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. The PGT awards points to poker players based on prize money won in approximately 150 tournaments around the globe. 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 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.
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. 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.
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. 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.
Points system
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. For cashes more than $1,000,000 in prize money, the following points table is used for cashes that fall within structured segments. +PokerGO Tour Points SystemCash$10,000 - $24,999$25,000 - $99,999$100,000+$5,000,000 - $5,999,9991,6001,100800$4,000,000 - $4,999,9991,5001,000700$3,000,000 - $3,999,9991,400900600$2,500,000 - $2,999,9991,350850550$2,000,000 - $2,499,9991,300800500$1,500,000 - $1,999,9991,250750450$1,000,000 - $1,499,9991,200700400< $1,000,0000.0010%0.0006%0.0003%
Seasons and champions 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.
In 2022, Stephen Chidwick finished as the 2022 PGT Player of the Year, while Jason Koon won the PGT Championship.
In 2023, Isaac Haxton finished as the 2023 PGT Player of the Year, while Daniel Smiljkovic won the PGT Championship.
In 2024, Jeremy Ausmus was crowned the 2024 PGT Player of the Year and won the PGT $1,000,000 Championship.
In 2025, Alex Foxen was crowned the 2025 PGT Player of the Year, while Chad Eveslage won the PGT $1,000,000 Championship.
SeasonEventsPGT ChampionMost winsMost cashesHighest earnings2021145 Ali Imsirovic Ali Imsirovic (14) Ali Imsirovic (34) Michael Addamo ($9,418,837)2022175 Jason Koon Stephen Chidwick (6) Stephen Chidwick (32) Espen Jørstad ($10,217,955)2023133 Daniel Smiljkovic Isaac Haxton (4) Isaac Kempton (4) Daniel Negreanu (25) Jason Koon (25) Daniel Weinman ($12,180,000)2024132 Jeremy Ausmus David Coleman (4) Dylan Weisman (4) Jeremy Ausmus (27) Jonathan Tamayo ($10,226,400)2025147 Alex Foxen Alex Foxen (5) Chino Rheem (5) Chino Rheem (35) Michael Mizrachi ($11,391,322)
PGT majors
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 SeasonEventsCup winnerTournament winningsRunner-up20218 Daniel Negreanu$1,016,200 Ali Imsirovic20228 Jeremy Ausmus$824,500 Sean Perry20238 Cary Katz$655,800 Anthony Hu20248 Jonathan Little$730,350 David Peters20258 Joey Weissman$930,600 Eric Blair
Poker Masters SeasonEventsPurple Jacket winnerTotal winningsRunner-up202112 Michael Addamo$1,840,000 Nick Petrangelo202210 Sean Winter$777,000 Jason Koon202310 Stephen Chidwick$1,109,000 Vladas Tamasauskas20248 Jim Collopy$521,600 Isaac Haxton202510 David Coleman$657,700 Alex Foxen
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 SeasonEventsGolden Eagle winnerTotal winningsRunner-up202112 David Peters$832,950 Sean Winter202212 Sean Winter$1,196,000 Tamon Nakamura202310 Martin Zamani$835,800 Ren Lin20248 Aram Zobian$613,540 Stephen Chidwick20258 Shannon Shorr$749,650 Matthew Wantman
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 SeasonEventsChampionship ring winnerTotal winningsRunner-upSuper High Roller Bowl VI1 Michael Addamo$3,402,000 Justin BonomoSuper High Roller Bowl VII1 Daniel Negreanu$3,312,000 Nick PetrangeloSuper High Roller Bowl VIII1 Isaac Haxton$2,760,000 Andrew LichtenbergerSuper High Roller Bowl: PLO1 Jared Bleznick$1,292,000 Isaac HaxtonSuper High Roller Bowl IX1 Seth Davies$3,206,000 Juan PardoSuper High Roller Bowl: PLO1 Seth Davies$1,500,000 Artem MaksimovSuper High Roller Bowl: Mixed Games1 Chad Eveslage$1,200,000 Michael MoncekSuper High Roller Bowl: PLO1 John Riordan$1,250,000 Sam SoverelSuper High Roller Bowl X1 Joao Simao$1,100,000 Jason Koon
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
Top 10 all-time money list Information correct as of January 19, 2026. Rank Player PGT winnings1st Alex Foxen$19,312,0132nd Seth Davies$19,034,2953rd Stephen Chidwick$17,408,0444th Jason Koon$15,893,4825th Chris Brewer$14,593,7796th Jeremy Ausmus$14,422,1917th Daniel Negreanu$14,216,2558th Isaac Haxton$14,204,0439th Sam Soverel$13,827,00610th Sean Winter$12,969,185
Top 10 most tournament wins Information correct as of January 19, 2026. Rank Player Total PGT wins PokerGO Cup Poker Masters U.S. Poker Open Super High Roller Bowl Other1st Sam Soverel13211T-2nd Alex Foxen122226T-2nd Stephen Chidwick122194th Daniel Negreanu112117T-5th Jeremy Ausmus81115T-5th Chris Brewer817T-5th Chino Rheem8215T-5th Sean Perry8215T-5th Justin Bonomo817T-5th Michael Addamo8314
Top 10 most cashes Information correct as of January 19, 2026. Rank Player PGT cashes1st Alex Foxen1082nd Sam Soverel1073rd Jeremy Ausmus1054th Sean Winter100T-5th Stephen Chidwick99T-5th Daniel Negreanu997th Nick Schulman928th Cary Katz889th Chris Brewer7810th John Riordan70
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