Ryan Miller, Brian Breck and Maxx Coleman With the PGT Mixed Games Titles

2025 PGT Mixed Games is showcasing some of the best all-around poker players in the world who are battling across seven events in a variety of poker formats, including H.O.R.S.E., 8-Game, Dealer’s Choice, and the highlight of the series, the $25,300 10-Game Championship.

After Nicolas Milgrom and Adam Friedman claimed the first two titles, the competition heated up inside the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino, as the buy-ins increased to $10,200. Three more champions emerged, shacking up the leaderboard standings.

• Read more: Milgrom Opened the 2025 PGT Mixed Games With a Win; Friedman Won His 3rd PGT Title

Ryan Miller captured his first-ever PGT title in the H.O.R.S.E. event, while seasoned pros Chino Rheem and Maxx Coleman secured their fourth and third PGT titles, respectively, in 8-Game and Mori’s Mix. Read on how the action went down at these three events.

Ryan Miller is the Champion of $10,200 H.O.R.S.E at PGT Event #3

Ryan Miller moved to second place on the leaderboard after he won Event #3: $10,200 H.O.R.S.E at 2025 PGT Mixed Game for $247,000. He beat Samuel Sternfield in a heads-up battle to take home the trophy and first-place prize.

The event had 95 entries, beating the 2023 PGT Mixed Game Event #2 field by seven entries. The high number of entries created a prize pool of $950,000 and 14 players in the money.

After one hour of back-and-forth action, the chip lead changed four times during the match, and Miller managed to get a 2:1 lead in chips when both player stacks were under 10 big bets.

The final game was Hold’em, and Miller’s king-queen managed to outdraw Sternfield’s ace-queen, and the new champion was crowned. Samuel Sternfield finished in second place and won $156,750.

Sternfield eliminated Chino Rheem in third place for $114,000 in a Stud Hi-Lo. Rheem got his last chips in with a pair of tens and no low draw but ran into Sternfield’s buried kings. He picked up straight outs on fifth street but failed to improve, hitting the rail in third.

Benny Glaser couldn’t get going at the final table and was eliminated in fourth place after his pair of kings in Stud were not good against Sternfield’s tens and fives. Glaser won $85,500 for his fourth-place finish.

Johannes Becker, known as the mixed game specialist, was eliminated by Sternfield, who made an eight-seven on seventh in razz. Becker was out in fifth place for $66,500.

Alex Livingston was a short stack starting the final table, but he managed to get a pay jump after Robert Mizrachi was eliminated before him when his buried aces lost to Miller’s split kings in Stud eight or better. Mizrachi won $38,000 for his seventh-place finish.

Livingston was next after he put all his chips in the middle in Omaha eight or better with nut low draw and open-ended straight draw against the turned full house of Miller and Rheem’s worse low draw. It looked like Livingston would get half of the pot with ace-deuce against Rheem’s three-duce, but an ace on the river was the card he didn’t want to see and was out in sixth place for $47,500.

Event #3: $10,200 H.O.R.S.E. Final Table Payouts

Place	Name	Country	PGT Points	Prize
1st	Ryan Miller	United States	247	$247,000
2nd	Samuel Sternfield	United States	157	$156,750
3rd	Chino Rheem	United States	114	$114,000
4th	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	86	$85,500
5th	Johannes Becker	Germany	67	$66,500
6th	Alex Livingston	Canada	48	$47,500
7th	Robert Mizrachi	United States	38	$38,000

Chino Rheem Wins His Fourth PGT Title For $195,500

Chino Rheem took over first place in the leaderboard after his win in Event #4: $10,200 8-Game for $195,500. If Chino manages to win the leaderboard, this would be his second time as he was the champion in 2023 when he scored five cashes and one win to become the 2023 PGT Mixed Games champion.

Chino won first place, but the deal was made with Josh Arieh after the first few hands of heads-up as both players wanted to get into event #5. The money was chopped evenly, and both players won $195,500 but continued to play for PGT points and the trophy. The final hand happened with Arieh having the best hand, but it was outdrawn by Chino, who collected first-place PGT points and a trophy.

Event #4 attracted 92 entries and created a prize pool of $920,000, with 14 players in the money. Mike Thorpe, Mike Gorodinsky, Tal Avivi, Daniel Mayoh, Nick Guagenti, Max Hoffman, and Ray Dehkharghani were players who managed to finish in the money outside the ones on the final table.

Nick Schulman finished in third place after he couldn’t improve his smooth draw to an eight in a 2-7 Triple Draw against Rheem’s already-made rough eight. Schulman won $110,400 for his third-place finish.

Funkhouser was out in fourth place after he went all-in on third street in Stud and finished with aces-up by seventh, but Nick Schulman turned his split sevens into trips, and there were only three. Funkhouser won $82,800 for his fourth-place finish.

