Event #8: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em

Sean Perry Wins Event #8: $50,000 NL Hold’em for $640,000; Jeremy Ausmus Wins Series Title

Posted February 10, 2022 at 8:19 pm ET by Donnie Peters

Sean Perry continues to put up big results on the PokerGO Tour (PGT). On Thursday, Perry topped the 32-entry field in Event #8: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em at the 2022 PokerGO Cup, scooping up $640,000 in prize money. It was Perry’s second victory of the series.

Although Perry didn’t win the overall PokerGO Cup title, he did pick up 384 points for the 2022 PGT leaderboard and now sits second behind Nick Petrangelo. Last season, Perry finished third behind Ali Imsirovic and Michael Addamo on the 2021 PGT leaderboard.

With Perry topping Brock Wilson in heads-up play, Jeremy Ausmus was crowned the 2022 PokerGO Cup series champion, which came with a $50,000 championship bonus. Ausmus cashed four times, with one win, one second-place finish, and one third-place finish, including finishing behind Perry and Wilson in the final event.

Perry finished the 2022 PokerGO Cup with 616 points from three cashes. Two of those cashes were wins. In addition to winning Event #8: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em, Perry won Event #2: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $200,000. Ausmus finished the 2022 PokerGO Cup series with 658 points to top Perry.

2022 PokerGO Cup Event #8 Results

The final event of the 2022 PokerGO Cup was Event #8: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em. It drew a field of 32 entries, creating a prize pool of $1,600,000. The top five finishers reached the money, and all five of them came into the final day of play in contention to win the series title. Perry started with the chip lead on Day 2 and went on to win, with Ausmus’ third-place finish good enough to get him the cup.

2022 PokerGO Cup Leaderboard Top 10

To read more on Perry’s victory, check out the full recap on PGT.com.