Patrick Leonard, known in the online poker world as ‘Pads’, won PGT Last Chance Event #2 on Wednesday night, winning $315,000, the trophy, and 315 PGT Leaderboard points.
With the win, Leonard also secured his place in the $1,000,000 PGT Championship, as those 315 PGT points guaranteed his spot in the top-40 of the season-long rankings. David Coleman, who finished in second for $195,300, also secured his place in the PGT Championship.
The $315,000 cash was the fourth-largest of Leonard’s live tournament career and his biggest since his insane four-day run back in 2017, where he won a pair of $25,000 Aria High Rollers and the $10,400 Bellagio Cup XIII for a combined total of $1.26 million. Each of those wins are still his three biggest scores to his name.
PGT Last Chance Event #2 results
| Place | Name | Prize | PGT Points |
| 1st | Patrick Leonard | $315,000 | 315 |
| 2nd | David Coleman | $195,300 | 195 |
| 3rd | Nick Schulman | $138,600 | 139 |
| 4th | Jared Jaffee | $107,100 | 107 |
| 5th | Brock Wilson | $75,600 | 76 |
| 6th | Jeremy Ausmus | $63,000 | 63 |
| 7th | Joao Simao | $50,400 | 50 |
After Joao Simao, Jeremy Ausmus, and Brock Wilson were dispatched, it took nearly three hours of four-handed play before Patrick Leonard was crowned the champion. Nick Schulman shoved Q2s into Jaffee’s king-high and found a duece to eliminate Jaffee in third place. Jaffee’s $107,100 cash gave him another 107 PGT points to add to his prior cash of $33,000 in Event #1. That moved Jaffee into third place on the Dream Seat Leaderboard.
A few hands later, Schulman shoved his ace-ten into Leonard’s ace-king. He didn’t find any help and was eliminated in third place for $138,600. Leonard would go into heads-up play with David Coleman with a seven-to-one chip lead.
Though Coleman would find a double, Leonard still prevailed, winning the tournament with ace-queen.
PGT Last Chance Event #3 final table
Today’s action will include both the final table of PGT Last Chance Event #3, as well as the start of Event #4. Phil Hellmuth has made his second final table of the series thus far, while Chino Rheem has made the final table after firing 10 bullets through the first three events. Sergio Aido leads the way with 46 big blinds with 29:00 remaining in Level 20 with blinds at 40,000/80,000 and an 80,000 big blind ante.
| Place | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Sergio Aido | 3,675,000 |
| 2 | Brandon Wilson | 3,510,000 |
| 3 | Chino Rheem | 2,250,000 |
| 4 | Jeremy Becker | 2,025,000 |
| 5 | Phil Hellmuth | 1,785,000 |
| 6 | Joey Weissman | 330,000 |
2025 PGT Last Chance Dream Seat Leaderboard
This leaderboard does not include those who have already secured their place in the top 40.
| Place | Name | PGT Points | Pending Prize |
| 1st | Clemen Deng | 278 | Dream Seat |
| 2nd | David ‘ODB’ Baker | 174 | Dream Seat |
| 3rd | Jared Jaffee | 140 | Dream Seat |
| 4th | Phil Hellmuth | 98 | Dream Seat |
| 5th | Brock Wilson | 76 | Dream Seat |
| 6th | Cary Katz | 71 | N/A |
What is the PGT Last Chance series?
The PokerGO Tour Last Chance marks the end of the 2025 PGT season, as players get one final shot at moving into the top-40 on the PGT leaderboard, thus giving them access to the $1,000,000 PGT Championship freeroll. Players who have already qualified for the freeroll can accumulate more points and add to their starting stack for the Championship event.
The series has six events, all at the $10,100 buy-in level. The series hosts a two-day event every single day from January 5 to January 10, with the exception of the one-day Turbo, which is the final event of the series.
The top-five point-earners from the PGT Last Chance series who do not qualify for the season-long top 40 will earn a ‘Dream Seat’ to the PGT Championship. Given that all six events are $10,100 buy-ins, each $1,000 in cashes are equal to one point. You can find out more about the PGT Points System by clicking the link.
2025 PGT Championship
Two additional ‘Dream Seats’ are awarded throughout the year at the RunGood Poker Series Dream Seat Invitational and the Champions Club Texas Championship. PokerGO also gives away three ‘Dream Seats’ via a PokerGO Annual Subscriber Sweepstakes, a PokerGO Social Media Drawing, and a PokerGO Podcast Drawing.
In total, the PGT Championship will see a maximum of 50 players competing for $1,000,000 in prizes, with $500,000 going to the champion. This is awarded via a combination of cash and PGT Passports, which is money that can be used to buy into PGT events. Jeremy Ausmus won last year’s PGT Championship, taking home $150,000 in cash and an additional $350,000 PGT Passport.
Chip counts are based on a player’s total points for the season, with players receiving a minimum of 100 big blinds. ‘Dream Seat’ winners are awarded 125 big blinds.
The 2025 PGT Championship takes place from January 12-13, 2026. The 2026 PGT season will begin two weeks later, with Event #1 of the PGT Kickoff taking place on January 26.
References
PokerGO Tour – https://www.pgt.com/
