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

One day after he finished second in Event #4, Anthony Hu came out on top in Event #5 to take home $268,800 in prize money. Hu also moved to the top pot on the series leaderboard with 454 total points.

PokerGO Cup Event #5 Results

Anthony Hu – $268,800
Erik Seidel – $176,400
Dylan DeStefano – $117,600
Aram Zobian – $84,000
Brian Kim – $67,200
Jeremy Ausmus – $50,400
Ed Sebesta – $42,000
Masashi Oya – $33,600

PokerGO Cup Series Leaderboard Top 10

Anthony Hu – 454 points
Aram Zobian – 292 points
Ed Sebesta – 258 points
Adrian Mateos – 238 points
Erik Seidel – 223 points
Sean Winter – 216 points
Justin Saliba – 195 points
Cary Katz – 167 points
Kristen Foxen – 154 points
Alex Foxen – 153 points
Nick Schulman – 153 points

ALSO READ: Justin Saliba Wins PokerGO Cup Event #4 for $195,000

Remaining PokerGO Cup Schedule

Wednesday, January 18: Event #7 $25,000 NL Hold’em
Thursday, January 19: Event #8 $50,000 NL Hold’em

All events are two-day events. On the first day, the field will play down to the final table. Players will return the second day to play to a winner with action live-streamed on PokerGO.

What Is the PokerGO Cup?

The PokerGO Cup is a series of high-stakes poker tournaments taking place at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. The 2023 edition of the series is the third-ever PokerGO Cup and features eight tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $10,000 to $50,000. The PokerGO Cup is part of the PokerGO Tour (PGT), with players eligible to earn PGT leaderboard points for finishing in the money in events.

There is a PokerGO Cup series leaderboard that ranks the players by points earned in only the current edition of the PokerGO Cup. The player to finish with the most points and top the leaderboard through all eight events will be crowned the PokerGO Cup champion and win the series’ $50,000 championship bonus.

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