Current Poker Masters Standings

Heading into Day 2, here are how the Poker Masters Purple Jacket rankings sit.

Not only does Steffen Sontheimer remain in today's field with a chip stack that is good for fourth place overall, but seven of his closest rivals have all been eliminated. This leaves fellow German Fedor Holz his nearest competitor with a winnings gap of $671,000 between the two.

Although it is more then likely that the winner of Event #5 will claim top spot in the race for the Poker Masters Purple Jacket, the way the tournament has fallen so far means that something as small as a min-cash may be enough for Sontheimer to lock up the Purple Jacket.

However, it truly is still anyone's race as first-event players such as Seth Davies and Bryon Kaverman mathematically have a chance to win the Poker Masters Purple Jacket.

As the tournament progresses today, we will continue to update the standings, however it won't be until the final table is reached later today that exact calculations can be made to see which players need which results to stake their claim at the inaugural Poker Masters Purple Jacket.

Rank	Overall Rank	Player	Country	Wins	Cashes	Events Played	Winnings
1	1	Steffen Sontheimer	Germany	1	3	5	$1,221,000
2	8	Fedor Holz	Germany		1	5	$550,000
3	9	Jake Schindler	USA		2	5	$409,500
4	10	Stefan Schillhabel	Germany		1	5	$306,000
5	14	Phil Hellmuth	USA		1	5	$200,000
6	15	Dan Smith	USA		1	5	$192,000
7	17	Justin Bonomo	USA		1	5	$175,500
8	18	Christian Christner	Germany		1	5	$175,000
9	21	Daniel Negreanu	Canada		1	5	$102,000
10	22	Dan Shak	USA		1	3	$100,000
11	26	Stephen Chidwick	UK			5	$0
12	27	Ben Tollerene	USA			5	$0
13	28	Brian Rast	USA			3	$0
14	29	Seth Davies	USA			1	$0
15	30	Byron Kaverman*	USA			1	$0