Updated on 23 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

Jesse Lonis wins PGT PLO Series leaderboard

With almost $800,000 in cashes, Lonis beat off competition from Alex Foxen, Chino Rheem and Daniel Negreanu for the PGT Gold Cup.

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The PGT PLO Series has concluded with one of the most in-form players in poker taking down the series leaderboard. 

A win and four more final table finishes was enough to secure the leaderboard for Jesse Lonis. He cashed for $799,140 along the way to win the PGT Gold Cup and $10,000 PGT Passport. 

These were his results throughout the series:

Event Place Prize PGT Points
Event #2: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Progressive Bounty 3rd $47,700 79
Event #5: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Progressive Bounty 9th $27,840 46
Event #7: $15,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 2nd $204,750 164
Event #9: $15,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 1st $308,850 247
Event #10: $25,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 3rd $210,000 126

ANd this was the star-studded top ten finishers in the series:

Rank Player Country Winnings Points
1st Jesse Lonis United States $799,140 662
2nd Alex Foxen United States $647,185 633
3rd Chino Rheem United States $540,475 506
4th Bryce Yockey United States $402,650 437
5th Tyler Brown United States $354,895 407
6th Daniel Negreanu Canada $390,900 397
7th Jim Collopy United States $505,492 356
8th Dylan Weisman United States $481,433 324
9th Lautaro Guerra Spain $383,865 314
10th Dylan Smith United States $295,870 305

Finally, here are all the results from the series:

Event Entrants Winner 1st Prize
Event #1: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 164 Ky Nguyen $180,400
Event #2: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Progressive Bounty 159 Billy Tarango $88,245
Event #3: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 159 Daniel Negreanu $182,500
Event #4: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 118 Chino Rheem $295,000
Event #5: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Progressive Bounty 116 Christopher Costa $123,200
Event #6: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 99 Dylan Smith $252,450
Event #7: $15,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 70 Alex Foxen $315,000
Event #8: $15,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Mystery Bounty 78 Bryce Yockey $218,400
Event #9: $15,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 71 Jesse Lonis $308,850
Event #10: $25,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 60 Jim Collopy $450,367
Event #11: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty 73 Zachary Schwartz $63,510

Chino Rheem leads the annual PGT leaderboard with 928 points, with Joey Weissman, Kristen Foxen, Nick Schulman and Eric Blair in close contention.

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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.