Isaac Haxton Ships $10,000 Short Deck on PokerGO

The first major Short Deck event held in the United States finished with a familiar face entering the winner’s circle for the first time at ARIA. Isaac Haxton topped a field of 55 to win the $10,000 Event 4 on PokerGO for $176,000.

Short Deck's ?? debut is on PokerGO!@DominikNitsche holds a narrow lead over @Andrew_Robl, @ikepoker is deep again, and @mauricehawkins is at his first #PokerMasters final table.
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Haxton entered the final table with a chance to jump up to second place in the Poker Masters standings and followed through on his mission with a heads up win over Maurice Hawkins.

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Hawkins caught a huge tailwind in the first hand of the final table. Dominik Nitsche started the day as chip leader but a three-way all-in sent him tumbling and #HawksView soaring.

Action right from the start!@mauricehawkins moves up the leaderboard on the first hand of the Short Deck final table!
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Cary Katz’s third cash of Poker Masters resulted in a fifth-place finish and 60 more points for the overall leaderboard.

Hawkins continued to accumulate and used Andrew Robl as his next victim. Robl wound up on the wrong end of a cooler and Hawkins turned into the three-handed chip leader. With the finish, Robl confirmed himself as one of the foremost experts in Short Deck.

The chips are flying and @mauricehawkins is flying high at the $10K Short Deck final table! Hawkins holds the chip lead, can he claim his first #PokerMasters title?
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Reigning WPT Five Diamond champion Ryan Tosoc bowed out on the podium to set up heads up play between Hawkins and Haxton.

The players exchanged the lead a few times before Haxton latched on for good. Haxton put the final blow on Hawkins and shipped the $176,000 first-place prize.

A tough heads up battle, but @ikepoker clips @mauricehawkins to win the first #PokerMasters Short Deck title!
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Cash number three for Haxton in the Poker Masters puts him up to 480 points for the series, only a single cash and 30 points behind current leader Brandon Adams.

After @ikepoker's Short Deck win, @badams78's #PokerMasters Championship Standings lead is just 30 points!
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The Poker Masters continues tomorrow on PokerGO with the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em event. Only three more events separate one player from wearing the Purple Jacket. Subscribe to PokerGO today to watch all final tables on demand and the live conclusion to Poker Masters on September 15.