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Level: 13
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
2025 PGT Championship
$1,000,000 Championship Freeroll
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 PGT Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Total Entries
54
Level
21
Blinds
75,000 / 125,000
Ante
125,000
Entries
54
Players Left
7
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Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Alex Foxen was eliminated from the event by chip leader Andrew Lichtenberger.
Lichtenberger held Q♠Q♣ on a board of 4♥6♥4♦9♣2♣, while Foxen's hand had already been mucked as the PGT Player of the Year was eliminated.
Dream Seat winner Ed Miller was eliminated a few hands later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,100,000
650,000
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650,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Action was picked up with the small blind Andrew Lichtenberger putting the big blind Alex Foxen at risk for his stack of 210,000.
Alex Foxen: 9♠9♥ 
Andrew Lichtenberger: K♠7♦
Foxen was in a great spot to double up and did just that after the board ran out 10♥8♦6♣7♣5♥ to give Foxen a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,450,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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445,000
235,000
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235,000 |
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Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Aaron Kupin raised to 30,000 from the cutoff, and was three-bet by the big blind Alex Foxen to 100,000. Kupin then four-bet all in for his stack of 305,000, which Foxen snap-called to put Kupin at risk.
Aaron Kupin: 6♦6♣
Alex Foxen: A♠K♠
Kupin was ahead with his pocket sixes and ended any drama after the board ran out 6♥4♣9♦9♣5♣, leaving Foxen drawing dead after the flop, to give Kupin the double up.
Shortly after the hand, David "ODB" Baker was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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635,000
330,000
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330,000 |
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210,000
590,000
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590,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level: 12
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Level 11
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Aaron Kupin | United States | 305,000 | 20 |
| 1 | 2 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 600,000 | 40 |
| 1 | 3 | Andrew Lichtenberger | United States | 1,600,000 | 107 |
| 1 | 4 | Alex Foxen | United States | 800,000 | 53 |
| 1 | 5 | Eric Blair | United States | 1,400,000 | 93 |
| 1 | 6 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 200,000 | 13 |
| 1 | 7 | Adam Hendrix | United States | 101,000 | 7 |
| Feature | 1 | Ed Miller | United States | 300,000 | 20 |
| Feature | 2 | Chad Eveslage | United States | 1,200,000 | 80 |
| Feature | 3 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 800,000 | 53 |
| Feature | 4 | Michael Wang | United States | 900,000 | 60 |
| Feature | 5 | John Riordan | United States | 480,000 | 32 |
| Feature | 6 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 900,000 | 60 |
| Feature | 7 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 450,000 | 30 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,600,000
360,000
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360,000 |
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1,400,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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1,200,000
400,000
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400,000 |
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900,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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900,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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800,000
280,000
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280,000 |
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800,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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600,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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480,000
220,000
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220,000 |
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450,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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305,000
140,000
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140,000 |
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300,000
280,000
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280,000 |
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200,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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101,000
25,000
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25,000 |
Level 11
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Eric Blair opened to 30,000 from the cutoff, and it folded to the big blind Brandon Wilson. He took some time, before three-betting all in for his stack of 325,000, which Blair snap-called.
Eric Blair: K♥K♦
Brandon Wilson: 6♥6♣
Wilson ran into the pocket kings and could not improve once the board ran out 4♦10♣5♦J♦K♠ and exited the tournament area, as Blair scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,380,000
280,000
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280,000 |
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Busted |
Level 11
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
In a heads-up pot between the blinds, Adam Hendrix checked on the board of J♦4♠K♣2♥ and Alex Foxen bet. Hendrix called.
Hendrix checked again on the 9♥ turn and Foxen bet 64,000. Hendrix used a few time extensions and folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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520,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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126,000
71,000
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71,000 |
Level 11
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Michael Wang raised to 24,000, which was called by John Riordan on the button and the small blind John Riordan. Then Chino Rheem in the big blind, three-bet all in for his stack of 717,000. Wang then four-bet all in, which got Riordan and Negreanu to muck, leaving the players heads-up with Rheem at risk.
Chino Rheem: 8♦8♣
Michael Wang: A♣K♣
It was a massive flip, with being ahead for the time. However, once the board ran out 2♠Q♠2♥K♠7♠ Wang turned a king to take the pot and eliminate Rheem.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,700,000
700,001
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700,001 |
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864,000
48,000
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48,000 |
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597,000
103,000
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103,000 |
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Busted | |
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