2019 Poker Masters

The 2019 Poker Masters was the third season of the Poker Masters. It took place from November 4-14, 2019, 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 ten events on the schedule including five No-Limit Hold'em, two Pot-Limit Omaha, and then a Short Deck, 8-Game, and Big Bet Mix.^[1] Buy-ins ranged from $10,000 to the $50,000 Main Event.^[2]

2019 Poker Masters
Venue	PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	November 4-14, 2019
Champion
Sam Soverel (Purple Jacket winner); Sam Soverel (Main Event winner)
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The Main Event was won by America's Sam Soverel, and he also won the Poker Masters Purple Jacket.^[3]

Schedule

The schedule for the 2019 Poker Masters included five No-Limit Hold'em tournaments, two Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments, and a Short Deck event. New additions to the schedule from the 2018 Poker Masters included an 8-Game Mix tournament and Big Bet Mix. 8-Game is a rotation of H.O.R.S.E., No-Limit Hold'em, Pot-Limit Omaha, and 2-7 Triple Draw. Big Bet Mix is a rotation of No-Limit Hold'em, Pot-Limit Omaha, and No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw.^[1]

Each event 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.^[4]

2019 Poker Masters

#	Event	Entrants	Prize Pool (US$)	Winner	Winning Hand	Prize (US$)	Runner-Up	Losing Hand	Results
1	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	97	$970,000	Isaac Baron	5♣ 3♣	$223,100	Chance Kornuth	A♥ 9♥	Results[5]
2	$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	62	$620,000	Ryan Laplante	10♠ 10♥ 9♣ 8♠	$186,000	Chance Kornuth	Q♥ Q♦ 6♣ 3♠	Results[5]
3	$10,000 Short Deck	37	$370,000	Jonathan Depa	Q♠ J♦	$133,200	Alex Foxen	J♥ 9♦	Results[5]
4	$10,000 8-Game Mix	45	$450,000	Jared Bleznick	A♠ K♣ 10♦ 2♦	$153,000	Cary Katz	10♥ 5♥ 4♠ 4♣	Results[5]
5	$10,000 Big Bet Mix	52	$520,000	Julien Martini	A♥ 8♦	$166,400	Kahle Burns	K♦ 3♣	Results[5]
6	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	51	$1,275,000	Kristen Bicknell	8♠ 8♥	$408,000	Chance Kornuth	9♦ 9♥	Results[5]
7	$25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	34	$850,000	Sam Soverel	J♠ 9♣ 6♥ 4♣	$340,000	Sean Winter	A♠ K♦ 10♣ 8♥	Results[5]
8	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	41	$1,025,000	Sergi Reixach	A♥ A♣	$369,000	George Wolff	6♥ 4♥	Results[5]
9	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	49	$1,225,000	Kahle Burns	A♦ J♥	$416,500	Ali Imsirovic	Q♣ J♣	Results[5]
10	$50,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event	34	$1,700,000	Sam Soverel	Q♦ 10♥	$680,000	Chris Hunichen	2♠ 2♥	Results[5]

Purple Jacket standings

The 2019 Poker Masters awarded the Purple Jacket to the player that accumulated the most points during the series. American Sam Soverel won two events and cashed seven times on his way to accumulating $1,396,800 in winnings. Soverel accumulated 1,160 points and was awarded the Purple Jacket.^[3][6][7]

Poker Masters Purple Jacket Standings

Rank	Name	Earnings	Points
1	Sam Soverel	$1,396,800	1,160
2	Kahle Burns	$585,950	630
3	Chance Kornuth	$556,400	630
4	Sean Winter	$495,350	480
5	Ali Imsirovic	$497,600	450
6	George Wolff	$404,500	420
7	Alex Foxen	$169,450	330
8	Kristen Bicknell	$408,000	300
9	Sergi Reixach	$369,000	300
10	Isaac Baron	$223,100	300

Results

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

• 2-Day Event: November 4-5, 2019
• Number of Entrants: 97
• Total Prize Pool: $970,000
• Number of Payouts: 14
• Winning Hand: 5♣ 3♣

Event #1 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Isaac Baron	$223,100
2nd	Chance Kornuth	$164,900
3rd	Ralph Wong	$116,400
4th	Jeremy Ausmus	$97,000
5th	Sam Soverel	$77,600
6th	Scott Blumstein	$58,200
7th	Dan Shak	$48,500
8th	Thai Ha	$38,800
9th	Sean Winter	$29,100
10th	Antonios Roungeris	$29,100
11th	Joseph Orsino	$291,00
12th	Alex Foxen	$19,400
13th	Randall Emmett	$19,400
14th	Stephen Chidwick	$19,400

