Joey Weissman Wins Fifth PokerGO Tour Title at 2026 Poker Masters Event #3

Joey Weissman won Event #3 at the 2026 Poker Masters days after claiming his second WSOP bracelet in an online tournament. The New York pro defeated Daniyal Gheba heads-up to claim the $218,400 first-place prize and his fifth PokerGO Tour title. The $10,500 NLH event drew 78 runners and produced a $780,000 prize pool.

The final table included several established American pros: Shannon Shorr, Dylan Linde, Brock Wilson, and start-of-day chip leader Jeremy Ausmus. Weissman navigated a path that saw him overcome an early deficit against Gheba, who had rallied from the shortest stack to seize the lead temporarily.

Day 2 Action

Ausmus could not maintain his advantage. He doubled Gheba when king-queen made a flush against ace-nine, then lost additional chips before his ten-nine ran into Weissman’s ace-queen from the small blind. Ausmus exited in short order.

Linde fell next in a button-versus-big-blind cooler, his pocket queens no match for Gheba’s kings. Gheba eliminated Wilson in fourth but then paid off a double to Weissman, queens over sevens. Weissman seized the chip lead and closed the event by eliminating Shorr and Gheba in consecutive hands. Gheba recorded his second final table of the series after a fifth-place finish in Event #1 worth $54,600.

Weissman’s Perspective

Weissman told PokerNews, “It’s really sweet to kind of feel like I’m going kind of wire to wire winning an event online. Variance comes in waves and you got to be ready to take advantage of it when it comes. And I ran super, super hot. I don’t think I lost it all in today. And that’s just kind of what it takes.”

He has history in the PokerGO Studio, having won the 2022 $3,500 BetMGM Poker Championship there. Weissman called the venue “my favorite place to play in the world” and added, “I like to think there’s something about being excited to come in here and play with my friends every day and just really enjoying the experience. Maybe that positive energy … translate(s) in some way.”

Weissman noted the final table’s composition, saying the group laughed about never having played heads-up against one another across their careers. All four longtime pros had won online bracelets this month. The reporting appears in PokerNews.

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