Ike Haxton Claims First High Stakes Short Deck Title On U.S. Soil

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Short Deck remains the talk of the poker world and the first live-streamed tournament in the United States aired Tuesday on PokerGO. The $10,000 Poker Masters edition brought in a promising field of 55 entrants to compete in the format that is sweeping the globe. Ike Haxton took down the inaugural event on Tuesday, defeating Maurice Hawkins heads up for the $176,000 top prize.

With one major event now in the books, Short Deck looks to continue its expansion across America.

Short Deck popularity

Players in the Poker Masters event spoke glowingly of Short Deck’s promise as a tournament game.

“I love it because there is no hand that’s a big favorite against another,” Andrew Robl told Poker Central. “This also makes it great for tournaments because there’s a lot of gambling in the game. Because many of the players in Asia have already played No-Limit Hold’em in the past, I don’t think that they’ll come back to the game. I think that because of this there will only be more Short Deck tournaments in the future.”

High rollers like Justin Bonomo, Rainer Kempe, and Dominik Nitsche tried out Short Deck for the first time at Poker Masters. Nitsche reached the final...

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