2023 Poker Masters
VenuePokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada
DatesSeptember 14-26, 2023
Champion
United Kingdom Stephen Chidwick
(Purple Jacket winner);
United States Jonathan Jaffe
(Main Event winner)

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]

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 Lithuania Vladas Tamasauskas 9♥ 9♣ $239,400 United States Aram Zobian Q♠ 2♥ Results[5]
2 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 97 $970,000 United States Darren Elias A♥ Q♥ $223,100 United States Eric Baldwin J♠ 8♠ Results[5]
3 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 87 $870,000 Lithuania Vladas Tamasauskas Q♦ 3♠ $208,800 China Ren Lin J♥ 9♥ Results[5]
4 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 91 $910,000 United States Chino Reem K♥ J♥ $218,400 United States Jonathan Little Q♣ 9♥ Results[5]
5 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 85 $850,000 United States Andrew Lichtenberger A♥ 6♠ $204,000 United States Brian Kim A♠ Q♠ Results[5]
6 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 95 $950,000 Turkey Orpen Kisacikoglu 10♦ 6♥ $218,500 United Kingdom Jack Hardcastle Q♣ J♥ Results[5]
7 $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em 44 $1,100,000 United States Nick Schulman A♦ J♥ $374,000 United States Nick Petrangelo A♥ 4♣ Results[5]
8 $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em 50 $1,250,000 United Kingdom Stephen Chidwick 6♠ 2♠ $400,000 United States Sam Soverel Q♣ J♥ Results[5]
9 $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em 37 $925,000 United States Justin Bonomo A♣ Q♠ $333,000 Austria Daniel Rezaei Q♦ 2♣ Results[5]
10 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em 42 $2,100,000 United States Jonathan Jaffe A♦ 3♥ $756,000 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Stephen Chidwick 688 $1,109,000
2 Lithuania Vladas Tamasauskas 506 $506,400
3 United States Chino Reem 487 $602,650
4 United States Alex Foxen 460 $663,500
5 United States 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 Lithuania Vladas Tamasauskas $239,400
2nd United States Aram Zobian $171,000
3rd China Ren Lin $125,400
4th United States Filipp Khavin $102,600
5th United States Victoria Livschitz $79,800
6th United States 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 United States Darren Elias $223,100
2nd United States Eric Baldwin $155,200
3rd United States Bin Weng $116,400
4th United States Antonio De La Cruz $97,000
5th United States Erik Seidel $77,600
6th Lithuania 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 Lithuania Vladas Tamasauskas $208,800
2nd China Ren Lin $147,900
3rd Austria Daniel Rezaei $104,400
4th United States Alex Foxen $87,000
5th United States Michael Rocco $69,600
6th United States 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 United States Chino Reem $218,400
2nd United States Jonathan Little $154,700
3rd United States Brock Wilson $109,200
4th United States Chris Brewer $91,000
5th United States Justin Saliba $72,800
6th Canada 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 United States Andrew Lichtenberger $204,000
2nd United States Brian Kim $144,500
3rd United States Daniel Lazrus $102,000
4th Germany Niko Koop $85,000
5th United States Brock Wilson $68,000
6th Germany 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 Turkey Orpen Kisacikoglu $218,500
2nd United Kingdom Jack Hardcastle $152,000
3rd United States Justin Bonomo $114,000
4th United States Chino Reem $95,000
5th United States Samuel Laskowitz $76,000
6th United Kingdom 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 United States Nick Schulman $374,000
2nd United States Nick Petrangelo $242,000
3rd United States Brian Rast $165,000
4th United States Chris Brewer $121,000
5th United States Victoria Livschitz $88,000
6th United States 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 United Kingdom Stephen Chidwick $400,000
2nd United States Sam Soverel $262,500
3rd United States Alex Foxen $175,000
4th United States Chris Brewer $125,000
5th United States Darren Elias $100,000
6th United States 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 United States Justin Bonomo $333,000
2nd Austria Daniel Rezaei $222,000
3rd United Kingdom Stephen Chidwick $148,000
4th United States Andrew Lichtenberger $101,750
5th Turkey Orpen Kisacikoglu $74,000
6th United States 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 United States Jonathan Jaffe $756,000
2nd United Kingdom Stephen Chidwick $504,000
3rd United States Alex Foxen $336,000
4th United States Brian Kim $231,000
5th United States Chino Reem $168,000
6th United States Nick Petrangelo $105,000

References

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  9. ↑ "Darren Elias Books a Win in Opening Weekend of 2023 Poker Masters". www.pokernews.com. 2023-09-18. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
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  14. ↑ "Nick Schulman Books a Win, Rheem Stays Hot at 2023 Poker Masters". www.pokernews.com. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
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