Justin Zaki closed the PokerGo Cup with a touchdown performance after he beat Joey Weissman in a heads-up and won $417,000.
With this win, Zaki bumped his total live earnings up to $6,628,680, and this was close to his most significant win, which was in 2023 in the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em – Super Turbo Bounty WSOP event where he finished second for $496,801. He is currently ranked 331st in the All-Time Money List.
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Joey Weissman is the New Champion of the PokerGo Cup
Event #8: $25,200 No-Limit Hold’em was the last one in this year’s PokerGo Cup, and Joey Weissman is the new champion with 758 PGT points, ahead of Eric Blair, who had 568 PGT points. Weissman has won a $25,000 PGT Passport and the PokerGo Cup Trophy. He had one win and three second places out of eight events, which brought his total winnings to $930,600.
Event #8 had 59 entries, which generated a prize pool of $1,475,000, with nine players in the money and $417,000 reserved for the winner.
Event #8: $25,200 No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Justin Zaki | United States | $417,000 |
| 2 | Joey Weissman | United States | $350,000 |
| 3 | Clemen Deng | United States | $206,500 |
| 4 | Sam Soverel | United States | $147,500 |
| 5 |  Christian Roberts | Venezuela | $110,625 |
| 6 | Michael Berk | United States | $81,125 |
| 7 | Jesse Lonis | United States | $59,000 |
The Final Table
At the start of the final table, Joey Weissman was the chip leader, but Justin Zaki and Christian Roberts were really close to him in stack size.
Jesse Lonis came as the shortest stack and was the first to face elimination after losing an all-in against Clemen Deng. Lonis was eliminated in seventh place for $59,000.
Right after Lonis, we saw Michael Berk eliminated in an all-in pot with ace-queen against Christian Roberts, who had king-three. Berk was eliminated in sixth place for $81,125.
After eliminating Berk, Christian Roberts was next in line to leave the final table after his ace-queen got “cracked” by Zaki’s jack-ten. Roberts finished his run in fifth place for $110,625.
Sam Soverel got really unlucky when he ran into pocket aces of Weissman with his pocket queens and ended up being eliminated in fourth place for $147,500.
Weissman eliminated Clemen Deng in third place for $206,500, and the heads-up battle was set to start.
The Heads-Up
At the start of the heads-up, Zaki and Weissman were close in chips, and the title was open for taking. They discussed the deal and made some adjustments, reducing the first prize and increasing the second-place prize.
Weissman was looking in good shape early and took the chip lead, but Zaki wasn’t giving up, and he stuck close in chips before the big hand happened where Zaki was all-in with A♥10♦ against Weissman’s 10♥10♣. The flop came K♦J♣8♥, keeping Weissman still ahead but improving Zaki. The turn was Q♦, giving Zaki a big lead, and the river was 4♥, leaving Weissman with just a few chips.
It was game over when Weissman put his remaining chips in the middle with king-deuce against Zaki’s ten-seven, which turned into trips of tens on the flop and eliminated Weissman in second place for $350,000.
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