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The PGT Last Chance concluded with Event #6: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo from the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Alex Foxen emerged victorious to claim $232,400, 232 PGT points, and the PGT Gold Cup. This victory marked Foxen's 12th career PGT title and his 5th of 2025. With the win in this final event of the 2025 PGT season, Foxen also overtakes Sam Soverel and moves up to 1st on the PGT leaderboard with 3,134 PGT points.

The field of 83 entrants created a prize pool of $830,000, and the final 12 players earned a piece of it. Stoyan Madanzhiev was the unfortunate bubble boy when he got his chips in with ace-ten against ace-seven, and a seven hit the felt on the river. Matthew Wantman (12th), Byron Kaverman (11th), Erik Seidel (10th), Philip Sternheimer (9th), and Chino Rheem (8th) were the first to fall in the money.

The seven remaining players converged on a single table with Josh Arieh holding the chip lead. Mike Zulker was the first to go at the final table in seventh place when he ran ace-jack into ace-queen. Shortly after, Wilson emerged as the chipleader and leveraged his stack to feast on the blinds. Aram Oganyan called for his last few blinds in the big blind against Wilson, and when Wilson flopped a pair, Oganyan was eliminated in sixth place.
 
Jonathan Little was eliminated in fifth place when his ace-six couldn't hold against king-queen, and soon after, Josh Arieh called all-in in the big blind with the second-biggest stack against Wilson's open-jam. Arieh had ace-nine suited against Wilson's king-four, and after Wilson flopped trips, Arieh was out the door in fourth place. Andrew Lichtenberger was the next to go in third place when he jammed ten-eight from the small blind and was called by Wilson's ace-four in the big blind. Lichtenberger flopped a pair and turned two pair, but the river gave Wilson a wheel.
 
Heads-up play began with Wilson holding a small chip lead over Foxen. Foxen chipped away to move out in front before Wilson scored a double to move back into the lead. Foxen then doubled twice to move back ahead, before Wilson won some smaller pots to hold the majority of chips. Wilson was one card away from winning the tournament, until Foxen hit one of his ten outs on the river to take the lead once again. Shortly after, Wilson jammed for his remaining ten big blinds with jack-ten and ran into Foxen's ace-queen. The runout changed nothing, and Wilson was eliminated in second place, while Foxen was the champion.

PGT Last Chance #6: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Final Table Payouts

Place Player Country Prize PGT Points
1st Alex Foxen United States $232,400 232
2nd Brandon Wilson United States $149,400 149
3rd Andrew Lichtenberger United States $107,900 108
4th Josh Arieh United States $78,850 79
5th Jonathan Little United States $58,100 58
6th Aram Oganyan United States $41,500 42
7th Mike Zulker United States $33,200 33

Baker, Warren, Deng, Chu, and Becker Qualify for PGT $1,000,000 Championship via Dream Seat

The battle for the final seats in the PGT $1,000,000 Championship is now over. A Dream Seat was up for grabs for the top five finishers on the PGT Last Chance leaderboard who weren't already qualified via the Top 40 of the 2025 PGT leaderboard. The final five went to David 'ODB' Baker, Clemen Deng, Neil Warren, Chi-Jen Chu, and Jeremy Becker. They will return on January 12 to battle it out with the other qualifiers in the PGT $1,000,000 Championship.

PGT Last Chance 2025 Leaderboard

Place Name PGT Points Prize
NA Brandon Wilson 446 Qualified via Top 40
NA David Coleman 417 Qualified via Top 40
1st David 'ODB' Baker 355 Dream Seat
NA Chino Rheem 335 Qualified via Top 40
NA Patrick Leonard 315 Qualified via Top 40
2nd Neil Warren 315 Dream Seat
3rd Clemen Deng 313 Dream Seat
NA Sergio Aido 303 Qualified via Top 40
4th Chi-Jen Chu 293 Dream Seat
NA Alex Foxen 270 Qualified via Top 40
5th Jeremy Becker 193 Dream Seat
6th Phil Hellmuth 186 Nothing

2025 PGT Leaderboard Top 10

Rank Player PGT Points Wins Cashes Winnings
1st Alex Foxen 3,134 5 27 $6,277,148
2nd Sam Soverel 2,979 4 31 $4,160,568
3rd Chino Rheem 2,803 5 35 $3,225,992
4th Michael Mizrachi 2,286 2 3 $11,391,322
5th Joao Simao 2,272 2 25 $3,906,647
6th Nick Schulman 2,162 1 28 $2,563,353
7th Jesse Lonis 1,979 3 24 $2,423,342
8th Stephen Chidwick 1,688 2 14 $3,122,284
9th Andrew Lichtenberger 1,676 1 17 $2,477,932
10th Kristen Foxen 1,671 3 17 $1,689,351

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