Bigger Buy-In, Bigger Winner

Event #6 in the Winter 2026 Season shaped up to be significant. With nobody pulling away from the field on the Season Points Leaderboard, our $95 buy-in event was poised to set players up on the race to the top of the Season Points Leaderboard. With 66 players coming out and 13 rebuys, our 79 entries gave us a prize pool of $5,530 to be claimed by our top 10 finishers.

With 11 players remaining at 2 tables, hand for hand play began. Ako Maj. (Endicott, NY) was the short stack in the room after running his pocket nines into pocket aces just before hand for hand play. He hung on for a few hands before bowing out in 11th place as the bubble finisher. Normal play resumed with 10 players in the money, only to have Max Spe. (Queens, NY) unable to improve with his AQs against KK. Max collected $170 for his 10th place finish.

After a redraw for the final table, play resumed and Jim All. (Windsor, NY) was the first player eliminated. Jim took home $170 for his 9th place finish, marking his second cash this season. Chad P. (McGraw, NY) followed Jim to the payout desk when he found himself all in with kicker troubles and was unable to improve. Chad earned $195 for his 8th place finish. Newcomer Sean Dea. (Aberdeen, MD) put on an impressive debut performance at 607poker.com. Sean built a big stack early in the tournament and bounced back from a cooler to claim a 7th place finish for $250.

A short stacked Jimmy Far. (Binghamton, NY) couldn’t get his pocket nines to hold up against pocket fives, sending him to the rail with a 6th place finish for a $305 payday. This finish moved him into the top 10 on the Season Points Leaderboard. Scott Bes. (Elmira, NY) was our 5th place finisher, taking home $390 for his first cash of the Winter 2026 Season. Adam P. (Binghamton, NY) worked a shorter stack into a 4th place finish. Adam earned $530 for his work, posting a cash in only his second event of the season. Matt Kel. (Little Meadows, PA) posted a 3rd place finish and his first cash of the season in only his 3rd event played. Matt pocketed $805 and moved into the top 15 on the Season Points Leaderboard.

Heads up play was back and forth for over half an hour before the two remaining players agreed to chop the money evenly. A final hand was dealt to determine the points distribution and Brandson Sul. (Endwell, NY) came up a little short. Brandon took home $1,355 for his share of the chop and moved into 11th place on the Season Points Leaderboard. Jeff Smi. (Marathon, NY) emerged victorious, collecting $1,355 for his share of the chop. The first place points vaulted Jeff into the lead on the Season Points Leaderboard with only two events remaining.

Brandon is a good example of how it is never too late in the season for anyone to make a run at the Season Points Title. This was Brandon’s first tournament played this season and second place points moved him into the bubble position for the Season Points Leaderboard payouts. With two events remaining, a new player could move into a money spot with two cashes, earning their share of over $4,000 in prizes. Why not let that be you???