PokerGO Tour

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PokerGO Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2022 PokerGO Tour
PokerGO Tour 2022.png
SportPoker
FoundedApril 22, 2021 (2021-04-22)[1]
Most recent
champion(s)		Bosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic
Most titlesBosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic (18)
Official websitePGT.com

The PokerGO Tour (PGT) is the official tour and ranking system for the world's top professional poker players that play in high roller poker tournaments with a minimum $10,000 buy-in.[1] The PGT celebrates the most elite professional poker players by awarding points based on prize money won in approximately 150 tournaments around the globe.[2][3]

History[]

Launched in April, 2021, the PokerGO Tour was created to reward 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; $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 will be invited to play in the season-ending PGT Championship.[7] Players will have their starting chips based on how many points they earned during the season, and the PGT Championship will be a winner-take-all where the winner will collect the $500,000 first-place prize.[8][9][10]

Points system[]

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 $10,000 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.[11] For cashes more than $1,000,000 in prize money, the following points table is used for cashes that fall within structured segments.[11]

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%

Player of the year[]

The winner of the PokerGO Tour will be decided by the player that earns the most points throughout the yearly season. They will be crowned the Player of the Year and for 2021 was awarded $200,000 in prize money and received the Guaranteed Rate Cup.[6] In 2021, Ali Imsirovic was crowned the 2021 PokerGO Tour Player of the Year ahead of Michael Addamo and Sean Perry.[12][13][14]

PokerGO Tour Player of the Year
Season Place Player Points Prize
2021 1st Bosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic 4,364 $200,000
2nd Australia Michael Addamo 3,083 $100,000
3rd United States Sean Perry 2,525 $50,000

Money winners and most win leaders[]

Player stats from PokerGO Tour qualifying events only.[15][16]

PokerGO Tour Leaders
Season Money winner Earnings Most wins
2021 Australia Michael Addamo $9,418,837 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic (14)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "PokerGO Tour Unveiled: A Groundbreaking Professional Poker Tour & Ranking System | PGT". PokerGO Tour. 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  2. ^ "PokerGO unveils worldwide tour, big events in Las Vegas". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  3. ^ a b "PokerGO Announces 2021 Schedule, Cash Prizes Under New Point System". www.pokernews.com. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  4. ^ PokerGO. "Guaranteed Rate Announced as Presenting Sponsor of the PokerGO Tour™". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  5. ^ "Presenting Sponsor of PokerGO Tour | Guaranteed Rate". www.rate.com. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  6. ^ a b "Guaranteed Rate Becomes Presenting Sponsor of PokerGO Tour™ | PGT". PokerGO Tour. 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  7. ^ "PGT™ Champion To Earn $500,000 Prize at the Conclusion of 2022 Season | PGT". PokerGO Tour. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  8. ^ "PokerGo Tour Champion To Earn $500,000 Prize at the end of the season". VIP-Grinders. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  9. ^ "PokerGO Tour to Crown 2022 Champion with $500K Winner Take All Tournament". Poker News Daily. 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  10. ^ "2022 PokerGO Tour's PGT Championship To Characteristic $500,000 Winner-Take-All Format". Poker News Desk. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  11. ^ a b "PokerGO Tour Points System | PGT". PokerGO Tour. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  12. ^ "Ali Imsirovic Wins PokerGO Tour; Rok Gostisa Takes Season Finale". www.pokernews.com. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  13. ^ "Ali Imsirovic claims PokerGO Tour Player of Year title". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  14. ^ "PokerGO Tour Concludes for 2021 with Ali Imsirovic, Michael Addamo, and Sean Perry Winning Top Prizes | PGT". PokerGO Tour. 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  15. ^ "PokerGO Tour Leaderboard | PGT". PokerGO Tour. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  16. ^ "PokerGO Tour 2021: Hendon Mob Poker Database". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
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