Andrew Lichtenberger Wins PGT Sprint Championship

Andrew Lichtenberger became champion of PokerGO Tour Sprint Event 6, outlasting a field of 60 players. The 39-year-old poker player faced three rivals from the top five of the 2026 Card Player Player of the Year standings at the final table of the $10,500 no-limit hold'em tournament. Lichtenberger came from behind in heads-up play to win $192,000 and 360 POY points. With this result, he moved into the top 100 of the POY standings.

This was the year's third title and his 11th final table. The player, who reached his 18th career tournament title, has career earnings above $26 million. A World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner, Lichtenberger also earned 192 PGT points and rose to 13th in the season standings. He is known online under the screen name 'LuckyChewy'.

On the bubble, Brock Wilson was eliminated by Lichtenberger in 10th place. This meant the remaining nine players each won at least $18,000. Nicholas Schulte was eliminated in ninth and Neil Warren in eighth from the $600,000 prize pool. Daniyal Gheba also exited at this stage. When the tables merged, the biggest stack belonged to Jesse Lonis, the 2025 POY champion. Lonis's ace-ten beat Victoria Livschitz's pair of twos, which increased his lead. Then Alex Foxen eliminated Dylan Linde in fifth place. Foxen took the lead by eliminating Brandon Wilson in fourth. Wilson earned $60,000.

Lonis was eliminated in third place for $84,000. Lonis's ace-queen won against Foxen's call from the big blind with the eight of clubs and eight of spades. When heads-up play began, Foxen had a chip lead of roughly 10 to 1. Lichtenberger cut his opponent's lead to two to one, then shoved with a king-six. Foxen called with ace-seven. The board ran king, ten, eight, seven and three, giving Lichtenberger top pair and the title.

Foxen finished second for $120,000. It was his 14th final table of the year. A four-time bracelet winner, he had also won a WSOP bracelet this summer. With five titles and roughly $4.8 million in POY earnings, he rose to fifth in the overall standings and third in the PGT standings.