The 2024 PokerGO Cup — the first of the PGT‘s three calendar “majors” — is set to begin this Thursday, January 25th, at the PokerGO Studio! Eight No Limit Texas Hold’em live poker tournaments are scheduled to take place, with each event lasting two days. Once all action has concluded on February 3rd, the player who accumulates the most PokerGO Tour (PGT) points will be awarded the 2024 championship and receive a $25,000 added cash bonus.
Last year, PokerGO founder Cary Katz cashed in more than half of the PokerGO Cup events, earning $655,800 in prizes. Katz is expected to return next week to defend his title, and will be matching wits with some of the most highly skilled poker players in the world – such as Isaac Haxton and Alex Foxen, Daniel Negreanu, and more.
It's official! Cary Katz is the 2023 PokerGO Cup Champion!!!
Katz tallied five cashes, four final tables, and $655,800 in total prize money, earning him 460 leaderboard points.
That was good to earn him the title and the $50,000 championship bonus after a close race. pic.twitter.com/OjPcFkXjTe
— PokerGO (@PokerGO) January 21, 2023
Other previous PokerGO Cup winners include Jeremy Ausmus (2022) and Daniel Negreanu (2021).
2024 PokerGO Cup Schedule
As mentioned above, all eight events will be played in the No Limit Texas Hold’em format. However, the two-day events will gradually increase in buy-in levels leading up to the $25,000 Main Event.
The starting chip stack for all seven preliminary events will be 125,000 and the Main Event will provide 150,000 chips to all entrants. Blind Levels will start at 500/1000 with a 1000 Big Blind ante. Blinds will increase every 30 minutes for Event #1, every 40 minutes for Events #2-7, and every 45 minutes for Event #8 (the Main Event).
Below are the main details for each of the PokerGO Cup’s eight events (all times Pacific).
EVENT #1 – JANUARY 25TH
Buy-in: $5,000+$100
Format: NLHE
Re-Entries: $5,000+$300
Start Time: 12:00 Noon
Late Registration Ends: 4:30pm
Duration: 2 Days
EVENT #2 – JANUARY 26TH
Buy-in: $10,000+$100
Format: NLHE
Re-Entries: $10,000+$500
Start Time: 12:00 Noon
Late Registration Ends: 4:30pm
Duration: 2 Days
EVENT #3 – JANUARY 27TH
Buy-in: $10,000+$100
Format: NLHE
Re-Entries: $10,000+$500
Start Time: 12:00 Noon
Late Registration Ends: 4:30pm
Duration: 2 Days
- There will be a one-day break from action on January 28th. The Event #3 final table will be played out on Monday, January 29th.
EVENT #4 – JANUARY 29TH
Buy-in: $10,000+$100
Format: NLHE
Re-Entries: $10,000+$500
Start Time: 12:00 Noon
Late Registration Ends: 4:30pm
Duration: 2 Days
EVENT #5 – JANUARY 30TH
Buy-in: $10,000+$100
Format: NLHE
Re-Entries: $10,000+$500
Start Time: 12:00 Noon
Late Registration Ends: 4:30pm
Duration: 2 Days
EVENT #6 – JANUARY 31ST
Buy-in: $15,000+$100
Format: NLHE
Re-Entries: $15,000+$700
Start Time: 12:00 Noon
Late Registration Ends: 4:30pm
Duration: 2 Days
EVENT #7 – FEBRUARY 1ST
Buy-in: $15,000+$100
Format: NLHE
Re-Entries: $15,000+$700
Start Time: 12:00 Noon
Late Registration Ends: 4:30pm
Duration: 2 Days
EVENT #8 – FEBRUARY 2ND (MAIN EVENT)
Buy-in: $25,000+$200
Format: NLHE
Re-Entries: $25,000+$1,000
Start Time: 2:00pm
Late Registration Ends: 7:00pm
Duration: 2 Days
Satellite Qualifiers and PGT Championship Freeroll
Satellite qualifier tournaments into the 2024 PokerGO Cup will be held inside the ARIA Las Vegas poker room starting Monday, January 22nd.
The first two qualifying days will be $1,100 entry events for Events #2-5. On Wednesday, January 24th, ARIA will host a $550 buy-in satellite tournament for entry into Event #1 which will start on the following day.
At the conclusion of the 2024 PokerGO Tour season, the Top 40 Ranked PGT players will be automatically entered into the $1,000,000 PGT Championship freeroll tournament. The 2023 top PGT point-getter was Isaac Haxton. Poker pro Daniel Smiljkovic won the 2023 PGT Championship freeroll for a top prize of $500,000.
It was no easy run to the title, but Daniel Smilkjovic did the deed and captured the PGT Championship Cup in the 2023 PGT Championship!
Smiljkovic outlasted a stacked field of 54 players in the $1,000,000 freeroll to earn $500,000.
📺 – Event Replay: https://t.co/pQQMg5epVX pic.twitter.com/p660ol5LzS
— PokerGO (@PokerGO) January 11, 2024
For fans looking to tune in to the PokerGO Cup action, you can either check out the live reporting on PGT.com or, alternatively, the live stream on PokerGO from 4 p.m. ET from January 26 to February 3.
