The 2021 PokerGO Cup was the inaugural PokerGO Cup, a series of high-stakes poker tournaments as part of the

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. It was held from inside the PokerGO Studio at

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. The series took place from July 6–14, 2021, with eight scheduled events culminating in a $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament. Each final table was streamed on PokerGO. The player who earns the most points throughout the series would be crowned the PokerGO Cup champion earning $50,000 and the PokerGO Cup. The Main Event was won by American

Cary Katz Cary Steven Katz (born January 29, 1970) is an American businessman and poker player. Career Katz graduated from University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. In 1999, he founded the College Loan Corporation, where ...

, and the PokerGO Cup was awarded to Canadian

Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu (; born July 26, 1974) is a Canadian professional poker player who has won six World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and two World Poker Tour (WPT) championship titles. In 2014, independent poker ranking service Global Poker Ind ...

Schedule

Series leaderboard

The 2021 PokerGO Cup awarded the PokerGO Cup to the player that accumulated the most PokerGO Tour points during the series. Canadian

won one event and cashed four times on his way to accumulating $996,200 in winnings. Negreanu accumulated 537 points and was awarded the PokerGO Cup.

Results

Event #1: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 2-Day Event: July 6–7 * Number of Entries: 66 * Total Prize Pool: $660,000 * Number of Payouts: 10 * Winning Hand:

Event #2: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 2-Day Event: July 7–8 * Number of Entries: 61 * Total Prize Pool: $610,000 * Number of Payouts: 9 * Winning Hand:

Event #3: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 2-Day Event: July 8–9 * Number of Entries: 53 * Total Prize Pool: $530,000 * Number of Payouts: 8 * Winning Hand:

Event #4: $15,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 2-Day Event: July 9–10 * Number of Entries: 50 * Total Prize Pool: $750,000 * Number of Payouts: 8 * Winning Hand:

Event #5: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 2-Day Event: July 10–11 * Number of Entries: 36 * Total Prize Pool: $900,000 * Number of Payouts: 6 * Winning Hand:

Event #6: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 2-Day Event: July 11–12 * Number of Entries: 36 * Total Prize Pool: $900,000 * Number of Payouts: 6 * Winning Hand:

Event #7: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 2-Day Event: July 12–13 * Number of Entries: 35 * Total Prize Pool: $1,750,000 * Number of Payouts: 5 * Winning Hand:

Event #8: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 2-Day Event: July 13–14 * Number of Entries: 23 * Total Prize Pool: $2,300,000 * Number of Payouts: 4 * Winning Hand:

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