Which PokerStake Player is Chasing Down Yuri Dzivielevski in Las Vegas?
The Brazilian former online world number one Yuri Dzivielevski won the PGT Mixed Games series this week and has gone on to lead Day 1 of the $100,000-entry Super High Roller Bowl in Mixed Games. While the Brazilian is on course to chase down yet more winnings in a week where he has far exceeded $600,000 in profit, one PokerStake player is chasing him down and hoping to win his first major title of the year.
Dzivielevski’s Dream Week
It’s hard not to look back on the past seven days as having belonged to the Brazilian mixed games specialist Yuri Dzivielevski. Booking one win and two runner-up finishes in the 2026 PGT Mixed Games series, the Brazilian took home over $740,000 in winnings, and even after the buy-ins for those events have been deducted, that still represents a superb return on the three events he played.
Incredibly, after four events, Dzivielevski hadn’t cashed for a single cent, but won Event #5, the $15,200-entry Big Bet Mix event for a top score of $262,350. In the next event, the $15,200 Dealer’s Choice, Dzivielevski lost heads-up to Qinghai Pan, winning $171,00 but giving the American a powerful overall lead.
In the seventh and final event, however, Dzivielevski outlasted Pan, who finished outside the money and won $312,000 as runner-up. That was enough to see Dzivielevski leapfrog Pan at the top of the charts and take home the PGT Gold Cup as series winner. Racking up his 31st cash on the PokerGO Tour, Dzivielevski made his 16th final table and won enough to tip him past the $4.8m mark in PGT earnings alone.
Here’s how the series leaderboard finished:
| PokerGO Tour 2026 Mixed Games Leaderboard Results: | ||||||
| Place | Player | PGT Points | Wins | Cashes | Winnings | |
| 1st | Yuri Dzivielevski | 534 | 1 | 3 | $745,350 | |
| 2nd | Qinghai Pan | 478 | 1 | 3 | $532,700 | |
| 3rd | Brian Rast | 340 | 1 | 3 | $514,750 | |
| 4th | Philip Sternheimer | 279 | 0 | 2 | $365,400 | |
| 5th | Ryan Hoenig | 269 | 1 | 2 | $256,900 | |
| 6th | Justin Liberto | 263 | 1 | 2 | $247,400 | |
| 7th | Chino Rheem | 238 | 1 | 3 | $158,550 | |
| 8th | Nick Schulman | 235 | 1 | 1 | $235,200 | |
| 9th | Chad Eveslage | 169 | 0 | 4 | $177,350 | |
| 10th | Johannes Becker | 164 | 0 | 3 | $154,725 | |
The Mixed Game GOAT?
In a series where mixed game legends took to the felt, Dzivielevski’s dedication shone through. It was hardly a surprise, however, as his prowess in mixed game is nothing new. Juist last year he came third to Chad Eveslage in the first-ever $100,000 Mixed Games Super High Roller Bowl in Las Vegas for $450,000.
The Brazilian also managed to finish as runner-up to Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates in the 2022 Poker Players Championship in 2022, where Jungle won his back-to-back World Series of Poker bracelet in the famous Chip Reese Trophy event. Winning money in three out of the seven PGT Mixed Games series events, the money won will propel him further ahead in the All-Time Money List for Brazilian players, which he currently leads.
Dzivielevski also leads the 2026 PGT leaderboard with 534 PGT points, putting him marginally ahead of Andrew Lichtenberger on 531 PGT Points, who won the PGT Kickoff series just a fortnight ago. The 2026 PokerGO Tour continues right now with the 2026 Mixed Games Super High Roller Bowl before the PokerGO Cup (March 1-15) and PGT PLO Series (March 20-29) welcome players back to Las Vegas.
Could Dzivielevski Win Back-to-Back Series on the PGT?
If Dzivielevski has one ambition remaining this month, it might be to win the $100,000-entry Super High Roller Bowl, which takes place in a mixed game format. He’s certainly the favorite to do so at present, not least because he leads the way after Day 1. The opening day went to plan for the Brazilian, who racked up 903,000 chips after the action stopped, with a very familiar face right behind him.
Benny Glaser has already won three WSOP bracelets this year in mixed games. With 807,000 chips, he is Dzivielevski’s nearest challenger, with fellow PokerStake player Chris Brewer a three-bet behind him on 783,000 chips. PGT superstar and PokerStake legend Chino Rheem (484,000) also finds himself in the top 10 on a day where 23 players survived to the Day 2 seat draw.
While the field is stacked, it is not locked, with players such Phil Hellmuth and Michael Mizrachi expected to arrive with the requisite funds to take on Day 2 with a shorter stack than others. That would nudge the field towards what would be a record-breaking total of 40 entries. Others to consider rebuying back into the action might include Day 1 evictees Nick Schulman, Justin Liberto, Walter Chambers, Ryan Hoenig Dylan Weisman and Jason Mercier, who was eliminated very late on Day 1.
| PGT $100,000 Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games Day 1 Chipcounts: | |||
| Position | Player | Country | Chips |
| 1st | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 903,000 |
| 2nd | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 807,000 |
| 3rd | Chris Brewer | United States | 783,000 |
| 4th | Jesse Lonis | United States | 569,000 |
| 5th | Tobias Leknes | Norway | 568,000 |
| 6th | Albert Daher | Lebanon | 549,000 |
| 7th | Aaron Katz | United States | 507,000 |
| 8th | Chino Rheem | United States | 484,000 |
| 9th | Brian Rast | United States | 484,000 |
| 10th | Scott Seiver | United States | 475,000 |