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The 2025 PGT PLO Series II has crowned its newest champion, with Chino Rheem topping the leaderboard to win the PGT Gold Cup and a $10,000 PGT Passport.
Rheem follows in the footsteps of Lautaro Guerra (2023), Daniel Geeng (2023), Samuli Sipila (2024), Matthew Wantman (2024), and Jesse Lonis (2025), who were all crowned previous PGT PLO Series champions. Rheem put on an impressive performance at the PGT PLO Series, culminating in his win of Event #10 for $510,000. Rheem cashed a total of seven times for $798,900 and made four final tables, including a runner-up finish to Lonis in the opening event.
According to The Hendon Mob, Rheem has amassed more than $18,220,000 in lifetime tournament earnings and now sits 77th on the All-Time Money List. Rheem's career PGT accomplishments continue to grow, with eight PGT titles, 37 final tables, and 61 cashes. He has amassed $5,478,761 in PGT earnings, which ranks him 52nd on the PGT All-Time Money List. Rheem is also the only player in PGT history with three series wins, having been crowned the PGT Mixed Games champion in 2023 and 2025.
PGT PLO Series II Top 10 Leaderboard
| Rank | Player | Country | Winnings | Points |
| 1st | Chino Rheem | United States | $798,900 | 597 |
| 2nd | Bryce Yockey | United States | $537,600 | 487 |
| 3rd | Sean Winter | United States | $320,800 | 459 |
| 4th | Isaac Haxton | United States | $512,800 | 360 |
| 5th | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | $447,300 | 358 |
| 6th | Taylor Wilson | United States | $284,400 | 355 |
| 7th | Joao Simao | United States | $491,000 | 354 |
| 8th | Frederic Normand | Canada | $313,400 | 353 |
| 9th | Sam Soverel | United States | $365,400 | 318 |
| 10th | Ben Lamb | United States | $292,500 | 293 |
Rheem finished with 597 PGT points to be crowned the PGT PLO Series champion, and he secured the crown once he reached heads-up play in the finale. He also jumps into second on the PGT leaderboard with 2,340 PGT points, while Sam Soverel climbs into third place with 2,257 PGT points. Although topped on the line by Rheem, Bryce Yockey also had an impressive series with two wins and is now inside the Top 40 on the PGT leaderboard with 1,037 PGT points. Sean Winter climbs to 32nd with 1,116 PGT points and Isaac Haxton is 11th with 1,329 PGT points. Joao Simao also solidified his position on the PGT leaderboard where he is currently 16th with 1,233 PGT points.
2025 PGT PLO Series II Results
| Event | Entrants | Winner | 1st Prize | Runner-Up |
| Event #1: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha | 146 | Jesse Lonis | $175,000 | Chino Rheem |
| Event #2: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Quattro | 133 | Alex Foxen | $87,000 | Michael Wang |
| Event #3: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha | 143 | Erik Seidel | $171,500 | John Riordan |
| Event #4: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha | 117 | Ben Lamb | $292,500 | Fernando Habegger |
| Event #5: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha PKO | 106 | Sean Winter | $122,300 | Sam Soverel |
| Event #6: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha | 88 | Bryce Yockey | $237,600 | Matthew Wantman |
| Event #7: $15,100 Pot-Limit Omaha | 86 | Veselin Karakitukov | $348,300 | Joao Simao |
| Event #8: $15,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Mystery Bounty | 65 | Taylor Wilson | $195,000 | Frederic Normand |
| Event #9: $15,100 Pot-Limit Omaha | 65 | Bryce Yockey | $290,000 | Ben Tollerene |
| Event #10: $25,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship | 68 | Chino Rheem | $510,000 | Isaac Haxton |
Following three consecutive No-Limit Hold'em series to kick off the second half of the PGT season, the PokerGO Studio played host to some four-card poker with the sixth installment of the PGT PLO Series. Jesse Lonis was the defending series champion, and he kicked it off with a victory in the opening event over Rheem for $175,000. Alex Foxen won Event #2 for his 11th career PGT title, and in the process became the first player to surpass 10,000 PGT points.
Erik Seidel won his fourth career PGT title in the final $5k buy-in of the series, while Ben Lamb won the only event he played in - taking home $292,500 for winning Event #4. Sean Winter shot up the series leaderboard with his Event #5 win, while Bryce Yockey won Event #6 and #9 to hold top spot on the series leaderboard heading into the finale. Veselin Karakitukov emerged victorious in Event #7, while Taylor Wilson won the $15k PLO Mystery bounty for $195,000 in prize money and $190,000 in bounties.
The series finale came down to three players at the final table, each with outs to be crowned the series champion. Sam Soverel exited in fourth, and when Joao Simao followed in third, Rheem would win his third PGT series championship and then parlay that into an Event #10 victory for his fifth PGT title of the season and his 28th PGT cash of the season - both the most by any player in 2025 so far.
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