Brian Breck was the chip leader at the start of the final table, but he was involved in lots of action early and ended up being eliminated in fifth place after he bricked his wheel draw in a 2-7 Triple Draw against David Funkhouser’s pat ten-seven. He won $64,400 for his fifth-place finish.

Event #4: $10,200 8-Game Final Table Payouts

Place	Name	Country	PGT Points	Prize
1st	Chino Rheem	United States	239	$195,500
2nd	Josh Arieh	United States	152	$195,500
3rd	Nick Schulman	United States	110	$110,400
4th	David Funkhouser	United States	83	$82,800
5th	Brian Breck	United States	64	$64,400
6th	Aaron Kupin	United States	46	$46,000
7th	Alex Livingston	Canada	37	$36,800

Maxx Coleman Gets His Hands on His Third PGT Title

Maxx Coleman won Event #5 of PGT Mixed Games 2025 for $210,000, which was his third PGT title. He beat Mori Eskandani in the heads-up to win the title. Eskandani, a Poker Hall of Famer and a president of PokerGO, had a chance to claim victory in his named event but ultimately fell short. The last hand was done after Coleman hit seven on the river with his pocket sevens and cracked Eskandani’s pocket queens, eliminating him in second place for $136,500.

Mori’s Mix features a six-game rotation, including Limit Hold’em, Razz, 2-7 Triple Draw, Limit Omaha, Stud, and Badugi. The event registered 70 entries, creating a prize pool of $700,000 with 10 players in the money. Scott Seiver was one of the familiar faces in the PokerGO studio, but unfortunately, he ended up being the bubble boy as he couldn’t catch a diamond on the final draw in Budugi. Benny Glaser celebrated Seiver’s elimination as he finished in tenth place and reached the last money spot.

Eskandani started the heads-up when he sent Mike Gorodinsky home in third place with turned kings-up. Mike Gorodinsky won $94,500. Coleman also eliminated David Funkhouser in fourth place after making a seven low on sixth street in Razz; Funkhouser won $70,000, which was his fourth cash of the series.

Mori was guilty of eliminating Steve Zolotow, who was in fifth place, and Dzmitry Urbanovich, who was in seventh place, for $52,500 and $28,000, respectively.

Daniel Negreanu was also in the mix, and he managed to cash, but his run was cut short after he ran his nut flush into Gorodinsky’s full house in Omaha. Negreanu was eliminated in sixth place for $38,500.

The event registered 70 entries, creating a prize pool of $700,000 with 10 players in the money. Scott Seiver was one of the familiar faces in the PokerGo studio, but unfortunately, he ended up being the bubble boy as he couldn’t catch a diamond on the final draw in Budugi. Benny Glaser celebrated Seiver’s elimination, as he finished in tenth place and reached the last money spot.

Event #5: $10,200 Mori’s Mix Final Table Payouts 

Place	Name	Country	PGT Points	Prize
1st	Maxx Coleman	United States	210	$210,000
2nd	Mori Eskandani	United States	137	$136,500
3rd	Mike Gorodinsky	United States	95	$94,500
4th	David Funkhouser	United States	70	$70,000
5th	Steve Zolotow	United States	53	$52,500
6th	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	39	$38,500
7th	Dzmitry Urbanovich	Poland	28	$28,000

PGT Mixed Game 2025 Series Leaderboard

The 2025 PGT Mixed Game Series Leaderboard leader Chino Rheem failed to make the money but still stands strong in first place with 353 PGT points ahead of Ryan Miller, who has 254 PGT points.

Rank	Player	Points	Wins	Cashes	Winnings
1	Chino Rheem	353	1	2	$309,500
2	Ryan Miller	254	1	2	$254,400
3	Samuel Sternfield	213	0	2	$212,250
4	Maxx Coleman	210	1	1	$210,000
5	David Funkhouser	192	0	4	$191,050
6	Nick Schulman	184	0	2	$184,400
7	Josh Arieh	178	0	2	$221,500
8	Adam Friedman	170	1	1	$170,200
9	Nicolas Milgrom	159	1	1	$159,250
10	Mori Eskandani	137	0	1	$136,500

2025 PGT Mixed Games Remaining Schedule

Only two events remain in the 2025 PGT Mixed Games series, and both promise to bring together the best mixed-game specialists in the world. Up first is the $15,200 Dealer’s Choice, a true test for everyone as players can select from 20 different poker variants, trying to expose any weaknesses in each other’s games.

The grand finale will be the $25,300 10-Game Championship, the biggest buy-in of the series, which could ultimately decide the 2025 PGT Mixed Games overall champion. This prestigious event will feature a mix of No-Limit Hold’em, Omaha Hi-Lo, Stud, No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw, Limit Hold’em, Badugi, Stud Hi-Lo, Pot-Limit Omaha, Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, and Razz.

Start Date	Number	Event
Monday, March 3	#6	$15,200 Dealer’s Choice
Tuesday, March 4	#7	$25,300 10-Game Championship

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