Three Female PokerStake Stars Set for PGT Sprint Series

Hot on the heels of the PokerGO Tour Poker Masters, players are back in action at the PokerGO Studio this week. ARIA will fill up with players for the fast-action PGT Sprint series, which starts today (October 27) and runs through November 4 at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. We’ve picked out three female players who are looking to build on great years with more cashes in the high roller fields at ARIA.
What is the PGT Sprint Series?
The PGT Sprint series features seven single-day tournaments, with buy-ins ranging from $5,300 up to $10,500. With all seven events taking place in No Limit Hold’em, Events #1 through #4 are $5,300 to play and take place from Tuesday to Friday this week, with Event #5 through #7 playing out from November 2-4 after the Hallowe’en weekend.
With no multi-day flights, the super-fast series will see seven champions take home a PokerGO trophy, with the standard rake discount for on-time registration in place. Less than a week ago, Spain’s Adrian Mateos took the Purple Jacket in the Poker Masters after PokerStake seller Jeremy Ausmus went agonizingly close in the tenth and final event which was won by PGT season leader Sean Winter for $620,000.
Now the PGT Sprint series offers players one of just a few chances to overtake Winter, with January’s PGT Last Chance coming between January 4-9 with six similar NLHE events. Just 40 leaderboard players will be added to Dream Seat winners to complete the 50-player field for the $1,000,000 2026 PGT Championship Freeroll at PokerGO Studio on January 11 and 12 next year.

Cherish on the Chase
One of PokerStake’s most successful and solid sellers is Cherish Andrews (above). The Vegas-based professional has enjoyed a strong 2026 on the PGT, winning the $5,000-entry U.S. Poker Open Event #3 for $117,407 after beating WSOP Main Event finalist Adam Hendrix heads-up.
Also making the money places in USPO Events #4, #5 and #10 that series, Cherish almost won the leaderboard only to lose out to her boyfriend and fellow PokerStake seller Brock Wilson for Player of the Series. Coming 4th and 5th in two $10,000 eight-max events at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in August, Cherish also came 8th and 5th in two Poker Masters events last week for combined winnings of $90,850.
Selling to three events, Cherish is starting from Event #1, the $5,300 NLHE event, where she is only selling 5%, so get in quick. That action is on sale at a markup of 1.15, but both of the two bullets currently on sale for PGT Sprint Event #5, which costs $10,500 to play, are up at just 1.05. Cherish is a consistent performer in PGT events in particular and we can’t recommend sweating her action enough.
Ferguson on Fire
Despite winning just under $300,000 in her live tournament career, Natalie Ferguson (top) is a rising star of the high roller scene and her recent results advocate for buying plenty of her PGT Sprint package. A fifth-place finish in the opening $3,000 PokerGO Cup Showcase back in March netted her winnings of $38,000.
In two USPO events, Natalie cemented her growing reputation as she came 4th and 8th for scores of $41,850 and $36,600. In each event, she outlasted legends of the felt such as Erik Seidel, Kristen Foxen, Chino Rheem and Bill Klein as she banked a great return on her investment.
Selling to Events #3 and #4 so far, Natalie is selling at 1.00, meaning no markup at all. This is incredibly generous and well worth investing in, especially given her strong record in No Limit Hold’em and growing reputation in Las Vegas. It’s highly unlikely Natalie’s action will be available ‘at spot’ for long in this form!
Can Trekker Climb the Mountain?
Finally, Victoria Livschitz (below) aims to conquer the schedule PGT Sprint event by event. ‘Trekker’ is known for taking on the highest mountains and rising to the top, so can the high roller conquer the PGT Sprint series? Of course she can. Victoria learned how to play poker during COVID and since then has amassed $3m in live winnings alone after phenomenal run at the felt.

In February, Victoria won an $800 NLHE event at the Venetian DeepStack for $50,044 and cashed in 53rd place for $21,151 at the 2026 WSOP in the $10,000 Six-Max Championship. During a superb run at the Poker Masters this October, she was the chip leader in Event #6, the $10,500 buy-in event but eventually suffered some bad luck behind the eventual winner Justin Vaysman.
Victoria is putting herself in a great position to win big, however, and she’s a huge tip to do well this week in Las Vegas. Selling to Events #1, #5 and #6 so far, she’s doing so at zero markup and is unmissable value.
Check out all the PGT Sprint action on sale this week right here via our official staking page for the event series.
Headline photo by Matthew Berglund, all other photos by PokerGO.