The winner of the Poker Masters purple jacket has been decided
The Poker Masters series has wrapped up in Las Vegas. The closing event was the $51,000 Poker Masters Championship, which drew 31 entries. The main storyline of the final day was whether Jeremy Ausmus could overtake Adrian Mateos in the race for the purple jacket.
The Spaniard led the series leaderboard, but busted on day one of the final tournament, and Ausmus needed to reach heads-up to pass him.
Four-handed, Ausmus got it in with pocket fives preflop and was called by Sean Winter with A♦️K♦️. Winter picked up two more aces on the turn and river to make trips. Ausmus went out in fourth for $170,500, and Mateos claimed the purple jacket.
As for the tournament itself, after Ausmus, Winter also knocked out Igor Yaroshevskyy, making a straight on the flop against two pair. The Ukrainian pro reached the ITM for the first time in the series, earning $248,000.
Heads-up, Winter faced his friend Sam Laskowitz. Laskowitz managed to even out the stacks within four hands right at the start, but couldn't build on it. In the decisive hand, Winter flopped two pair against Laskowitz's top pair and held. Winter took the title and the top prize of $620,000, while Laskowitz received $387,500.
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The Spaniard led the series leaderboard, but busted on day one of the final tournament, and Ausmus needed to reach heads-up to pass him.
Four-handed, Ausmus got it in with pocket fives preflop and was called by Sean Winter with A♦️K♦️. Winter picked up two more aces on the turn and river to make trips. Ausmus went out in fourth for $170,500, and Mateos claimed the purple jacket.
As for the tournament itself, after Ausmus, Winter also knocked out Igor Yaroshevskyy, making a straight on the flop against two pair. The Ukrainian pro reached the ITM for the first time in the series, earning $248,000.
Heads-up, Winter faced his friend Sam Laskowitz. Laskowitz managed to even out the stacks within four hands right at the start, but couldn't build on it. In the decisive hand, Winter flopped two pair against Laskowitz's top pair and held. Winter took the title and the top prize of $620,000, while Laskowitz received $387,500.
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