Justin Vaysman turned a near-elimination into his first PokerGO Tour title, winning Event 6 of the 2026 Poker Masters for $192,000. The $10,500 no-limit hold'em tournament attracted 64 entries and built a $640,000 prize pool, according to the official PokerGO Tour recap. The victory also brought Vaysman 192 PGT points.
His route to the title tightened sharply with five players left. Vaysman fell to 20,000 chips while the blinds were 40,000 and 80,000, leaving him with one quarter of a big blind. A run of double-ups put him back in contention before a three-way all-in against Sean Winter and Brandon Wilson gave his recovery real momentum. Wilson was eliminated soon afterward, and Victoria Livschitz followed in third place.
Winter began heads-up play with another substantial advantage. PokerNews reported the starting gap at roughly 60 big blinds to 19. Vaysman worked back through smaller pots and then made a major call on an ace-king-nine-queen-two board, catching Winter's bluff to move ahead.
The deciding hand began on a ten-nine-seven flop with two diamonds. Vaysman held ten-nine for two pair, while Winter had a diamond draw with jack-three. Winter moved all-in on the king turn, but the river paired the board and gave Vaysman a full house. Winter earned $124,800 for second place, while Livschitz collected $86,400 for third.
The win was Vaysman's first PGT title. After surviving with a fraction of one blind and then overcoming a second deficit heads-up, he moved into the Poker Masters series race with two cashes and one victory at that stage of the festival.
