PGT Mixed Games is in full swing, we've already met four champions

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The PokerGO Studio at the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas has been busy again in recent days, thanks to the PokerGO Tour (PGT) Mixed Games series. The series has 7 tournaments and runs from February 25 to March 5. The tournaments are held in H.O.R.S.E., 8-Game, Dealer's Choice and 10-Game formats.

The inaugural tournament was the H.O.R.S.E. with a buy-in of $5,100, 130 entries and a prizepool of $650,000, of which $159,250 awaited the winner. The winner became French player Nicolas Milgrom, for whom it was the highest earning and also the first PGT series title.

Place Name Country PGT Points Prize
1st Nicolas Milgrom France 159 $159,250
2nd Jerry Wong United States 98 $97,500
3rd Benjamin Miner United States 72 $71,500
4th Walter Chambers United States 52 $52,000
5th Huabao Chen United States 39 $39,000

The No. 2 tournament had a record 148 entries and was an 8-Game, $5,100 buy-in event. The prizepool  reached $740,000 and a $170,200 prize awaited the winner. This was eventually awarded to Adam Friedman, who won his third career PGT title.

Place Name Country PGT Points Prize
1st Adam Friedman United States 170 $170,200
2nd Tal Avivi Israel 107 $107,300
3rd Nick Schulman United States 74 $74,000
4th Samuel Sternfield United States 56 $55,500
5th Fu Wong United States 44 $44,400
6th Toby Lewis United Kingdom 37 $37,000
7th Anthony Arvidson United States 30 $29,600

The third tournament was H.O.R.S.E. with a buy-in of $10,200, 95 entries and a prizepool of $950,000. Ryan Miller started the final day as the chipleader and was up against names like Benny Glaser, Johannes Becker, Alex Livingston, Robert Mizrachi and Chino Rheem. However, nobody couldn't stop Ryan and took home $247,000 for his efforts.

Place Name Country PGT Points Prize
1st Ryan Miller United States 247 $247,000
2nd Samuel Sternfield United States 157 $156,750
3rd Chino Rheem United States 114 $114,000
4th Benny Glaser United Kingdom 86 $85,500
5th Johannes Becker Germany 67 $66,500
6th Alex Livingston Canada 48 $47,500
7th Robert Mizrachi United States 38 $38,000

Chino Rheem fresh champion

Chino Rheem took home $114,000 for third place in Event #3, narrowly missing out on the final heads-up. However, that changed in Event #4 and Chino was already sitting in the final heads-up.

The fourth tournament ended just a few hours ago and offered an 8-Game format with a $10,200 buy-in, 92 entries and a $920,000 prizepool. The winner became Chino Rheem after heads-up play against Josh Arieh and won his fourth career PGT title. Originally, $239,200 was awaiting the winner, but in the end the last two players settled for a deal of even money at $195,500 each, after which the trophy and points were still up for grabs. The reason for the deal was that both players wanted to be able to register for Event #5.

Place Name Country PGT Points Prize
1st Chino Rheem United States 239 $195,500
2nd Josh Arieh United States 152 $195,500
3rd Nick Schulman United States 110 $110,400
4th David Funkhouser United States 83 $82,800
5th Brian Breck United States 64 $64,400
6th Aaron Kupin United States 46 $46,000
7th Alex Livingston Canada 37 $36,800

 

Who is at the top of the table?

 

As is customary during PGT tournaments, players accumulate valuable points, either in the overall yearly scoring or in the PGT Mixed Games series scoring. Chino Rheem leads the current scoring with 353 points and has a chance to repeat his 2023 success as the overall winner of the PGT Mixed Games series. The winner will receive a $10,000 PGT Passport and a gold trophy to go with it.

Rank Player Points Wins Cashes Winnings
1 Chino Rheem 353 1 2 $309,500
2 Ryan Miller 254 1 2 $254,400
3 Samuel Sternfield 213 0 2 $212,250
4 Nick Schulman 184 0 2 $184,400
5 Josh Arieh 178 0 2 $221,500
6 Adam Friedman 170 1 1 $170,200
7 Nicolas Milgrom 159 1 1 $159,250
8 Tal Avivi 130 0 2 $130,300
9 David Funkhouser 122 0 3 $121,050
10 Benny Glaser 109 0 3 $109,150

 

One more Mixed tournament to come after the series ends

 

After the PGT Mixed Games series is over, there will be one more tournament, the Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games, which will take place on March 6-8. This three-day tournament will offer a buy-in of $103,000 and will be run in a 10-Game format. If you don't know what all is included in the 10-Game, the formats are NLH, Omaha Hi-Lo, Stud, No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw, Limit Hold'em, Badugi, Stud HiLo, PLO, Limit 2-7 Triple Draw and Razz.

 

 

Source - PGT