Dylan Weisman Wins Sixth Event of the PGT Mixed Games Series for $156,000

A dramatic extra-day conclusion saw the sixth event of the 2023 PGT Mixed Games Series conclude with a heads-up battle to remember. Coming back for the final day, Craig Chait led Dylan Weisman to the conclusion of the event, but it was Weisman who came back and took the title, winning the top prize of $156,400 after a deal was agreed to add $10,200 (the value of another buy-in) to the runner-up prize.

Shak Attack Ends in Elimination

A total of 49 entrants swelled this busy $10,000-entry Dealer’s Choice event and that meant that the seven players who made the final table would cash, and those seven alone. It was Brian Rast who bubbled the previous event, and Rast avoided that ignominy… by busting one place earlier. The unfortunate Rast lost in Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo to David Funkhouser, whose win in the opening event of this series signalled his intention, as the PokerStake player also made money for investors in his package online.

Funkhouser, along with Jeremy Ausmus, is still selling action to events later in the PGT Mixed Games Series and on current form, both men – who have each cashed in the six events so far – look to be excellent investments. Funkhouser was the deliverer of the player to exit on the money bubble as Ryan Miller, who min-cashed yesterday, couldn’t quite make the money this time around.

Miller lost to Funkhouser in Stud and that meant the final table was formed. Of the final seven, it was Craig Chait (1,525,000) who held the chip lead, but it was a slim advantage over the rest of the field. Walter Chambers (1,390,000), Andrew Kelsall (1,300,000) and David Funkhouser (1,070,000) were all over a million chips too, with Dylan Weisman (735,000), John Monnette (700,000) and Dan Shak (630,000) were all hoping that their short stacks would improve as soon as was possible.

Monnette on the Mark

Play was initially very cagey at the final table, and it was a shock exit in seventh place as Andrew Kelsall was eliminated for a score of $19,600. Losing in Big O, Kelsall’s aces with a nut low draw bricked out as Craig Chait grew in power with a set of deuces. Chait’s stack was 3.86 million after the hand, and with Funkhouser his closest challenger on exactly a million chips, it was looking very good for Chait.

Dan Shak was ousted in sixth place for $29,400 next, and again it was Chait who did the fatal damage. In A-5 Triple Draw, Chait scored another elimination in fine style, bumping his stack to 4.3 million, but he was not the only one making hay. Dylan Weisman has previously stated just how much he looks forward to the PGT Mixed Games Series every time it rolls around, and he was enjoying himself, winning a big pot in the same game format to take some of John Monnette’s chips.

Monnette was short and took on Weisman in the next hand determined to make amends. Unfortunately for Monnette, he lost to Weisman’s ace-high straight to drop out of contention, busting in fifth place for a result worth $39,200. That hand elevated Weisman to 1.7 million in chips, and he wasn’t finished there.

Weisman Wins Again Against Chait

“I’M GOING TO TRY TO WIN THIS MIXED GAME LEADERBOARD NOW.” ~ DYLAN WEISMAN

With four men remaining in contention for the crown, David Funkhouser was the next to bust. The man in second place on the overall leaderboard – which has made his PokerStake backers thousands of dollars – left in fourth place for $53,900. Calling his stack off with middle pair and a straight draw in PLO, he lost his last chips against Weisman’s flopped top set of jacks.

Three-handed, it didn’t take long for Walter Chambers to leave the party for a score of $73,500. Once again, he lost his stack to Weisman, this time in Big O as Weisman’s aces and queens gave him another scalp and a stack of 2,915,000 chips.

After already busting on the stone bubble earlier in the tournament, Weisman gave his fans a full update on the rollercoaster of emotions he had experienced so far.

Weisman had a decent stack but began the final battle behind Chait’s stack of 4,435,000 chips. That didn’t matter, however, as Weisman won a crucial pot in Limit Omaha Hi before Badugi  – Chait’s pick – gave Weisman the lead instead. Finally, in PLO Hi-Lo, Weisman made the nut flush to win the final pot in style and claim the victory and $156,400 top prize, with Chait having to accept a runner-up finish to Weisman again – just like in the WSOP – for a prize of $118,000.

In a video after the event which he posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, Weisman was ‘full of gratitude’ for the result and experience.

“Just won the Dealer’s Choice event which is rad. He picked some games that I have practiced that people didn’t know I played. I’m going to try to win this mixed game leaderboard now!”

With his recent record, Weisman is sure to be one to watch and currently sits in third place behind only Chino Rheem and David Funkhouser with three events to play.

This article originally appeared on PokerStake.com