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 $50,000 Main Event.[2]
The Main Event was won by America's Sam Soverel, and he also won the Poker Masters Purple Jacket.[3]
Schedule [ edit ] The schedule for the 2019 Poker Masters included five No-Limit Hold'em tournaments, two Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments, and a Short Deck event. New additions to the schedule from the 2018 Poker Masters included an 8-Game Mix tournament and Big Bet Mix. 8-Game is a rotation of H.O.R.S.E. , No-Limit Hold'em, Pot-Limit Omaha, and 2-7 Triple Draw . Big Bet Mix is a rotation of No-Limit Hold'em, Pot-Limit Omaha, and No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw .[1]
Each event lasted two days, with the first day ending once the final table was down to six players. Those players returned the next day to resume play with the action streamed on PokerGO .[4]
2019 Poker Masters # Event Entrants Prize Pool (US$) 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Event #1: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 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[ edit ] 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[ edit ] 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[ edit ] 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 #5: $10,000 Big Bet Mix[ edit ] 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[ edit ] 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[ edit ] 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[ edit ] 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[ edit ] 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[ edit ] 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
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