Dan Zack Wins PokerGO Tour Mixed Games $10,200 Eight-Game Title

In 2023 Dan Zack was crowned the player of the series at the inaugural PokerGO Tour Mixed Games festival, with five cashes across the eight-event schedule. The 31-year-old three-time bracelet winner is now well-situated to make a run at a second series title thanks to a big win in the $10,200 buy-in eight-game event at the 2024 PGT Mixed Games.

Zack outlasted a field of 61 entries to earn $195,200 and plenty of rankings points. The 195 PGT points he earned moved him into second place in the series standings and 22nd on the season-long leaderboard. The 360 Card Player Player of the Year points he secured moved him inside the top 450 in the 2024 POY race presented by Global Poker.

The second and final day of this event began with bracelet winner Dylan Weisman atop the leaderboard and Zack in second chip position among the seven remaining contenders. Six-time bracelet winner and recent $5,100 eight-game event champion of this series John Hennigan bowed out in seventh place ($24,400), while two-time bracelet winner Chris Vitch fell in sixth place ($33,550).

Three-time bracelet winner Mike Gorodinsky got the last of his chips in with a pair of queens and a low draw in stud eight-or-better. He was up against a pair of kings and a low draw for fellow three-time bracelet winner Jim Collopy. Collopy improved to two pair and Gorodinsky bricked out to narrow the field to four. Gorodinsky was awarded $45,750 for his efforts.

Joshua Rhodes soon followed Gorodinsky to the rail. His last chips went in during a round of deuce-to-seven triple-draw lowball. He ended with a Q-8-7-5-4, which was bested by the 9-5-4-3-2 of Weisman. Rhodes took home a career-best payday of $61,000 as the fourth-place finisher.

Zack lost a big no-limit hold’em hand during three-handed play that left him short, but he managed a couple of double-ups to give himself breathing room. He then knocked out Weisman in a big pot-limit Omaha pot, with the chips going in after the A108 flop. Weisman held A865 for top two pair, but was in trouble against the AA106 of Zack. The 7 turn and and J river meant that top set was the best hand in the end. Weisman earned $85,400 as the third-place finisher.

Collopy entered heads-up play with 5,825,000 to Zack’s 3,325,000. A limped pot in PLO saw Zack turn trip eights in his hand into a bluff, forcing Collopy off of a straight to win the pot and take the chip lead. Check out a replay of that hand from PokerGO’s coverage below:

.Dan__Zack</a> goes for the big bluff and puts Jim Collopy to the test during heads-up play in <a href="https://twitter.com/PokerGOTour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">PokerGOTour Mixed Games Event #4: $10,200 8-Game. pic.twitter.com/7RTakz07dr

— PokerGO (@PokerGO) March 4, 2024

The final hand of the tournament saw all the chips go in preflop in limit hold’em. It was a classic race, with 66 for Collopy and A9 for Zack. The board came down K8779 and Zack rivered nines up to secure the pot and the title. Collopy cashed for $122,000 as the runner-up. He now has more than $6.8 million in lifetime earnings.

Zack increased his lifetime tournament earnings to nearly $3.9 million thanks to this victory.

Here is a look at the payouts and rankings points awarded at the final table:

Photo credits: PokerGO / Antonio Abrego.

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