the two realized registration was nearing a close in Event #7: $25,000 NL Hold’em - an event they both wanted to play for the PokerGO Cup leaderboard race. They discussed an ICM chop that resulted in Kisacikoglu taking $345,460 and Foxen taking $317,040. The two then flipped in a series of all-in pots to determine a winner.

In the end, it was Foxen’s queen-jack beating Kisacikoglu’s jack-six to win the tournament.

2023 PokerGO Cup Leaderboard Top 10

Place	Player	Wins	Cashes	Winnings	Points
1st	Anthony Hu	1	3	$454,200	454
2nd	Alex Foxen	1	2	$470,040	343
3rd	Aram Zobian	1	2	$291,500	292
4th	Orpen Kisacikoglu	0	2	$399,460	261
5th	Ed Sebesta	1	2	$258,000	258
6th	Cary Katz	0	4	$291,800	242
7th	Adrian Mateos	0	3	$237,600	238
8th	Erik Seidel	0	2	$223,200	223
9th	Sean Winter	1	1	$216,000	216
10th	Justin Saliba	1	1	$195,000	195

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