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The 2025 PokerGO Cup has crowned its newest champion, with Joey Weissman topping the leaderboard to win the PokerGO Cup trophy and a $25,000 PGT Passport.

Weissman follows in the footsteps of Jonathan Little (2024), Cary Katz (2023), Jeremy Ausmus (2022), and Daniel Negreanu (2021), who were previous PokerGO Cup champions. Weissman put on a dominating performance throughout the series, having finished runner-up in three events while winning Event #2 for $295,000.

According to The Hendon Mob, Weissman has amassed more than $8,521,000 in lifetime tournament earnings and now sits 99th on the United States All-Time Money List. At the PokerGO Cup, Weissman earned $930,600 in prize money from his four cashes. Weissman now has four career PGT titles, along with 19 final tables and 29 cashes. He has $3,131,999 in career PGT earnings.

Joey Weissman's PokerGO Cup Results

Event Place Prize PGT Points
Event #1: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em 2nd $123,900 124
Event #2: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em 1st $295,000 295
Event #4: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em 2nd $161,700 162
Event #8: $25,200 No-Limit Hold'em 2nd $350,000 177

Weissman finished with 758 PGT points to be crowned the PokerGO Cup champion. Weissman now moves back into top spot on the PGT leaderboard with 907 PGT points from his six cashes in the 2025 PGT season.

PokerGO Cup Top 10 Leaderboard

Rank Player Country Winnings Points
1st Joey Weissman United States $930,600 758
2nd Eric Blair United States $645,850 568
3rd Michael Moncek United States $483,750 484
4th Kristen Foxen Canada $401,300 332
5th Sergio Aido Spain $345,300 327
6th Adam Hendrix United States $316,050 316
7th Keith Lehr United States $352,275 283
8th Justin Zaki United States $417,000 283
9th Patrick Leonard United Kingdom $288,550 244
10th Michael Berk United States $288,500 224

2025 PokerGO Cup Results

Event Entrants Winner 1st Prize Runner-Up
Event #1: $5,100 No-Limit Hold'em 177 Michael Moncek $185,850 Joey Weissman
Event #2: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em 118 Joey Weissman $295,000 Michael Moncek
Event #3: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em 129 Adam Hendrix $316,050 Harvey Castro
Event #4: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em 98 Eric Blair $254,800 Joey Weissman
Event #5: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em 100 Sergio Aido $255,000 Shannon Shorr
Event #6: $15,100 No-Limit Hold'em 87 Eric Blair $352,350 Keith Lehr
Event #7: $15,100 No-Limit Hold'em 86 Kristen Foxen $348,300 Patrick Leonard
Event #8: $25,200 No-Limit Hold'em 59 Justin Zaki $417,000 Andrew Lichtenberger

After a short break following PGT Kickoff, the No-Limit Hold'em players were back to battle on the first PGT Major series of the season. Michael Moncek won his first PGT title in Event #1, while Adam Hendrix won his sixth career PGT title in Event #3, which was the largest field for a $10k buy-in in PGT owned-and-operated history. 

Eric Blair won Event #4 and Event #6, while Spaniard Sergio Aido collected his third career PGT title. Kristen Foxen won the penultimate event of PokerGO Cup for her third career PGT title, while Justin Zaki also won his third career PGT title in the series finale.

Stay tuned to PGT.com for information on all PGT events and how to qualify for the season-ending PGT $1,000,000 Championship freeroll by playing PGT events or by earning a Dream Seat through various special events and promotions.

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