Poker Masters 2018
The Poker Masters 2018 was the second edition of this poker tournament series and was hosted by Poker Central . The seven high roller tournaments with buy-ins of at least US $ 10,000 were played from September 7-15, 2018 at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas .
structure
Six of the seven tournaments were played in the No Limit Hold'em variant , with one being played with a short deck . The third event was in Pot Limit Omaha and, in addition to the Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller offered once a year at the World Series of Poker , the most expensive tournament of this variant. The tournament fee did not have to be paid if you had bought into an event at the beginning of the tournament. Due to the high buy-in, only the world's best poker players and wealthy businessmen could be found at the tournaments. The first six events were each designed for two days and allowed each player two re-entries. All tournaments were played with a 30-second shot clock, which means that each player only had 30 seconds of time for his actions. All events were broadcast on the paid online platform PokerGO . Almedin Imširović collected the most points across all tournaments and therefore received a purple jacket , the so-called Poker Masters Purple Jacket ™ .
Tournaments
Overview
# | Tournament start | Buy-in (in $ ) | Fee (in $) | variant | Attendees | winner | origin | Prize money (in $) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sep 7 2018 | 10,000 | 500 | No Limit Hold'em | 69 | David Peters | 193.200 | |
2 | 8 Sep 2018 | 25,000 | 1000 | No Limit Hold'em | 50 | Brandon Adams | 400,000 | |
3 | Sep 9 2018 | 25,000 | 1000 | Pot Limit Omaha | 37 | Keith Lehr | 333,000 | |
4th | Sep 10 2018 | 10,000 | 500 | No Limit Hold'em Short Deck | 55 | Isaac Haxton | 176,000 | |
5 | Sep 11 2018 | 25,000 | 1000 | No Limit Hold'em | 66 | Almedin Imširović | 462,000 | |
6th | Sep 12 2018 | 50,000 | 2000 | No Limit Hold'em | 47 | Almedin Imširović | 799,000 | |
7th | 13 Sep 2018 | 100,000 | 3000 | No Limit Hold'em | 25th | David Peters | 1,150,000 |
# 1 - No Limit Hold'em
The first event started on September 7th, 2018. 69 participants paid the buy-in of $ 10,000.
space | origin | player | Prize money (in $) | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | David Peters | 193.200 | 300 | |
2 | Brian Green | 138,000 | 210 | |
3 | Rainer Kempe | 89,700 | 150 | |
4th | Brandon Adams | 69,000 | 120 | |
5 | Lance Garcia | 55,200 | 90 | |
6th | Isaac Haxton | 41,400 | 60 | |
7th | David Eldridge | 34,500 | ||
8th | Almedin Imširović | 27,600 | ||
9 | Cary Katz | 20,700 | ||
10 | Matthias Eibinger |
# 2 - No Limit Hold'em
The second event started on September 8, 2018. 50 participants paid the buy-in of $ 25,000.
space | origin | player | Prize money (in $) | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brandon Adams | 400,000 | 300 | |
2 | Jared Jaffee | 262,000 | 210 | |
3 | Jake Schindler | 175,000 | 150 | |
4th | Bill Klein | 125,000 | 120 | |
5 | Jason Koon | 100,000 | 90 | |
6th | Daniel Negreanu | 75,000 | 60 | |
7th | Dominik Nitsche | 62,500 | ||
8th | Cary Katz | 50,000 |
# 3 - Pot Limit Omaha
The third event began on September 9, 2018 and was played in Pot Limit Omaha . 37 participants paid the buy-in of $ 25,000.
space | origin | player | Prize money (in $) | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Keith Lehr | 333,000 | 300 | |
2 | Jonathan Depa | 222,000 | 210 | |
3 | Ben Yu | 148,000 | 150 | |
4th | Isaac Haxton | 92,500 | 120 | |
5 | Brandon Adams | 74,000 | 90 | |
6th | Dan Shak | 55,500 | 60 |
# 4 - No Limit Hold'em Short Deck
The fourth event started on September 10, 2018 and was played in No Limit Hold'em Short Deck . 55 participants paid the buy-in of $ 10,000.
space | origin | player | Prize money (in $) | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Isaac Haxton | 176,000 | 300 | |
2 | Maurice Hawkins | 115,500 | 210 | |
3 | Ryan Tosoc | 77,000 | 150 | |
4th | Andrew Robl | 55,000 | 120 | |
5 | Cary Katz | 44,000 | 90 | |
6th | Dominik Nitsche | 33,000 | 60 | |
7th | Jonathan Depa | 27,500 | ||
8th | Jason Koon | 22,000 |
# 5 - No Limit Hold'em
The fifth event began on September 11, 2018. 66 participants paid the buy-in of $ 25,000.
space | origin | player | Prize money (in $) | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Almedin Imširović | 462,000 | 300 | |
2 | Ben Yu | 330,000 | 210 | |
3 | Brian Rast | 214,500 | 150 | |
4th | Jake Schindler | 165,000 | 120 | |
5 | Jason Koon | 132,000 | 90 | |
6th | Daniel Negreanu | 99,000 | 60 | |
7th | Elio Fox | 82,500 | ||
8th | Dan Shak | 66,000 | ||
9 | Bryn Kenney | 49,500 | ||
10 | Dan Smith |
# 6 - No Limit Hold'em
The sixth event began on September 12, 2018. 47 participants paid the buy-in of $ 50,000.
