2018 Poker Masters

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]

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

• Results