Full chip counts for Day 2 of the WPT Shooting Star Championship. The bounties are marked with a gold star. Play restarts at 11:15am local time.
Andrew Lichtenberger releases new poker book, Khemset Holistic Poker Codex.
"In this three-volume codex, I go through first principles and poker theory before shifting the discussion to my views on philosophy and the nature of reality, ultimately tying them together with the goal in mind of sharing a practical and actionable holistic perspective for poker as well as life more broadly," Lichtenberger explains.
A hardcover collector's edition, limited to 500 copies, is available now for $85. A cheaper paperback edition may follow.
Nick Palma and Chris Brewer at the Poker Masters. Is this the best version of the meme ever? We'll never look at the two players quite the same again.
Irish Open satellites start this Sunday.
It's one of the longest-running and best-loved live poker series in the world, and you can get there from €1 when satellites kick off for the Irish Poker Open at PokerStars this Sunday.
The action in Dublin runs from March 18-29, 2027 - see the article below for more.
Nick Palma eliminated from Poker Masters $50K in 8th. It means Jeremy Ausmus is the only player who can catch Adrian Mateos at the top of the series leaderboard. He needs to finish first or second.
It's not all about the Purple Jacket. There are seven players left in the final event of the series, five get paid and there's $620,000 up top. You can watch it play out from 4pm ET on the PokerGO YouTube channel.
- Marius Gierse: 1,185,000
- Sam Laskowitz: 995,000
- Jeremy Ausmus: 945,000
- Sean Winter: 900,000
- Dan Smith: 895,000
- Igor Yaroshevskyy: 725,000
- Chris Brewer: 535,000
Race for the Purple Jacket. With Adrian Mateos in the clubhouse on 451 points, here's how Nick Palma or Jeremy Ausmus could win the overall Poker Masters title.
- Adrian Mateos: 451 points
- Nick Palma: 407 points
- Jeremy Ausmus: 321 points
With the following points up for grabs, Palma just needs to cash to overtake Mateos. Ausmus needs to finish at least second. A win for Ausmus would see him don the Purple Jacket regardless of where Palma finishes. If he finishes second, he needs Palma to finish fourth or worse.
- $620,000 + 248 PGT points
- $387,500 + 155 PGT points
- $248,000 + 99 PGT points
- $170,500 + 68 PGT points
- $124,000 + 50 PGT points
Watch the rest of Day 1 play out below.
Adrian Mateos eliminated from Poker Masters $50K finale. And it was a brutal way to go. It means his 451 points at the top of the leaderboard are locked in, but Nick Palma is just 44 points behind with 11 players remaining. Jeremy Ausmus is the only other player who can still win the overall series title and Purple Jacket.
Only five players get paid – and earn those all-important PGT points.
Poker Masters Championship: Day 1 coverage of the series-closing $50K No-Limit Hold'em is now live on the PokerGO YouTube channel – see below for the link.
Adrian Mateos, Nick Palma, and Nick Seward, the frontrunners in the race for the Purple Jacket, are all still in the field with 20/31 remaining at the time of reporting.
After a runner-up finish in Event #9 on Thursday, Daniel Negreanu chose not to partake in the Championship.
Keith Lehr wins Poker Masters Event #8 ($277,200). Lehr beat Event #4 winner Vitalijs Zavorotnijs heads-up to claim his first PGT title. The top two spots on the series leaderboard remain unchanged, with Adrian Mateos top and Nick Palma in second.
Day 1 coverage of Poker Masters $25K: The cards are in the air for the penultimate event of the series.
At the time of reporting, 19 players remain from a field of 50 entries. Among those still battling it out are Adrian Mateos and Nick Palma. The two are currently in first and second respectively in the race for the Poker Masters Purple Jacket and Event #9 could have huge implications in that regard.
Daniel Negreanu, Nick Schulman, and Jesse Lonis are all on the feature table at the moment, along with Super High Roller Bowl XI winner Brandon Wilson.
