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The PGT leaderboard for the 2025 season is now set as the season-ending PGT $1,000,000 Championship takes center stage from the PokerGO Studio on Monday, January 11, 2026.
The top 40 eligible players on the PGT leaderboard all qualified to participate in the PGT $1,000,000 Championship, along with 14 Dream Seat winners. The list of players eligible to play in the PGT $1,000,000 Championship, along with their starting stacks, is below. Day 1 kicks off on Monday, January 12, at 1 p.m. PT and will play down to the final six players. Those six players will also be in the money, with the eventual winner earning $500,000 in prize money, split between cash and a PGT Passport.
2025 PGT $1,000,000 Championship Player List and Starting Stacks
| PGT Rank | Name | PGT Points | Chip Count |
| 1st | Alex Foxen | 3,134 | 350,000 |
| 2nd | Sam Soverel | 2,979 | 340,000 |
| 3rd | Chino Rheem | 2,803 | 330,000 |
| 4th | Michael Mizrachi | 2,286 | 320,000 |
| 5th | Joao Simao | 2,272 | 310,000 |
| 6th | Nick Schulman | 2,162 | 300,000 |
| 7th | Jesse Lonis | 1,979 | 295,000 |
| 8th | Stephen Chidwick | 1,688 | 290,000 |
| 9th | Andrew Lichtenberger | 1,676 | 285,000 |
| 10th | Kristen Foxen | 1,671 | 280,000 |
| 11th | Daniel Negreanu | 1,630 | 275,000 |
| 13th | Adam Hendrix | 1,610 | 270,000 |
| 15th | John Riordan | 1,549 | 265,000 |
| 16th | Sergio Aido | 1,500 | 260,000 |
| 17th | Sean Rafael | 1,495 | 255,000 |
| 18th | Eric Wasserson | 1,487 | 250,000 |
| 20th | Chad Eveslage | 1,423 | 245,000 |
| 21st | John Wasnock | 1,393 | 240,000 |
| 22nd | Isaac Haxton | 1,388 | 235,000 |
| 23rd | David Coleman | 1,382 | 230,000 |
| 24th | Philip Sternheimer | 1,367 | 225,000 |
| 25th | Michael Wang | 1,331 | 220,000 |
| 26th | Matthew Wantman | 1,318 | 215,000 |
| 27th | Nguyen Le | 1,317 | 210,000 |
| 29th | Dylan Linde | 1,269 | 205,000 |
| 30th | Patrick Leonard | 1,258 | 200,000 |
| 32nd | Mike Zulker | 1,249 | 195,000 |
| 33rd | Thomas Boivin | 1,243 | 190,000 |
| 34th | Sean Winter | 1,227 | 185,000 |
| 35th | Bryce Yockey | 1,219 | 180,000 |
| 36th | Joey Weissman | 1,217 | 175,000 |
| 39th | Ben Lamb | 1,180 | 170,000 |
| 40th | Eric Blair | 1,157 | 165,000 |
| 40th | Brandon Wilson | 1,166 | 160,000 |
| 43rd | Masato Yokosawa | 1,136 | 155,000 |
| 45th | Jason Koon | 1,108 | 150,000 |
| 48th | Richard Gryko | 1,099 | 145,000 |
| 49th | Jim Collopy | 1,091 | 140,000 |
| 50th | Jeremy Ausmus | 1,084 | 135,000 |
| 51st | Ben Tollerene | 1,045 | 130,000 |
2025 PGT $1,000,000 Championship Dream Seat Winners
| Method of Entry | Player | Chip Count |
| PGT Last Chance Leaderboard | David 'ODB' Baker | 125,000 |
| PGT Last Chance Leaderboard | Neil Warren | 125,000 |
| PGT Last Chance Leaderboard | Clemen Deng | 125,000 |
| PGT Last Chance Leaderboard | Chi-Jen Chu | 125,000 |
| PGT Last Chance Leaderboard | Jeremy Becker | 125,000 |
| NAPT Las Vegas Leaderboard | Nick Petrangelo | 125,000 |
| RunGood Poker Series | Ed Miller | 100,000 |
| Champions Club Texas | David Shaw | 100,000 |
| PokerGO Annual Subscriber | Travis Hague | 100,000 |
| PokerGO Annual Subscriber | David Friedler | 100,000 |
| PokerGO Annual Subscriber | Timothy Tuveson | 100,000 |
| PokerGO Social Media | Daniel VanDyke | 100,000 |
| PokerGO Podcast | Matthew Petry | 100,000 |
| WSOP Paradise | Aaron Kupin | 100,000 |
Starting blinds in the PGT $1,000,000 Championship will be 500/1,000 and a 1,000 big blind ante.
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