Event #2: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

• 2-Day Event: November 5-6, 2019
• Number of Entrants: 62
• Total Prize Pool: $620,000
• Number of Payouts: 9
• Winning Hand:10♠ 10♥ 9♣ 8♠

Event #2 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Ryan Laplante	$186,000
2nd	Chance Kornuth	$124,000
3rd	Thai Ha	$86,000
4th	John Riordan	$62,000
5th	Ali Imsirovic	$49,600
6th	Tim McDermott	$37,200
7th	Damjan Radanov	$31,000
8th	Brent Roberts	$24,800
9th	Anthony Zinno	$18,600

Event #3: $10,000 Short Deck

• 2-Day Event: November 6-7, 2019
• Number of Entrants: 37
• Total Prize Pool: $370,000
• Number of Payouts: 6
• Winning Hand:Q♠ J♦

Event #3 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Jonathan Depa	$133,200
2nd	Alex Foxen	$88,800
3rd	Erik Seidel	$59,200
4th	Jorryt van Hoof	$37,000
5th	Ben Yu	$29,600
6th	Sam Soverel	$22,200

Event #4: $10,000 8-Game Mix

• 2-Day Event: November 7-8, 2019
• Number of Entrants: 45
• Total Prize Pool: $450,000
• Number of Payouts: 7
• Winning Hand:A♠ K♣ 10♦ 2♦ (Pot-Limit Omaha)

Event #4 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Jared Bleznick	$153,000
2nd	Cary Katz	$99,000
3rd	Nick Schulman	$67,500
4th	Mike Gorodinsky	$45,000
5th	Jake Abdalla	$36,000
6th	Brandon Adams	$27,000
7th	George Wolff	$22,500

Event #5: $10,000 Big Bet Mix

• 2-Day Event: November 8-9, 2019
• Number of Entrants: 52
• Total Prize Pool: $520,000
• Number of Payouts: 8
• Winning Hand: A♥ 8♦ (No-Limit Hold'em)

Event #5 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Julien Martini	$166,400
2nd	Kahle Burns	$109,200
3rd	Jorryt van Hoof	$72,800
4th	Sam Soverel	$52,000
5th	Stephen Chidwick	$41,600
6th	Pedro Bromfman	$31,200
7th	Yuri Dzivielevski	$26,000
8th	Erik Seidel	$20,800

Event #6: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: November 9-10, 2019
• Number of Entrants: 51
• Total Prize Pool: $1,275,000
• Number of Payouts: 8
• Winning Hand:8♠ 8♥

Event #6 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Kristen Bicknell	$408,000
2nd	Chance Kornuth	$267,500
3rd	Ali Imsirovic	$178,500
4th	Andras Nemeth	$127,500
5th	Ralph Wong	$102,000
6th	Ben Heath	$76,500
7th	David Stamm	$63,750
8th	Elio Fox	$51,000

Event #7: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

• 2-Day Event: November 10-11, 2019
• Number of Entrants: 34
• Total Prize Pool: $850,000
• Number of Payouts: 5
• Winning Hand:J♠ 9♣ 6♥ 4♣

Event #7 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Sam Soverel	$340,000
2nd	Sean Winter	$221,000
3rd	George Wolff	$136,000
4th	Kahle Burns	$85,000
5th	Anthony Zinno	$68,000

Event #8: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: November 11-12, 2019
• Number of Entrants: 41
• Total Prize Pool: $1,025,000
• Number of Payouts: 6
• Winning Hand:A♥ A♣

Event #8 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Sergi Reixach	$369,000
2nd	George Wolff	$246,000
3rd	Orpen Kisacikoglu	$164,000
4th	Sam Soverel	$102,500
5th	Andras Nemeth	$82,000
6th	Sean Winter	$61,500

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

• 2-Day Event: November 12-13, 2019
• Number of Entrants: 49
• Total Prize Pool: $1,225,000
• Number of Payouts: 7
• Winning Hand: A♦ J♥

Event #9 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Kahle Burns	$416,500
2nd	Ali Imsirovic	$269,500
3rd	Sean Winter	$183,750
4th	Sam Soverel	$122,500
5th	Elio Fox	$98,000
6th	David Peters	$73,500
7th	Alex Foxen	$61,250

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

• 2-Day Event: November 13-14, 2019
• Number of Entrants: 34
• Total Prize Pool: $1,700,000
• Number of Payouts: 5
• Winning Hand: Q♦ 10♥

Event #10 Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Sam Soverel	$680,000
2nd	Chris Hunichen	$442,000
3rd	Elio Fox	$272,000
4th	Stephen Chidwick	$170,000
5th	Seth Davies	$136,000