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Wang Leads Seven Into PGT Championship Finale as Negreanu Advances

The $1 million freeroll, seeded by season standings, features 54 players after late withdrawals, with play resuming Tuesday for a $500,000 first prize.

Daniel Negreanu
Allex Foxen PGT Poker
Chi-Jen Chu now holds the fifth spot in the PGT Last Chance Dream Seat race.
Patrick Leonard found his way into the $1M freeroll with a victory in the PGT Last Chance series.

Overview

  • Day 1 ended with seven players left and the money bubble unburst, as Michael Wang bagged the chip lead with 2,890,000 heading into Tuesday’s finish.
  • Daniel Negreanu remains in contention with 1,020,000, while Andrew Lichtenberger (2,410,000) and Dream Seat winner Aaron Kupin (1,690,000) headline the bigger stacks alongside John Riordan, Chad Eveslage, and Eric Blair.
  • The Championship opened at the PokerGO Studio with 54 entrants in a true freeroll, paying six places for a top payout of $500,000 and a minimum cash of $40,000.
  • Alex Foxen started with the largest stack after winning Last Chance Event #6 to take the season points lead but was eliminated late on Day 1.
  • The field combined Top 40 qualifiers with five Dream Seat winners—David ‘ODB’ Baker, Neil Warren, Clemen Deng, Chi‑Jen Chu, and Jeremy Becker—after seven Top 40 withdrawals led to alternates including Jason Koon, Jeremy Ausmus, and Ben Tollerene.