PGT Sprint 2026: Seven High Roller Tournaments at the PokerGO Studio

The PokerGO Tour’s next stop is the PGT Sprint, running from October 27 to November 4, 2026 at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. The series packs seven single-day No-Limit Hold’em tournaments into nine days, with buy-ins of $5,300 and $10,500. Every event awards PGT points, making the Sprint a key battleground in the race for the season-ending PGT Championship.

PGT Sprint 2026 Schedule

Event	Date	Buy-in	Start (Las Vegas)	Start (India, IST)
Sprint #1	Tue, Oct 27	$5,300	12:00 p.m.	Wed, Oct 28, 12:30 a.m.
Sprint #2	Wed, Oct 28	$5,300	12:00 p.m.	Thu, Oct 29, 12:30 a.m.
Sprint #3	Thu, Oct 29	$5,300	12:00 p.m.	Fri, Oct 30, 12:30 a.m.
Sprint #4	Fri, Oct 30	$5,300	12:00 p.m.	Sat, Oct 31, 12:30 a.m.
Sprint #5	Mon, Nov 2	$10,500	12:00 p.m.	Tue, Nov 3, 1:30 a.m.
Sprint #6	Tue, Nov 3	$10,500	12:00 p.m.	Wed, Nov 4, 1:30 a.m.
Sprint #7	Wed, Nov 4	$10,500	12:00 p.m.	Thu, Nov 5, 1:30 a.m.

The official PGT schedule lists four $5,300 events from October 27–30 and three $10,500 events from November 2–4, all at the PokerGO Studio. (The IST start time shifts by an hour from November 2 because US daylight saving time ends on November 1.)

Tournament Structure

• Starting stack: 125,000 chips
• Blind levels: 30 minutes
• Re-entry: Unlimited
• Late registration: Closes at the start of Level 9
• Early registration: Reduced buy-in for players who register early
• Tables: Eight-handed, moving to seven-handed when possible

PGT Poker Clock: Players get 20 seconds to act preflop and 30 seconds postflop. Time extensions depend on buy-in and registration time, and each of the final seven players receives six extra extensions.

Official 2026 PGT Leaderboard (Top 10)

Sean Winter leads the standings with 2,223 points, becoming the first player this season to pass 2,000 points.

Rank	Player	Wins	Cashes	PGT Earnings	Points
1	Sean Winter	2	17	$4,391,694	2,223
2	Eelis Parssinen	2	7	$3,754,917	1,843
3	Jeremy Ausmus	2	30	$2,349,426	1,812
4	Alex Foxen	2	15	$2,697,054	1,777
5	Brandon Wilson	1	18	$2,901,896	1,761
6	Adrian Mateos	4	11	$5,701,311	1,760
7	Brock Wilson	4	14	$1,511,384	1,755
8	Yuri Dzivielevski	3	7	$5,151,421	1,602
9	Lucas Jumalon	1	1	$10,000,000	1,550
10	Joao Simao	2	17	$3,017,533	1,470

Key storylines:

• Winter’s lead is 380 points, the biggest gap at the top all season.
• Places 4 to 7 are separated by just 22 points, so a single Sprint final table could reshuffle the top 10.
• Jeremy Ausmus has 30 cashes, the most of anyone in the top 10.
• Adrian Mateos and Brock Wilson share the most wins in the top 10, with four each.

Poker Masters Recap: How We Got Here

Sean Winter Wins the $51,000 Finale

Winter won Event #10, the $51,000 finale, for $620,000, beating a field of 31 entries that built a $1,550,000 prize pool. It was his second PGT title of the season.

Place	Player	Prize	PGT Points
1st	Sean Winter	$620,000	248
2nd	Sam Laskowitz	$387,500	155
3rd	Igor Yaroshevskyy	$248,000	99
4th	Jeremy Ausmus	$170,500	68
5th	Marius Gierse	$124,000	50

On the final hand, Winter check-raised with bottom two pair on a queen-six-five flop, then moved all in on the turn. Laskowitz called with top pair, and the river didn’t help him. His runner-up finish was still a career-best live score.

Adrian Mateos Claims the Purple Jacket

Ausmus needed a top-two finish in the finale to overtake Mateos. His fourth-place exit, when his pocket fives lost to Winter’s ace-king, officially crowned Mateos the Poker Masters champion. Mateos won the Purple Jacket and a $25,000 PGT Passport bonus.

Rank	Player	Wins	Cashes	Prize Money	Points
1	Adrian Mateos	1	3	$467,700	451
2	Nick Palma	1	4	$424,400	407
3	Nick Seward	1	4	$578,500	397
4	Jeremy Ausmus	1	5	$553,500	389
5	Sean Winter	1	2	$744,800	373

Road to the PGT Championship

The season ends with the PGT Championship on January 11–12, 2027, a $500,000 freeroll for the top 40 eligible players on the leaderboard and select Dream Seat winners.

To claim a top-40 seat, players need at least four PGT cashes this season, including one in a PGT-owned event, and must opt in before the final series. If a player doesn’t qualify, their seat passes to the next eligible player.

After the Sprint, PGT Last Chance runs January 4–9 with six final events for players chasing a spot.

Players to Watch

• Sean Winter: Leader by 380 points and fresh off a $620,000 win
• Eelis Parssinen: Second place, with only seven cashes all season
• Jeremy Ausmus: Third place and still hungry after just missing the Purple Jacket
• Adrian Mateos: Purple Jacket champion with four PGT wins this season
• Brandon Wilson and Brock Wilson: Both inside the top seven and within striking distance

How to Follow the PGT Sprint

• Live results and chip counts: PGT.com Live Reporting
• Live leaderboard: PGT.com Leaderboard
• Streaming: PokerGO

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