Michael Rocco Tops PGT Leaderboard Following 2024 WSOP

The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is finally concluded, and what a great seven weeks of poker it was. Coming out of the 2024 WSOP, Michael Rocco sits atop the PGT leaderboard with 1,835 points.

Rocco stormed up the PGT leaderboard as a result of seven cashes during the 2024 WSOP. He saved the biggest one for last. Capping off his WSOP, Rocco won the WSOP $10,000 NL Hold'em 6-Max event for $924,922 and 925 PGT points.

Jonathan Tamayo, winner of the 2024 WSOP Main Event, moved into second place thanks to winning the biggest and most prestigious tournament in the world. Tamayo earned 1,550 PGT points for winning the 2024 WSOP Main Event, which improved him to 1,730 on the season when you include the 180 points he earned for finishing third in the Texas Poker Open Main Event in April. Points-wise, Tamayo is in a great position to qualify for the season-ending PGT Championship $1,000,000 Freeroll, but he'll need to earn a third PGT cash this season in order to be eligible.

Rounding out the top five are Jesse Lonis (1,713 points), Daniel Negreanu (1,660 points), and Jeremy Ausmus (1,499 points). Negreanu and Ausmus lead the way with the most PGT cashes this season (15). Ausmus is the only player in the top five yet to get a PGT win during the 2024 season.

PGT Leaderboard Top 10 

These are the leaderboard standings as of Monday, July 22, 2024. The complete and current PGT leaderboard is at pgt.com/leaderboard.

Sitting just outside of the top 10 with 1,302 points is Niklas Astedt, commonly known as "Lena900" from the online poker world. Astedt placed third in the WSOP Main Event to get a big boost in points. He's currently in 11th place. Other notable players outside of the top 10 are Brian Rast (15th - 1,196 points), Nick Schulman (21st - 1,107 points), Scott Seiver (28th - 1,003 points), Phil Ivey (31st - 931 points), and Stephen Chidwick (37th - 870 points).

PGT Championship Qualification & Player of the Year Bonus

Players who finish the 2024 PGT season ranked in the top 40 of the PGT leaderboard and have cashed in three PGT events throughout the season will earn qualification for the season-ending PGT Championship $1,000,000 freeroll. The PGT Championship winner will take home $500,000 with additional payouts for the final table paid as a combination of cash and a PGT Passport. The player who finishes the 2024 PGT season with the most leaderboard points will be named PGT Player of the Year and be awarded a $50,000 PGT Passport.

What's Next On the PGT Schedule?

With the WSOP behind us, the PGT shifts its focus to the back half of the 2024 season. Up next on the 2024 PGT schedule is the Super High Roller Bowl Series at the Onyx Club at Merit Royal Cyprus that runs August 17-25, 2024. The Super High Roller Bowl Series includes 10 events, headlined by the $300,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl IX running August 23-25.

Planned to be announced soon is the 2024 Poker Masters, which commonly takes place in the second half of the PGT season. Stay tuned for that announcement.

For full PGT schedule information, check out pgt.com/schedule.

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