Overview
- The invitational field combined the season’s top 40 with 14 Dream Seat qualifiers for a 54-entry freeroll in Las Vegas.
- Play paused overnight with seven left despite only six paid, and Eric Blair’s exit then set the official final table.
- Final payouts: Eveslage $500,000; Andrew Lichtenberger $200,000; Michael Wang $120,000; Daniel Negreanu $80,000; Aaron Kupin $60,000; John Riordan $40,000.
- Eveslage closed it out after rivering a better two pair to bust Wang, then winning heads-up when his pocket jacks held versus Lichtenberger’s 8-6 suited.
- Alex Foxen secured PGT Player of the Year with five wins, 27 cashes and $6.28 million, earning a $50,000 bonus as the tour turns to its Jan. 26 kickoff.