One win and three further final tables was enough to secure the American with the Golden Eagle trophy this week in the PokerGO studios.
Another high stakes series from PokerGo has concluded with Aram Zobian being crowned the 2024 US Poker Open Champion.
Zobian won the 6th event of the series for $264,290 and made three further final tables to amass $613,540 in winnings. That was enough to secure the Golden Eagle trophy and a $25,000 PGT Passport.
The series concluded with Stephen Chidwick taking down his 10th PokerGo tour title in the $25,000 event for $429,000. Erik Seidel, Dan Smith and David Coleman were also among the winners:
| Event | Entrants | Winner | 1st Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Event #1: $5,100 No-Limit Hold’em | 116 | Erik Seidel | $145,000 |
| Event #2: $10,100 No-Limit Hold’em | 99 | Jesse Lonis | $252,450 |
| Event #3: $10,100 No-Limit Hold’em | 84 | Dan Smith | $235,200 |
| Event #4: $10,100 No-Limit Hold’em | 83 | David Coleman | $202,300 |
| Event #5: $10,100 No-Limit Hold’em | 92 | Matthew Wantman | $239,200 |
| Event #6: $15,100 No-Limit Hold’em | 62 | Aram Zobian | $264,290 |
| Event #7: $15,100 No-Limit Hold’em | 64 | Eric Afriat | $288,000 |
| Event #8: $25,200 No-Limit Hold’em | 52 | Stephen Chidwick | $429,000 |
The finale win wasn’t quite enough for Chidwick to take over the overall series title, here are the leaderboard standings:
| Rank | Player | Country | Winnings | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Aram Zobian | United States | $613,540 | 616 |
| 2nd | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | $597,850 | 427 |
| 3rd | Jesse Lonis | United States | $421,450 | 400 |
| 4th | Eric Afriat | Canada | $377,900 | 378 |
| 5th | Joey Weissman | United States | $344,550 | 344 |
| 6th | David Coleman | Netherlands | $313,100 | 322 |
| 7th | Sam Laskowitz | United States | $353,710 | 320 |
| 8th | Dan Smith | United States | $365,200 | 313 |
| 9th | Rodger Johnson | United States | $301,450 | 301 |
| 10th | Matthew Wantman | United States | $268,900 | 269 |
The aforementioned Coleman, Zobian and Chidwick are all in contention in the PGT Annual leaderboard, with Coleman leading with four outright wins this year.
| Rank | Player | PGT Points | PGT Earnings | Cashes | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Coleman | 1,259 | $954,800 | 9 | 4 |
| 2 | Dylan Weisman | 1,126 | $1,155,640 | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | Aram Zobian | 1,048 | $917,590 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Daniel Negreanu | 896 | $776,750 | 11 | 1 |
| 5 | Samuli Sipila | 749 | $776,140 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Stephen Chidwick | 711 | $847,875 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | Kristen Foxen | 678 | $463,025 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | Jesse Lonis | 634 | $632,000 | 9 | 1 |
| 9 | Jonathan Little | 591 | $771,850 | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | Seth Davies | 590 | $843,050 | 4 | 1 |
The next big stream for PokerGO is the World Series of Poker next month, for which the streaming schedule has just been released.
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