Brock Wilson Wins Again in PokerGO Cup Event to Take Series Lead
The latest pair of PokerGO Cup events featured a number of PokerStake players and after two final tables awarded millions of dollars, Brock Wilson, Chris Hunichen and Darren Elias all had tournaments to remember. Both events were $10,000 to play and took part inside the PokerGO Studio at ARIA on the Las Vegas Strip. Brock Wilson’s win in Event #6 saw him sit atop the leaderboard with four events remaining.
Bumper Field in Event #6
A total of 70 entries in the $10,000 buy-in Event #6 saw Brock Wilson book a win for Team PokerStake as he got the better of his fellow American professional Shannon Shorr heads-up. Only 10 players made the money in the event, with Filipp Khavin (10th) and Dong Min Suh (9th) both winning a minimum cash of $21,000. Perennial PokerGO favorite Sam Soverel cashed in eighth place, taking home $28,000 ahead of the seven-handed final table.
PokerStake player Brandon Wilson left the action in seventh place for $28,000 and at that stage, Chris ‘Big Huni’ Hunichen led the way with a massive stack of 82 big blinds. Brock Wilson began his ascent to the title, however, taking out Qinghai Pan in sixth for $38,500 before also claiming the scalp of the four-time WPT Main Event winner Darren Elias in fifth place for $52,500.
Nick Seward busted in fourth place for $70,000 before Big Huni fell in third place for $94,500, his king-high unable to overtake Shannon Shorr’s ace-high with all the chips in the middle pre-flop. Heads-up, Shorr had what looked like an almost unassailable lead, but a flopped pair of queens for Brock leapfrogged his stack over Shorr’s with his pocket eights.
Almost level, Shorr shoved to bluff his way back into the lead he’d enjoyed at the start of their battle. Brock’s rivered trip kings made the call an easy one and he put himself within a single big blind of the win. He took the last of Shorr’s chips in the next hand when kings beat Shorr’s ten-high.
“I play in these events a lot and I really enjoy them,” Brock said after the event. “It’s cool sort of when everything comes together and works out great. I got heads-up against two friends, Shannon and David Coleman, it was really cool to beat them both on a big stage.”
| PokerGO Cup 2026 Event #6 $10,000 NLHE Final Table Results: | |||
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Brock Wilson | United States | $210,000 |
| 2nd | Shannon Shorr | United States | $136,500 |
| 3rd | Chris Hunichen | United States | $94,500 |
| 4th | Nicholas Seward | United States | $70,000 |
| 5th | Darren Elias | United States | $52,500 |
| 6th | Qinghai Pan | United States | $38,500 |
| 7th | Brandon Wilson | United States | $28,000 |
Tony Gregg Claims Victory in Event #7
Event #7 was won by Tony Gregg after a heads-up deal with Darren Elias prompted a dramatic conclusion in the event. With 67 total entries, 10 players got paid, with the Event #1 winner Kent Stephens the first among them to claim cash, his 10th-place finish worth $20,100. The Event #5 winner quickly followed, as Michael Berk won the same amount in ninth place, before PokerStake’s Brandon Wilson was beaten in eighth place for a score of $26,800.
The final seven convened with Qinghai Pan in charge on 2.16 million chips. Jeremy Ausmus was the short stack on just 505,000 chips and the PokerStake seller soon had the roundest number of all. Moving his chips into the middle with pocket kings, he was unlucky to lose to Chris Hunichen’s ace-nine, a nine coming on the flop to doom Ausmus and send him home with $26,800.
Hunichen soon followed his stablemate, as the PokerStake player’s ace-eight fell to Gregg’s pocket tens for a cash of $36,850. Landon Tice won $50,250 in fifth place before Neil Warren cashed for $67,000 in fourth place. Qinghai Pan lost out in third for $90,450 before Darren Elias and Tony Gregg agreed a deal. That smoothed out the payouts for the final two, and when Gregg moved all-in when ahead with jack-ten, Elias made a good call with king-six. That wasn’t helped by the board of J-T-9-3-4 as Gregg took the title and $173,075 up top. Elias claimed a very healthy $158,575 as runner-up.
| PokerGO Cup 2026 Event #7 $10,000 NLHE Final Table Results: | |||
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Tony Gregg | United States | *$173,075 |
| 2nd | Darren Elias | United States | *$158,575 |
| 3rd | Qinghai Pan | United States | $90,450 |
| 4th | Neil Warren | United States | $67,000 |
| 5th | Landon Tice | United States | $50,250 |
| 6th | Chris Hunichen | United States | $36,850 |
| 7th | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | $26,800 |
* after a heads-up deal.
Who Can You Back in the $15,000 Final Event?
With 10 events in the series, the most exciting one is the last. Costing $15,700 to play, PokerStake is very well represented in the event, with two-time event winner and current leaderboard pacesetter Brock Wilson. Brock is selling three bullets to the event at between 1.07 and 1.10.
Also selling to the event is Jeremy Ausmus. One of PokerStake’s most popular all-time players, Jeremy is selling three bullets to the event, with bullets #2 and #3 still available at 1.07 and 1.05 respectively. Having already cashed in Events #3 and #7 for $48,300 in total, the PGT Championship Freeroll champion in 2025 will be one to watch.
Also at the felt for PokerStake is Cherish Andrews, who is selling to just one entry into the event at 1.06. Making the money in Event #3, Cherish will be looking to add another big result at a venue where has a very strong record. Whoever you’re looking to buy a piece of, you’ll want to have a slice of the action when the final event of the 2026 PokerGO Cup kicks off this week.