2023 Poker Masters

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]

2023 Poker Masters
Venue	PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	September 14-26, 2023
Champion
Stephen Chidwick (Purple Jacket winner); Jonathan Jaffe (Main Event winner)
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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

Results

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

• 2-Day Event: September 14-15, 2023
• Number of Entrants: 114
• Total Prize Pool: $1,140,000
• Number of Payouts: 17
• Winning Hand: 9♥ 9♣^[8]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Vladas Tamasauskas	$239,400
2nd	Aram Zobian	$171,000
3rd	Ren Lin	$125,400
4th	Filipp Khavin	$102,600
5th	Victoria Livschitz	$79,800
6th	Samuel Laskowitz	$68,400

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

• 2-Day Event: September 15-16, 2023
• Number of Entrants: 97
• Total Prize Pool: $970,000
• Number of Payouts: 14
• Winning Hand: A♥ Q♥^[9]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Darren Elias	$223,100
2nd	Eric Baldwin	$155,200
3rd	Bin Weng	$116,400
4th	Antonio De La Cruz	$97,000
5th	Erik Seidel	$77,600
6th	Vladas Tamasauskas	$58,200

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

• 2-Day Event: September 16, 18, 2023
• Number of Entrants: 87
• Total Prize Pool: $870,000
• Number of Payouts: 13
• Winning Hand: Q♦ 3♠^[10]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Vladas Tamasauskas	$208,800
2nd	Ren Lin	$147,900
3rd	Daniel Rezaei	$104,400
4th	Alex Foxen	$87,000
5th	Michael Rocco	$69,600
6th	Chance Kornuth	$52,200

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

• 2-Day Event: September 18-19, 2023
• Number of Entrants: 91
• Total Prize Pool: $910,000
• Number of Payouts: 13
• Winning Hand: K♥ J♥^[11]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Chino Reem	$218,400
2nd	Jonathan Little	$154,700
3rd	Brock Wilson	$109,200
4th	Chris Brewer	$91,000
5th	Justin Saliba	$72,800
6th	Daniel Negreanu	$54,600

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

• 2-Day Event: September 19-20, 2023
• Number of Entrants: 85
• Total Prize Pool: $850,000
• Number of Payouts: 13
• Winning Hand: A♥ 6♠^[12]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Andrew Lichtenberger	$204,000
2nd	Brian Kim	$144,500
3rd	Daniel Lazrus	$102,000
4th	Niko Koop	$85,000
5th	Brock Wilson	$68,000
6th	Koray Aldemir	$41,000

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

• 2-Day Event: September 20-21, 2023
• Number of Entrants: 95
• Total Prize Pool: $950,000
• Number of Payouts: 14
• Winning Hand: 10♦ 6♥^[13]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Orpen Kisacikoglu	$218,500
2nd	Jack Hardcastle	$152,000
3rd	Justin Bonomo	$114,000
4th	Chino Reem	$95,000
5th	Samuel Laskowitz	$76,000
6th	Stephen Chidwick	$57,000

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

• 2-Day Event: September 21-22, 2023
• Number of Entrants: 44
• Total Prize Pool: $1,100,000
• Number of Payouts: 7
• Winning Hand: A♦ J♥^[14]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Nick Schulman	$374,000
2nd	Nick Petrangelo	$242,000
3rd	Brian Rast	$165,000
4th	Chris Brewer	$121,000
5th	Victoria Livschitz	$88,000
6th	Justin Saliba	$66,000

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

• 2-Day Event: September 22-23, 2023
• Number of Entrants: 50
• Total Prize Pool: $1,250,000
• Number of Payouts: 8
• Winning Hand: 6♠ 2♠^[15]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Stephen Chidwick	$400,000
2nd	Sam Soverel	$262,500
3rd	Alex Foxen	$175,000
4th	Chris Brewer	$125,000
5th	Darren Elias	$100,000
6th	Chino Reem	$75,000

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

• 2-Day Event: September 23, 25, 2023
• Number of Entrants: 37
• Total Prize Pool: $925,000
• Number of Payouts: 6
• Winning Hand: A♣ Q♠^[16]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Justin Bonomo	$333,000
2nd	Daniel Rezaei	$222,000
3rd	Stephen Chidwick	$148,000
4th	Andrew Lichtenberger	$101,750
5th	Orpen Kisacikoglu	$74,000
6th	Chino Reem	$46,250

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

• 2-Day Event: September 25-26, 2023
• Number of Entrants: 42
• Total Prize Pool: $2,100,000
• Number of Payouts: 6
• Winning Hand: A♦ 3♥^[17]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Jonathan Jaffe	$756,000
2nd	Stephen Chidwick	$504,000
3rd	Alex Foxen	$336,000
4th	Brian Kim	$231,000
5th	Chino Reem	$168,000
6th	Nick Petrangelo	$105,000