For the first time during the 2023 Poker Masters, the chip leader to start a streamed final table emerged victorious as Orpen Kisacikoglu took down Event #6: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $218,500.

It was smooth sailing throughout for Kisacikoglu, as he sat back and let the rest of the table take care of the first few eliminations. Despite losing the chip lead briefly, Kisacikoglu seized control four-handed when he won a race to eliminate Chino Rheem. With that, Kisacikoglu had about 60% of the chips in play and it only went up from there. He took most of Justin Bonomo’s stack a little while later with a rivered ace-high flush that Bonomo paid off and finished him shortly thereafter.

Beginning with more than a 14-to-1 chip lead against Jack Hardcastle heads-up, the chips went in on the first hand. Kisacikoglu was behind, but paired on the turn to clinch the victory.