Shannon Shorr Takes Down PokerGO Tour Last Chance Event No. 2

Shannon Shorr has 23 recorded poker tournament titles to his name, including two World Series of Poker bracelet wins. The 39-year-old’s latest triumph saw him defeat a field of 119 entries in event no. 2 of the PokerGO Tour Las Chance series that is currently running at PokerGO Studio inside ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas.

Shorr earned $297,500 for the win in the $10,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament, increasing his career earnings to more than $14.8 million in the process. He was also awarded 600 Card Player Player of the Year points, catapulting him into a tie with event no. 1 champion Nick Schulman for first place in the fledgling 2025 POY standings presented by Global Poker.

The 298 PGT points that came with the title in this event moved Shorr into 103rd place on that season-long leaderboard.

The top 17 finishers earned a share of the $1,190,000 prize pool in this event, but only seven players survived day 1 action. Bracelet winner Stephen Song held the chip lead when the final table got underway. The first big clash of the day saw Shorr win a huge preflop race with pocket jacks against the A-K of Song. Shorr surged to the top of the chip counts after flopping a set and holding from there, while Song slid back into the middle of the pack.

Adam Hendrix (7th – $47,600) was the first to fall, with his pocket fives losing a flip against the K-Q of Joe Serock. He was eventually joined by Ren Lin, who ran A-J into the A-K of Song. Neither player connected and Song’s superior kicker played. Lin earned $59,500 for his first final-table finish of 2025 after recording 23 last year to finish seventh in the POY race.

Ben Tollerene got the last of his stack in good, calling off from the big blind with A-6 leading the 8-6 suited of bracelet winner and 2024 WSOP main event eighth-place finisher Joe Serock, who shoved when it folded to him in the small blind. The board brought a straight for Serock to end Tollerene’s run in fifth place ($77,350). Tollerene now has more than $20.5 million in recorded tournament earnings.

Song’s run came to an end when his A8 was bested by the KQ of Shorr. A king-high board gave Shorr a winning pair of kings to claim the pot, sending Song home with $101,150 for his fourth-place finish. He surpassed $9 million in career cashes thanks to his performance in this event.

Shorr came out on top again on the opposite side of a similar situation to score the next knockout, with his A7 held up against the KQ of David Chen. A king-high flop gave Chen the lead, but Shorr turned aces up and dodged a king on the river to send Chen packing in third place ($130,900). This was his second-largest score yet, trailing only the $217,500 he earned as the champion of a $10,100 buy-in event at the 2024 Poker Masters at this same venue.

Heads-up play began with virtually even stacks for Shorr and Serock. The very first hand saw Serock unleash a three-bet from the big blind with 9-2 suited. Shorr had raised with pocket kings from the button, though, and was not going to be pushed off the hand. He four-bet shoved, drawing a quick fold to jump out to a nearly a 2:1 lead. The very next deal, Serock raised to 600,000 (with blinds at 125,000-250,000 and a big blind ante of 250,000) from the button with 55. Shorr three-bet shoved for 4,975,000 effective holding A6 and Serock called it off to set up a coin flip for the title. The board came down AA843 to give Shorr trip aces for the win.

Serock cashed for $184,450 as the runner-up. That grew his lifetime haul to more than $7.2 million.

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

Photo credits: PokerGO.

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