The 2018 Poker Masters was the second season of the Poker Masters . It took place from September 8-15, 2018, 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 seven events on the schedule including five No-Limit Hold'em tournaments, along with a Pot-Limit Omaha and Short Deck event.[ 1] [ 2]
The Main Event was won by America's David Peters , and the Poker Masters Purple Jacket was awarded to Bosnia and Herzegovina's Ali Imsirovic .[ 3]
The schedule for the 2018 Poker Masters included five No-Limit Hold'em tournaments, and both a Pot-Limit Omaha and Short Deck event.[ 1] PokerGO . The Main Event was a $100,000 buy-in and played out over three days with the final two days streamed on PokerGO .[ 4]
2018 Poker Masters # Event Entrants Prize Pool (US$) Winner Winning Hand Prize (US$) Runner-Up Losing Hand Results 1 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 69 $690,000 David Peters K ♦ K ♣ $193,200 8 ♠ 8 ♦ Results [ 5] 2 $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em 50 $1,250,000 Brandon Adams A ♣ 9 ♥ $400,000 K ♣ 5 ♠ Results [ 5] 3 $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 37 $925,000 Keith Lehr K ♠ J ♥ 8 ♦ 5 ♦ $333,000 7 ♥ 4 ♥ 3 ♠ 2 ♠ Results [ 5] 4 $10,000 Short Deck 55 $550,000 Isaac Haxton A ♣ Q ♦ $176,000 9 ♦ 7 ♦ Results [ 5] 5 $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em 66 $1,650,000 Ali Imsirovic 5 ♠ 5 ♥ $462,000 Ben Yu A ♣ 6 ♦ Results [ 5] 6 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em 47 $2,350,000 Ali Imsirovic K ♣ Q ♥ $799,000 Koray Aldemir 9 ♥ 8 ♦ Results [ 5] 7 $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event 25 $2,500,000 David Peters K ♦ 7 ♠ $1,150,000 Dan Smith A ♦ 7 ♦ Results [ 5]
Purple Jacket standings [ edit ] The 2018 Poker Masters awarded the Purple Jacket to the player that accumulated the most points during the series unlike in 2017 when the winner was determined by the most winnings. Bosnia and Herzegovina's Ali Imsirovic won two events, and cashed three times on his way to accumulating $1,288,600 in winnings. Imsirovic accumulated 660 points and was awarded the Purple Jacket.[ 3] [ 6]
Poker Masters Purple Jacket Standings Rank Name Earnings Points 1 Ali Imsirovic $1,288,600 660 2 David Peters $1,343,200 650 3 Brandon Adams $543,000 510 4 Isaac Haxton $309,900 480 5 Jake Schindler $575,000 390 6 Koray Aldemir $917,000 385 7 Ben Yu $478,000 360 8 Dan Smith $749,500 305 9 Keith Lehr $333,000 300 10 $249,500 270
[ edit ] 2-Day Event: September 7-8, 2018Number of Entrants: 69Total Prize Pool: $690,000Number of Payouts: 10Winning Hand: K ♦ K ♣ Event #1 Results Place Name Prize 1st David Peters $193,200 2nd $138,000 3rd Rainer Kempe $89,700 4th Brandon Adams $69,000 5th $55,200 6th Isaac Haxton $41,400 7th $34,500 8th Ali Imsirovic $27,600 9th Cary Katz $20,700 10th $20,700
[ edit ] 2-Day Event: September 8-9, 2018Number of Entrants: 50Total Prize Pool: $1,250,000Number of Payouts: 8Winning Hand: A ♣ 9 ♥ [ edit ] 2-Day Event: September 9-10, 2018Number of Entrants: 37Total Prize Pool: $925,000Number of Payouts: 6Winning Hand: K ♠ J ♥ 8 ♦ 5 ♦ [ edit ] 2-Day Event: September 10-11, 2018Number of Entrants: 55Total Prize Pool: $550,000Number of Payouts: 8Winning Hand: A ♣ Q ♦ [ edit ] 2-Day Event: September 11-12, 2018Number of Entrants: 66Total Prize Pool: $1,650,000Number of Payouts: 10Winning Hand: 5 ♠ 5 ♥ Event #5 Results Place Name Prize 1st Ali Imsirovic $462,000 2nd Ben Yu $330,000 3rd Brian Rast $214,500 4th Jake Schindler $165,000 5th Jason Koon $132,000 6th Daniel Negreanu $99,000 7th Elio Fox $82,500 8th Dan Shak $66,000 9th Bryn Kenney $49,500 10th Dan Smith $49,500
[ edit ] 2-Day Event: September 12-13, 2018Number of Entrants: 47Total Prize Pool: $2,350,000Number of Payouts: 7Winning Hand: K ♣ Q ♥ [ edit ] 3-Day Event: September 13-15, 2018Number of Entrants: 25Total Prize Pool: $2,500,000Number of Payouts: 4Winning Hand: K ♦ 7 ♠
Ali Imsirovic
David Peters
Koray Aldemir 
Matthias Eibinger 
Daniel Negreanu