The PokerGO Tour (PGT) is the official tour and ranking system for professional poker players that play in high roller poker tournaments with a minimum $5,000 buy-in.[1] The PGT awards points to poker players based on prize money won in approximately 150 tournaments around the globe.[2][3] The player who accumulates the most points during the year is crowned PGT Player of the Year. A predetermined cutoff point of the top point earners each year determines who will compete in a season ending event, with the winner of that event crowned PGT Champion.
History
Launched in April, 2021, the PokerGO Tour was created for poker players that played in high roller poker tournaments around the world. The top three finishers would share in $175,000 in prize money, and when residential mortgage company Guaranteed Rate was announced as the presenting sponsor in September, the prize money was increased to $350,000, awarded as: $200,000 and the Guaranteed Rate Cup for the points leader, $100,000 for second place, and $50,000 for third place.[3][4][5][6]
Following the conclusion of all qualifying PokerGO Tour tournaments for the 2022 season, the top 21 players on the PokerGO Tour leaderboard were to be invited to play in the season-ending PGT Championship.[7] Players were to receive starting chips based on how many points they earned during the season, and the PGT Championship was to be a winner-take-all where the winner would collect the $500,000 first-place prize.[8][9][10]
Following the conclusion of all qualifying PokerGO Tour tournaments for the 2023 season, the top 40 players on the PokerGO Tour leaderboard and select "Dream Seat" winners were to be invited to play in the season-ending PGT Championship.[11] All players were to receive starting chips based on how many points they earned during the season, with the minimum set at 100 big blinds. The PGT Championship was to be a $1,000,000 freeroll with a $500,000 first-place prize.[12]
Points system
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The PokerGO Tour calculates all cashes that are less than $1,000,000 in prize money by using three percentages based on buy-in amounts; 0.0010% for $5,000 to $24,999 buy-in events, 0.0006% for $25,000 to $99,999 buy-in events, and 0.0003% for $100,000+ buy-in events.[13] For cashes more than $1,000,000 in prize money, the following points table is used for cashes that fall within structured segments.[13]
PokerGO Tour Points System
Cash
$10,000 - $24,999
$25,000 - $99,999
$100,000+
$5,000,000 - $5,999,999
1,600
1,100
800
$4,000,000 - $4,999,999
1,500
1,000
700
$3,000,000 - $3,999,999
1,400
900
600
$2,500,000 - $2,999,999
1,350
850
550
$2,000,000 - $2,499,999
1,300
800
500
$1,500,000 - $1,999,999
1,250
750
450
$1,000,000 - $1,499,999
1,200
700
400
< $1,000,000
0.0010%
0.0006%
0.0003%
Seasons and champions
Each year, players compete throughout the entire year in poker tournaments and are ranked by the PGT leaderboard. Each PGT season, there is a season-ending event called the PGT Championship.
There are currently four PGT majors, three of which (PokerGO Cup, Poker Masters, U.S. Poker Open) include multiple events through the year to determine the overall winner of that major. They exception is the Super High Roller Bowl, a single event major.
