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Jeremy Ausmus has added another PGT title to his incredible list of accomplishments in the 2024 PGT season, which saw him crowned the PGT Player of the Year. Entering the season-concluding PGT $1,000,000 Championship with one win for the season, Ausmus emerged victorious and won his seventh career PGT title.
Tied with Alex Foxen, Isaac Haxton, and David Peters for fifth-most PGT titles, Ausmus also ranks second all-time in PGT points with 7,967 behind Stephen Chidwick (8,737 PGT points). Ausmus also ranks third all-time in PGT final tables (59), PGT cashes (83), and PGT earnings ($13,289,300).
"I love the leaderboard, it really inspires me to play a lot," Ausmus said about the PGT. "It's kind of like a video game. You just want to get to the top."
Ausmus achieved getting to the top in two ways. By amassing 2,966 PGT points to finish as the number one ranked player in the 2024 PGT season, and also by winning the season-ending PGT $1,000,000 Championship.
The 2024 PGT $1,000,000 Championship included the top 40 eligible players and ten Dream Seat winners. Although a few players were unable to participate, it was a field full of season pros mixed with players who were chasing glory after being awarded a Dream Seat through various PokerGO and PGT promotions.
Day 1 concluded with Dylan Weisman holding an overwhelming chip lead ahead of Chris Hunichen, Jim Collopy, Calvin Anderson, Nick Schulman, and Ausmus. Although winless this season, Collopy was the Poker Masters Purple Jacket winner, but his run in the PGT $1,000,000 Championship ended in sixth place after losing a race with pocket sevens against Schulman's ace-king.
Hunichen lost the majority of his chips in a hand against Anderson before falling a few hands later. Weisman's strangle hold on the chip lead was relinquished in a few different spots - the biggest when he lost ace-queen against Ausmus's king-queen. Weisman was all-in against Anderson with pocket sevens, but Anderson's ace-five hit the flop and turn to reduce the final table to three players.
It was Anderson's turn to dominate the final table, and in a hand against Ausmus, he turned a full house and both players put four bets in. Ausmus struck gold with another rivered three-outer and doubled through to the chip lead. Anderson's day ended shortly after when he shoved from the small blind and ran into Ausmus's pocket kings.
Ausmus held a commanding chip lead over Schulman entering heads-up play, and after Schulman bluff-shoved the river with a missed straight, Ausmus picked him off with two pair and was crowned the winner of the PGT $1,000,000 Championship for $500,000 in prize money; which includes a $350,000 PGT Passport.
PGT $1,000,000 Championship Final Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Prize Money | PGT Passport |
| 1st | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | $500,000 | $150,000 | $350,000 |
| 2nd | Nick Schulman | United States | $200,000 | $60,000 | $140,000 |
| 3rd | Calvin Anderson | United States | $120,000 | $40,000 | $80,000 |
| 4th | Dylan Weisman | United States | $80,000 | $30,000 | $50,000 |
| 5th | Chris Hunichen | United States | $60,000 | $20,000 | $40,000 |
| 6th | Jim Collopy | United States | $40,000 | $10,000 | $30,000 |
Note: PGT Passports are funds that can be used for PGT events in the PokerGO Studio.
2025 PGT Season Kicks Off On January 20
The 2025 PGT season begins on January 20, 2025, with the aptly named PGT Kickoff. The series is all No-Limit Hold'em and includes four $5,100 buy-in tournaments, followed by a series-concluding $10,100 buy-in event. Unique to PGT Kickoff is that all events are worth double points to incentivize players to attempt to get a headstart on the PGT leaderboard. In the inaugural PGT Kickoff in January 2024, David Coleman won two events, cashed four times for $294,800, and started the 2024 PGT season with 590 PGT points, eventually finishing 10th on the PGT leaderboard with 1,637 PGT points.
Following the PGT Kickoff will be the return of the PokerGO Cup from February 11-20, and after that will be PGT Mixed Games from February 25 to March 5, and Super High Roller Bowl: $100k Mixed from March 6-8. The PGT PLO Series returns from March 25 to April 5 before the U.S. Poker Open takes center stage from April 8-17. The PGT will return to Champions Club in Houston, Texas, for the Texas Poker Open. The series will see the return of the $3,300 buy-in $2,000,000 prize pool guaranteed Main Event, beginning on April 23.
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