Chino Rheem is now a four-time PokerGO Tour series champion after another gorilla-like run at the PLO series in Las Vegas that just wrapped up.
Rheem also won the award at last year’s PGT PLO series. His other two came in the PGT Mixed Games series in 2023 and 2025. No other player has more than three.
And he did it this time without winning any events.
The PGT Gold Cup was the only piece of hardware he took from the series. He won all his points by cashing in four out of the 10 tourneys that were held at the Venetian, but never winning one. With eight cashes this month in PGT events, he’s running as hot as Death Valley.
He came as close as possible after finishing as runner-up in the series’ first tourney, the $3,000 Main Event. PGT changed things up a bit this year by starting with the Main Event.
He lost to Bruno Furth, who scored his only cash in series with the victory, which was good for $150,000. The 300 points he earned in this single event was enough to put Furth at the top of the leaderboard, just ahead of Rheem’s 281.
And that’s how the series ended. And although Furth wound-up on top of the leaderboard, the title of series championship and the PGT Gold Cup goes to Rheem because, by rule, players must cash at least twice in order to be eligible for the bonus prize.
As far as most money won during the series, Jeremy Druckman finished on top with $209,400. Rheem’s total was $136,555. Druckman won $182,400 in the $10,100 event, which was his first PGT title.
After starting the series with a second-place finish that was good for $100,000, Rheem followed it with an eighth-place for $10,800, fourth for $15,435 and $16,000 in bounties, and a fifth for another $10,320.
Rheem will soon hit the $20 million lifetime mark, according to The Hendon Mob. Of that, $6.4 million came in PGT events where he’s won nine in 81 cashed and 41 final tables.
PGT PLO Series at Venetian Las Vegas Top 10 Leaderboard
| Rank | Player | Country | Winnings | Points |
| 1st | Bruno Furth | United States | $150,000 | 300* |
| 2nd | Chino Rheem | United States | $136,555 | 281 |
| 3rd | Jeremy Druckman | United States | $209,400 | 223 |
| 4th | Philip Shing | United States | $137,645 | 222 |
| 5th | John Riordan | United States | $94,695 | 214 |
| 6th | Michael Wang | United States | $101,850 | 198 |
| 7th | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | $89,190 | 193 |
| 8th | Jordan Glazer | United States | $128,030 | 186 |
| 9th | Sam Soverel | United States | $117,600 | 177 |
| 10th | Brian Smith | United States | $75,000 | 150* |
*Not eligible to qualify for the series leaderboard as they have not cashed in at least two events.
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