Alex Foxen wins $315,000 and his eighth career PGT title

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Let's jump straight into tournament number six, which took place during the PGT PLO Series at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. This tournament had a buy-in of $10,100 and had 99 entries, which meant a prizepool of $990,000.

Sean Rafael sat at the final table as chipleader with a stack of over 4 million. Sean eventually made his way into the final heads-up where Dylan Smith sat across from him. However, it was Smith who was more successful here, winning his second PGT title and $252,450 along with it.

Place Name Country PGT Points Prize
1st Dylan Smith United States 252 $252,450
2nd Sean Rafael United States 163 $163,350
3rd Tyler Brown United States 114 $113,850
4th Stefan Christopher United States 89 $89,100
5th Lautaro Guerra Spain 64 $64,350
6th Sam Soverel United States 50 $49,500

 

Alex Foxen with another title

 

Let's move on to tournament number seven, which has offered a buy-in of $15,100. The tournament brought in 70 entries, bringing the prizepool to $1,050,000, with $315,000 awaiting the winner.

Alex Foxen, who had a stack of more than 2.5 million, sat among the top five players going into the final day as chipleader. However, he fell shortstack in three-player play and looked like an early elimination. That didn't happen, however, and Alex battled his way through to the final heads-up where he was facing Jesse Lonis.

Place Name Country PGT Points Prize
1st Alex Foxen United States 252 $315,000
2nd Jesse Lonis United States 164 $204,750
3rd Josh Arieh United States 113 $141,750
4th Artem Maksimov United States 84 $105,000
5th Sean Rafael United States 63 $78,750

He handled Lonis to win his eighth career PGT title. With this win, he surpassed the $45 million mark in live tournament earnings.

Daniel Negreanu at the next final table

The number eight-ranked tournament, which had a buy-in of $15,100 and is in the Mystery Bounty format, will get to know its champion today. This makes it the first Mystery Bounty tournament to be held at the PokerGO Studio. The tournament brought in 78 entries and a prizepool worth $1,170,000.

Only three players made it to the final table and they are led by Tyler Brown with a stack of 4,315,000. In the second place is Bryce Yockey with a stack of 3,900,000 and the short stack here is Daniel Negreanu who has just 1,535,000. There is $218,400 waiting for the winner and there are still 4 mystery envelopes in play hiding prizes of $50,000, $25,000, $15,000 and $5,000.

Seat Player Country Chip Count
2 Bryce Yockey United States 3,900,000
3 Daniel Negreanu Canada 1,535,000
6 Tyler Brown United States 4,315,000

 


Source - pgt.com