Max Hoffman Crowned 2024 PGT Mixed Games Champion

The PGT Mixed Games has crowned its newest series champion. Massachusetts' Max Hoffman topped the leaderboard to win the PGT Gold Cup and a $10,000 PGT Passport.

Hoffman follows in the footsteps of Dan Zack and Chino Rheem as previous PGT Mixed Games champions, and even had to fade a late surge from Dan Zack, who needed to reach heads-up play in the 10-Game Championship to overtake Hoffman.

According to The Hendon Mob, Hoffman has amassed $587,761 in lifetime tournament earnings. At this PGT Mixed Games series, Hoffman earned $376,300 in prize money, and combined with the October series, he has won more than $430,000 in PGT Mixed Games events.

Hoffman kicked off the 2024 PGT Mixed Games with a fifth-place finish in Event #2 before he collected his career-largest score in Event #5, where he won $100,800 for finishing runner-up to John Racener. Hoffman immediately jumped into the next event, and although he matched his runner-up finish—this time to Jerry Wong—he improved his career-best score by pocketing $103,400 in prize money.

Now sitting on top of the PGT Mixed Games leaderboard, Hoffman would score his third consecutive cash when he finished sixth in the Dealer's Choice for $28,200 to extend his lead. The PGT Mixed Games marquee event saw Hoffman dominate the final day of the $25,300 10-Game Championship, but his luck would end in fourth place. It would again improve on his career-best score as he earned $153,750 for his efforts.

Max Hoffman's PGT Mixed Games Results

Event	Place	Prize	PGT Points
Event #2: $5,100 8-Game	5th	$31,150	31
Event #5: $10,200 Triple Stud Mix	2nd	$100,800	101
Event #6: $10,200 Triple Draw Mix	2nd	$103,400	103
Event #7: $10,200 Dealer's Choice	6th	$28,200	29
Event #9: $25,300 10-Game Championship	4th	$153,750	68

Hoffman finished with 331 PGT points to be crowned the PGT Mixed Games champion. In the process, he rose to 10th place on the PGT leaderboard ahead of John Hennigan, Dan Zack, and Stephen Chidwick. With a plethora of mixed game events at the upcoming 2024 World Series of Poker, Hoffman is likely to make a run at securing a seat in the season-ending PGT Championship $1,000,000 freeroll.

PGT Mixed Games Top 10 Leaderboard

Rank	Player	Country	Winnings	Points
1st	Max Hoffman	United States	$376,300	331
2nd	Dan Zack	United States	$348,950	287
3rd	Jerry Wong	United States	$260,150	261
4th	John Hennigan	United States	$256,900	256
5th	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	$252,350	252
6th	Dylan Weisman	United States	$375,935	233
7th	Alex Livingston	Canada	$335,590	232
8th	John Racener	United States	$255,400	222
9th	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	$214,800	215
10th	Mori Eskandani	United States	$201,600	202

Dan Zack fell short of winning a second PGT Mixed Games series championship and finished second overall. Fellow event winners Jerry Wong and John Hennigan ranked third and fourth overall, while Daniel Negreanu finished fifth on the back of his four cashes. The final two players in the 10-Game Championship - Dylan Weisman and Alex Livingston - were next on the PGT Mixed Games leaderboard, while John Racener, Jeremy Ausmus, and PokerGO President Mori Eskandani rounded out the top ten.

2024 PGT Mixed Games Series Results

Event	Entrants	Winner	1st Prize	Runner-Up
Event #1: $5,100 H.O.R.S.E.	87	Maksim Pisarenko	$117,450	Benny Glaser
Event #2: $5,100 8-Game	89	John Hennigan	$120,150	Adam Friedman
Event #3: $10,200 H.O.R.S.E.	63	Mori Eskandani	$201,600	Jeremy Ausmus
Event #4: $10,200 8-game	61	Dan Zack	$195,200	Jim Collopy
Event #5: $10,200 Triple Stud Mix	42	John Racener	$151,200	Max Hoffman
Event #6: $10,200 Triple Draw Mix	47	Jerry Wong	$164,500	Max Hoffman
Event #7: $10,200 Dealer's Choice	47	Philip Sternheimer	$367,500	Daniel Negreanu
Event #8: $10,200 Big Bet Mix	37	Dan Shak	$133,200	Jeremy Ausmus
Event #9: $25,300 10-Game Championship	41	Alex Livingston	$324,465	Dylan Weisman
Event #10: $5,100 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw	28	Walter Chambers	$63,000	Felipe Ramos

Some of the world's best mixed-game players collected PGT Mixed Games trophies during the series, including Poker Hall of Fame members John Hennigan and Mori Eskandani. 2022 WSOP Player of the Year Dan Zack and fellow mixed-game stalwarts John Racener, Jerry Wong, and Philip Sternheimer also picked up their first PGT titles inside the PokerGO Studio. PGT regular Dan Shak secured his first tournament win since 2019, while Alex Livingston won his first career PGT title in the 10-Game Championship - the event he finished runner-up in back in October 2023. Walter Chambers won the final event of the series 

The buzz and excitement for PGT Mixed Games continued for this third series that featured 542 total entrants and 114 unique players across ten events. The PGT Mixed Games will return around Super Bowl week in early February 2025 with a schedule again designed by the mixed game players in an effort to build upon the series' success.

Stay tuned to PGT.com for information on all PGT events and how to qualify for the season-ending PGT Championship $1,000,000 freeroll by playing PGT events or by earning a Dream Seat through various special events and promotions.

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