Justin Zaki and Jeremy Becker are the next Poker Masters champions

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Without further ado, let's jump straight into Poker Masters tournament number 2, which was an NLH format and had a buy-in of $10,100. It brought in a total of 100 entries and a prizepool of a million dollars.

The battle for the purple jacket has started, the winner of the first tournament is Spencer ChamplinThe battle for the purple jacket has started, the winner of the first tournament is Spencer Champlin

The top 6 players advanced to the final day and were led by Jeremy Becker. Jeremy also made it to the final heads-up where Michael Moncek sat against him. Jeremy held a stack of just 2,400,000 against Moncek with a stack as high as 10,100,000. Despite losing chips at first, Jeremy was able to turn the hand around and become the winner of this tournament. He took home his first PokerGO Tour trophy, a career-high $255,000 payday, and 255 leaderboard points to boot.

Place Name Country Payouts PGT Points
1st Jeremy Becker United States $255,000 255
2nd Michael Moncek United States $165,000 165
3rd Sean Winter United States $115,000 115
4th Daniel Sepiol United States $90,000 90
5th Nicholas Seward United States $65,000 65
6th Ren Lin China $50,000 50


Jeremy Ausmus only second again

The third tournament of the Poker Masters series was once again a $10,000 NLH, this time with 94 entries and a prizepool of $940,000. 7 players made the final table here and Justin Zaki led the way.

Justin made it all the way to the final heads-up where he was up against Jeremy Ausmus. Justin had a 4:1 chip advantage at the start of heads-up play, so there was nothing stopping him from becoming the winner. Jeremy Ausmus has been picking up second and third place finishes this year, and he notched one second place finish in this tournament as well. The winner was Justin Zaki, for whom this is the second PGT trophy. He added $244,400 and 244 points to his leaderboard, at the end of which the player with the most points will receive a custom-made purple jacket, a $25,000 PGT Passport and a $10,000 NAPT Gold Pass.

Place Name Country Payouts PGT Points
1st Justin Zaki United States $244,400 244
2nd Jeremy Ausmus United States $155,100 155
3rd Michael Brinkenhoff United States $112,800 113
4th Victoria Livschitz United States $84,600 85
5th Cary Katz United States $65,800 66
6th Jim Collopy United States $47,000 47
7th Ren Lin China $37,600 38

Tonight we will know the fourth champion

Later tonight, we'll meet the fourth Poker Masters champion. With a total of 8 NLH tournaments to come, the series is currently in its halfway point. The fourth tournament also has a buy-in of $10,100 and this time brought only 81 entries, making the prizepool $810,000.

A $226,800 prize and 227 points await the winner here. The top 7 players in today's final day will battle it out for that amount. They are led by Jonathan Little with a stack of 2,585,000. However, there is also Isaac Haxton with a stack of 1,820,000.

Seat Player Country Chip Count
1 Wayne Nowak United States 440,000
2 Clemen Deng United States 945,000
3 Jonathan Little United States 2,585,000
4 Isaac Haxton United States 1,820,000
5 Sam Soverel United States 1,405,000
6 Jim Collopy United States 2,150,000
7 Harvey Castro United States 780,000

How does it look in the current leaderboard?

Rank Player Points Wins Cashes Winnings
1st Jeremy Becker 255 1 1 $255,000
2nd Justin Zaki 244 1 1 $190,475
3rd Spencer Champlin 190 1 1 $165,000
4th Michael Moncek 165 0 1 $115,000
5th Jeremy Ausmus 155 0 1 $112,050


Source - PGT.com, Poker central