Lichtenberger personally eliminated every opponent on Day 2 to close out the series
LAS VEGAS — Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger won Event #10: $15,000 NLH at the 2026 PokerGO Cup, knocking out every player at the final table himself to claim $257,400 and the last trophy of the series.
Lichtenberger had no PokerGO Cup cashes heading into the finale despite a strong start to the year on the PokerGO Tour, which included a runner-up finish in the $1 million freeroll and a PGT Kickoff event win. He stayed focused, and it paid off.
The highest buy-in event of the series drew 52 entries and built a $780,000 prize pool. Sam Soverel, a fellow PokerGO Studio regular, held an overwhelming chip lead deep in the tournament but finished as runner-up for $163,800. Heads-up, Soverel rattled off six consecutive winning pots to put Lichtenberger on the ropes before Chewy turned things back around and secured the win.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Lichtenberger | United States | $257,400 |
| 2 | Sam Soverel | United States | $163,800 |
| 3 | Arthur Peacock | United States | $109,200 |
| 4 | Joe McKeehen | United States | $78,000 |
| 5 | John Krpan | Canada | $62,400 |
| 6 | Brock Wilson | United States | $46,800 |
| 7 | Joey Weissman | United States | $31,200 |
A Tough Table to Navigate
The final table featured 2015 WSOP Main Event champion Joe McKeehen, WPT winner Arthur Peacock, veteran Canadian grinder John Krpan, and overall series champion Brock Wilson. McKeehen, the only WSOP Main Event champion in the field, bowed out in fourth place after his king-queen ran into Lichtenberger's turned wheel.
Wilson Clinches the Overall Series Title
The overall PokerGO Cup leaderboard was decided before Sunday's finale. Wilson locked up the series championship late Saturday after making the money and seeing Ben Grise and Filipp Khavin eliminated. Wilson had already won Event #4 and Event #6, but could not find traction at the final table and finished sixth.
On Resilience
In his winner's interview, Lichtenberger credited resilience as the key to closing out the series.
"I just always try to do my best and just put one foot in front of the other," he said. "I think it's important to be resilient as a tournament player."
He also spoke about mindset as a way of taking control at the table.
"I think it's very unhelpful to play poker in a way where you feel entitled to win," Lichtenberger said. "I just try to accept everything that happens to me, and just to extract whatever beneficial lesson or effect from anything that occurs. If I lose, I just look for ways that I could have done better in all aspects."
