Cary Katz Crowned 2023 PokerGO Cup Champion

With four final tables from five cashes amounting to $655,800 in total prize money, Cary Katz is the 2023 PokerGO Cup champion. Katz amassed 460 leaderboard points to take home the series title and win the $50,000 championship bonus.

Katz cashed five times across eight events at the 2023 PokerGO Cup. His run to the title began in Event #1: $10,000 NL Hold’em when he cashed in 10th place for $27,000. From there, Katz went on to finish sixth in Event #2: $10,000 NL Hold’em, fourth in Event #3: $10,000 NL Hold’em, fourth in Event #6: $10,000 NL Hold’em, and second in Event #8: $50,000 NL Hold’em.

Cary Katz’s 2023 PokerGO Cup Results

Event	Place	Prize	Points
Event #1: $10,000 NL Hold’em	10th	$27,000	27
Event #2: $10,000 NL Hold’em	6th	$49,800	50
Event #3: $10,000 NL Hold’em	4th	$90,000	90
Event #6: $25,000 NL Hold’em	4th	$125,000	75
Event #8: $50,000 NL Hold’em	2nd	$364,000	218

The sweat was alive to just about the last possible second. Anthony Hu had the points lead entering the final day of the final event. Four players remained and three of the four could still become PokerGO Cup champion. In addition to Katz being able to win it, Sean Winter and Daniel Colpoys were alive in the race. The chip leader entering the final day of the $50,000 NL Hold’em finale, Isaac Haxton, could not win the overall series title. Both Winter and Colpoys needed a victory in the final event to win, and Katz could win the final event or finish second to Haxton.

As it turned out, Colpoys busted in fourth place and Winter followed him out the door in third place. That left Katz faced with heads-up play against Haxton, and it also locked in Katz for the overall PokerGO Cup title. Hu, who had been sweating the action from the rail on the final day, saw his chance at winning the title evaporate when Winter went out in third place. Hu finished on 454 points - just six points behind Katz - from three cashes, including one victory.

In the final event, Katz placed runner-up behind Haxton, winning $364,000. Haxton won the $50,000 finale for $598,000.

2023 PokerGO Cup Leaderboard Top 10

Place	Player	Wins	Cashes	Winnings	Points
1st	Cary Katz	0	5	$655,800	460
2nd	Anthony Hu	1	3	$454,200	454
3rd	Alex Foxen	1	2	$470,040	393
4th	Isaac Haxton	0	1	$598,000	359
5th	Sean Winter	1	2	$424,000	341
6th	Punnat Punsri	1	2	$459,400	335
7th	Aram Zobian	1	2	$291,500	292
8th	Ed Sebesta	1	2	$258,000	258
9th	Orpen Kisacikoglu	0	2	$399,460	212
10th	Erik Seidel	0	2	$223,200	223

Katz joined Daniel Negreanu and Jeremy Ausmus as PokerGO Cup champions. Negreanu won the first-ever PokerGO Cup in 2021 when he topped the leaderboard with 537 points. In 2022, Ausmus finished atop the leaderboard with 658 points to win it. In 2021, Katz finished third on the leaderboard, and in 2022, he finished fourth.

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