Sean Winter Wins PokerGO Cup Event #9 in Emotional Weekend

Sean Winter gained PokerGO Cup Occasion #9 $10K NLH for $210,000 on the PokerGO Studio inside ARIA Resort and On line casino in Las Vegas. He got here from behind heads-up to beat chip chief Benjamin Grise, who performed by way of one of the vital troublesome weekends of his life. 70 entries. $700,000 prize pool.

Occasion #9 Remaining Desk Outcomes

PlacePlayerPrize1Sean Winter$210,0002Benjamin Grise$136,5003Myles Mullaly$94,5004Jeremy Ausmus$70,0005Brandon Wilson$52,5006Justin Zaki$38,5007Aram Zobian$28,000

Remaining Desk Motion

Aram Zobian was the primary out after Grise cracked his pocket kings early. Justin Zaki went sixth, Brandon Wilson fifth, Jeremy Ausmus fourth.

The important thing three-handed hand: Mullaly slow-played A♦A♣ right into a flopped flush for Grise, who held Ok♦4♦ on a Q♦7♦6♦ board. Mullaly received it in as a favourite and misplaced. Grise entered heads-up with 7,250,000 to Winter’s 1,500,000.

Winter didn’t panic. He utilized fixed strain, picked up small pots with out showdowns, and progressively climbed again. Grise doubled as soon as to maintain it shut. Winter ultimately took the lead and by no means gave it again.

About Benjamin Grise

Grise runs an actual property funding enterprise in Westfield, Indiana. Poker is one thing he does on the facet, not his most important revenue.

His profession stay earnings sit above $1.3 million, constructed largely by way of mid-stakes Midwest occasions. His greatest outcome earlier than this week was runner-up on the 2023 WSOPC Hammond Fundamental Occasion for $121,651.

He’s taken photographs at larger fields earlier than. In 2023 he bagged the Day 1 chip lead at a $25K WPT Excessive Curler at Seminole, his first occasion at that degree. “These guys are pondering on a a lot larger degree,” he stated on the time. He made the ultimate desk anyway.

This week he chip-led Day 1 in Occasion #9, reached two straight heads-up battles, and picked up $273,000 throughout 48 hours. He did all of it whereas carrying information most individuals couldn’t sit with in any respect.

The Pal He Misplaced

After his Occasion #8 runner-up end, Grise instantly registered for Occasion #9. That’s when his pals informed him.

James “Matt” Lushin, 47, had been discovered useless in his Westfield residence on March 12. Westfield Police confirmed the demise as a murder. No arrest has been made. The investigation is ongoing.

Grise’s pals made a deliberate alternative to not inform him whereas he was nonetheless deep in Occasion #8. They let him end. Then they informed him.

Lushin had over $511,000 in stay event earnings and was a well known face in Midwest poker. He gained a 2015 Chicago Poker Traditional occasion for $95,000. His final money got here two weeks earlier than his demise, 61st place on the $600 WSOPC Mini Fundamental in Hammond.

“You at all times knew you possibly can hang around with him and he’d put a smile in your face,” Grise stated. “He felt like a giant brother that at all times picked on his little brother, in a enjoyable means.”

“I’m simply actually enthusiastic about his son. Yesterday felt numb, however then at this time the emotion hits you and I’ve to come back to the ultimate desk and collect myself.”

A Week Price Remembering

Winter takes the trophy. Grise takes $273,000 and a efficiency that claims loads about who he’s, on the desk and away from it.

The poker group has come collectively to recollect Matt Lushin and assist these near him. The Westfield Police Division asks anybody with details about the case to succeed in out to investigators.