2022 Poker Masters
Venue	PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	September 21-October 3, 2022
Champion
Sean Winter (Purple Jacket winner); Jason Koon (Main Event winner)
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The 2022 Poker Masters was the seventh season of the Poker Masters. It took place from September 21 to October 3, 2022, from the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[1] There were 10 events on the schedule including nine No-Limit Hold'em, two Pot-Limit Omaha, and one 8-Game event.^[2] Buy-ins ranged from $10,000 to the $50,000 Main Event. Final tables were streamed on PokerGO.^[3]

Sean Winter cashed twice including winning Event #9 to earn the Purple Jacket as the series champion.^[4]

Schedule

The schedule for the 2022 Poker Masters included seven No-Limit Hold'em tournaments, two Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments, and an 8-Game event. 8-Game is a rotation of H.O.R.S.E., No-Limit Hold'em, Pot-Limit Omaha, and 2-7 Triple Draw.^[1][5]

2022 Poker Masters

#	Event	Entrants	Prize Pool (US$)	Winner	Winning Hand	Prize (US$)	Runner-up	Losing hand	Results
1	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	85	$850,000	Jeremy Ausmus	7♣ 7♠	$204,000	Nick Schulman	A♥ 3♦	Results[5]
2	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	76	$760,000	Ethan Yau	8♠ 8♥	$197,600	Alex Foxen	A♣ K♠	Results[5]
3	$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	81	$810,000	Ronald Keijzer	A♠ 10♣ 6♠ 6♣	$202,500	Ben Lamb	Q♠ 8♥ 6♥ 4♦	Results[5]
4	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	74	$740,000	Adam Hendrix	A♣ 9♣	$192,400	Nate Silver	7♥ 4♥	Results[5]
5	$10,000 8-Game	62	$620,000	Nick Guagenti	A♥ A♣ Q♥ 2♥	$186,000	Cary Katz	J♣ J♦ 10♥ 8♣	Results[5]
6	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	97	$970,000	Martin Zamani	Q♥ 9♥	$223,100	Jared Jaffee	A♦ J♥	Results[5]
7	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	69	$1,725,000	Andrew Lichtenberger	9♥ 4♠	$465,750	Sean Winter	8♥ 8♣	Results[5]
8	$25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	40	$1,000,000	Tony Bloom	10♣ 9♣ 8♦ 6♦	$360,000	Alex Livingston	A♠ A♣ Q♦ 9♥	Results[5]
9	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	54	$1,350,000	Sean Winter	A♦ 7♦	$432,000	Nick Schulman	K♠ 4♠	Results[5]
10	$50,000 No-Limit Hold'em	37	$1,850,000	Jason Koon	K♥ 6♥	$666,000	Adrian Mateos	A♠ 2♠	Results[5]

Purple Jacket standings

The 2022 Poker Masters awarded the Purple Jacket and a $50,000 championship bonus to the player that accumulated the most PokerGO Tour points during the series.^[1]

Poker Masters Purple Jacket Standings

Rank	Name	Points	Earnings
1	Sean Winter	466	$777,000
2	Jason Koon	449	$747,000
3	Nick Schulman	361	$473,800
4	Erik Seidel	309	$418,900
5	Alex Livingston	291	$386,800

Results

Event #1: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: September 21–22, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 85
• Total Prize Pool: $850,000
• Number of Payouts: 13
• Winning Hand: 7♣ 7♠^[6]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Jeremy Ausmus	$204,000
2nd	Nick Schulman	$144,500
3rd	Erik Seidel	$102,000
4th	Anthony Hu	$85,000
5th	Jacky Wang	$68,000
6th	Cole Ferraro	$51,000
7th	Cary Katz	$42,500

Event #2: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: September 22–23, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 76
• Total Prize Pool: $760,000
• Number of Payouts: 11
• Winning Hand: 8♠ 8♥^[7]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Ethan Yau	$197,600
2nd	Alex Foxen	$144,400
3rd	Stephen Song	$98,800
4th	Michael Brinkenhoff	$76,000
5th	Dylan DeStefano	$60,800
6th	Masashi Oya	$45,600

Event #3: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

• 2-Day Event: September 23–24, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 81
• Total Prize Pool: $810,000
• Number of Payouts: 12
• Winning Hand: A♠ 10♣ 6♠ 6♣^[8]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Roland Keijzer	$202,500
2nd	Ben Lamb	$145,800
3rd	Alex Livingston	$97,200
4th	Damjan Radanov	$81,000
5th	Allan Le	$64,800
6th	Dan Shak	$48,600

Event #4: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: September 24–26, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 74
• Total Prize Pool: $740,000
• Number of Payouts: 11
• Winning Hand: A♣ 9♣^[9]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Adam Hendrix	$192,400
2nd	Nate Silver	$140,600
3rd	Xuan Liu	$96,200
4th	Victoria Livschitz	$74,000
5th	Ed Sebesta	$59,200
6th	Erik Seidel	$44,400

Event #5: $10,000 8-Game

• 2-Day Event: September 26–27, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 62
• Total Prize Pool: $620,000
• Number of Payouts: 9
• Winning Hand: A♥ A♣ Q♥ 2♥^[10]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Nick Guagenti	$186,000
2nd	Cary Katz	$124,000
3rd	Benjamin Diebold	$86,800
4th	Steve Zolotow	$62,000
5th	Alex Livingston	$49,600
6th	Jacky Wang	$37,200
7th	Brian Rast	$31,000

Event #6: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: September 27–28, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 97
• Total Prize Pool: $970,000
• Number of Payouts: 14
• Winning Hand: Q♥ 9♥^[11]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Martin Zamani	$223,100
2nd	Jared Jaffee	$155,200
3rd	Justin Saliba	$116,400
4th	Matthew Wantman	$97,000
5th	Anthony Hu	$77,600
6th	Masashi Oya	$58,200

Event #7: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: September 28–29, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 69
• Total Prize Pool: $1,725,000
• Number of Payouts: 10
• Winning Hand: 9♥ 4♠^[12]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Andrew Lichtenberger	$465,750
2nd	Sean Winter	$345,000
3rd	Kazuhiko Yotsushika	$224,250
4th	Cary Katz	$172,500
5th	Chance Kornuth	$138,000
6th	Billy Wragg	$103,500

Event #8: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

• 2-Day Event: September 29–30, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 40
• Total Prize Pool: $1,000,000
• Number of Payouts: 6
• Winning Hand: 10♣ 9♣ 8♦ 6♦^[13]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Tony Bloom	$360,000
2nd	Alex Livingston	$240,000
3rd	John Riordan	$160,000
4th	Isaac Kempton	$110,000
5th	Matthew Wantman	$80,000
6th	Sam Soverel	$50,000

Event #9: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: September 30-October 1, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 54
• Total Prize Pool: $1,350,000
• Number of Payouts: 8
• Winning Hand: A♦ 7♦^[14]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Sean Winter	$432,000
2nd	Nick Schulman	$283,500
3rd	Justin Bonomo	$189,000
4th	Seth Davies	$135,000
5th	Brian Rast	$108,000
6th	Jason Koon	$81,000

Event #10: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: October 1–3, 2022
• Number of Entrants: 37
• Total Prize Pool: $1,850,000
• Number of Payouts: 6
• Winning Hand: K♥ 6♥^[4]

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Jason Koon	$666,000
2nd	Adrian Mateos	$444,000
3rd	Scott Seiver	$296,000
4th	Erik Seidel	$203,500
5th	Seth Davies	$148,000
6th	Mikita Badziakouski	$92,500

References

External links

• Results