Table Of Contents. PGT Kickoff Event 1 Final Table Payouts. Cooling Down Schulman. Andrew „LuckyChewy“ Lichtenberger is the first winner of the PokerGO Tour Kickoff series as he held off red-hot Nick Schulman to win $117,600 and his seventh PGT title.. The $5,100 buy-in event marked the start of a series with five high roller tournaments in PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas from Jan. 20-25. It drew 84 runners for a prize pool of $420,000.. The final table included Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel (7th – $16,800), online all-star Patrick Leonard (6th – $21,000) in a rare PokerGO Studio appearance and two-time bracelet winner John Riordan (4th – $39,900).. PGT Kickoff Event 1 Final Table Payouts. Place. Name. Country. Prize (In USD). 1Andrew LichtenbergerUnited States$117,600. 2Nick SchulmanUnited States$75,600. 3Matthew McEwanUnited States$54,600. 4John RiordanUnited States$39,900. 5Dennis BeresUnited States$29,400. 6Patrick LeonardUnited Kingdom$21,000. 7Erik SeidelUnited States$16,800. Cooling Down Schulman. Schulman’s runner-up finish is just weeks removed from finishing runner-up to PGT Player of the Year Jeremy Ausmus in the $1 Million PGT Championship for $200,000. Not long before, he won a PGT Last Chance high roller for $283,050 in Las Vegas and his sixth World Series of Poker bracelet and $145,000 at WSOP Paradise.. Nick Schulman. Schulman had a strong start at the final table as he cracked Seidel’s queens with ace-queen to send the 10-time bracelet winner to the rail in seventh place. He later eliminated third-place finisher Matthew McEwan as his ace-eight pipped McEwan’s nine-eight.. Lichtenberger and Schulman were near even in chips as they played a nearly hourlong heads-up battle. Schulman was on the ropes when he moved all in with jack-seven as was called by Lichtenberger with a suited king-nine. Neither player improved on the flop but „LuckyChewy“ turned a king to have the poker commentator drawing dead.. The victory brought Lichtenberger his seventh PGT title and his first live tournament win since September 2023 when he won a PokerGO Masters event for $204,000, adding to his $21 million in Hendon Mob earnings.. Andrew Lichtenberger. There will be four more winners crowned in the PokerGO Studio this week, including in the currently underway Event #2: $5,100 No-Limit Hold’em that drew 96 players for a prize pool of $480,000.. Check out the final table action of the PGT Kickoff opening event on YouTube.. *Lead photo courtesy PokerGO