The 2023 Poker Masters is the eighth season of the Poker Masters. It will take place from September 14-26, 2023, from the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] There are 10 events on the schedule and all the events are No-Limit Hold'em.[2] Buy-ins range from $10,000 to the $50,000 Main Event. Final tables will be streamed on PokerGO.[3]
Stephen Chidwick cashed four times including winning Event #8 to earn the Purple Jacket as the series champion.[4]
Schedule
The schedule for the 2023 Poker Masters includes ten No-Limit Hold'em tournaments.[1]
2023 Poker Masters
#
|
Event
|
Entrants
|
Prize Pool (US$)
|
Winner
|
Winning Hand
|
Prize (US$)
|
Runner-Up
|
Losing Hand
|
Results
|
1
|
$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em
|
114
|
$1,140,000
|
Vladas Tamasauskas
|
9♥ 9♣
|
$239,400
|
Aram Zobian
|
Q♠ 2♥
|
Results[5]
|
2
|
$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em
|
97
|
$970,000
|
Darren Elias
|
A♥ Q♥
|
$223,100
|
Eric Baldwin
|
J♠ 8♠
|
Results[5]
|
3
|
$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em
|
87
|
$870,000
|
Vladas Tamasauskas
|
Q♦ 3♠
|
$208,800
|
Ren Lin
|
J♥ 9♥
|
Results[5]
|
4
|
$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em
|
91
|
$910,000
|
Chino Reem
|
K♥ J♥
|
$218,400
|
Jonathan Little
|
Q♣ 9♥
|
Results[5]
|
5
|
$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em
|
85
|
$850,000
|
Andrew Lichtenberger
|
A♥ 6♠
|
$204,000
|
Brian Kim
|
A♠ Q♠
|
Results[5]
|
6
|
$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em
|
95
|
$950,000
|
Orpen Kisacikoglu
|
10♦ 6♥
|
$218,500
|
Jack Hardcastle
|
Q♣ J♥
|
Results[5]
|
7
|
$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em
|
44
|
$1,100,000
|
Nick Schulman
|
A♦ J♥
|
$374,000
|
Nick Petrangelo
|
A♥ 4♣
|
Results[5]
|
8
|
$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em
|
50
|
$1,250,000
|
Stephen Chidwick
|
6♠ 2♠
|
$400,000
|
Sam Soverel
|
Q♣ J♥
|
Results[5]
|
9
|
$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em
|
37
|
$925,000
|
Justin Bonomo
|
A♣ Q♠
|
$333,000
|
Daniel Rezaei
|
Q♦ 2♣
|
Results[5]
|
10
|
$50,000 No-Limit Hold'em
|
42
|
$2,100,000
|
Jonathan Jaffe
|
A♦ 3♥
|
$756,000
|
Stephen Chidwick
|
A♠ 9♦
|
Results[5]
|
Purple Jacket standings
The 2023 Poker Masters will award the Purple Jacket and a $50,000 championship bonus to the player that accumulates the most PokerGO Tour points during the series.[6] Stephen Chidwick won Event #8 and made three additional final tables, including finishing runner-up in the $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em finale to earn the most PGT points and be awarded the $50,000 championship bonus and 2023 Poker Masters Purple Jacket.[7]
Poker Masters Purple Jacket Standings
Rank
|
Name
|
Points
|
Earnings
|
1
|
Stephen Chidwick
|
688
|
$1,109,000
|
2
|
Vladas Tamasauskas
|
506
|
$506,400
|
3
|
Chino Reem
|
487
|
$602,650
|
4
|
Alex Foxen
|
460
|
$663,500
|
5
|
Jonathan Jaffe
|
454
|
$756,000
|