Sung Joo Hyun Doubles Through Alex Foxen
Vikenty Shegal opened to 4,500, and action folded to Barry Hutter in late position, he called. Alex Foxen was next to act, and he raised to 16,000. Sung Joo Hyun was in the small blind and moved all-in for 57,500 total.
Shegal and Hutter folded, Foxen called.
Foxen: [AcTs]
Hyun: [AhKd]
The board ran out [9c4h6h6c3d], and Hyun held the better ace-high to double.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Foxen | 325,000 |
65,000  |
| Sung Joo Hyun | 132,000 |
79,000 |
Vikenty Shegal Picks Off Barry Hutter
Vikenty Shegal opened to 4,500 from the button, and Barry Hutter called in the big blind.
The flop fell [JhTs6c], and Hutter checked. Shegal bet 3,000, and Hutter called.
The dealer burned and turned the [2c] and action checked through.
The river [Js] completed the board, and Hutter bet 18,000. Shegal used all of his shot clock and called.
Hutter tabled [8h7d] for eight-high, and Shegal tabled [Ad3d] for ace-high to collect the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Vikenty Shegal | 373,000 |
9,000 |
| Barry Hutter | 85,000 |
-83,000  |
Daniel Smiljkovic vs. Rok Gositsa
With roughly 35,000 in the middle and the board reading [5h8s9sTd], Rok Gostisa led out for 14,000 from the big blind.
Daniel Smiljkovic called in the cutoff before the [6d] on the river checked through.
Gostisa tabled his [Qs9d], but it would be Smiljkovic’s [KsTh] that earned him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Smiljkovic | 193,000 |
33,000 |
| Rok Gostisa | 91,000 |
-64,000 |
Daniel Smiljkovic Out Kicks Seth Davies
Action folded to Seth Davies in the cutoff, and he opened to 4,500. Daniel Smiljkovic was next to act and three-bet to 13,500. Davies called.
The flop fell [Td3h2s], and Davies checked. Smiljkovic continued for 8,000, and Davies called.
The turn [9h] and the river [7d] hit the felt and action checked through on both streets.
Davies tabled [Jh7h] for a pair of sevens with a jack kicker, but Smiljkovic tabled [Ks7s] for a pair of sevens with a king kicker to collect the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Smiljkovic | 160,000 |
15,500 |
| Seth Davies | 120,000 |
-9,500 |
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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Koray Aldemir Eliminated by Leonard Maue
With the final board reading [Qc6d3h5c4s], Leonard Maue was scooping in the pot with his [3s3c] still face-up in front of him.
Koray Aldemir was exiting the table, and Maue stated that Aldemir held [9x9x] and in a three-bet pot he had check-called the turn and river but failed to improve against Maue’s bottom set.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Leonard Maue | 242,000 |
107,000 |
| Koray Aldemir | Busted |
-97,000 |
Dominik Nitsche Eliminated by Vikenty Shegal
Ali Imsirovic raised to 3,500 from under the gun and Vikenty Shegal called in the cutoff.
From the button, Dominik Nitsche moved all-in for 44,000. Imsirovic folded, but Shegal called.
Shegal: [AsJs]
Nitsche: [QhJh]
The board ran out [AcKc3hKs6h] and Nitsche was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Vikenty Shegal | 364,000 |
29,000 |
| Dominik Nitsche | Busted |
-42,000 |
Full House for Vikenty Shegal
With 17,000 in the middle and the board reading [Qc6cQhKd], Vikenty Shegal checked from under the gun to Dominik Nitsche in the cutoff who bet 15,000.
Shegal called as the river landed the [2d] and both players checked.
Shegal tabled his [KsQs] for a full house, and Nitsche mucked.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Vikenty Shegal | 335,000 |
43,000 |
| Dominik Nitsche | 42,000 |
-158,000 |
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