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] The first six events 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 . 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
Brian Green
8 ♠ 8 ♦
Results [ 5]
2
$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em
50
$1,250,000
Brandon Adams
A ♣ 9 ♥
$400,000
Jared Jaffee
K ♣ 5 ♠
Results [ 5]
3
$25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
37
$925,000
Keith Lehr
K ♠ J ♥ 8 ♦ 5 ♦
$333,000
Jonathan Depa
7 ♥ 4 ♥ 3 ♠ 2 ♠
Results [ 5]
4
$10,000 Short Deck
55
$550,000
Isaac Haxton
A ♣ Q ♦
$176,000
Maurice Hawkins
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
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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
Jonathan Depa
$249,500
270
Event #1: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em
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2-Day Event: September 7-8, 2018
Number of Entrants: 69
Total Prize Pool: $690,000
Number of Payouts: 10
Winning Hand: K ♦ K ♣
Event #1 Results
Place
Name
Prize
1st
David Peters
$193,200
2nd
Brian Green
$138,000
3rd
Rainer Kempe
$89,700
4th
Brandon Adams
$69,000
5th
Cord Garcia
$55,200
6th
Isaac Haxton
$41,400
7th
David Eldridge
$34,500
8th
Ali Imsirovic
$27,600
9th
Cary Katz
$20,700
10th
Matthias Eibinger
$20,700
Event #2: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em
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2-Day Event: September 8-9, 2018
Number of Entrants: 50
Total Prize Pool: $1,250,000
Number of Payouts: 8
Winning Hand: A ♣ 9 ♥
Event #3: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
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2-Day Event: September 9-10, 2018
Number of Entrants: 37
Total Prize Pool: $925,000
Number of Payouts: 6
Winning Hand: K ♠ J ♥ 8 ♦ 5 ♦
Event #4: $10,000 Short Deck
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2-Day Event: September 10-11, 2018
Number of Entrants: 55
Total Prize Pool: $550,000
Number of Payouts: 8
Winning Hand: A ♣ Q ♦
Event #5: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em
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2-Day Event: September 11-12, 2018
Number of Entrants: 66
Total Prize Pool: $1,650,000
Number of Payouts: 10
Winning 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
Event #6: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em
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2-Day Event: September 12-13, 2018
Number of Entrants: 47
Total Prize Pool: $2,350,000
Number of Payouts: 7
Winning Hand: K ♣ Q ♥
Event #7: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
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3-Day Event: September 13-15, 2018
Number of Entrants: 25
Total Prize Pool: $2,500,000
Number of Payouts: 4
Winning Hand: K ♦ 7 ♠