PokerGO Tour PLO II Ends with Chino Rheem Locking Up Third Series Championship
Chino Rheem closed out the PokerGO Tour PLO II series with a win in the $25,100 championship, which locked up enough points to take the title of series champion. He became the first player on the PGT tour to win three series championships. The other two came in PGT Mixed Games series in 2023 and […]
Chino Rheem closed out the PokerGO Tour PLO II series with a win in the $25,100 championship, which locked up enough points to take the title of series champion.
He became the first player on the PGT tour to win three series championships. The other two came in PGT Mixed Games series in 2023 and 2025.
In fact, out of the 10 events of the series, Rheem cashed in seven of them for a total $798,900, and really left everyone in the dust from get-go when he started the series by finishing as a runner-up in Event #1, a $5,100 affair won by Jesse Lonis.
Lonis earned the title of series champion in the first PGT PLO Series of 2025 in April (the II in the name refers to the number of series in one year).
Rheem and Lonis join Lautaro Guerra (2023), Daniel Geeng (2023), Samuli Sipila (2024), and Matthew Wantman (2024) on the PGT PLO champion list. All series champions win a PGT Gold Cup and a $10,000 PGT Passport.
Rheem has been one of the more dominate payers on the PGT, winning $5,478,761 of his more than $18 million in lifetime earnings on the high-roller tour. He’s won eight PGT events, made seven final tables, and cashed 61 times.
PGT PLO Series II Top 10 Leaderboard
| Rank | Player | Country | Winnings | Points |
| 1st | Chino Rheem | United States | $798,900 | 597 |
| 2nd | Bryce Yockey | United States | $537,600 | 487 |
| 3rd | Sean Winter | United States | $320,800 | 459 |
| 4th | Isaac Haxton | United States | $512,800 | 360 |
| 5th | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | $447,300 | 358 |
| 6th | Taylor Wilson | United States | $284,400 | 355 |
| 7th | Joao Simao | United States | $491,000 | 354 |
| 8th | Frederic Normand | Canada | $313,400 | 353 |
| 9th | Sam Soverel | United States | $365,400 | 318 |
| 10th | Ben Lamb | United States | $292,500 | 293 |
Yockey wins two
Rheem may have slipped in front of Bryce Yockey in the very last event in order to take his third series championship, but that doesn’t mean that kudos should not be give to Yockey, who won two events this series.
He joined Erik Seidel, Alex Foxen, Sean Winters and others in the winner circle.
2025 PGT PLO Series II Results
| Event | Entrants | Winner | 1st Prize | Runner-Up |
| Event #1: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha | 146 | Jesse Lonis | $175,000 | Chino Rheem |
| Event #2: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Quattro | 133 | Alex Foxen | $87,000 | Michael Wang |
| Event #3: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha | 143 | Erik Seidel | $171,500 | John Riordan |
| Event #4: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha | 117 | Ben Lamb | $292,500 | Fernando Habegger |
| Event #5: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha PKO | 106 | Sean Winter | $122,300 | Sam Soverel |
| Event #6: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha | 88 | Bryce Yockey | $237,600 | Matthew Wantman |
| Event #7: $15,100 Pot-Limit Omaha | 86 | Veselin Karakitukov | $348,300 | Joao Simao |
| Event #8: $15,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Mystery Bounty | 65 | Taylor Wilson | $195,000 | Frederic Normand |
| Event #9: $15,100 Pot-Limit Omaha | 65 | Bryce Yockey | $290,000 | Ben Tollerene |
| Event #10: $25,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship | 68 | Chino Rheem | $510,000 | Isaac Haxton |
