The PokerGO Studio at the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas is currently in its final series, where players are collecting valuable points for the 2024 PGT Leaderboard. The series is called the PokerGO Tour (PGT) Last Chance and features 6 NLH tournaments with a buy-in of $10,100.
The first tournament brought 111 entries and a prizepool worth $1,110,000. Of that amount, $283,050 awaited the winner, a trophy and points towards the final standings. Nick Schulman made it to the 7-seat final table as a massive chipleader, but he fell in the last 10 blinds while playing in a six-player field.
However, Nick was able to make it to the final heads-up where Joao Simao sat against him with a chiplead as high as 5-1. Even that didn't stop Schulman from defeating his opponent after two hours of heads-up play. Nick Schulman thus took home the aforementioned prize, which is his eighteenth ITM placement and second win of the 2024 season.
| Place | Name | Country | PGT Points | Prize |
| 1st | Nick Schulman | United States | 283 | $283,050 |
| 2nd | Joao Simao | Brazil | 178 | $177,600 |
| 3rd | Victoria Livschitz | United States | 128 | $127,650 |
| 4th | Bryce Yockey | United States | 100 | $99,900 |
| 5th | Matthew McEwan | United States | 72 | $72,150 |
| 6th | Nguyen Le | United States | 56 | $55,500 |
| 7th | Aram Zobian | United States | 44 | $44,400 |
Event number 2
The second tournament kicked off yesterday, bringing 119 entries and a prizepool of $1,190,000. There is $297,500 up for grabs and only seven players left in the field. Leading them is Stephen Song with a stack of 3,205,000. All players already have at least $47,600 in the bag.
| Seat | Name | Country | Stack |
| 1 | Ben Tollerene | United States | 2,785,000 |
| 2 | Stephen Song | United States | 3,205,000 |
| 3 | Ren Lin | China | 880,000 |
| 4 | Shannon Shorr | United States | 1,255,000 |
| 5 | David Chen | United States | 2,955,000 |
| 6 | Joe Serock | United States | 2,630,000 |
| 7 | Adam Hendrix | United States | 955,000 |
PGT Championship Freeroll
The top 40 players in the leaderboard will automatically gain entry into the PGT Championship Freeroll with a prize pool of $1,000,000. Along with the top players on the leaderboard, several players will also participate in the tournament to win a "Dream Seat". The tournament will take place on January 10 and 11 and a $500,000 prize awaits the winner. This is made up of $150,000 in prize money and a PGT Passport worth $350,000. Only the top 6 players can take home the prizes.
Source - pgt, poker central
