Justin Zaki Leads PGT Kickoff Event #4 Final Table

Justin Zaki takes the chip lead into the PGT Kickoff Event #4: $5,300 NL Hold'em final table. Zaki was forced all in from the big blind late on Day 1, but stormed back in the early hours of Friday morning to finish atop the remaining seven players.

Zaki is joined by Ethan "Rampage" Yau, Taylor Paur, Jeremy Becker, Scott Eskenazi, Paul Roy, and Andrew Moreno, with everyone guaranteed a $29,000 score. Up top is $174,000.

Moreno, who enters Friday's final table as the shortest stack, is at back-to-back final tables. Moreno won PGT Kickoff Event #3: $5,300 NL Hold'em for $162,300 and is in line for consecutive titles.

2026 PGT Kickoff Event #4 Final Table

The event drew 145 entries to the PokerGO Studio, creating a prize pool of $725,000.

On Thursday, Kevin Andriamahefa and Daniel Sepiol were eliminated at the same time with 21 players remaining, and that pushed the final 19 players into the money. Originally, the top 20 spots were set to pay, so Andriamahefa and Sepiol chopped the first payout spot to take home $5,437 each.

The final seven players in PGT Kickoff Event #4: $5,300 NL Hold'em will be back in action on Friday, January 30, at 12:30 p.m. PT. The blinds will be 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 big blind ante to start.

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