Hal Rotholz Wins PGT Mixed Games II Event #7 for $163,200

Hal Rotholz earned his first-ever PGT victory on Friday with his victory in PGT Mixed Games II Event #7: $10,200 Triple Draw Mix. Rotholz topped the field of 51 entries to win the $163,200 first-place prize.

Rotholz entered the final day of play second in chips with four players remaining. The leader entering the final day was Nick Schulman, and that's who Rotholz found himself heads up with for the title. Schulman was chasing his second title of this series but ultimately had to settle for second place.

PGT Mixed Games II Event #7 Results

Place	Player	Country	Points	Prize
1st	Hal Rotholz	United States	163	$163,200
2nd	Nick Schulman	United States	107	$107,100
3rd	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	71	$71,400
4th	Andrew Yeh	United States	51	$51,000
5th	David "ODB" Baker	United States	41	$40,800
6th	Chino Rheem	United States	31	$30,600
7th	Julio Belluscio	Argentina	26	$25,500
8th	Jared Bleznick	United States	20	$20,400

Going back to the end of Day 1, Hal Rotholz busted Julio Belluscio in seventh place, did the majority of the damage to Chino Rheem before he went out in sixth place, and then he knocked out David "ODB" Baker in fifth place.

At the final table on Friday, Rotholz busted all three of his opponents. He knocked out Andrew Yeh in fourth place, then eliminated Jeremy Ausmus in third place. The heads-up match against Nick Schulman swung back and forth, but in the end, it was Rotholz's day and he came out on top.

PGT MIxed Games II Series Leaderboard Top 10

The result was Rotholz's second cash of the series and pushed him into fifth place on the PGT MIxed Games II series leaderboard. Chino Rheem, who cashed in sixth place in this event, is still at the top of the leaderboard. Nick Schulman, who lost to Rotholz heads up in this event, is second behind Rheem.

Rank	Player	Wins	Cashes	Winnings	Points
1	Chino Rheem	1	4	$317,600	318
2	Nick Schulman	1	3	$273,900	274
3	David Funkhouser	1	2	$241,100	241
4	Dylan Weisman	1	2	$199,600	210
5	Hal Rotholz	1	2	$181,200	181
6	Dzmitry Urbanovich	1	1	$179,200	179
7	Paul Volpe	0	1	$136,800	137
8	Daniel Negreanu	0	1	$117,600	118
9	Andres Korn	0	1	$114,000	114
10	Eli Elezra	0	2	$108,000	108

There are two events remaining on the PGT Mixed Games II schedule, including the $25,300 10-Game Championship.

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