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Can a seasoned poker player shine again at this year's Poker Masters?

The Poker Masters series will be held in Las Vegas from October 12-23, featuring ten events with buy-ins ranging from $10,500 to $51,000. A look back at the 2025 event, where David Coleman won the purple jacket. One of the most prestigious PokerGO Circuit (PGT) events returns to Las Vegas next month – the Poker Masters series is scheduled to take place from October 12-23. Held at the PokerGO Studios at ARIA Resort & Casino, the series comprises ten events with buy-ins ranging from $10,500 to $51,000, culminating in the $51,000 NLH Series Finals. PokerNews will be on-site throughout the series, providing live coverage of this high-stakes tournament. The Las Vegas Ten-Event Poker Masters, renowned for awarding the coveted purple velvet jacket to the series champion, will kick off on October 12 with Event #1:$10,500 NLH, followed by five more events at the same buy-in level. The buy-in for Event 7 will increase to $15,700, Event 8 will remain at this level, and Event 9 will rise to $26,000. Meanwhile, the buy-in for the series finale will nearly double to $51,000, making it a must-win event for anyone vying for the purple jacket. Last year's Poker Masters witnessed many veteran poker players achieve their glory, such as American pros Andrew Moreno (Event #3: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em – $252,000), Darren Elias (Event #5: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em – $280,000), and Chino Rheem (Event #5: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em – $280,000), as well as PokerGO Director Cary Katz (Event #7: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em – $223,000). Ultimately, David Coleman, the 2024 GPI Player of the Year, won the purple jacket after winning the Poker Masters 2025 $1,000,000 Showcase Event (prize money $270,000) and finishing as runner-up to American pro Brandon Wilson in the series finals (prize money $355,000). 2025 Poker Masters Champion Number of Entrants Prize Pool Champion National Prize Poker Masters 2025 $1,000,000 Showcase Event 239 $1,195,000 David Coleman

888poker WSOP Documentary Episode 6: One More Day

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The final episode of the 888poker WSOP documentary has been released, with Aaron Barone reflecting on his 65th place finish in the 2026 WSOP Main Event, winning $125,000 chips, and looking ahead to 2027. The sixth and final episode of the 888poker WSOP documentary is now available; here's a recap of the episode, "The Deepest WSOP Main Event Journey of My Life." At the end of episode five, Aaron Barone was the only surviving member of the 888poker team. He bagged 785,000 chips at the end of Day 4 of the $10,000 WSOP Main Event, hoping to "climb a few steps" and "maybe make it to Day 6." At the start of Day 5 of the 2026 WSOP Main Event, 533 players returned to their seats, including Barone, whose 785,000 chips placed him in 300th place. Barone, understated yet confident, stated that he felt less pressure than at any other point in the tournament. Could this be a good sign? It seemed so. Barone accumulated 1,300,000 chips in his final hand before the dinner break. At the 2025 WSOP, he had been eliminated at this level with a bluff-catching hand; this time, he called an all-in with seven-high flush on a four-suited board, and it paid off. The good luck continued. Barone's AQ went all-in pre-flop against pocket Jacks, hitting two pair on the flop and pushing his stack to 2,600,000 chips. Although he gave back some chips before the end of the tournament, Barone still advanced to Day 6 with 1,880,000 chips, or 24 big blinds. “I did reach around 2.9 million chips, but chips come and go quickly. 1.9 million is more than enough for tomorrow; it’s incredible. I had a lot of fun and have almost certainly made it my biggest and deepest finish at the WSOP, and now we’re trying to push that level again tomorrow.” Early Day 6, Lady Luck smiled on Barone. He went all-in with AK against his opponent’s pocket Jacks. The flop gave him trips of Aces, but also allowed his opponent to make a full house. The turn and river were both 5s, giving Barone an even bigger full house and winning the pot. That hand, along with several other smaller wins, brought Barone to 3,600,000 chips with 114 players remaining. After dinner break, Barone was moved to the live table for some spotlight time. This seat wasn’t easy for the Canadian, as he was sandwiched between legend Shaun Deeb and 2019 WSOP Main Event champion Hossein Ensan, both of whom had more chips than Barone. Unfortunately, Barone's 2026 WSOP Main Event was broadcast on that platform.

A straight flush, a brutal upset! Patrik Antonius suffers a heartbreaking defeat in the $20 million poker duel.

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Patrik Antonius lost $10 million in the biggest heads-up match in live poker history. Ossi “Monarch” Ketola hit a straight flush and made several successful bluffs to end the $20 million showdown. Ossi “Monarch” Ketola just wanted to “get a feel for it” in the $20 million heads-up match against Poker Hall of Famer Patrik Antonius, which turned out to be the biggest heads-up match in live poker history. The two Finnish high-stakes players certainly did – each bought in for $10 million, and the match turned into an extremely intense battle during the Triton Poker Series in Jeju. Monarch hit a straight flush to help him win; he also made one of the boldest bluffs early in the match, risking $3 million with only a 6-high hand, a bet so powerful that it forced his opponent to fold top pair. The veteran Antonius may have realized he was bluffed on that hand, which may have affected his subsequent decisions. One of his decisions was to call a six-figure river bet with Q-high, which was the right call because Ketola only had 8-high. The battle for the record-breaking pot: Monarch maintained a lead for most of the early game. But when a pot reached $5.2 million, he encountered a brutal river – Monarch flopped bottom two pair, while Antonius made an even stronger two pair on the river. This gave the Hall of Famer a slight chip lead. Shortly after this upset, the action intensified. Monarch, holding Q♦3♦, hit top pair on 10♦Q♣2♥6♠. Antonius raised pre-flop with A♦5♦ and continued aggressively betting with A-high on the flop and turn, only to be called. He eventually folded on an unhelpful river, but lost a huge pot, allowing Monarch to regain a nearly 2:1 chip lead. Monarch, who lost a notorious heads-up match to Dan “Jungleman” Cates for $15 million last year, continued to test the more experienced Antonius. To make matters worse, Antonius 3-bet with 9♠8♠ in the next hand, only to be forced to fold to an opponent holding K♠4♠. In another hand, Antonius raised to $1,125,000 on the river with top two pair, extracting maximum value from a small pocket pair. The game took another turn when both players flopped flush draws but missed. Ketola, still 6-high on the river, bet $3,000,000 into the $2,200,000 pot, defeating...

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Can a seasoned poker player shine again at this year's Poker Masters?

888poker WSOP Documentary Episode 6: One More Day

A straight flush, a brutal upset! Patrik Antonius suffers a heartbreaking defeat in the $20 million poker duel.

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