The PokerGO Tour True Classic Rags To Riches $3,300 no-limit hold’em event drew 161 entries to build a final prize pool of $483,000. The top two dozen finishers made the money, with the largest chunk ultimately captured by Daniel Maor. He topped a tough final table to secure the title and $110,000, the third-largest score yet for the part-time player.
Maor works in the poker industry as the Director of Business Development and Liquidity for ClubWPT Gold. While he’s not a poker professional, it would be hard to tell from his results on the live circuit in recent years. He now has more than $1.9 million in career cashes to his name. His top score came in a $3,500 BetMGM event at ARIA in 2024, which saw him top 1,141 entries to earn $613,914. Just over a month later, he won his first bracelet in a $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Online event for $330,263.
The first six-figure score of Maor’s career came when he finished 10th in the 2022 World Poker Tour Five Diamond main event for $101,000.
This latest win marked his first cash since the WSOP this summer. It came with 468 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was his second POY-qualified score of 2025. He was also awarded 110 PGT points.
Thinning The Field
Only the top 24 finishers secured a share of the $483,000 prize pool in this event, with notables like Sam Laskowitz (21st), Doug Lee (20th), David ‘ODB’ Baker (15th), and Michael Rossitto (10th) running deep.
The final day began with seven remaining and Terry Fleischer out in front. Jack Hardcastle was the first to fall, running Q♦9♦ into the K♦Q♥ of Anthony Hu. Neither player connected with the ten-high runout and Hardcastle settled for $15,000. The WPT champion from the UK now has nearly $2.8 million in career earnings after this deep run.
WPT champion and three-time bracelet winner Michael Wang was the next to hit the rail, with his pocket sixes unable to come from behind against the pocket eights of Fleischer. Wang’s lifetime haul now sits at more than $9.6 million after adding $20,000 with this sixth-place showing. He currently sits in 32nd place in the 2025 POY race standings presented by CoinPoker, with three titles and 11 final tables on the year.
Shortly after that, Anthony Hu’s last 11 or so big blinds went in preflop with K♦10♥ trailing the A♦10♦ of Calvin Anderson. The two-time PGT event winner was awarded $25,000 as the fifth-place finisher, increasing his overall total to more than $3.4 million.
Four To Two
Jared Jaffee was the chip leader heading into four-handed action, but was ultimately the next to be eliminated. The bracelet winner and two-time WPT champion fell out of the top spot as short-handed play continued. He was eventually whittled down to just a handful of big blinds, which went in with J♣9♦ trailing the A♦6♦ of Anderson. Jaffee took the lead with a flop of J♠7♥2♥, and was one card away from doubling after a safe 2♣ turn. The A♥ on the end put Anderson back on top, though, and ended Jaffee’s run in fourth place ($35,000). He now boasts over $6.9 million in lifetime cashes.
Maor overtook the chip lead when he flopped tens full of fives and won a big pot against Anderson, who made fives full of tens with 10♠9♥ on a final board of 10♣5♣5♥Q♣5♠. Maor value bet the river with his 10♥10♦ and got looked up. The rest of Anderson’s stack went in with A♠10♠ trailing Maor’s K♠K♦. Anderson flopped a gutshot straight draw and turned outs to the nut flush, but bricked the river to finish third ($50,000). The five-time bracelet winner surpassed $8.1 million with this podium showing.
Heads-up was a brief affair. Maor started with nearly a 2.5:1 lead. On the second hand of the match, he raised the button with 9♦9♣ and called Fleischer’s three-bet jam. It was a classic race, with Fleischer holding A♣K♥. The board ran out Q♥8♦7♠5♣4♦ and Maor’s pocket pair held to bring the event to an end. Fleischer cashed for $74,000 as the runner-up. He’s now approaching $3.1 million in career earnings.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points | PGT Points |
| 1 | Daniel Maor | $110,000 | 468 | 110 |
| 2 | Terry Fleischer | $74,000 | 390 | 74 |
| 3 | Calvin Anderson | $50,000 | 312 | 50 |
| 4 | Jared Jaffee | $35,000 | 234 | 35 |
| 5 | Anthony Hu | $25,000 | 195 | 25 |
| 6 | Michael Wang | $20,000 | 156 | 20 |
| 7 | Jack Hardcastle | $15,000 | 117 | 15 |
Photo credit: PokerGO Tour / Antonio Abrego.
