Shannon Shorr Wins Second PokerGO Tour Last Chance Title

The PokerGO Tour Last Chance series was the first opportunity for high-stakes tournament players to ply their trade in 2025. Shannon Shorr ended up reaping the most rewards of any contender, capturing two titles across and making the money three times in six events. Shorr took down event no. 2 for $297,500 on Jan. 4, then emerged victorious in event no. 6 five days later for another $290,000.

All told, Shorr accumulated $611,700 in prize money, with his third cash being a $24,200 payday for a 13th-place showing in the penultimate tournament. The two-time bracelet winner based out of Las Vegas ended the festival with not only more earnings than any other player, but also with the most PGT points secured: 612. As a result of his success, he was locked up a spot in the PGT $1,000,000 Championship, which kicks off on Friday, Jan. 10.

Shorr now has more than $15.1 million in career tournament earnings. He also moved into first place in the 2025 Card Player Player of the Year standings presented by Global Poker thanks to his strong performance during this festival.

The most recent win for Shorr saw him top a field of 116 entries in the $10,100 buy-in event. The strong turnout to the PokerGO Studio inside ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas resulted in a $1,160,000 prize pool with 17 players making the money.

The second and final day began with Shorr in the lead and just seven players remaining. World Poker Tour champion and two-time bracelet winner Dylan Linde (7th – $46,400) ran pocket eighths into the pocket jacks of Sean Winter to become the first to hit the rail. He was soon joined by Jeremy Becker (6th – $58,000), whose Q-9 suited failed to come from behind against the K-Q suited of 2024 World Series of Poker main event fifth-place finisher Boris Angelov.

Two-time bracelet winner Stephen Chidwick was the next to fall, with his pocket sevens losing a three way all-in against the A-X’s of Angelov and Ren Lin, who both flopped top pair of aces and ended up chopping the pot. Chidwick was awarded $75,400 as the fifth-place finisher. The British poker superstar now has more than $64.3 million in lifetime cashes, which is good for third place on poker’s all-time money list.

Sean Winter slid down the leaderboard during short-handed action, and was eventually left with just a single big blind. He got all-in with two live cards, but lost to trip queens for Lin. Winter walked away with $98,600 for his efforts. He now has more than $33.8 million in career scores.

Shorr doubled into the chip lead when his A-6 held against the K-10 of Lin. The two soon tangled again, this time with Lin shoving QJ from the small blind and Shorr calling off with A4 out of the big blind. Shorr flopped a pair of fours and held from there to send Lin home with $127,600. This was his third final-table finish of the series.

Heads-up play began with Shorr holding 10,450,000 to Angelov’s 4,050,000. The gap was even wider by the time the final hand was dealt. Shorr open-shoved from the button for 3,075,000 effective with J8 and Angelov called with 1010. The board came down AJ284 and Angelov was eliminated in second place. The Bulgarian now has more than $4.5 million in lifetime earnings after adding $179,800 with this runner-up showing.

Here is a look at the payouts and rankings points awarded at the final table:

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