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PokerGO Tour

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PokerGO Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 PokerGO Tour
SportPoker
FoundedApril 22, 2021 (2021-04-22)[1]
Most recent
champion(s)
Germany Daniel Smiljkovic
Most titlesBosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic (20)
Official websitePGT.com

The PokerGO Tour (PGT) is the official tour and ranking system for professional poker players that play in high roller poker tournaments with a minimum $5,000 buy-in.[1] The PGT awards points to poker players based on prize money won in approximately 150 tournaments around the globe.[2][3] The player who accumulates the most points during the year is crowned PGT Player of the Year. A predetermined cutoff point of the top point earners each year determines who will compete in a season ending event, with the winner of that event crowned PGT Champion.

History

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Launched in April, 2021, the PokerGO Tour was created for poker players that played in high roller poker tournaments around the world. The top three finishers would share in $175,000 in prize money, and when residential mortgage company Guaranteed Rate was announced as the presenting sponsor in September, the prize money was increased to $350,000, awarded as: $200,000 and the Guaranteed Rate Cup for the points leader, $100,000 for second place, and $50,000 for third place.[3][4][5][6]

Following the conclusion of all qualifying PokerGO Tour tournaments for the 2022 season, the top 21 players on the PokerGO Tour leaderboard were to be invited to play in the season-ending PGT Championship.[7] Players were to receive starting chips based on how many points they earned during the season, and the PGT Championship was to be a winner-take-all where the winner would collect the $500,000 first-place prize.[8][9][10]

Following the conclusion of all qualifying PokerGO Tour tournaments for the 2023 season, the top 40 players on the PokerGO Tour leaderboard and select "Dream Seat" winners were to be invited to play in the season-ending PGT Championship.[11] All players were to receive starting chips based on how many points they earned during the season, with the minimum set at 100 big blinds. The PGT Championship was to be a $1,000,000 freeroll with a $500,000 first-place prize.[12]

Points system

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The PokerGO Tour calculates all cashes that are less than $1,000,000 in prize money by using three percentages based on buy-in amounts; 0.0010% for $5,000 to $24,999 buy-in events, 0.0006% for $25,000 to $99,999 buy-in events, and 0.0003% for $100,000+ buy-in events.[13] For cashes more than $1,000,000 in prize money, the following points table is used for cashes that fall within structured segments.[13]

PokerGO Tour Points System
Cash $10,000 - $24,999 $25,000 - $99,999 $100,000+
$5,000,000 - $5,999,999 1,600 1,100 800
$4,000,000 - $4,999,999 1,500 1,000 700
$3,000,000 - $3,999,999 1,400 900 600
$2,500,000 - $2,999,999 1,350 850 550
$2,000,000 - $2,499,999 1,300 800 500
$1,500,000 - $1,999,999 1,250 750 450
$1,000,000 - $1,499,999 1,200 700 400
< $1,000,000 0.0010% 0.0006% 0.0003%

Seasons and champions

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Each year, players compete throughout the entire year in poker tournaments and are ranked by the PGT leaderboard. Each PGT season, there is a season-ending event called the PGT Championship.

In 2021, Ali Imsirovic was crowned the 2021 PGT champion ahead of Michael Addamo and Sean Perry.[14][15][16]

In 2022, Stephen Chidwick finished as the 2022 PGT Player of the Year, while Jason Koon won the PGT Championship.[17][18]

In 2023, Isaac Haxton finished as the 2023 PGT Player of the Year, while Daniel Smiljkovic won the PGT Championship.[19][20][21]

Season Events PGT Champion Most wins Most cashes Highest earnings
2021 145 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic Bosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic (14) Bosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic (34) Australia Michael Addamo ($9,418,837)
2022 175 United States Jason Koon United Kingdom Stephen Chidwick (6) United Kingdom Stephen Chidwick (32) Norway Espen Jørstad ($10,217,955)
2023 133 Germany Daniel Smiljkovic United States Isaac Haxton (4)

United States Isaac Kempton (4)

Canada Daniel Negreanu (25)

United States Jason Koon (25)

United States Daniel Weinman ($12,180,000)

PGT majors

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There are currently four PGT majors, three of which (PokerGO Cup, Poker Masters, U.S. Poker Open) include multiple events through the year to determine the overall winner of that major. They exception is the Super High Roller Bowl, a single event major.

