Rich Dixon Leads Final Six of First Stairway To Millions Event, 28 Advance To Event #2

Keegan McCann - January 13, 2022January 13, 2022

The first-ever PokerGO Stairway To Millions kicked off on Wednesday, January 12, inside the poker room at ARIA Resort & Casino. The $1,100 buy-in tournament drew a field of 190 entries. Over the course of the first day of play, the field was whittled down to the final six players,

Rich Dixon Leads the Final Six Players of Event #1: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em

Rich Dixon leads the final six players of Event #1: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em in the inaugural Stairways to Millions. Joining Dixon at the final table are Justin Saliba, Joseph Cheong, Daniel Sepiol, Mehdi Anooshahr, and Qing Liu round out the final table as the players will enter the PokerGo Studio

Joseph Cheong Closing in on The Chip Lead

Rich Dixon opened to 170,000 from early position and action folded to Joseph Cheong in the small blind. Cheong three-bet to 525,000, and Dixon used a time extension before calling. The flop fell [3h3d2c] and Cheong continued for 225,000. Dixon shook his head, tapped the table, and tossed his cards

Joseph Cheong Takes From Justin Saliba

Action folded to Justin Saliba in the small blind, and he completed. Joseph Cheong was in the big blind and checked his option. The flop fell [8h8s7c], and action checked through. The dealer burned and turned the [6s], and Saliba checked. Cheong bet 175,000, and Saliba mucked.

Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Counts

Seat 1 - Lee Alejandro Seat 2 - Jeremy Mintz Seat 3 - Qing Liu Seat 4 - Justin Saliba Seat 5 - Joseph Cheong Seat 6 - Daniel Sepiol Seat 7 - Josh Willard Seat 8 - Rich Dixon Seat 9 - Mehdi Anooshahr

Joseph Cheong Bets Out Josh Willard

Action folded to Joseph Cheong in the small blind, and he completed. Josh Willard was in the big blind and checked his option. The flop fell [Qs6s4c], and Cheong bet 50,000. Willard called. The dealer burned and turned the [Kc] and Cheong bet 200,000. Willard sent his cards into the

Christina Hill Triples Through Ali Imsirovic and Joseph Cheong

Ali Imsirovic open-shoved for 173,000, and Christina Hill called all-in next to act for 147,000 total. Action folded to Joseph Cheong in the big blind, and he called. Imsirovic: [5d5h] Hill: [8d8c] Cheong: [KhKc] The board ran out [Td9d2sAd2d], and Hill rivered a flush to crack kings and triple up. Imsirovic also

Joseph Cheong Climbing

A middle position player got the rest of his 90,000 or so chips in preflop and was at risk against Joseph Cheong in the small blind. Middle Position: [7s7h] Cheong: [QdQc] The board ran out [Ts9s4h6hQs] to confirm the pot for Cheong as his opponent was sent to the rail.

Michael Lang Doubles Through Joseph Cheong

Action folded to Michael Lang in late position, and he opened to 4,000. Tobias Schwecht was next to act on the button and called. Joseph Cheong was in the small blind and raised to 18,000. Action folded back to Lang, and he moved all-in for 49,000 total. Schwecht folded, and

Top Set for Andrew Wilson

With the board reading [Ac2c7c4hQh] and Joseph Cheong all-in for the main pot, Seth Davies used two time extensions before betting out 45,000 from the big blind. Andrew Wilson was on the button and immediately called. Davies tabled his [7h7s] for a flopped set, but Wilson revealed his [AsAd] for top