2018 Poker Masters

The 2018 Poker Masters was the second season of the Poker Masters. It took place from September 8-15, 2018, from the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was sponsored by Poker Central, and every final table was streamed on PokerGO. There were seven events on the schedule including five No-Limit Hold'em tournaments, along with a Pot-Limit Omaha and Short Deck event.^[1] Buy-ins ranged from $10,000 to the $100,000 Main Event.^[2]

2018 Poker Masters
Venue	PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	September 8-15, 2018
Champion
Ali Imsirovic (Purple Jacket winner); David Peters (Main Event winner)
← 2017 2019 →

The Main Event was won by America's David Peters, and the Poker Masters Purple Jacket was awarded to Bosnia and Herzegovina's Ali Imsirovic.^[3]

Schedule

The schedule for the 2018 Poker Masters included five No-Limit Hold'em tournaments, and both a Pot-Limit Omaha and Short Deck event.^[1] The first six events lasted two days with the first day ending once the final table was down to six players. Those players returned the next day to resume play with the action streamed on PokerGO. The Main Event was a $100,000 buy-in and played out over three days with the final two days streamed on PokerGO.^[4]

2018 Poker Masters

#	Event	Entrants	Prize Pool (US$)	Winner	Winning Hand	Prize (US$)	Runner-Up	Losing Hand	Results
1	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	69	$690,000	David Peters	K♦ K♣	$193,200	Brian Green	8♠ 8♦	Results[5]
2	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	50	$1,250,000	Brandon Adams	A♣ 9♥	$400,000	Jared Jaffee	K♣ 5♠	Results[5]
3	$25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	37	$925,000	Keith Lehr	K♠ J♥ 8♦ 5♦	$333,000	Jonathan Depa	7♥ 4♥ 3♠ 2♠	Results[5]
4	$10,000 Short Deck	55	$550,000	Isaac Haxton	A♣ Q♦	$176,000	Maurice Hawkins	9♦ 7♦	Results[5]
5	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	66	$1,650,000	Ali Imsirovic	5♠ 5♥	$462,000	Ben Yu	A♣ 6♦	Results[5]
6	$50,000 No-Limit Hold'em	47	$2,350,000	Ali Imsirovic	K♣ Q♥	$799,000	Koray Aldemir	9♥ 8♦	Results[5]
7	$100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	25	$2,500,000	David Peters	K♦ 7♠	$1,150,000	Dan Smith	A♦ 7♦	Results[5]

Purple Jacket standings

The 2018 Poker Masters awarded the Purple Jacket to the player that accumulated the most points during the series unlike in 2017 when the winner was determined by the most winnings. Bosnia and Herzegovina's Ali Imsirovic won two events, and cashed three times on his way to accumulating $1,288,600 in winnings. Imsirovic accumulated 660 points and was awarded the Purple Jacket.^[3][6]

Poker Masters Purple Jacket Standings

Rank	Name	Earnings	Points
1	Ali Imsirovic	$1,288,600	660
2	David Peters	$1,343,200	650
3	Brandon Adams	$543,000	510
4	Isaac Haxton	$309,900	480
5	Jake Schindler	$575,000	390
6	Koray Aldemir	$917,000	385
7	Ben Yu	$478,000	360
8	Dan Smith	$749,500	305
9	Keith Lehr	$333,000	300
10	Jonathan Depa	$249,500	270

Results

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

• 2-Day Event: September 7-8, 2018
• Number of Entrants: 69
• Total Prize Pool: $690,000
• Number of Payouts: 10
• Winning Hand: K♦ K♣

Event #1 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	David Peters	$193,200
2nd	Brian Green	$138,000
3rd	Rainer Kempe	$89,700
4th	Brandon Adams	$69,000
5th	Cord Garcia	$55,200
6th	Isaac Haxton	$41,400
7th	David Eldridge	$34,500
8th	Ali Imsirovic	$27,600
9th	Cary Katz	$20,700
10th	Matthias Eibinger	$20,700

Event #2: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: September 8-9, 2018
• Number of Entrants: 50
• Total Prize Pool: $1,250,000
• Number of Payouts: 8
• Winning Hand: A♣ 9♥

Event #2 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Brandon Adams	$400,000
2nd	Jared Jaffee	$262,000
3rd	Jake Schindler	$175,000
4th	Bill Klein	$125,000
5th	Jason Koon	$100,000
6th	Daniel Negreanu	$75,000
7th	Dominik Nitsche	$62,500
8th	Cary Katz	$50,000

Event #3: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

• 2-Day Event: September 9-10, 2018
• Number of Entrants: 37
• Total Prize Pool: $925,000
• Number of Payouts: 6
• Winning Hand: K♠ J♥ 8♦ 5♦

Event #3 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Keith Lehr	$333,000
2nd	Jonathan Depa	$222,000
3rd	Ben Yu	$148,000
4th	Isaac Haxton	$92,500
5th	Brandon Adams	$74,000
6th	Dan Shak	$55,500

Event #4: $10,000 Short Deck

• 2-Day Event: September 10-11, 2018
• Number of Entrants: 55
• Total Prize Pool: $550,000
• Number of Payouts: 8
• Winning Hand: A♣ Q♦

Event #4 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Isaac Haxton	$176,000
2nd	Maurice Hawkins	$115,500
3rd	Ryan Tosoc	$77,000
4th	Andrew Robl	$55,000
5th	Cary Katz	$44,000
6th	Dominik Nitsche	$33,000
7th	Jonathan Depa	$27,500
8th	Jason Koon	$22,000

Event #5: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: September 11-12, 2018
• Number of Entrants: 66
• Total Prize Pool: $1,650,000
• Number of Payouts: 10
• Winning Hand: 5♠ 5♥

Event #5 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Ali Imsirovic	$462,000
2nd	Ben Yu	$330,000
3rd	Brian Rast	$214,500
4th	Jake Schindler	$165,000
5th	Jason Koon	$132,000
6th	Daniel Negreanu	$99,000
7th	Elio Fox	$82,500
8th	Dan Shak	$66,000
9th	Bryn Kenney	$49,500
10th	Dan Smith	$49,500

Event #6: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: September 12-13, 2018
• Number of Entrants: 47
• Total Prize Pool: $2,350,000
• Number of Payouts: 7
• Winning Hand: K♣ Q♥

Event #6 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Ali Imsirovic	$799,000
2nd	Koray Aldemir	$517,000
3rd	Seth Davies	$352,500
4th	Jake Schindler	$235,000
5th	Sam Soverel	$188,000
6th	Justin Bonomo	$141,000
7th	Bryn Kenney	$117,500

Event #7: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event

• 3-Day Event: September 13-15, 2018
• Number of Entrants: 25
• Total Prize Pool: $2,500,000
• Number of Payouts: 4
• Winning Hand: K♦ 7♠

Event #7 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	David Peters	$1,150,000
2nd	Dan Smith	$700,000
3rd	Koray Aldemir	$400,000
4th	Bryn Kenney	$250,000