On Monday night, Yuri Dzivielevski won his first-career PGT title, winning the PGT Mixed Games $15,200 Big Bet Mix tournament for $262,350.
The Brazilian wasted no time celebrating, jumping into the $15,200 2026 PGT Mixed Games Event #6: Dealer’s Choice. He takes the chip lead into tonight’s final table, eyeing the coveted PGT Mixed Games Gold Cup, awarded to the player of the series.
Well-known poker superstars Chino Rheem, Justin Liberto, Nick Schulman, and Ryan Hoenig have also scored huge wins this week, though all eyes will be on the $25,000 10-Game Championship and the PGT Mixed Games $100,000 Super High Roller Bowl. Day 1 of the 10-Game Championship will kick off tonight, while the Super High Roller Bowl will commence on Thursday.
PGT Mixed Games Event #1: $5,100 H.O.R.S.E.
Chino Rheem won his ninth-career PokerGO Tour title and his third-career PGT Mixed Games trophy, dominating the 101-entry H.O.R.S.E. event to kick off the series. Rheem defeated Dylan Linde, author of what many consider the mixed games bible, in heads-up play. The two made a heads-up deal, guaranteeing themselves at least $100,000 each.
With the win, Rheem has vaulted himself into 74th on poker’s all-time money list. With over $19.3 million in career earnings, Rheem is closer to joining the exclusive club of players who have won at least $20 million.
With his ninth PGT title, Rheem is now alone in fifth, behind only Sam Soverel (13), Alex Foxen (12), Stephen Chidwick (12), and Daniel Negreanu (11).
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Chino Rheem | United States | $112,100* |
| 2nd | Dylan Linde | United States | $100,000* |
| 3rd | Alex Livingston | Canada | $58,075 |
| 4th | Matt Vengrin | United States | $45,450 |
| 5th | Brian Breck | United States | $32,825 |
| 6th | Eli Elezra | United States | $25,250 |
| 7th | Chad Eveslage | United States | $20,200 |
2026 PGT Mixed Games Event #2: $5,100 8-Game
In PGT Mixed Games $5K 8-Game tournament, it was Justin Liberto to win his first-career PGT title. Liberto, who has over $7 million in career live tournament earnings, came back from a 3-to-2 deficit in heads-up play, chipping away at Anderson before making a wheel in 2-7 Triple Draw to take a huge lead. He ended up clinching the win in Seven-Card Stud, getting it in bad on fifth but binking trip tens on sixth.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Justin Liberto | United States | $127,400 |
| 2nd | Calvin Anderson | United States | $80,850 |
| 3rd | Johannes Becker | Germany | $58,800 |
| 4th | Maksim Pisarenko | Russia | $44,100 |
| 5th | Benjamin Miner | United States | $34,300 |
| 6th | Ryan Hoenig | United States | $24,500 |
| 7th | Brian Rast | United States | $19,600 |
2026 PGT Mixed Games Event #3: $10,200 T.O.R.S.E.
Hoenig, participating in his first-ever PGT Mixed Games series, backed up his sixth-place finish the night before with a win in the $10K T.O.R.S.E. event. This was the third-highest career cash for the mixed games specialist, who won the $10K WSOP Dealers Choice Championship last summer for $354,444.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Ryan Hoenig | United States | $232,400 |
| 2nd | Philip Sternheimer | United Kingdom | $149,400 |
| 3rd | Qinghai Pan | United States | $107,900 |
| 4th | Koji Fujimoto | Japan | $78,850 |
| 5th | Dylan Weisman | United States | $58,100 |
| 6th | Paul Houvener | United States | $41,500 |
| 7th | Dara Taherpour | United States | $33,200 |
2026 PGT Mixed Games Event #4: $10,200 8-Game
Nick Schulman joined the party by winning his eighth-career PGT title, claiming the $10K 8-Game title for $235,200. Schulman moved up to 10th on the 2026 PGT Leaderboard and moved into a tie for sixth on the PGT all-time wins list.
Schulman won the 84-entry event, getting all in on the turn in Omaha Hi-Lo against Qinghai Pan with a lock on the low and a 35% chance to scoop, needed a spade or a king. He binked his king and rushed over to jump into the $15K Big Bet Mix.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Nick Schulman | United States | $235,200 |
| 2nd | Qinghai Pan | United States | $151,200 |
| 3rd | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | $109,200 |
| 4th | Nicolas Milgrom | France | $79,800 |
| 5th | Scott Seiver | United States | $58,800 |
| 6th | Walter Chambers | United States | $42,000 |
| 7th | Jesse Klein | United States | $33,600 |
2026 PGT Mixed Games Event #5: $15,200 Big Bet Mix
Brazilian superstar Yuri Dzivielevski added another accolade to his historic career, adding his first-career PGT title to his resume, winning the $15K Big Bet Mix over Patrick Leonard. Though his Texas Hold’em background is incredible, all five of Dzivielevski’s WSOP bracelets have come in mixed games events.
Dzivielevski will likely become the first Brazilian to reach $10 million in career live tournament earnings following tonight’s Dealers Choice final table.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | $262,350 |
| 2nd | Patrick Leonard | United Kingdom | $166,950 |
| 3rd | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | $111,300 |
| 4th | Sam Soverel | United States | $79,500 |
| 5th | Matthew Wantman | United States | $63,600 |
| 6th | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | $47,700 |
| 7th | Cary Katz | United States | $31,800 |
| 8th | Johannes Becker | Germany | $31,800 |
PGT Mixed Games Leaderboard
Through five events, Ryan Hoenig is on top of the leaderboard, though Dzivielevski will likely take the lead after tonight’s $15K Dealers Choice event. He is the final table chip leader.
| Rank | Player | PGT Points | Winnings |
| 1st | Ryan Hoenig | 269 | $256,900 |
| 2nd | Qinghai Pan | 259 | $259,100 |
| 3rd | Nick Schulman | 235 | $235,200 |
| 4th | Chino Rheem | 211 | $124,350 |
| 5th | Yuri Dzivielevski | 210 | $262,350 |
| 6th | Justin Liberto | 191 | $127,400 |
| 7th | Philip Sternheimer | 149 | $149,400 |
| 8th | Patrick Leonard | 134 | $166,950 |
| 9th | Dylan Linde | 125 | $100,000 |
| 10th | Calvin Anderson | 121 | $80,850 |
Following the PGT Mixed Games series, there will be a two-week layoff before the PokerGO Cup, the third series on the 2026 PGT calendar.
