Sean Winter Wins Final PokerGO Cup $10,000 Event

Sean Winter has been a top performer inside the PokerGO Studio for years and has the hardware to prove it. The 35-year-old poker pro secured his eighth PokerGO Tour title on Saturday, March 14, 2026. He beat out a field of 70 entries in the final $10,000 buy-in event of the 2026 PokerGO Cup festival to secure the trophy and the first-place prize of $210,000.

Benjamin Grise hopped into this event shortly after finishing second in the previous $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em affair for a career-best score of $136,500. Grise extended his advantage when he flopped trip threes to crack the pocket kings of bracelet winner Aram Zobian. Zobian was soon sent packing in seventh place, earning $28,000 for his latest deep run. Justin Zaki soon followed, committing most of his stack with K-J against the pocket tens of Myles Mullaly preflop. Mullaly turned top set and improved to a full house on the river to narrow the field to five.

Winter did his best to keep pace, winning a preflop coin flip with A♦Q♦ over J♠J♦ to send Brandon Wilson home in fifth place ($52,500). Pocket aces held for Grise, with six-time bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus’ K♠10♣ making top pair after the chips went in preflop but improving no further. Mullaly did not fare as well with his A♦A♣. He got all-in on a Q♦7♦6♦6♥ board with his overpair and nut diamond draw facing the K♦4♦ of Grise for a made flush. The Q♠ saw Mullaly eliminated in fourth place. He earned $94,500 for his efforts, the second-largest payday of his career. Winter Mounts Comeback To Secure The Title Heads-up play began with 7,250,000 for Grise and 1,500,000 for Winter. That gap was narrowed considerably in the early going, with Winter able to more than double his stack in the first half hour or so of action without an all-in confrontation. He min-raised to 250,000 from the button to start the hand with A♠J♦. Grise three-bet shoved for 3,500,000 effective with A♥10♥ and Winter made the call. The board ran out J♣10♦3♣2♥A♣ and both players made aces-up. Winter’s aces and jacks were best, though, and they earned him the double to 7,125,000. Grise was left with just 1,625,000. Grise did manage a double-up after that, but was still in need of a comeback of his own. He open-shoved for 1,300,000 from the button with 9♦7♦ and Winter called with A♦5♠. The flop brought some excitement with the K♦4♣2♦. The 2♠ turn left Grise in need of a diamond, nine or seven on the end. The 5♥ appeared instead, giving Winter fives and deuces for the win. Grise matched his career-best score of $136,500 thanks to finishing as the runner-up for the second time in as many days. He is now sitting in sixth place in the series standings. While these two big scores account for a huge chunk of his lifetime earnings, they were recorded amidst an emotionally trying weekend for Grise. Shortly after wrapping up his first of two final-table appearances, he received devastating news about his friend and fellow Indiana poker regular Matt Lushin. According to local news, Lushin was recently found dead in his home. The 47-year-old’s passing is being investigated as a homicide.