David Coleman Leads PGT Kickoff Event #1 Final Table

The 2024 PGT season kicked off at the PokerGO Studio from ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the PGT Kickoff, and David Coleman bagged the top stack with 2,270,000 to lead the seven remaining players in Event #1: $5,100 No-Limit Hold'em.

Stephen Chidwick sits just behind in chips, while Jeremy Ausmus, Nikita Kalinin, Clemen Deng, Aram Zobian, and Viktor Ustimov round out the players who will return for the final day as play resumes at 12 p.m. PT on Friday, January 12 with the delayed final table stream beginning at 1 p.m. PT on PokerGO.

The healthy field of 89 entrants created a prize pool of $445,000 and the top 13 finishers earned a piece of it. Johan Guilbert was the unfortunate bubble boy when got his short stack in and ran into a superior ace. Lewis Spencer (13th), Alex Condon (12th), John Riordan (11th), Michael Jozoff (10th), Eric Baldwin (9th), and Ryan Riess (8th) all made it into the money but fell short of the final table.

The seven remaining players will return with $17,800, but all eyes will be on the first-place prize of $120,150.

2024 PGT Kickoff Event #1 Final Table

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	David Coleman	United States	2,270,000
2	Nikita Kalinin	Russia	1,505,000
3	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	1,890,000
4	Stephen Chidwick	United Kingdom	2,240,000
5	Clemen Deng	United States	1,415,000
6	Aram Zobian	United States	1,120,000
7	Viktor Ustimov	Russia	685,000

When play resumes, there is 14:20 remaining in Level 17 with blinds at 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. The button is on Aram Zobian.

Play will resume at 12 p.m. PT and the final table will be streamed on delay starting at 1 p.m. PT on PokerGO.com.

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