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The PGT Championship is the PokerGO Tour's season-ending event. The 2024 PGT Championship will be held at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the event will be livestreamed on PokerGO.com. The date for the 2024 PGT Championship will be announced later in the season.

For 2024, the PGT Championship features a $1,000,000 prize pool with a $500,000 first-place prize. The PGT puts up the prize pool to create a total freeroll for the players. Entry is open to the top 40 eligible players, ranked by the PGT leaderboard at the end of the season, and ten (10) Dream Seat™ winners. Eligibility requirements for the Top 40 are three (3) cashes in PGT events during the current season. 

How to Win a Dream Seat™

There will be three ways to win a Dream Seat into the 2024 PGT Championship, and they are outlined below:

  • PGT Last Chance - The final series in the 2024 PGT season will see the return of PGT Last Chance. The top three highest-ranked players on the PGT Last Chance leaderboard who do not qualify in the Top 40 on the PGT leaderboard will earn the final three Dream Seats into the 2024 PGT Championship and begin the tournament with 125 big blinds. New for 2024 will see a select number of Dream Passes available for a select number of players who fall short of the final three Dream Seats. In 2023, Samuel Laskowitz earned the two Dream Seats on offer at PGT Last Chance, with Laskowitz finishing in seventh place and DeStefano finishing in 41st place. Once ARIA Resort & Casino approves the tournament series, more information will be posted.

  • RunGood Poker Series Dream Seat Invitational - Ring winners from the 2024 RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) season are invited to compete in the first-ever RunGood PokerSeries Dream Seat Invitational that will be held in late 2024. Main event winners from RunGood Poker Series events earn an automatic $300 entry into the RGPS Dream Seat Invitational. Ring winners from non-main event tournaments can buy in for $300. The PGT is adding a Dream Seat to the prize pool, which will be awarded to the RGPS Dream Seat Invitational winner, who will begin the PGT Championship with 100 big blinds. For more information, visit rungood.com.

  • PGT Championship Dream Seat Invitational - Held on the eve of the PGT Championship, players will compete for six (6) Dream Seats into the 2024 PGT Championship, where they will start with 100 big blinds. To earn entry into the PGT Championship Dream Seat Invitational, you must hold a Dream Pass. There are multiple pathways to win, earn, and receive a Dream Pass, outlined below.

How to Win a Dream Pass™

Dream Pass promotions will be announced throughout 2024, including promotions for PokerGO annual subscribers and social media followers, PokerGO Ambassador-led promotions, and PokerGO media partner promotions. Current Dream Pass promotions are outlined below:

  • PokerGO Annual Subscriber Monthly Drawing - If you are an annual subscriber to PokerGO, you will be eligible to win a Dream Pass every month until December 2024. At the start of each month, a winner will be randomly drawn from the full list of PokerGO Annual Subscribers, with the winner receiving a Dream Pass into the PGT Championship Dream Seat Invitational, a $200 travel gift card, and two nights of accommodation during the event. Full terms and conditions can be found at www.pokergo.com/rules. 

  • PokerGO Social Media Monthly Drawing via Gleam.io - In partnership with Gleam.io, PokerGO is conducting a Dream Pass giveaway every month until December 2024. Social media-based tasks can be completed each month to earn the user a certain number of tickets into the monthly drawing. At the start of the next month, a winner will be randomly selected, and they will win a Dream Pass into the PGT Championship Dream Seat Invitational, a $200 travel gift card, and two nights of accommodation during the event. Each month will see a new Gleam.io promotion with different tasks to be completed. Access the monthly Gleam.io promotions here for February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, and November. Full terms and conditions can be found at www.pokergo.com/rules. 

What is the PGT Championship?

The PGT Championship is the season-ending poker tournament for the PGT. Players must qualify by being ranked in the top 40 of the PGT leaderboard at the end of the season or by winning a Dream Seat.

Unique to the PGT Championship, starting stacks in the event are based on PGT leaderboard points earned throughout the season. All players, including Dream Seat winners, will start with at least 100 big blinds. Exact PGT points to starting stack conversion will be announced later in the season.

The 2022 PGT season saw Jason Koon defeat Sean Winter to be crowned the PGT Championship winner and recipient of the $500,000 first-place prize. Stephen Chidwick topped the 2022 PGT leaderboard and was crowned the 2022 PGT Player of the Year. The 2023 PGT season saw Daniel Smiljkovic defeat Arden Cho to be crowned the PGT Championship winner and recipient of the $500,000 first-place prize. Isaac Haxton topped the 2023 PGT leaderboard and was crowned the 2023 PGT Player of the Year.

Watch the PGT Championship on PokerGO here.