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