Brock Wilson and Jesse Lonis Both Take PGT Sprint Titles

The PokerGO Studio welcomed several of the world’s finest player s to Las Vegas this week as the penultimate series of the PGT season took place in Sin City. With a week’s worth of NLHE events taking place, the two latest tournaments saw wins for two players who have become a couple of the best in the business during 2026.

Brock Wilson Takes Yet Another Major Title

The second event of the PGT Sprint series saw 79 total entries battle it out for vital PGT Points that could win them a place at the PFT $1m Championship Freeroll in January. Only the top 40 players on the PGT season leaderboard are guaranteed spots and points mean more chips in the tournament, so every win is vital.

With just 12 places paid, the ‘bubble boy’ in Event #2 was Landon Tice, as one of the breakout players of the last few years just missed out on the money places. Tice’s exit was to Josh Arieh’s benefit, as the six-time WSOP bracelet winner  made profit, min-cashing for $9,875. Next to leave the party was Jeremy Becker, who busted in 11^th place, earning $11,850 as Frank Bannan did in 10^th place.

Brock Wilson had big gains when he chopped down Jeremy Ausmus, the American eventually cashing in eighth place for $15,800. Wilson won with ace-queen against Ausmus’ ace-king, before Jamie Dwan’s suited three-four overcame Ausmus’ ace-ten. With the eliminations of Adam Owen (7^th for $15,800), Andrew ‘Chewy’ Lichtenberger (6^th for $19,750), and Dwan himself in fifth place for $27,650.

The former WSOP world champion Joe McKeehen was taken out in fourth place for $37,525 before Jesse Lonis busted in third place for $51,350. Heads-up, Martin Zamani enjoyed a solid lead of 2:1 in chips over Brock Wilson but the latter won with house-over-house to take the lead before Zamani moved all-in with ace-three and lost to Wilson’s ace-king as one of the in-form players of 2026 scooped yet another title and $110,600.

Jesse Lonis Locks In for Event #3 Win

Event #3 saw just one fewer buy-in, as 78 total entries took on the $5,300 tournament, with 12 players once again making the money. Alex Foxen was the bubble boy on this occasion, losing when holding ace-three to Natalie Ferguson’s ace-king. That meant players such as Sean Perry (12^th) and Cherish Andrews (11^th) and both left for a in-cash worth $10,725 before Martin Zamani’s (10^th) and Cary Katz (9^th) both departed with $11,700.

PokerGO high roller regular Sam Soverel busted in eighth place for $15,600, and he was soon joined by his fellow American player Natalie Ferguson, who also won that amount when she ran ace-five into Jim Collopy’s pocket kings. Worse luck came for the British WSOP bracelet winner Patrick Leonard, who was all-in pre-flop with pocket aces against Sam Laskowitz’s pocket kings only for a king to fall on the river, sending the Brit to the rail with $19,500.

Jim  Collopy (5^th for $27,300) and Brandon Sunshine (4^th for $37,050) fell short of the podium places, before the WSOP Main Event finalist Adam Hendrix (below) busted in third place for $50,700 when he lost a crucial coinflip to the eventual winner Jesse Lonis.

That have Lonis around 70% of the chips in play, and after agreeing a deal with Sam Laskowitz, his ace-four triumphed over Laskowitz’s ace-six. Three clubs on the flop matched both of those in Lonis’ hand, as he flopped his opponent dead and took home $101,000 from the PokerGO Studio at ARIA.

Leaderboard Looking Tight

After 90% of the PokerGO Tour season, which luminaries can we expect to see in the  final $1,000,000 PGT Championship Freeroll? Well, Sean Winter will need to make sure he stays in Sin City in the New Year, with his 2,223 PGT points likely to remaining the number to beat both before and after the turn of the year. In fact, only three players have earned more than Winter on the PokerGO Tour this season.

Brock Wilson sits second on the leaderboard on 1,942 points, over 100 clear of Jeremy Ausmus, but Ausmus deserves a lot of credit for cashing a phenomenal 31 times in PGT events in 2026. The American pro also took down the 2025 PGT Championship Freeroll for a top prize of $500,000, so knows the format well.

With Alex Foxen (1,777), Adrian Mateos (1,70) and Brandon Wilson (1,556) all in double figures for PGT cashes in 2026, they all sit ahead of the current world champion. The 22-year-old Lucas Jumalon (1,550) may have $10,000,000 in seasonal winnings, but all that came in one event – the WSOP Main Event. Can the second-youngest world champion of all time bag this one in January?

We wouldn’t put it past him.