Meet Jeremy Ausmus: All you need to know about the 2024 PGT Championship winner who bagged $500,000

Jeremy Ausmus is a poker player from the United States who recently won the 2024 PGT Championships. With tha, he bagged an amount of 500,000 USD as countrymate Nick Schulman clinched the second position in the event to win 200,000 USD.

Besides the final event, Ausmus had also performed impressively throughout the other meets of PGT and concluded the season with 6,491,016 USD in total prize money and 2966 points. Additionally, for these performances across the year, he also won the tour's best player in 2024. Danile Negreanu clinched the second spot in terms of PGT points in 2054 and a total prize money amount of 2.399,106 USD.

Following the finals event, Ausmus expressed his love for the leaderboard and also explained his love for the game. He said (via Pokerguru.com):

"I love the leaderboard, it really inspires me to play a lot. It’s kind of like a video game. You just want to get to the top."

This victory came just a few days after the PGT 2024 Last Chance in Las Vegas where he clinched a second position finish to win an amount of 176,700 USD.

On that note, let's know more aboyt this 45-year-old poker player, Jeremy Ausmus.

Jeremy Ausmus: Early life and family

Ausmus was born in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 22, 1979. Not much information is available about his parents. Notably, his family currently consists of his wife, Adria and two children, Calia and Kai.

Jeremy Ausmus: Educational details

Ausmus completed his bachelor degree from the Colorado State University and his hobbies include chess and guiter. However, there is no information about his primary high school education.

Jeremy Ausmus: Other achievements in his career

Ausmus is one of the most decorated poker players in the current circuit with six World Series of Poker bracelets. He also has a total of 110 money finishes in WSOP events with his highest prize money of his career being 2,155,313 USD that he won back in 2012 at the $10,000 WSOP main event.

His other big cashes include 1,892,260 USD last year during the $100,000 WSOP high roller event where he finished second in the event. He also clinched a third-place finish at the 2024 Super High Roller Bowl event in Cyprus last Ausgust, giving him a cash of 1,200,000 USD. His total prize money earning so far in his career stands at 23,341,596 USD.