space | origin | player | Prize money (in $) | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Almedin Imširović | 799,000 | 300 | |
2 | Koray Aldemir | 517,000 | 210 | |
3 | Seth Davies | 352,500 | 150 | |
4th | Jake Schindler | 235,000 | 120 | |
5 | Sam Soverel | 188,000 | 90 | |
6th | Justin Bonomo | 141,000 | 60 | |
7th | Bryn Kenney | 117,500 |
# 7 - No Limit Hold'em
The main event began on September 13, 2018 and cost $ 100,000. On the first day of the tournament, 15 players registered and David Peters led the field of the remaining eight players. On the second day of the tournament, the registration phase closed with 25 registrations.
space | origin | player | Prize money (in $) | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | David Peters | 1,150,000 | 350 | |
2 | Dan Smith | 700,000 | 245 | |
3 | Koray Aldemir | 400,000 | 175 | |
4th | Bryn Kenney | 250,000 | 140 |
Purple jacket
Point system
Unlike in the previous year, when the winner of the Purple Jacket was determined solely by the prize money won in the tournaments, a points system was introduced for this event, so that every player who ended up in the prize categories in one of the seven tournaments in addition to the prize money Collected points. These were distributed as follows:
space | Tournaments 1-6 | Main Event |
---|---|---|
1 | 300 | 350 |
2 | 210 | 245 |
3 | 150 | 175 |
4th | 120 | 140 |
5 | 90 | 105 |
6+ | 60 | 70 |
Final score
Winner Almedin Imširović made it into the money in three of the seven events and received prize money of almost 1.3 million dollars due to his victories in the fifth and sixth events.
space | origin | player | Points | Prize money (in $) | Cashes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Almedin Imširović | 660 | 1,288,600 | 3 | |
2 | David Peters | 650 | 1,343,200 | 2 | |
3 | Brandon Adams | 510 | 543,000 | 3 | |
4th | Isaac Haxton | 480 | 309,900 | 3 | |
5 | Jake Schindler | 390 | 575,000 | 3 | |
6th | Koray Aldemir | 385 | 917,000 | 2 | |
7th | Ben Yu | 360 | 478,000 | 2 | |
8th | Dan Smith | 305 | 749,500 | 2 | |
9 | Keith Lehr | 300 | 333,000 | 1 | |
10 | Jonathan Depa | 270 | 249,500 | 2 | |
11 | Bryn Kenney | 260 | 417,000 | 3 | |
12 | Jason Koon | 240 | 254,000 | 3 | |
13 | Brian Green | 210 | 138,000 | 1 | |
Maurice Hawkins | 210 | 115,500 | 1 | ||
Jared Jaffee | 210 | 262,000 | 1 | ||
Cary Katz | 210 | 114,700 | 3 | ||
17th | Seth Davies | 150 | 352,500 | 1 | |
Rainer Kempe | 150 | 89,700 | 1 | ||
Brian Rast | 150 | 214,500 | 1 | ||
Ryan Tosoc | 150 | 77,000 | 1 | ||
21st | Bill Klein | 120 | 125,000 | 1 | |
Daniel Negreanu | 120 | 174,000 | 2 | ||
Dominik Nitsche | 120 | 95,500 | 2 | ||
Andrew Robl | 120 | 55,000 | 1 | ||
Dan Shak | 120 | 121,500 | 2 | ||
26th | Lance Garcia | 90 | 55,200 | 1 | |
Sam Soverel | 90 | 188,000 | 1 | ||
28 | Justin Bonomo | 60 | 141,000 | 1 | |
Matthias Eibinger | 60 | 20,700 | 1 | ||
David Eldridge | 60 | 34,500 | 1 | ||
Elio Fox | 60 | 82,500 | 1 |
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Poker Masters 2018 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
- Poker Masters 2018 on pokernews.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Tournament Rules & Full Payouts on pokermasters.com, accessed on August 21, 2018 (PDF).
- ↑ 2018 Poker Masters High Roller Tournament Schedule Announced on pokercentral.com on May 31, 2018, accessed on June 22, 2018.
- ↑ 2018 Poker Masters ($ 10,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 1)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 9, 2018 (English).
- ↑ 2018 Poker Masters ($ 25,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 2)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 10, 2018.
- ↑ 2018 Poker Masters ($ 25,000 + 1,000 Pot Limit Omaha (Event # 3)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 11, 2018.
- ↑ 2018 Poker Masters ($ 10,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - Short Deck (Event # 4)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 12, 2018 (English).
- ↑ 2018 Poker Masters ($ 25,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 5)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 13, 2018.
- ↑ 2018 Poker Masters ($ 50,000 + 2,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 6)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 14, 2018.
- ↑ 2018 Poker Masters ($ 100,000 + 3,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 7)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 16, 2018.
- ↑ Ali Imsirovic Wins 2018 Poker Masters Purple Jacket on pokernews.com from September 16, 2018, accessed on September 16, 2018 (English).