What a start to the year 2024 for Jeremy Ausmus! He entered the PGT $1,000,000 Championship as the PokerGo Tour Player of the Year and went on to win the tournament, earning him the first-place prize of $500,000, marking a cracking start to 2024. Yes, he won two titles in just two days. On Friday, he won the coveted PGT Player of the Year honor and then capped off his impressive run by winning the PGT Championship on Saturday.
The $1 million GTD invite-only poker tournament saw the 44 best players competing for the first-place prize and the PokerGo trophy. The star-studded field included the 2024 GPI India Player of the Year Santhosh Suvarna, four-time bracelet winner Adrian Mateos, the G.O.A.T Phil Ivey, 2024 WSOP Winner Jonathan Tamayo, and Jordan Griff, seven-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu, Stephen Chidwick, Issac Haxton, Ren Lin, Alan Keating, 2024 GPI Player of the Year winner David Coleman and many more. Some players were invited based on their PGT points while some captured Dream Seats to get into the tournament.
Kristen Foxen and William Foxen ran deep in the championship event but failed to make it into the money. William busted in 8th place, while Kristen Foxen became the money bubble in 7th place, and had to leave empty-handed.
PokerGO Tour’s $1,000,000 PGT Championship Final Table Recap
The Day 1 of the tournament kicked off on January 10th and concluded with six players forming the final table, and battling for their share from the $1 million prize pool. Dylan Weisman led the final six, while Ausmus was the table short along with Nick Schulman. The first elimination of the final table saw James Collopy shove with pocket sevens and get called by the ace-king of Schulman. The board brought a king, sending Collopy out in 6th place for a $40,000 payday.
Soon after, short-stacked Chris Hunichen followed the railbirds in 5th place when his king-ten suited were beaten by the ace-four of Calvin Anderson. Anderson doubled up, while Hunichen collected $60,000 for his impressive finish. Anderson continued climbing the chip ladder during the four-handed play, while Ausmus saved his tournament life by flopping a flush.
Fortune Favours Jeremy Ausmus
A few hands later, Ausmus went all in with king-queen-suited and Weisman made the call revealing his ace-queen. Ausmus was drawing dead on the board until the miracle river delivered a King to give Ausmus the much-needed double up. Weisman couldn’t stay any longer and was soon out in 4th place, earning $80,000.
Ausmus’s luck didn’t run out there. Ausmus soon came face-to-face against the chip leader Calvin Anderson. Anderson with ten-nine made a full house on the board against the jack-nine of Ausmus. Anderson was looking to take all the chips from Ausmus until the river J came, giving the latter a better full house. Ausmus scooped the massive pot and took the chip lead, while Anderson became the table short.
Anderson was soon all-in against Ausmus and gave up his remaining stack to earn $120,000 for his 3rd place finish. Heads-up was short lived, as Ausmus entered the duel with a massive chip advantage. On the final hand, Schulman (8-5) shoved his remaining stack on a J-9-7-2-7 board and Ausmus (K-9) called it with two pairs. Schulman exited in second place and earned $200,000 for his top-notch poker.
Jeremy Ausmus collected a whopping $500,000, bringing his live earnings close to $24 million.
PGT $1,000,000 Championship Final Table Payouts
| Rank | Player | Payout |
| 1st | Jeremy Ausmus | $500,000 |
| 2nd | Nick Schulman | $200,000 |
| 3rd | Calvin Anderson | $120,000 |
| 4th | Dylan Weisman | $80,000 |
| 5th | Chris Hunichen | $60,000 |
| 6th | Jim Collopy | $40,000 |
The 2025 PGT season begins in a few days from now on January 20 with the PGT Kickoff series featuring 5 tournaments. The first four event come with a $5,300 buy-in and the final event features a $10,500 buy-in.
Source: PokerGO Tour
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