Repeat Winners Dominate at North American Poker Tour
The usual gang of poker pros have showed up at the North American Poker Tour in Las Vegas, and like clockwork, several of them have found the podium yet again. Stephen Chidwick, Sam Soverel, Nick Peterangelo, and Joao Simao all added trophies to their massive collection at the series that is presented by PokerStars and […]
The usual gang of poker pros have showed up at the North American Poker Tour in Las Vegas, and like clockwork, several of them have found the podium yet again.

Stephen Chidwick, Sam Soverel, Nick Peterangelo, and Joao Simao all added trophies to their massive collection at the series that is presented by PokerStars and is part of the PokerGO Tour.
Cool dozen for Chidwick
Chidwick scored his 12th PokerGO Tour title in the $50,000 Super High Roller for $557,930. It was his second title in a week following his victory in the Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller event during the PLO II series that just wrapped up
The win puts him 12th on the PGT 2024 leaderboard. The top 40 players get an invite to the PGT $1 Million Championship that starts on Jan. 12, next year. The higher he climbs on the leaderboard, the more starting chips he gets in that freeroll.
The $50,000 Super High Roller brought in 23 entries, and included Seth Davies, Sam Soverel, Isaac Haxton, Sam Laskowitz, Jason Koon, Nick Petrangelo, Ben Tollerene, Brandon Wilson, Dan Smith, Cary Katz, Bryn Kenney, David Chen, and Jesse Lonis.
The top three cashed:
Place Player Country Prize PGT Points 1st Stephen Chidwick United Kingdom $557,930 223 2nd Thomas Boivin Belgium $334,700 134 3rd Cary Katz United States $223,100 89
The 12th win put Chidwick in a tie with Soveral for the most wins, but it only last a few days before Soveral broke free.
Sam Soverel hits baker’s dozen
A dozen of everything is a lot, but for Soverel, who looks like he hasn’t eaten a donut in ages, it’s only a brief stop on the line of success.
Soverel and Chidwick remained tied on the top of the most win’s of the PGT leaderboard just a few days before Soverel pushed himself to the sole position again by winning the $12,300 PokerStars Cuatro Knockout for $116,840 — plus $84,000 in bounties.
The event attracted 39 entrants, and paid the top six. Issac Haxton was the bubble boy.
Place Player Country Prize Bounties PGT Points 1st Sam Soverel United States $116,840 $84,000 117 2nd Jordan Glazer United States $76,200 $24,000 76 3rd Dan Smith United States $52,500 53 4th Chance Kornuth United States $38,900 39 5th Jeremy Ausmus United States $30,500 $12,000 31 6th Maria Konnikova United States $23,700 24
Peterangelo wins seventh
Peterangelo captured his seventh PGT title in the $20,000 Super High Roller Warm Up for $309,030, an event that brought-in 53 players.
Although Peterangelo’s hasn’t had much success in PGT events this year, the win pushed his lifetime tournament totals deeper into the $40 million territory, according to The Hendon Mob.
He now sits in 121st place on the 2025 leaderboard, far away from the 40-player threshold needed to sneak into the $1 million freeroll in January, but there are plenty of events for him left in the year to earn enough points to get in.
Place Player Country Prize PGT Points 1st Nick Petrangelo United States $309,030 247 2nd Faraz Jaka United States $202,600 162 3rd Kristen Foxen Canada $146,800 117 4th Jesse Lonis United States $111,400 89 5th Cary Katz United States $86,000 69 6th Jeremy Ausmus United States $65,800 53 7th Stephen Chidwick United Kingdom $50,600 40 8th Thomas Boivin Belgium $40,600 32
Simao stops Soverel for second title
Simao won his second PGT title in the long-titled $10,200 No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha Round of Each for $174,600. The event attracted 60.
Soverel could have increased his PGT title total to 13 if he was able to close the deal, but Simao wouldn’t allow it. The win pushed Simao’s PGT cashes to $3,792,182.
Place Player Country Prize PGT Points 1st Joao Simao Brazil $174,600 175 2nd Sam Soverel United States $113,500 114 3rd Andrew Loomis United States $80,600 81 4th Sean Winter United States $62,000 62 5th Cherish Andrews United States $47,700 48 6th Jordan Glazer United States $36,700 37 7th Thomas Eychenne France $28,200 28 8th Seth Davies United States $21,800 22 9th Andrew Lichtenberger United States $16,900 17