Ali Imsirovic Wins 14th PokerGO Tour Title to Extend Lead Over Michael Addamo
The inaugural season of the PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate features the industry’s most high-profile poker tournaments with buy-ins of $10,000 or greater and includes more than 100 tournaments across the globe.
The top performer as ranked by the PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate leaderboard will earn the Player of the Year title and be awarded a $200,000 prize. The winner will also have their name etched on the Guaranteed Rate Cup. Additional cash prizes of $100,000 and $50,000 will go to the players finishing in second and third place, respectively.
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The 2021 World Series of Poker concluded just prior to Thanksgiving, while the final series of ARIA High Rollers played out from inside the PokerGO Studio. Michael Addamo was again a big mover as he closed the gap on Ali Imsirovic by winning his fourth WSOP bracelet in the $100k High Roller. Imsirovic managed to cash in sixth-place in the $50,000 High Roller, but followed that by winning the $25k High Roller at Seminole this week to extend his lead over Addamo and win an unprecedented 14th high roller title for 2021.
Both Sam Soverel and Chris Brewer climbed into fourth and sixth-place on the PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate leaderboard. Soverel finished third in the $100,000 High Roller and collected a cash in an ARIA High Roller, while Brewer finished fifth in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship before winning the final ARIA High Roller.
The other big movers on the PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate leaderboard following the conclusion of the WSOP were Daniel Negreanu and Koray Aldemir. Negreanu had a massive series that saw him finish third in the 2021 WSOP Player of the Year standings behind Josh Arieh and Phil Hellmuth after collecting back-to-back third-place finishes in the $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller and $50,000 High Roller. Aldemir won the WSOP Main Event that gave him 1,900 points, and following a 13th-place finish in the Seminole High Roller, he climbed into 10th place on the leaderboard.
| PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate Leaderboard | |||||
| Rank | Name | Points | Wins | Cashes | Earnings |
| 1st | Ali Imsirovic | 4,364 | 14 | 34 | $6,028,321 |
| 2nd | Michael Addamo | 3,083 | 6 | 8 | $9,418,837 |
| 3rd | Sean Perry | 2,525 | 6 | 23 | $3,807,850 |
| 4th | Sam Soverel | 2,252 | 3 | 23 | $3,697,009 |
| 5th | Sean Winter | 2,241 | 2 | 19 | $3,932,625 |
| 6th | Chris Brewer | 2,079 | 4 | 27 | $3,052,255 |
| 7th | Daniel Negreanu | 1,983 | 2 | 17 | $3,054,904 |
| 8th | Stephen Chidwick | 1,954 | 1 | 21 | $2,909,320 |
| 9th | David Peters | 1,940 | 3 | 11 | $4,461,670 |
| 10th | Koray Aldemir | 1936 | 1 | 2 | $8,060,465 |
Note: PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate leaderboard accurate at the date of this article.
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Following three qualifying events at WSOP Europe, the focus will turn back to Las Vegas, Nevada, where 13 high rollers will be held at the Bellagio Resort & Casino leading into the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic. Following those 17 tournaments, the final event of the year will be the $50,000 buy-in PokerGO Tour Championship that is set to take place at the PokerGO Studio before the 2021 PokerGO Tour Player of the Year is crowned just before Christmas.
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Nines for Antoine Labat
Antoine Labat raised to 10,500 from the small blind and Dominik Nitsche called in the big blind.
The flop landed [Kd6h2d] and Labat bet 8,000. Nitsche called before both players checked down the [2h] and [Jh].
Labat showed his [9h9s] and Nitsche mucked.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Dominik Nitsche | 275,000 |
-8,000  |
| Antoine Labat | 110,000 |
61,000  |
Justin Bonomo Doubles Through Rok Gostisa
Justin Bonomo moved all-in for 24,000 from the small blind holding [Ad8s] and Rok Gostisa called from the big blind with [As2s].
The board ran out [4d9hJcKc7d] and Bonomo doubled through.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Rok Gostisa | 195,000 |
-27,000
|
| Justin Bonomo | 51,000 |
27,000
|
Koray Aldemir Doubles Through Andrew Lichtenberger
Koray Aldemir moved all-in for 13,500 from under the gun and Andrew Lichtenberger called in the big blind.
Aldemir: [Kd9h]
Lichtenberger: [6s4d]
The board ran out [AhAdKh7d8s] and Aldemir doubled through.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Dominik Nitsche | 283,000 |
7,000 |
| Nick Schulman | 274,000 |
50,000 |
| Chuanhao Zhang | 190,000 |
-35,000 |
| Andrew Lichtenberger | 58,000 |
1,000 |
| Antoine Labat | 49,000 |
-26,000 |
| Koray Aldemir | 30,500 |
-64,500 |
Jeremy Ausmus Pressures Barry Hutter
Sung Joo Hyun raised to 6,000 from middle position and Barry Hutter called next to act in the hijack, as did Joey Weissman and Jeremy Ausmus from the big blind.
The flop landed [7s4c3d] and action checked to Hutter who bet 9,000. Only Ausmus called as the turn landed the [6h] and Ausmus led for 25,000.
Hutter called as the river fell the [8s]. Ausmus bet 100,000, and after using a time extension, Hutter folded.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Ausmus | 251,500 |
151,500 |
| Sung Joo Hyun | 95,000 |
-105,000 |
| Barry Hutter | 77,000 |
-118,000 |
| Joey Weissman | 75,000 |
-1,000 |
Set for Michael Lang
On a board of [2s9sKc8d3c] with around 130,000 in the middle, Eric Worre checked from middle position to Michael Lang on the button.
Lang bet 20,000 and Worre called. Lang showed his [9c9d] for a set, and Worre flashed the [9h] and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Lang | 220,000 |
120,000 |
| Eric Worre | 22,000 |
-78,000 |
Dan Shak Doubles Through Brandon Wilson
Dan Shak limped the cutoff and Brandon Wilson raised to 6,000 on the button.
Shak called, and then checked the [8d8h3s] flop as Wilson bet 4,500. Shak called and checked the [Qc] on the turn.
Wilson bet out 8,500, and Shak check-raised to 26,000 total. Wilson called as the river landed the [5s].
Shak moved all-in for 53,500, and after using two time extensions, Wilson called.
Shak tabled his [9s8s] for trips, and Wilson showed his [6h6s] and then mucked.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Shak | 150,000 |
33,000 |
| Brandon Wilson | 23,000 |
-82,000 |
Leonard Maue vs. Joey Weissman
Joey Weissman raised to 4,500 from middle position and Leonard Maue called in the big blind.
The flop landed [Qc6d3c] and Maue checked to Weissman who bet 3,000. Maue check-raised to 3,000, and Weissman folded.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Leonard Maue | 260,000 |
96,000 |
| Joey Weissman | 76,000 |
-24,000 |
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