Brock Wilson has seized the lead in the 2026 PokerGO Cup series points race after capturing his second title at the festival. Just a handful of days after taking down event no. 4, he outlasted 70 entries and overcame a healthy heads-up chip deficit to win event no. 6. This latest triumph came with $210,000 in prize money and his fourth career PokerGO Tour title.
Wilson’s first title run at this stop saw him best a field of 104 in a $5,000 single-day no-limit hold’em affair to secure the trophy and $112,720. With those winnings, his 10th-place finish in event no. 5 ($20,700) and his haul from the $10,000 buy-in victory, Wilson’s earnings for the series now sit at $343,420. His 430 PGT points put him 150 ahead of second-ranked Kent Stephens in the festival-long standings.
This triumph also saw the Las Vegas-based poker pro climb to third place in the PGT seasonal ranks, as well as to 18th place in the Card Player Player of the Year race sponsored by CoinPoker.
Wilson now sports lifetime tournament earnings in excess of $13.3 million.
Wilson Surges Early
This event paid out $700,000 in prize money to the top 10 finishers, with event no. 2 champion Filipp Khavin (10th), Dong Min Suh (9th), Sam Soverel (8th), and Brandon Wilson (7th) hitting the rail late on day 1 after the bubble had burst.
The final day saw six contenders return to the PokerGO Studio, with Chris Hunichen in the lead and Wilson in second chip position. Three-time bracelet winner Qinghai Pan was the shortest stack and ultimately the first to be eliminated. He lost a classic race with pocket jacks against the A-K of Wilson to hit the rail in sixth place ($38,500).
Wilson’s surge up the leaderboard continued when his pocket aces held against the A♣J♣ suited of four-time World Poker Tour champion Darren Elias. The hand began with a 65,000 open from recent WPT Venetian champion Nicholas Seward, who held A-Q in the cutoff. Wilson three-bet to 210,000 from the button with A♠A♦ and Elias four-bet shoved for 730,000 total. Seward bowed out, and Wilson snap-called. The pocket pair held through a king-high runout and Elias was sent home with $52,500 as the fifth-place finisher.
Seward was then left short when he ran kings and jacks into the kings and queens of a still surging Wilson. He eventually made his last stand with J♥2♥, shoving for 10 big blinds from the small blind. Wilson called with A♣10♣ in the big blind. The K♦6♦4♥4♣4♠ runout kept his hand best and Seward picked up $70,000 for his efforts. This was Seward’s fourth final-table finish of the year. With 2,010 POY points, he is now ranked fifth in the 2026 standings.
Shorthanded Stalemate
The first three knockouts happened within the first hour of play. It took nearly three more hours before another elimination took place. After an extended deadlock that saw each of the three remaining contenders spend some time atop the chip counts, Hunichen was sent packing in third place ($94,500) after his K♥6♠ failed to come from behind against three-time bracelet winner Shannon Shorr’s A♠5♠.
Shorr took a more than 8:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Wilson. He found an early double with Q-3, besting pocket eights. He then ran a big bluff with queen high that forced Shorr off of pocket jacks on a paired board that included an overcard. With that, Wilson evened the stacks.
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Shorr battled back into the lead briefly, but then attempted a bluff of his own with queen high. Unfortunately for him, Wilson had made trip kings and found a quick call to leave Shorr with less than a big blind in his stack. Shorr found a few double-ups, but was soon all-in with 10♣3♠ trailing the K♣7♦ of Wilson. The final board came down A♥J♠4♣6♣2♠ and Wilson’s king-high earned him the pot and the title. Shorr secured $136,500 as the runner-up. He now boasts over $17.9 million in lifetime earnings.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points | PGT Points |
| 1 | Brock Wilson | $210,000 | 420 | 210 |
| 2 | Shannon Shorr | $136,500 | 350 | 137 |
| 3 | Christopher Hunichen | $94,500 | 280 | 95 |
| 4 | Nicholas Seward | $70,000 | 210 | 70 |
| 5 | Darren Elias | $52,500 | 175 | 53 |
| 6 | Qinghai Pan | $38,500 | 140 | 39 |
| 7 | Brandon Wilson | $28,000 | 105 | 28 |
Photo credit: PGT / Antonio Abrego.
