Negreanu Claims 10th PGT Title; Obst Takes Championship; Chino Rheem Overall Winner

After all seven events of the 2025 PokerGO Tour Mixed Games series concluded, Chino Rheem was crowned champion with 384 PGT points, highlighted by a win in a $10,200 8-Game event, one-third place, and one-eighth place finish, earning a total of $348,500. He finished ahead of second-placed Nick Schulman, who had 336 PGT points and had $374,525 in winnings.

The final two events saw poker legends rise to the occasion, with Daniel Negreanu winning the prestigious $15,200 Dealer’s Choice event for his 10th PGT title. Meanwhile, Australian legend James Obst dominated the $25,300 Championship event, featuring a 10-Game mix, securing the most coveted victory of the series.

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Chino Rheem’s PGT Mixed Games Results

Daniel Negreanu Wins His 10th PGT Title

Daniel Negreanu showcased his versatility in Event #5: $15,200 Dealer’s Choice and took down his 10th PGT title for $292,500. With this victory, Negreanu joins Stephen Chidwick at the top of the all-time PGT title leaderboard, as the only two players to have reached double digits. Sam Soverel trails just behind with nine PGT titles.

The event had 65 entries, 18 more than in the previous year, and created a prize pool of $975,000 with 10 players in the money.

Negreanu started the day as second in chips, but things changed quickly as he ran hot during the final table. He took over the chip lead from Maxx Coleman and sent Ryan Miller to the rail in seventh place for $39,000.

He continued his hot run, winning two hands in a row in Badeucy against Nick Schulman and taking over 60 percent of the chips in the game. Coleman was guilty of the elimination of Philip Sternheimer in sixth place for $53,625 in No-Limit Five Card Draw with pocket queens.

Coleman continued with eliminations, but this time, it was in No-Limit Hold’em, after calling Dylan Smith’s shove from the small blind while in the big blind. Coleman was ahead, holding ace-king against Smith’s jack-eight, and the flop showed an ace, sending Smith home in fifth place for $73,125.

Negreanu won hands against Coleman and Schulman, leaving them both short-stacked and increasing his lead to 90 percent of all the chips in the game. Coleman didn’t last long after that. He shoved from the big blind in a round of 2-7 No Limit Single Draw with three, two, and a nine and got called by Negreanu with four to a nine from under the gun. Negreanu hit a seven for a nine-seven, and Coleman was out in fourth place for $97,500.

Not much later, Dzivielevski was forced to be all-in from the big blind against Negreanu in the small blind who patted with an ace-king. However, he made a pair of fours on the draw and was eliminated in third place for $131,625

The heads-up didn’t seem that interesting as Negreanu had 96 percent of all chips in the game. However, Schulman made things interesting by doubling up five times in a row. Ultimately, Negreanu got pocket aces in PLO for the last hand and was in against ace-queen suited of Schulman, who was in a bad spot and got eliminated in second place for $190,125.

Event #6: $15,200 Dealer’s Choice Final Table Payouts

Place	Name	Country	PGT Points	Prize
1st	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	234	$292,500
2nd	Nick Schulman	United States	152	$190,125
3rd	Yuri Dzivielevski	Brazil	105	$131,625
4th	Maxx Coleman	United States	78	$97,500
5th	Dylan Smith	United States	59	$73,125
6th	Philip Sternheimer	United Kingdom	43	$53,625
7th	Ryan Miller	United States	31	$39,000

James Obst Closes the 2025 PGT Mixed Games With a Win

James Obst, who is not a regular player in PGT events, made an appearance and won Event #7: $25,300 10-Game Championship for $462,000, closing the 2025 PGT Mixed Games.

Only 15 players returned to Day 2 of the event after the first day, which lasted for 12 hours. Chino Rheem and Maxx Coleman were still in the race for the player of the series, but Rheem was the first player eliminated on Day 2, and Coleman had a chance to win the $10,000 PGT Passport if he finished third or better.

Before the final table was formed, players like Scott Seiver (14th), Andrew Kelsall (13th), David Oppenheim (12th), Johannes Becker (11th), and John Hennigan (10th) were eliminated, and Chad Eveslage ended his run as the bubble boy in ninth place.

Obst ended Coleman’s dream by dominating his top par with a better kicker, holding ace-king against king-jack before he hit the straight on the river and eliminated Coleman in eighth place for $56,000.

Aaron Sacks eliminated Jason Mercier, who hit a full house on seventh in Stud Hi-Lo against Mercier’s two pair. Mercier finished in seventh place for $56,000, and the final table was set.

Obst started with final table eliminations, knocking out Guagenti in Razz, who was left with one big blind after the last hand. Guagenti was out in sixth place for $84,000. Robert Wells was eliminated by Michael Duek, who made trip eights on fifth street of Stud. Wells missed his straight draw, so he was out in fifth place for $112,000.

Sternheimer was left with just four big bets in a 2-7 No Limit Single Draw round and called from the big blind the shove from Obst, who was in the small blind. Obst had ten-six draw and Sternheimer had nine-seven draw. Obst caught a seven to make his draw, and Sternheimer made a pair, which was not enough to keep him in the game, and he was out in fourth place for $140,000.

Michael Duek lost chips to Sacks and Obst before the last hand, when he was in with king-seven against Obst’s queen-nine in No Limit Hold’em. Obst flopped an open-ended straight draw, but Duek was still ahead with king high until the river when he hit the top pair of kings. However, this also completed Obst’s straight, and Duek was out in third place for $196,000.

Starting the heads-up, Obst had the chip lead, but Sacks had a good run in Limit Hold’em, closing the gap in chips, but only for a short time. Sacks lost a big hand in Razz with ten-six against nine-eight of Obst, who regained the chip lead before he ended the game in Badugi.

Sacks pushed all the chips in Badugi with a nine-five-three and he was against the six-five-deuce-ace made of Obst, who had him drawing dead. Sacks was out in second place for $294,000. This was the most significant live MTT score for Aaron Sacks, and it doubled his total live earnings to $426,492.

Event #7: $25,300 10-Game Championship Payouts 

Place	Name	Country	PGT Points	Prize
1st	James Obst	Australia	277	$462,000
2nd	Aaron Sacks	United States	176	$294,000
3rd	Michael Duek	Argentina	118	$196,000
4th	Philip Sternheimer	United Kingdom	84	$140,000
5th	Robert Wells	United States	67	$112,000
6th	Nick Guagenti	United States	50	$84,000
7th	Jason Mercier	United States	34	$56,000
8th	Maxx Coleman	United States	34	$56,000

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