PokerGO Heads Up Showdown brackets announced

Jon Pill
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Posted on: April 20, 2022 1:00 am EDT

The PokerGO Heads Up Showdown is an invitational $25,000 buy-in heads-up tournament with $400,000 up top for first place. The tourney will start on April 21 and will run for three days.

This afternoon, Jeff Platt and Brent Hanks were joined by the ARIA’s Paul Campbell to draw the brackets. The draw was broadcast on PokerGO’s Youtube channel.

Campbell had each of the 32 entrants’ names written on a playing card. He then shuffled the short-deck and dealt the brackets one name/card at a time filling out the brackets as he went. Hanks and Platt provided commentary as they went.

The top 16 players on the PokerGO Tour leaderboard were offered places. Only nine of those players accepted their seats. The rest of the seats were chosen internally by the PokerGO staff.

The first round will see several interesting match-ups including Sam Soverel v. Sean Winter, Jeremey Ausmus v. Chris Brewer, Bill Klein v. Phil Galfond, and Dylan Gang v. Erik Seidel. There is an interesting mix of young up-and-comers, like Landon Tice, and old-school greats like Phil Hellmuth.

There was one question that hovered, unaddressed over the broadcast though.

The Imsirovic question

Ali Imsirovic who topped the board has accepted his seat is currently facing accusations of unethical play from Alex Foxen both online and off. This fact was tactfully left out of the broadcast, though Platt had to manage his co-hosts to avoid the subject.

“Everyone talking about [Imsirovic’s] back-to-back Super High Roller Bowl Europe bubbles,” Platt says.

“Is that what they’re talking about?” asks Hanks slyly.

“It is what they are talking about,” replied Platt before moving the topic on.

The accusations against Imsirovic come from Alex Foxen. Expect sparks to fly if Imsirovic and Foxen end up at the final table. Platt nods to this fact at the end of the broadcast.

PokerGO Tour Heads Up Showdown brackets

Player 1 v.Player 2Player 1 v.Player 2
♠ Bracket Bracket
Sam Soverel v.Sean WinterChino Rheem v.Nick Schulman
Alex Foxen v.Simon YuJeremy Ausmus v.Chris Brewer
Shannon Shorr v.Shaun DeebAli Imsirovic v.Jake Daniels
Justin Young v.Richard SklarBill Klein v.Phil Galfond
♣ Bracket Bracket
Jared Bleznik v.Daniel NegreanuNicholas Rigby v.Dan Shak
Tamon Nakamura v.Stanley TangEric Persson v.Phil Hellmuth
Dylan Gang v.Erik SeidelAlex Livingston v.Scott Ball
Darren Elias v.Landon TiceScott Seiver v.Isaac Kempton

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