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The PokerGO Tour continues in 2021 with tens of millions of dollars at stake across 150 tournaments spanning across the globe. The PokerGO Tour will celebrate the most elite professional poker players with the PokerGO Tour Rankings showcasing who holds the top spot in the world of high-stakes poker players.
The top performer in the PokerGO Tour will be awarded $100,000 in prize money and be named Player of the Year, while cash prizes of $50,000 and $25,000 will also be awarded to the player that finishes second and third, respectively.
Following the conclusion of the Venetian High Rollers that saw Ali Imsirovic, Shawn Daniels, and Sean Perry all collect wins, attention turned to the U.S. Poker Open held at the PokerGO Studio. With 12 events on the schedule, along with an ARIA High Roller as the final event was concluding, the likes of Jake Daniels, Sam Soverel, Joe McKeehen, John Riordan, Joey Weissman, Eli Elezra, Jared Bleznick, Ali Imsirovic, and Sean Winter all collected U.S. Poker Open titles.
However, the 2021 U.S. Poker Open would belong to David Peters as he won three events and was awarded the U.S. Poker Open Championship. Peters was also the biggest mover on the PokerGO Tour leaderboard as he moved up to sixth place to sit with 646 points.
Poker Masters Purple Jacket winner Ali Imsirovic continues to hold onto his top spot on the PokerGO Tour leaderboard as he sits with 1,897 points and has produced six wins, 17 cashes, and $2,459,460 in total earnings. Sean Perry won the $25,000 buy-in ARIA High Roller to close out the U.S. Poker Open to keep his spot in second place with 1,421 points. Sean Winter moved into third place following his win in Event #12 and now becomes the third place to eclipse the 1,000-point mark, while Sam Soverel sits in fourth with 852 points ahead of Chris Brewer who sits with 816 points.
PokerGO Tour Leaderboard | |||||
Rank | Name | Points | Wins | Cashes | Earnings |
1st | Ali Imsirovic | 1,897 | 6 | 17 | $2,459,460 |
2nd | Sean Perry | 1,421 | 3 | 11 | $2,074,378 |
3rd | Sean Winter | 1,150 | 2 | 11 | $1,723,790 |
4th | Sam Soverel | 852 | 2 | 10 | $1,168,696 |
5th | Chris Brewer | 816 | 1 | 12 | $1,168,350 |
6th | David Peters | 646 | 3 | 4 | $832,950 |
7th | Brock Wilson | 627 | — | 7 | $835,286 | 8th | Cary Katz | 611 | 1 | 10 | $714,440 |
9th | Stephen Chidwick | 562 | — | 4 | $853,040 |
10th | Alex Foxen | 556 | — | 10 | $628,180 |
Note: PokerGO Tour Leaderboard accurate at the date of this article.
The next set of tournaments that are part of the PokerGO Tour schedule is the PokerGO Cup that will be held from July 6-14 with eight events on the schedule that culminate in the $100,000 Main Event. Following that will be two ARIA High Rollers, before action heads to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for five high roller tournaments.
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