The PokerGO Studio at the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas is hosting the PokerGO Tour (PGT) Last Chance series, where players have one last chance to collect points towards the 2024 overall leaderboard. Following these tournaments, a $1,000,000 freeroll will be offered to the top 40 players on the leaderboard. The top three players with the most points in the PGT Last Chance standings will also receive a ticket.
Dream Pass winners will also have the opportunity to participate in the freeroll, which earns them a spot in the Dream Pass Invitational. This will be played just before the freeroll and several players will earn a seat into the Million Dollar Freeroll here. The Dream Pass awaits players who finish 4th through 8th in the PGT Last Chance Rankings.
Brandon Wilson a two-time champion
Yesterday we brought you an article where we wrote about Brandon Wilson's success. He managed to win the third tournament of the PGT Las Chance series, where each of the tournaments has a buy-in of $10,100 and is played in NLH format. That wasn't all, however, and Brandon immediately followed that win with a $297,500 seat in the fourth tournament.
The fourth tournament brought 114 entries and a prizepool of $1,140,000, with $285,000 awaiting the winner. As is customary in PGT tournaments, 7 players made it through to the final table. Leading the way was Brandon Wilson with a huge stack of up to 5,745,000, which represented 40 percent of all the chips in play.
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
1 | Brandon Wilson | United States | 5,745,000 |
2 | Dylan Linde | United States | 925,000 |
3 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 1,810,000 |
4 | Kristina Holst | United States | 1,720,000 |
5 | Sam Laskowitz | United States | 2,170,000 |
6 | Stoyan Madanzhiev | Bulgaria | 480,000 |
7 | Byron Kaverman | United States | 1,400,000 |
Brandon breezed through the tournament with ease all the way to heads-up play. Here, however, he was already starting at a disadvantage as Jeremy Ausmus started heads-up as chipleader. It didn't take long, however, for Brandon to take the lead, and he didn't let the chance for a double take him away. In the end, he also defeated Jeremy Ausmus to claim his second trophy in 24 hours, and he also bagged $285,000 to boot. The two wins brought his total to $582,500.
Place | Name | Country | PGT Points | Prize |
1st | Brandon Wilson | United States | 285 | $285,000 |
2nd | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 177 | $176,700 |
3rd | Byron Kaverman | United States | 125 | $125,400 |
4th | Dylan Linde | United States | 97 | $96,900 |
5th | Kristina Holst | United States | 74 | $74,100 |
6th | Sam Laskowitz | United States | 57 | $57,000 |
7th | Stoyan Madanzhiev | Bulgaria | 46 | $45,600 |
With this double win, Brandon has secured 583 points on the PGT Last Chance Leaderboard, where he is currently in first place. Barring any miracles, Brandon is now assured of a spot in the aforementioned freeroll, which the top three players will advance to. However, there are still two last tournaments to go.
PGT Last Chance Leaderboard:
Place | Name | PGT Points | Pending Prize |
1st | Brandon Wilson | 583 | Dream Seat |
2nd | Shannon Shorr | 298 | Dream Seat |
3rd | Landon Tice | 184 | Dream Seat |
4th | David Chen | 179 | Dream Pass |
5th | Dylan Linde | 174 | Dream Pass |
6th | Byron Kaverman | 153 | Dream Pass |
7th | Stephen Song | 135 | Dream Pass |
8th | Keith Lehr | 131 | Dream Pass |
9th | Victoria Livschitz | 128 | |
10th | Matthew McEwan | 93 |
Fifth Tournament to Know the Winner Today
The fifth tournament of the PGT Last Chance series brought 121 entries and a prizepool of $1,210,000, making it the largest PGT tournament with a buy-in of $10,100. The top 7 players advanced to tonight's final table, led by Martin Zamani with a stack of 4,750,000. Kristen Foxen, Ren Lin, Chris Brewer and Rania Nasreddine will also be in action. All of them already have at least $48,400 in their pockets and $302,500 awaits the winner.
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
1 | Chris Brewer | United States | 1,175,000 |
2 | Rania Nasreddine | United States | 3,370,000 |
3 | Kristen Foxen | Canada | 1,235,000 |
4 | Martin Zamani | United States | 4,750,000 |
5 | Joey Weissman | United States | 300,000 |
6 | Brekstyn Schutten | United States | 3,020,000 |
7 | Ren Lin | China | 1,280,000 |
Source - PGT