2023 Poker Masters

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2023 Poker Masters
Poker Masters Logo.png
Venue PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino
Location Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesSeptember 14-26, 2023
Champion
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stephen Chidwick
(Purple Jacket winner);
Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Jaffe
(Main Event winner)
  2022
2024  

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]

Contents

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
#EventEntrantsPrize Pool (US$)WinnerWinning HandPrize (US$)Runner-UpLosing HandResults
1$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em114$1,140,000 Flag of Lithuania.svg Vladas Tamasauskas9 9$239,400 Flag of the United States.svg Aram ZobianQ 2 Results [5]
2$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em97$970,000 Flag of the United States.svg Darren Elias A Q$223,100 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Baldwin J 8 Results [5]
3$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em87$870,000 Flag of Lithuania.svg Vladas TamasauskasQ 3$208,800 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ren LinJ 9 Results [5]
4$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em91$910,000 Flag of the United States.svg Chino Reem K J$218,400 Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Little Q 9 Results [5]
5$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em85$850,000 Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Lichtenberger A 6$204,000 Flag of the United States.svg Brian KimA Q Results [5]
6$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em95$950,000 Flag of Turkey.svg Orpen Kisacikoglu10 6$218,500 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack HardcastleQ J Results [5]
7$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em44$1,100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Nick Schulman A J$374,000 Flag of the United States.svg Nick Petrangelo A 4 Results [5]
8$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em50$1,250,000 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stephen Chidwick 6 2$400,000 Flag of the United States.svg Sam SoverelQ J Results [5]
9$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em37$925,000 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Bonomo A Q$333,000 Flag of Austria.svg Daniel RezaeiQ 2 Results [5]
10$50,000 No-Limit Hold'em42$2,100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan JaffeA 3$756,000 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 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
RankNamePointsEarnings
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stephen Chidwick 688$1,109,000
2 Flag of Lithuania.svg Vladas Tamasauskas506$506,400
3 Flag of the United States.svg Chino Reem 487$602,650
4 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Foxen 460$663,500
5 Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Jaffe454$756,000

Results

Event #1: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Lithuania.svg Vladas Tamasauskas$239,400
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Aram Zobian$171,000
3rd Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ren Lin$125,400
4th Flag of the United States.svg Filipp Khavin$102,600
5th Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Livschitz$79,800
6th Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Laskowitz$68,400

Event #2: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of the United States.svg Darren Elias $223,100
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Eric Baldwin $155,200
3rd Flag of the United States.svg Bin Weng$116,400
4th Flag of the United States.svg Antonio De La Cruz$97,000
5th Flag of the United States.svg Erik Seidel $77,600
6th Flag of Lithuania.svg Vladas Tamasauskas$58,200

Event #3: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Lithuania.svg Vladas Tamasauskas$208,800
2nd Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ren Lin$147,900
3rd Flag of Austria.svg Daniel Rezaei$104,400
4th Flag of the United States.svg Alex Foxen $87,000
5th Flag of the United States.svg Michael Rocco$69,600
6th Flag of the United States.svg Chance Kornuth$52,200

Event #4: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of the United States.svg Chino Reem $218,400
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Little $154,700
3rd Flag of the United States.svg Brock Wilson$109,200
4th Flag of the United States.svg Chris Brewer $91,000
5th Flag of the United States.svg Justin Saliba$72,800
6th Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Negreanu $54,600

Event #5: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Lichtenberger $204,000
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Brian Kim$144,500
3rd Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Lazrus$102,000
4th Flag of Germany.svg Niko Koop$85,000
5th Flag of the United States.svg Brock Wilson$68,000
6th Flag of Germany.svg Koray Aldemir $41,000

Event #6: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Turkey.svg Orpen Kisacikoglu$218,500
2nd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hardcastle$152,000
3rd Flag of the United States.svg Justin Bonomo $114,000
4th Flag of the United States.svg Chino Reem $95,000
5th Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Laskowitz$76,000
6th Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stephen Chidwick $57,000

Event #7: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of the United States.svg Nick Schulman $374,000
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Nick Petrangelo $242,000
3rd Flag of the United States.svg Brian Rast $165,000
4th Flag of the United States.svg Chris Brewer $121,000
5th Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Livschitz$88,000
6th Flag of the United States.svg Justin Saliba$66,000

Event #8: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stephen Chidwick $400,000
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Sam Soverel$262,500
3rd Flag of the United States.svg Alex Foxen $175,000
4th Flag of the United States.svg Chris Brewer $125,000
5th Flag of the United States.svg Darren Elias $100,000
6th Flag of the United States.svg Chino Reem $75,000

Event #9: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of the United States.svg Justin Bonomo $333,000
2nd Flag of Austria.svg Daniel Rezaei$222,000
3rd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stephen Chidwick $148,000
4th Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Lichtenberger $101,750
5th Flag of Turkey.svg Orpen Kisacikoglu$74,000
6th Flag of the United States.svg Chino Reem $46,250

Event #10: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Jaffe$756,000
2nd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stephen Chidwick $504,000
3rd Flag of the United States.svg Alex Foxen $336,000
4th Flag of the United States.svg Brian Kim$231,000
5th Flag of the United States.svg Chino Reem $168,000
6th Flag of the United States.svg Nick Petrangelo $105,000

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