2022 Poker Masters

The 2022 Poker Masters was the seventh season of the Poker Masters. It took place from September 21 to October 3, 2022, from the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[1] There were 10 events on the schedule including nine No-Limit Hold'em, two Pot-Limit Omaha, and one 8-Game event.^[2] Buy-ins ranged from $10,000 to the $50,000 Main Event. Final tables were streamed on PokerGO.^[3]

2022 Poker Masters
Venue	PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	September 21-October 3, 2022
Champion
Sean Winter (Purple Jacket winner); Jason Koon (Main Event winner)
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Sean Winter cashed twice including winning Event #9 to earn the Purple Jacket as the series champion.^[4]

Schedule

The schedule for the 2022 Poker Masters included seven No-Limit Hold'em tournaments, two Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments, and an 8-Game event. 8-Game is a rotation of H.O.R.S.E., No-Limit Hold'em, Pot-Limit Omaha, and 2-7 Triple Draw.^[1][5]

2022 Poker Masters

#	Event	Entrants	Prize Pool (US$)	Winner	Winning Hand	Prize (US$)	Runner-Up	Losing Hand	Results
1	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	85	$850,000	Jeremy Ausmus	7♣ 7♠	$204,000	Nick Schulman	A♥ 3♦	Results[5]
2	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	76	$760,000	Ethan Yau	8♠ 8♥	$197,600	Alex Foxen	A♣ K♠	Results[5]
3	$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	81	$810,000	Ronald Keijzer	A♠ 10♣ 6♠ 6♣	$202,500	Ben Lamb	Q♠ 8♥ 6♥ 4♦	Results[5]
4	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	74	$740,000	Adam Hendrix	A♣ 9♣	$192,400	Nate Silver	7♥ 4♥	Results[5]
5	$10,000 8-Game	62	$620,000	Nick Guagenti	A♥ A♣ Q♥ 2♥	$186,000	Cary Katz	J♣ J♦ 10♥ 8♣	Results[5]
6	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	97	$970,000	Martin Zamani	Q♥ 9♥	$223,100	Jared Jaffee	A♦ J♥	Results[5]
7	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	69	$1,725,000	Andrew Lichtenberger	9♥ 4♠	$465,750	Sean Winter	8♥ 8♣	Results[5]
8	$25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	40	$1,000,000	Tony Bloom	10♣ 9♣ 8♦ 6♦	$360,000	Alex Livingston	A♠ A♣ Q♦ 9♥	Results[5]
9	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	54	$1,350,000	Sean Winter	A♦ 7♦	$432,000	Nick Schulman	K♠ 4♠	Results[5]
10	$50,000 No-Limit Hold'em	37	$1,850,000	Jason Koon	K♥ 6♥	$666,000	Adrian Mateos	A♠ 2♠	Results[5]

Purple Jacket standings

The 2022 Poker Masters awarded the Purple Jacket and a $50,000 championship bonus to the player that accumulated the most PokerGO Tour points during the series.^[1]

Poker Masters Purple Jacket Standings

Rank	Name	Points	Earnings
1	Sean Winter	466	$777,000
2	Jason Koon	449	$747,000
3	Nick Schulman	361	$473,800
4	Erik Seidel	309	$418,900
5	Alex Livingston	291	$386,800

Results

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

• 2-Day Event: September 21–22, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 85
• Total Prize Pool: $850,000
• Number of Payouts: 13
• Winning Hand: 7♣ 7♠^[6]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Jeremy Ausmus	$204,000
2nd	Nick Schulman	$144,500
3rd	Erik Seidel	$102,000
4th	Anthony Hu	$85,000
5th	Jacky Wang	$68,000
6th	Cole Ferraro	$51,000
7th	Cary Katz	$42,500

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

• 2-Day Event: September 22–23, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 76
• Total Prize Pool: $760,000
• Number of Payouts: 11
• Winning Hand: 8♠ 8♥^[7]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Ethan Yau	$197,600
2nd	Alex Foxen	$144,400
3rd	Stephen Song	$98,800
4th	Michael Brinkenhoff	$76,000
5th	Dylan DeStefano	$60,800
6th	Masashi Oya	$45,600

Event #3: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

• 2-Day Event: September 23–24, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 81
• Total Prize Pool: $810,000
• Number of Payouts: 12
• Winning Hand: A♠ 10♣ 6♠ 6♣^[8]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Roland Keijzer	$202,500
2nd	Ben Lamb	$145,800
3rd	Alex Livingston	$97,200
4th	Damjan Radanov	$81,000
5th	Allan Le	$64,800
6th	Dan Shak	$48,600

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

• 2-Day Event: September 24–26, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 74
• Total Prize Pool: $740,000
• Number of Payouts: 11
• Winning Hand: A♣ 9♣^[9]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Adam Hendrix	$192,400
2nd	Nate Silver	$140,600
3rd	Xuan Liu	$96,200
4th	Victoria Livschitz	$74,000
5th	Ed Sebesta	$59,200
6th	Erik Seidel	$44,400

Event #5: $10,000 8-Game

• 2-Day Event: September 26–27, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 62
• Total Prize Pool: $620,000
• Number of Payouts: 9
• Winning Hand: A♥ A♣ Q♥ 2♥^[10]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Nick Guagenti	$186,000
2nd	Cary Katz	$124,000
3rd	Benjamin Diebold	$86,800
4th	Steve Zolotow	$62,000
5th	Alex Livingston	$49,600
6th	Jacky Wang	$37,200
7th	Brian Rast	$31,000

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

• 2-Day Event: September 27–28, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 97
• Total Prize Pool: $970,000
• Number of Payouts: 14
• Winning Hand: Q♥ 9♥^[11]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Martin Zamani	$223,100
2nd	Jared Jaffee	$155,200
3rd	Justin Saliba	$116,400
4th	Matthew Wantman	$97,000
5th	Anthony Hu	$77,600
6th	Masashi Oya	$58,200

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

• 2-Day Event: September 28–29, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 69
• Total Prize Pool: $1,725,000
• Number of Payouts: 10
• Winning Hand: 9♥ 4♠^[12]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Andrew Lichtenberger	$465,750
2nd	Sean Winter	$345,000
3rd	Kazuhiko Yotsushika	$224,250
4th	Cary Katz	$172,500
5th	Chance Kornuth	$138,000
6th	Billy Wragg	$103,500

Event #8: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

• 2-Day Event: September 29–30, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 40
• Total Prize Pool: $1,000,000
• Number of Payouts: 6
• Winning Hand: 10♣ 9♣ 8♦ 6♦^[13]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Tony Bloom	$360,000
2nd	Alex Livingston	$240,000
3rd	John Riordan	$160,000
4th	Isaac Kempton	$110,000
5th	Matthew Wantman	$80,000
6th	Sam Soverel	$50,000

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

• 2-Day Event: September 30-October 1, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 54
• Total Prize Pool: $1,350,000
• Number of Payouts: 8
• Winning Hand: A♦ 7♦^[14]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Sean Winter	$432,000
2nd	Nick Schulman	$283,500
3rd	Justin Bonomo	$189,000
4th	Seth Davies	$135,000
5th	Brian Rast	$108,000
6th	Jason Koon	$81,000

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

• 2-Day Event: October 1–3, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 37
• Total Prize Pool: $1,850,000
• Number of Payouts: 6
• Winning Hand: K♥ 6♥^[4]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Jason Koon	$666,000
2nd	Adrian Mateos	$444,000
3rd	Scott Seiver	$296,000
4th	Erik Seidel	$203,500
5th	Seth Davies	$148,000
6th	Mikita Badziakouski	$92,500