PokerGO Cup

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Season Events Cup winner Tournament winnings Runner-up
2021 8 Canada Daniel Negreanu $1,016,200 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic
2022 8 United States Jeremy Ausmus $824,500 United States Sean Perry
2023 8 United States Cary Katz $655,800 United States Anthony Hu

Poker Masters

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Season Events Purple Jacket winner Total winnings Runner-up
2021 12 Australia Michael Addamo $1,840,000 United States Nick Petrangelo
2022 10 United States Sean Winter $777,000 United States Jason Koon
2023 10 United Kingdom Stephen Chidwick $1,109,000 Lithuania Vladas Tamasauskas

The Poker Masters was first held in 2017. It was first included in the PGT in 2021 as the PGT launched for that year.

U.S. Poker Open

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Season Events Golden Eagle winner Total winnings Runner-up
2021 12 United States David Peters $832,950 United States Sean Winter
2022 12 United States Sean Winter $1,196,000 Japan Tamon Nakamura
2023 10 United States Martin Zamani $835,800 China Ren Lin

The U.S. Poker Open was first held in 2018. It was first included in the PGT in 2021 as the PGT launched for that year.

Super High Roller Bowl

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Season Events Championship ring winner Total winnings Runner-up
Super High Roller Bowl VI 1 Australia Michael Addamo $3,402,000 United States Justin Bonomo
Super High Roller Bowl VII 1 Canada Daniel Negreanu $3,312,000 United States Nick Petrangelo
Super High Roller Bowl VIII 1 United States Isaac Haxton $2,760,000 United States Andrew Lichtenberger
Super High Roller Bow: PLO 1 United States Jared Bleznick $1,292,000 United States Isaac Haxton

The Super High Roller Bowl was first held in 2015. It was first included in the PGT in 2021 as the PGT launched for that year.

Player stats

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Top 10 all-time money list

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Information correct as of 24 December 2022.

Rank Player PGT winnings
1 Australia Michael Addamo $11,225,480
2 Norway Espen Jørstad $10,217,955
3 United States Jake Schindler $10,179,541
4 United States Jason Koon $9,655,677
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic $9,641,477
6 United States Alex Foxen $9,312,620
7 United Kingdom Stephen Chidwick $9,223,404
8 Germany Koray Aldemir $9,204,452
9 United States Nick Petrangelo $8,499,074
10 Canada Daniel Negreanu $7,735,079

Top 10 most tournament wins

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Information correct as of January 27, 2023.

Rank Player Total PGT wins PokerGO Cup Poker Masters U.S. Poker Open Super High Roller Bowl Other
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic 20 3 1 1 15
T-2 Australia Michael Addamo 8 2 1 5
T-2 United States Sean Perry 8 2 1 5
T-2 United States Jake Schindler 8 1 1 6
T-5 United States Justin Bonomo 7 7
T-5 United Kingdom Stephen Chidwick 7 1 6
T-5 United States Alex Foxen 7 2 1 4
T-8 United States Sean Winter 6 1 1 3 1
T-8 United States Chris Brewer 6 1 5
T-8 United States Nick Petrangelo 6 1 5
T-11 United States Andrew Lichtenberger 5 1 4
T-11 Canada Daniel Negreanu 5 2 1 1 1
T-11 United States David Peters 5 3 2
T-11 United States Jason Koon 5 1 1 3
T-11 United States Jeremy Ausmus 5 1 1 1 2

Top 10 most cashes

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Information correct as of January 27, 2023.

Rank Player PGT cashes
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic 55
T-2 United Kingdom Stephen Chidwick 53
T2 United States Cary Katz 53
4 United States Alex Foxen 47
5 United States Chris Brewer 43
T-6 United States Sam Soverel 42
T-6 United States Sean Winter 42
8 United States Sean Perry 37
9 United States Jeremy Ausmus 36
10 United States Jake Schindler 32

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