Max Hoffman is crowned PokerGO Mixed Series Champion

After capitalizing on half of the events offered, Max Hoffman was crowned the third ever PokerGO champion Mixed game series. The Massachusetts native took home $376,300 in total prize money for holding off defending series champion Dan Zack to take home the trophy and a $10,000 leaderboard bonus.

Hoffman’s campaign began a week and a half ago with a fifth-place showing in the $5,000 8-game event for $31,150. He then scored back-to-back second place finishes, earning $100,800 in the $10,000 Triple Draw combination and $103,400 in the $10,000 Triple Draw combination.

He took home money for the third straight day in the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice prize, finishing sixth with another $28,200. But he saved the best for last, finishing fourth in the $25,000 10-game tournament for a cash-best of $112,750.

Hoffman now has $580,000 in earnings, more than two-thirds of which came from the mixed game series. He also pocketed $56,000 for finishing fourth in the $10,000 8-Game event last October.

Despite finishing fourth in the end, Hoffman was a bit of a sweat with three-time bracelet winner Dan Zack, who is still in contention. The New Jersey native needed a second-place finish or better to defend his 2023 title, but fell short of third place with $153,750.

This was Zack’s second cash in the series, after he won an 8-game $10,000 combination earlier in the week for $195,200.

The 10-game tournament will eventually come to an end WSOP Main event third place finisher Alex Livingston and bracelet winner Dylan Weisman. Wiseman is no stranger to winning at the PokerGO studio, where he has already won an award Mixed game series The event in 2023 and the Omaha Championship with a $25,000 bet limit on the Omaha Championship. American Open Poker Again in 2022.

This year, he’s already had two wins, taking home $121,500 Bgt Starting chain and $240,300 in Poker Joe Cup. As a result, it rose to twentieth place in Card player Rating of the best player of the year with a total of 1502 points. The California pro gets up to $3.2 million in cash.

However, that last title went to Livingston, who took the last of Wiseman’s chips in a 2-7 no-limit round to lead the total of 41. Livingston earned $324,465 for the win, the fourth-largest score of his career. . The Canadian poker pro now has $8.5 million in career winnings.

The other winner of the previous event to take home the championship was WSOP Main Event runner-up John Risner, who not only took down the $10,000 Triple Stud for $151,200, but also finished sixth in the $10,000 Big Bet Mix for $22,200 before adding $82,000 for fifth in the tournament. Racener now has $11.8 million in earnings.

Walter Chambers didn’t have a win under his belt like Risner when he exited the tournament in sixth place with $61,500, but he had a desire to keep playing. The Lousiana mixed specialist immediately moved on to the final event of the series, the $5,000 2-7 No-Limit Singles Draw, and made good use of his final opportunity, beating off 28 entries to take the title and $63,000.

It was Chambers’ third straight cash, after also finishing fourth in the $10,000 Big Bet Mix for $40,700. Chambers is perhaps best known for winning an award WSOP Circuit Championship Back in 2005 for $787,340, but has been in play lately, including a second-place finish in the tournament. WSOP In a $3,000 9-game event.

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Final table results

Final table results

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