Can Anyone Stop Him? Brock Wilson Wins Third PokerGO Event in a Month

Jeremy Ausmus had practically half the chips in play with 5 left at the beginning of Day 2 of Occasion #1: $5,000 NLH on the 2026 U.S. Poker Open, and he had considerably greater than that when he obtained to heads-up play with Brock Wilson. However not even Ausmus may cease the red-hot Wilson, who gained his third PokerGO occasion in a few month’s time and the highest prize of $120,900.

The primary occasion of the USPO in Las Vegas drew 93 runners for a prize pool of $465,000. Ausmus was in management for a lot of the last desk, which additionally included Justin Zaki, Natalie Ferguson and Rodger Johnson, however 2026 has been all Wilson after he gained two occasions and the general sequence title eventually month’s PokerGO Cup.

“I am undoubtedly operating good,” Wilson informed PokerNews in a winner’s interview. “I really feel like if you’re successful it is also simpler to go along with your reads, so I am undoubtedly going with a little bit extra of my intestine. It has been figuring out. So it feels actually good if you … do what your intestine desires you to do somewhat than simply what you are imagined to do.”

Occasion #1: $5,000 NLH Ultimate Desk Outcomes

Going With His Intestine

The motion moved quick on Day 2 with simply 5 gamers remaining, and it began with Ferguson flopping a set of queens to ladder previous Johnson.

Ferguson then fell in fourth when her queen-jack was dominated by Wilson’s king-queen. After that, Ausmus knocked out Zaki to arrange what seemed prefer it could possibly be a fast heads-up match towards the short-stacked Wilson.

However that is not the way it went down. Wilson doubled up after a curler coaster runout that noticed each gamers flopping pairs, Ausmus turning two pair, and Wilson rivering a greater two pair. That gave Wilson life earlier than a second essential double the place he made a giant hero-call with fourth pair.

“That is an instance of a spot that I used to be like, ‘You recognize what, my intestine’s served me effectively lately. I’ll simply proceed to do it till it fails.’ And thankfully, in that spot he was bluffing,” Wilson mentioned.

Wilson was within the driver’s seat from there forward of a cooler that completed off Ausmus, who flopped prime pair towards Wilson’s journeys earlier than ultimately calling a river jam.

Somebody In His Nook

Wilson had somebody in his nook, actually, as he performed out the ultimate desk in the midst of the PokerGO Studio. His girlfriend, fellow poker professional Cherish Andrews, was seated at an adjoining desk enjoying Occasion #2 and periodically sweated the motion.

A bit of over a yr in the past, Andrews stood in practically the precise spot that Wilson gave his interview as she accepted the GPI Feminine Participant of the 12 months award, giving a speech that included some variety phrases about her supportive boyfriend.

“It is superior,” Wilson mentioned about having Andrews for help. “We simply join on so many ranges, however having a (shared) poker type of understanding is simply much more than you possibly can actually ask for in a girlfriend.”

“She’s not operating the most effective proper now, however I believe you will see me or her within the winner’s circle once more, hopefully quickly.”

That wraps up PokerNews protection of Occasion #1, however try the stay reporting hub for different protection of the USPO in Las Vegas.

*Photographs courtesy of PokerGO and Antonio Abrego

Connor Richards is a Senior Editor U.S. for PokerNews and host of the Life Outdoors Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for 3 World Poker Awards for his writing.