David 'ODB' Baker Leads PGT Last Chance Event #5: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table

The PGT Last Chance continued from the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the penultimate tournament of the series, Event #5: $10,100 No-Limit Hold’em. The tournament drew 117 entries, and David 'ODB' Baker leads the final seven players.

Baker held one of the top stacks for much of the evening and showed a big bluff on one of the final hands of the night to cement himself as the overnight chip leader with 26% of the chips in play. He leads a final table that includes Chino Rheem, Kristen Foxen, Connor Rash, Matthew McEwan, Chi-Jen Chu, and Nick Seward.

These seven players will return with $46,800 locked up, but all eyes will be on the $292,500 first-place prize, 293 PGT points, and the PGT Gold Cup.

The field of 117 entrants created a prize pool of $1,170,000, and the final 17 players earned a piece of it. Stephen Song was the unfortunate bubble boy when he was left with less than a big blind after losing a flip, and was eliminated shortly after. Phil Hellmuth (17th), Sergio Aido (16th), Landon Tice (15th), Justin Zaki (14th), Myles Mullaly (13th), Mike Zulker (12th), Kuanhan Lee (11th), Matthew Beinner (10th), Andrew Lichtenberger (9th) were the first to fall in the money.

Jeremy Ausmus was down to two big blinds at one point before he ran up a stack. Ultimately, however, he ran fives into Rheem's sevens for his last 15 big blinds and was eliminated in eighth place. The remaining players converged on a single table and played out the level, where Baker emerged as the chip leader, before they bagged to return for the final day.

PGT Last Chance is the concluding series of the 2025 PGT season and gives players their final opportunity to accumulate PGT points to qualify for the season-ending PGT $1,000,000 Championship, which is open to the top 40 eligible players on the PGT leaderboard. Players who have already secured a seat in the PGT $1,000,000 Championship can improve their position on the PGT leaderboard and simultaneously improve their starting stack.

PGT Last Chance will also have its own dedicated leaderboard where a Dream Seat will be awarded to the top five point earners who do not finish among the eligible Top 40 on the PGT leaderboard. This Dream Seat will give the player who earns it direct entry into the PGT $1,000,000 Championship with a 125-big-blind starting stack.

Rheem and Foxen currently sit within the Top 40 on the PGT leaderboard and will add more points with this event. McEwan and Seward are close in PGT points, and both could inch towards the qualification zone with a top finish here and in the final event, while Baker, Rash, and Chu will each have their best shot at qualifying for the PGT $1,000,000 Championship by winning a Dream Seat.

PGT Last Chance Event #5 Final Table

When play resumes, there will be 30:00 remaining in Level 21 with blinds at 50,000/100,000 and a 100,000 big blind ante.

Play will resume on Saturday, January 10, at 12 p.m. PT, and the PGT Live Reporting Team will provide exclusive live updates throughout the event until a winner is crowned.

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