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Soukha Kachittavong has been on a roll at the 2023 PokerStars U.S. Summer Series at Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia. The poker player from Woonsocket, Rhode Island has made a final table during each of the past three weekends at this event, coming away with two titles along the way.
Kachittavong kicked off his hat trick with a seventh-place finish from a field of 1,020 entries in the $200,000 guaranteed $550 buy-in no-limit hold’em event that ran from Aug. 24-27, earning $13,800 for his efforts.
On Labor Day, Kachittavong secured the title in the $300,000 guaranteed $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em event, besting a field of 714 entries to earn $105,408. In that event, Kachittavong chopped with Cheng Xu, who earned one fewer dollar than the champion as the runner-up ($105,407).
Just six days removed from that win, Kachittavong once again battled his way to the title in the $500,000 guaranteed $2,200 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament, the highest-stakes event on the schedule. He outlasted a 448-entry field in that event, striking a heads-up deal with Greg Himmelbrand that saw both players take home $147,735.
All told, Kachittavong has cashed for $266,943 across his three deep runs at this festival, bringing his lifetime earnings to over $1.8 million.
Kachittavong has now made five final tables in 2023, with three titles and 2,648 Card Player Player of the Year points locked up along the way. As a result, Kachittavong now sits in 74th place in the 2023 POY race standings presented by Global Poker.
Several big names ran deep in the $2,200 buy-in event alongside Kachittavong, including 2015 World Series of Poker main event champion Joe McKeehen (43rd), three-time bracelet winner Matt Matros (40th), and 2006 WSOP main event champion Jamie Gold (8th).
Below is a look at the final table results from the three events that Kachittavong final tabled during this series.
PokerStars Summer Series $550 No-Limit Hold’em $200K GTD
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Matt Gross | $69,568 | 480 |
| 2 | Elias Garney | $69,567 | 400 |
| 3 | Boris Vaynberg | $37,180 | 320 |
| 4 | Michael Dangelico | $27,480 | 240 |
| 5 | Adam Reese | $20,830 | 200 |
| 6 | Alesandro Jimenes | $16,670 | 160 |
| 7 | Soukha Kachittavong | $13,800 | 120 |
| 8 | Yingxin Chen | $10,960 | 80 |
| 9 | Donald Bell | $8,185 | 40 |
PokerStars Summer Series $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em $300K GTD
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Soukha Kachittavong | $105,408 | 912 |
| 2 | Cheng Xu | $105,407 | 760 |
| 3 | Nhan Cao | $56,460 | 608 |
| 4 | Johanssy Joseph | $41,710 | 456 |
| 5 | Ron Adams | $31,770 | 380 |
| 6 | Soheb Porbandarwala | $25,250 | 304 |
| 7 | Matthew Kret | $20,920 | 228 |
| 8 | William Chonka | $16,635 | 152 |
| 9 | Jeffrey Yanchek | $12,490 | 76 |
PokerStars Summer Series $2,200 No-Limit Hold’em $500K GTD
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Soukha Kachittavong | $147,735 | 720 |
| 2 | Greg Himmelbrand | $147,735 | 600 |
| 3 | Andrew Porter | $79,150 | 480 |
| 4 | Adam Reese | $53,595 | 360 |
| 5 | Norman Rogers | $41,190 | 300 |
| 6 | Keith Crowder | $34,200 | 240 |
| 7 | Chan Woo Kim | $28,655 | 180 |
| 8 | Jamie Gold | $23,105 | 120 |
| 9 | Christopher Moon | $17,560 | 60 |
Photo credits: @PokerStarsUSA X account / Matthew Berglund.
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