There at the moment are simply six occasions remaining to be performed within the 2023 PokerGO Tour season, with the PGT Championship $1,000,000 freeroll set to kick off on Jan. 9, 2024. The leaderboard has seen some notable modifications in current weeks due to a number of high-stakes occasions on the World Series of Poker Paradise sequence.
Isaac Haxton stays on the prime of the PGT standings, having added two extra qualifying cashes at Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas throughout the WSOP Paradise. Haxton now has 2,662 PGT factors, with 12 in-the-money finishes and 4 titles received, together with the Super High Roller Bowl VIII. All informed, he has cashed for greater than $7 million in occasions awarding PGT factors.
Chris Brewer saved tempo with Haxton, scoring two cashes of his personal within the Bahamas. With 23 PGT cashes for almost $7.4 million, two wins, and a pair of,453 factors, Brewer stays in second place on the leaderboard.
Erik Seidel’s historic tenth profession bracelet win helped catapult him up the rankings. The 64-year-old took down the $50,000 excessive curler on the WSOP Paradise for $1,704,400 and 750 PGT factors. This was his eleventh certified money of the yr, with one title received. His 1,474 factors put him simply exterior the highest 10 heading into the ultimate stretch.
Fifth-ranked Alex Foxen recorded his twenty first PGT money, inserting sixth within the occasion received by Seidel for $337,300 and 202 PGT factors. Ren Lin, who sits simply behind Foxen, cashed 4 instances for 164 factors. He now trails Foxen by simply 94 factors.
The participant who earned essentially the most PGT factors throughout the WSOP Paradise sequence was Jason Koon. He recorded three in-the-money finishes, including 853 factors to his complete whereas cashing for almost $2.5 million. His two most noteworthy outcomes had been a fourth-place end within the $50,000 excessive curler for $582,100 and a runner-up end within the $100,000 buy-in for an additional $1,817,000. Koon now sits in thirty third place within the PGT standings after his spree within the Caribbean.
Daniel Smiljkovic jumped to thirty fourth within the standings due to a third-place displaying within the $25,000 excessive curler for almost $1.2 million. This was his third PGT money of the yr.
Masashi Oya received his method into the highest 40 by taking down the aforementioned $100,000 buy-in occasion, topping Koon heads-up to safe his first bracelet and the highest prize of greater than $2.9 million.
Here is a take a look at the present PGT prime 40:
| Rank | Player | Points | Wins | Cashes | Winnings |
| 1 | Isaac Haxton | 2,662 | 4 | 12 | $7,058,395 |
| 2 | Chris Brewer | 2,453 | 2 | 23 | $7,374,226 |
| 3 | Daniel Weinman | 2,300 | 1 | 1 | $12,100,000 |
| 4 | Stephen Chidwick | 2,164 | 2 | 15 | $3,697,553 |
| 5 | Alex Foxen | 1,945 | 1 | 21 | $2,595,924 |
| 6 | Ren Lin | 1,851 | 1 | 20 | $2,798,340 |
| 7 | Sam Soverel | 1,788 | 2 | 23 | $2,115,087 |
| 8 | Steven Jones | 1,700 | 0 | 1 | $6,500,000 |
| 9 | Jeremy Ausmus | 1,695 | 0 | 20 | $2,437,553 |
| 10 | Adam Walton | 1,500 | 0 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 11 | Erik Seidel | 1,474 | 1 | 11 | $2,464,741 |
| 12 | Nick Schulman | 1,459 | 2 | 18 | $2,281,419 |
| 13 | Cary Katz | 1,441 | 1 | 15 | $2,965,303 |
| 14 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | 1,420 | 0 | 2 | $3,020,110 |
| 15 | Jesse Lonis | 1,385 | 2 | 11 | $2,886,377 |
| 16 | Alex Kulev | 1,333 | 1 | 4 | $3,802,478 |
| 17 | Chance Kornuth | 1,321 | 0 | 7 | $3,071,620 |
| 18 | Isaac Kempton | 1,304 | 4 | 14 | $1,619,986 |
| 19 | Phil Hellmuth | 1,304 | 2 | 9 | $1,415,899 |
| 20 | Leon Sturm | 1,304 | 1 | 7 | $3,023,766 |
| 21 | Sean Winter | 1,301 | 1 | 19 | $1,704,091 |
| 22 | Ruslan Prydryk | 1,300 | 0 | 1 | $2,400,000 |
| 23 | Adrian Mateos | 1,262 | 1 | 11 | $2,399,355 |
| 24 | Dean Hutchison | 1,250 | 0 | 1 | $1,850,000 |
| 25 | Max Neugebauer | 1,250 | 1 | 1 | $1,601,435 |
| 26 | Lou Garza | 1,246 | 1 | 2 | $1,354,832 |
| 27 | Darren Elias | 1,244 | 2 | 10 | $1,602,200 |
| 28 | Josh Arieh | 1,201 | 2 | 12 | $1,647,991 |
| 29 | Alexandre Reard | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | $1,057,663 |
| 30 | Juan Maceiras | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $1,125,000 |
| 31 | Toby Lewis | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $1,425,000 |
| 32 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | 1,165 | 2 | 9 | $1,845,208 |
| 33 | Jason Koon | 1,162 | 0 | 7 | $3,278,449 |
| 34 | Daniel Smiljkovic | 1,143 | 0 | 3 | $1,921,026 |
| 35 | Daniel Negreanu | 1,117 | 0 | 24 | $1,331,229 |
| 36 | Ben Lamb | 1,108 | 1 | 11 | $1,156,104 |
| 37 | Maxx Coleman | 1,097 | 1 | 19 | $1,327,416 |
| 38 | Adam Hendrix | 1,080 | 1 | 13 | $1,322,276 |
| 39 | Masashi Oya | 1,079 | 1 | 12 | $3,597,169 |
| 40 | Arthur Morris | 1,048 | 1 | 7 | $1,049,118 |
Those are the present gamers who would qualify for the PGT Championship $1,000,000 freeroll if the race had been to finish as we speak. The occasion pays $500,000 to its champion, with extra payouts for the ultimate desk. This distinctive occasion will see gamers earn beginning chips primarily based on their level totals within the year-long race. In addition to the scramble for extra factors for the sake of a bigger stack, prime contenders can even be trying to finish the season with essentially the most leaderboard factors to lock up a $50,000 bonus payout for reaching that feat.
There is yet another six-event sequence left to play: the PGT Last Chance pageant, which is able to run from Jan. 2-7, 2024, from contained in the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Each of the occasions might be a $10,500 buy-in no-limit maintain’em match with a midday begin time. There might be two ‘Dream Seats’ into the PGT Championship awarded to the 2 highest level earners from this sequence who haven’t already certified for the occasion by making the highest 40 within the closing standings.
