The long and winding road to the PokerGO Tour Championship has taken a detour through The Bahamas, where six tournaments on the WSOP Paradise schedule now qualify for PGT leaderboard points ahead of the tour's January finale.
Among those six tournaments is the $25,000 Super Main Event, a $60 million bonanza of celebrities, high rollers, pros, and qualifiers from a variety of methods throughout the second half of the poker calendar. It's the biggest prize pool in tournament poker history and it seems like everyone will be there.
Everyone on the PokerGO Tour is looking for one of 40 spots in January's PGT Championship, a $1,000,000 freeroll at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. Players at the top of the leaderboard will start with a bigger chip stack, and the final stretch is the battle for the stop spot. Last year it was Jeremy Ausmus, who is the only PoY to go on to win the PGT Championship, and it was Isaac Haxton the year before that. Stephen Chidwick secured the first honor in 2022.
Foxen leads pack
This year it's shaking out to be a chase between 4-5 players at the top with a few others within striking distance in the final stretch. Alex Foxen is the current leader, but Sam Soverel is only 44 points behind and both players are at WSOP Paradise. Meanwhile, Chino Rheem has piled up 29 cashes and 5 wins to move ahead of Michael Mizrachi to third place. Mizrachi is still in the top five on the strength of his PPC and Main Event wins this summer, but he's in The Bahamas and perfectly capable of pulling off a Super Main Event victory.
The rest of the top ten forms a chase group with Nick Schulman in fifth place, ahead of Jesse Lonis, Adam Hendrix, and Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu and Lonis are already at WSOP Paradise, having jumped in Triton's $75,000 PLO event, and both Schulman and Hendrix are good bets to show up soon.
2025 PokerGO Tour leaderboard
| Rank | Player | PGT Points (Cashes/Wins) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Foxen | 2,816 (24/4) |
| 2 | Sam Soverel | 2,772 (26/4) |
| 3 | Chino Rheem | 2,350 (29/5) |
| 4 | Michael Mizrachi | 2,250 (2/2) |
| 5 | Nick Schulman | 1,921 (25/1) |
| 6 | Jesse Lonis | 1,679 (20/3) |
| 7 | Adam Hendrix | 1,610 (6/1) |
| 8 | Daniel Negreanu | 1,597 (20/2) |
| 9 | Joao Simao | 1,594 (22/1) |
| 10 | John Riordan | 1,549 (28/1) |
The first PGT event will be the fourth tournament on the WSOP Paradise schedule, the $50,000 High Roller Turbo. That is followed by the $10,500 Super PLOSSUS PLO before the $25,000 Super Main Event starts on December 10. Post Super Main PGT events will be the $10,500 8-Game, the $50,000 High Roller PLO, and the $25,000 GGMillion$ at the end of the series.
PGT in Paradise schedule
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| December 6 | $50,000 High Roller Turbo |
| December 8 | $10,500 Super PLOSSUS PLO |
| December 10-14 | $25,000 Super Main Event |
| December 11 | $10,500 8-Game |
| December 13 | $50,000 PLO High Roller |
| December 15 | $25,000 GGMillion$ |
Stay tuned to PokerOrg all series long with the biggest stories from the floor of WSOP Paradise, starting with this week's WSOP Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty and our Pick 3 in Paradise contest.
