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The field is set for the 2022 PGT Championship. With Andrew Lichtenberger's elimination in the final ARIA High Roller tournament of the season on Tuesday, the top 21 players as ranked by the PGT leaderboard are locked in. The only thing that can change is the order of the top 21 players because a few remained in the final ARIA High Roller tournament of the season at the time of writing.

Starting Wednesday, December 21, at 12 p.m. PT, the top 21 players will compete in the 2022 PGT Championship for a chance to win the PokerGO Tour's season-ending $500,000 winner-take-all prize. Starting chip stacks in the PGT Championship are determined by the number of points earned over the course of the season, with 1,000 chips awarded for every 10 points.

Stephen Chidwick finished the 2022 PGT season with the most points at 3,412. Chidwick will start the 2022 PGT Championship as the chip leader with 341,200, good for 341.2 big blinds to start. Behind Chidwick on the season-ending leaderboard are Phil Ivey with 3,083 points and Jason Koon with 2,833 points.

You can see the full list of 21 players below.

2022 PokerGO Tour Leaderboard Top 21

Rank Name Points Wins Cashes Earnings
1st Stephen Chidwick 3,412 6 32 $6,314,084
2nd Phil Ivey 3,083 3 17 $5,944,394
3rd Jason Koon 2,833 2 17 $6,231,848
4th Michael Duek 2,400 1 6 $5,063,505
5th Sean Winter 2,368 3 20 $3,599,071
6th Alex Foxen 2,356 4 19 $6,578,029
7th Espen Jorstad 2,239 1 5 $10,217,955
8th Chad Eveslage 2,162 2 8 $2,777,680
9th Danny Tang 2,139 1 12 $3,830,315
10th Mikita Badziakouski 2,089 2 11 $4,292,769
11th Daniel Dvoress 2,059 1 11 $4,328,482
12th Seth Davies 1,999 0 14 $3,861,220
13th Isaac Kempton 1,927 1 10 $2,076,682
14th Nick Petrangelo 1,921 3 10 $4,785,574
15th Jeremy Ausmus 1,901 4 21 $2,321,838
16th Paul Phua 1,899 2 12 $4,605,654
17th Sam Greenwood 1,882 1 9 $3,652,684
18th Daniel Negreanu 1,701 3 14 $4,680,175
19th Adrian Attenborough 1,700 0 1 $6,000,000
20th Cary Katz 1,665 2 23 $1,940,090
21st Benny Glaser 1,646 0 3 $3,311,420

Click here to view the complete PokerGO Tour leaderboard.

What Is the PGT Championship?

The PGT Championship, or PokerGO Tour Championship, is the PGT's season-ending poker tournament. The event is only open to the top 21 players as ranked by the PGT leaderboard at the close of all open events. Over the course of the 2022 PGT season, players competed in select high-roller poker tournaments around the world to earn points for the PGT leaderboard.

The top 21 will compete in the PGT Championship. The PGT Championship is a freeroll poker tournament with a $500,000 winner-take-all prize up for grabs. The winner of the 2022 PGT Championship will be crowned this season's champion and take home half a million dollars in prize money.

Starting stacks in the PGT Championship will be based on the number of points earned by a player during the regular season.

Starting Stacks Determined By Points

Starting stacks for the PGT Championship will be determined by the number of points a player earned during the season, with 1,000 chips awarded for every 10 points earned. Here are the starting chips for the players eligible for the 2022 PGT Championship. Blinds will start at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante.

Rank Name Points Starting Chips
1st Stephen Chidwick 3,412 342,000
2nd Phil Ivey 3,083 309,000
3rd Jason Koon 2,833 284,000
4th Michael Duek 2,400 240,000
5th Sean Winter 2,368 237,000
6th Alex Foxen 2,356 236,000
7th Espen Jorstad 2,239 224,000
8th Chad Eveslage 2,162 217,000
9th Danny Tang 2,139 214,000
10th Mikita Badziakouski 2,089 209,000
11th Daniel Dvoress 2,059 206,000
12th Seth Davies 1,999 200,000
13th Isaac Kempton 1,927 193,000
14th Nick Petrangelo 1,921 193,000
15th Jeremy Ausmus 1,901 191,000
16th Paul Phua 1,899 190,000
17th Sam Greenwood 1,882 189,000
18th Daniel Negreanu 1,701 171,000
19th Adrian Attenborough 1,700 170,000
20th Cary Katz 1,665 167,000
21st Benny Glaser 1,646 165,000

Poker fans around the world will be able to watch both days of the 2022 PGT Championship live on PokerGO. The event will run December 21-22. On Day 1, the field will play down to the final table. On Day 2, the remaining players will play until there is a winner.

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