Anthony Hu Wins PokerGO Cup Event #5 for $268,800

After a second-place finish in Event #4 at the 2023 PokerGO Cup, Anthony Hu emerged victorious in Event #5 for $268,800. That’s good for a two-day total of $409,200, and Hu now finds himself atop the series leaderboard ith 454 points.

For the second day in a row, Hu entered a PokerGO Cup final table as the chip leader. In Event #4, Hu took the chip lead into heads-up play but ultimately lost out to Justin Saliba. Event #5 was all Hu, though. He had the chip lead to start on Tuesday and never gave it up, putting on quite a dominating performance from the first deal of the cards to the last.

Across the entire 2023 PokerGO Cup, Hu has one victory, three cashes, and $454,200 in prize winnings.

2023 PokerGO Cup Event #5 Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Anthony Hu	United States	$268,800
2nd	Erik Seidel	United States	$176,400
3rd	Dylan DeStefano	United States	$117,600
4th	Aram Zobian	United States	$84,000
5th	Brian Kim	United States	$67,200
6th	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	$50,400
7th	Ed Sebesta	United States	$42,000
8th	Masashi Oya	Japan	$33,600

Jeremy Ausmus was the first player eliminated on Tuesday. He had pocket queens against Anthony Hu’s ace-king but couldn’t hold up. Hu flopped one ace and rivered another to finish the hand with trips and eliminate Ausmus.

Brian Kim was knocked out next. Kim battled the short stack on Tuesday and could never get much going other than one early double up. In the end, Kim got all in with a flopped second pair against Hu. Hu had a straight draw and hit it on the river.

Hu’s good fortune continued when he busted Aram Zobian in fourth place. Hu turned a straight in a blind-versus-blind battle. The seven on the turn that gave Hu a straight also gave Zobian a pair of sevens. Zobian wound up rivering trip sevens and that’s when the money went in. He saw Hu’s straight and was out the door in fourth.

Dylan DeStefano took third place, and it was once again Hu delivering the final blow. Hu’s ace-king had DeStefano’s king-queen dominated and an ace and a king on the flop just about locked it up before DeStefano was drawing dead on the turn.

Heads-up play began with Hu against Erik Seidel. Hu had a big chip lead to start, but Seidel found an early double up to close the gap. Not long after, Hu was able to flop a set of sevens against Seidel’s pocket tens. Hu got all of the chips after Seidel bet river, Hu jammed, and Seidel called it off. That was the end of it all, with Hu coming out on top.

2023 PokerGO Cup Leaderboard Top 10

Place	Player	Wins	Cashes	Winnings	Points
1st	Anthony Hu	1	3	$454,200	454
2nd	Aram Zobian	1	2	$291,500	292
3rd	Ed Sebesta	1	2	$258,000	258
4th	Adrian Mateos	0	3	$237,600	238
5th	Erik Seidel	0	2	$223,200	223
6th	Sean Winter	1	1	$216,000	216
7th	Justin Saliba	1	1	$195,000	195
8th	Cary Katz	0	3	$166,800	167
9th	Kristen Foxen	0	2	$153,600	154
T-10th	Alex Foxen	0	1	$153,000	153
T-10th	Nick Schulman	0	1	$153,000	153

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