The Golden Nugget Grand Poker Series kicked off on May 30 and continues through July 3, featuring 89 events with over $3 million in guaranteed prize money.
The upcoming highly anticipated PokerNews Cup featuring a $1,000,000 guarantee and an exciting mystery bounty format will run June 29 - July 3, and there will be a $200 buy-in mega satellite opportunity featuring 10 guaranteed seats on June 28.
The Bar Poker Open was recently at the Downtown Las Vegas venue and Edward Holt defeated a field of 1,053 entrants to win the 2023 BPO Vegas World Championship. There was also a $1,000 buy-in BPO Pro-Am event, and Konstantinos Tsikopoulos was victorious in that one against a 199-entrant field which included familiar faces such as Jamie Kerstetter, Ryan Depaulo, Garry Gates, and Veronica Brill just to name a few.
Here��s a look at some other notable recent winners of the Grand Poker Series.
Kyle Jeffrey Overcomes Field of 2,356 in Mystery Bounty Event
Kyle Jeffrey
Event #41: $300 NLH Mystery Bounty $250K GTD featured nine starting flights and attracted a total of 2,356 entrants to generate a prize pool of $339,340.
In the end, it was England��s Kyle Jeffrey taking home the first-place prize of $55,485 after he defeated Neel Mazumdar in heads-up play. This was Jeffrey��s second-biggest live tournament cash according to Hendon Mob, with his best score of ��200,000 having come last year in another large field event with 10,584 entrants.
Others who cashed in the tournament were Ebony Kenney (97th - $540), Event #28 winner Baker Abdallah (109th - $490), and Conor Beresford (172nd - $375).
Although Kenney finished well before the final table, she ended the day with a massive score of $31,540 thanks to pulling a $20,000 bounty, a $10,000 bounty, and a $1,000 bounty in the fun poker format which will also be featured in the upcoming PokerNews Cup.
Four Grand Poker Series Podium Finishes for Ivo Schoofs
Ivo Schoofs
On June 15, Event #39: $200 NLH $25K GTD saw 292 entrants battle it out the felt for a piece of the $43,800 prize pool.
Belgium��s Ivo Schoofs was the last man standing when he defeated Brent Philbin in heads-up play. Others at the final table were Ubaid Habib (3rd - $4,367), Richard Collier (8th - $1,205), and Hobin Suh (9th - $965).
Schoofs had a third-place finish four days earlier in Event #31 for $3,502, and four days before that, he had another third-place finish in Event #24 for $4,017. Four days after Schoofs�� victory in Event #39, he made another deep run with a runner-up result in Event #46 for $1,845 and his fourth podium finish in the Grand Poker Series.
Event #35: $200 NLH Tag Team $10K GTD ran on June 13 and attracted 192 entrants to generate a prize pool of $28,800.
The team consisting of Brian Barros Vazquez took the $7,297 first-place prize after defeating the team consisting of Lisa Godbehere. Vazquez bested his third-place finish only two days earlier for $3,921 in Event #30: $200 NLH $25K GTD.
Others who cashed in the event include Team Lena Evans (9th - $733), Team Abby Merk (22nd - $266), and Team Vanessa Alvarez Mejias (24th - $266).
Event #35 Final Table Results
Place
Player
Prize
1
Brian Barros Vazquez
$7,297
2
Lisa Godbehere
$4,978
3
Merrill Eversman
$2,952
4
Kristopher Burchfield
$1,796
5
David Smith
$1,387
6
Veronica Wautier
$1,149
7
Jason Umpleby
$979
8
Evgeny Urubkov
$854
9
Lena Evans
$733
2023 Grand Poker Series Winners Thus Far
Date
Tournament
Entries
Prize Pool
Winner
Prize
30-May
Event #1: $300 Omaha 8/B $10K GTD
96
$23,040
Chad Campbell
$5,020
30-May
Event #2: $150 NLH $10K GTD
136
$14,960
Austin Emerick
$3,458
30-May
Event #3: $200 Big O $5K GTD
75
$11,250
Bryce Fox
$3,300
30-May
Event #4: $130 NLH
29
$2,755
Scott Mahoney
$1,140
31-May
Event #5: $300 H.O.R.S.E $5K GTD
85
$20,400
Jean Marie Blanc
$6,014
31-May
Event #6: $200 Mixed NLH / PLO $5K GTD
32
$5,000
Federico Peralta
$2,006
31-May
Event #7: $200 Omaha 8/B / Stud $5K GTD
79
$11,850
Mark Povich
$3,632
31-May
Event #8: $130 NLH
36
$3,420
Bruno Manoel Fernandes
$924
1-Jun
Event #9: $300 Dealer's Choice $5K GTD
38
$9,120
James Van Alstyne
$3,422
4-Jun
Event #10: $200 NLH $200K GTD
2,347
$317,325
Jora Beit
$30,938
2-Jun
Event #11: $150 NLH $10K GTD
122
$13,420
Robert Bladon
$2,652
3-Jun
Event #12: $150 NLH $10K GTD
137
$15,070
Nabyl Simmons
$2,814
4-Jun
Event #13: $300 Mixed PLO/8; Omaha 8/B; Big O $20K GTD
