Sean Winter Leads PGT Race by Seven Points Over Eelis Parssinen
Winter moved ahead after the PGT PLO Series, with Super High Roller Bowl XI and Poker Masters next on the calendar.
Sean Winter held the narrowest of leads in the 2026 PokerGO Tour race on Oct. 8, sitting on 1,850 points from 15 cashes. Eelis Parssinen was seven points back in second place as the tour moved into its final stretch, with about three-quarters of the season complete.
Winter took over first place at the PGT PLO Series event on Oct. 2. He finished fourth in the $15,700 pot-limit Omaha mystery bounty tournament for 58 points, while Parssinen’s fifth-place finish earned 44, according to Card Player. That 14-point swing turned a small Parssinen lead into Winter’s seven-point advantage.
Winter had more than $3.6 million in earnings from PGT-qualified events, including eight six-figure scores. His largest listed result was a fourth-place finish worth $1.3 million in the $250,000 no-limit hold’em high roller at the World Series of Poker.
His sole victory of the season to that point came in a $10,000 no-limit hold’em PokerGO Cup event. Winter beat 70 entries for his eighth career PGT title.
Parssinen had seven cashes and two wins, both at the WSOP within a six-day span. He beat 451 entries in a $25,000 PLO eight-max event for about $2.16 million, then won a $25,000 PLO and no-limit hold’em mixed tournament with 214 entries for about $1.17 million. His PGT earnings were approaching $3.8 million.
Brock Wilson stood third with 1,681 points from 13 in-the-money finishes and more than $1.4 million in earnings. He had won four PGT trophies, split between the U.S. Poker Open and PokerGO Cup, and captured the series championship at both festivals.
Alex Foxen was fourth with 1,642 points and more than $2.2 million in PGT earnings. Yuri Dzivielevski rounded out the top five and was the group’s highest earner, with more than $5.1 million across seven cashes. Lucas Jumalon, Joao Simao, Kristen Foxen, Calvin Anderson and Lauri Saaskilahti occupied sixth through 10th.
The PGT had paid more than $99.9 million across 102 completed events by Oct. 8. The tour’s season-long leaderboard covers high-stakes events under one ranking system, and points are generally tied to buy-in levels and prize money won.
The $100,000 no-limit hold’em Super High Roller Bowl XI runs through Oct. 10. Poker Masters follows from Oct. 12-22 with 10 events and buy-ins from $10,000 to $50,000. The top 40 players who have at least three season cashes qualify for the $1 million PGT Championship freeroll, which awards $500,000 to its winner.
