2026 Poker Masters

Event #4: $10,500 NLH
Event #5: $10,500 NLH Event #4: $10,500 NLH Show All Events
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2026 Poker Masters
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♦4♥
Prize
$224,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,500
Prize Pool
$800,000
Total Entries
80
Places Paid
12
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
75,000 / 125,000
Ante
125,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
80
Players Left
5
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Chris Hunichen Eliminated in 10th Place ($24,000)

Level 17 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Chris Hunichen
Chris Hunichen

Jamie Dwan raised from the hijack before Chris Hunichen shoved for around 600,000 from the cutoff. Vitalijs Zavorotnijs rejammed, folding out Dwan.

Chris Hunichen: A♥10♠All in
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs: J♥J♣

Hunichen failed to connect on the 9♦8♥2♦4♠Q♦ runout and bowed out in tenth place for his first cash of the series.

Tags: Chris HunichenJamie DwanVitalijs Zavorotnijs

Seidel and Ausmus Double

Level 17 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Erik Seidel jammed for 200,000 from the small blind and Andrew Lichtenberger called from the big blind. Seidel had K♠8♦ and Lichtenberger had Q♠8♥. Seidel doubled up on the 10♠8♣4♣J♥4♠ runout.

On the outer table, Chris Hunichen shoved from the small blind and Jeremy Ausmus called off his stack of 360,000 from the big blind.

Jeremy Ausmus: A♥5♣All in
Chris Hunichen: A♠2♦

Somehow it wasn;t a chop, as the Ausmus' hand played to take the pot thanks to the K♣4♥10♥3♥Q♠ runout.

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerChris HunichenErik SeidelJeremy Ausmus

Level: 17

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

Neil Warren Eliminated in 11th Place ($24,000)

Level 16 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Neil Warren
Neil Warren

Nicholas Palma raised from the hijack and called when Neil Warren jammed for 200,000 from the cutoff.

Neil Warren: 7♦7♣All in
Nicholas Palma: A♦4♦

Palma paired his ace and four on the A♥Q♠4♣ flop and eliminated Warren after the J♥ turn and 4♥ river.

Tags: Neil WarrenNicholas Palma

John Krpan Eliminated in 12th Place ($20,000)

Level 16 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
John Krpan
John Krpan

Joey Weissman and John Krpan got their small stacks into the middle on the feature table, with the latter at risk of elimination.

John Krpan: 8♦8♣All in
Joey Weissman: Q♣J♥

Weissman, who had just 10,000 a few hands ago, paired up on the A♠Q♦4♦ flop to take the lead. The K♦ turn and K♠ river gave him kings and queens to take out Krpan.

Tags: Joey WeissmanJohn Krpan

Mateos Stone Bubbles Third Poker Masters Tournament of the Series

Level 16 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Adrian Mateos
Adrian Mateos

Joey Weissman survived another all-in on the feature table, with his A♠10♣ holding out against Clemen Deng's K♠10♥. The board came J♥J♠3♥9♠4♠.

On the outer table, Adrian Mateos raised to 200,000, leaving 5,000 behind from the button. Chris Hunichen jammed from the big blind and Mateos called.

Adrian Mateos: A♣7♣All in
Chris Hunichen: 9♦9♥

Mateos failed to connect on the Q♥2♣3♠6♦5♣ runout and bubbled the tournament.

"Three stone bubbles," said a shocked Mateos. "And a loss to [Nick] Palma heads-up," added Hunichen, just to rub some more salt into the Spaniard's wounds.

Mateos bubbled Event #1, before coming second in Event #2. He then bubbled Event #3 on Wednesday.

Tags: Adrian MateosChris HunichenClemen Deng'sJoey Weissman

Weissman Survives

Level 16 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Joey Weissman just survived an all-in where his pocket eights beat Nicholas Palma's king-six.

Tags: Joey WeissmanNicholas Palma

Weissman at Risk of Bubbling

Level 16 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Joey Weissman opened to 180,000, leaving 10,000 from the button. Clemen Deng called from the big blind.

It checked through to showdown where Deng's 3♣3♥ beat A♦K♦ on the 9♦8♥4♥10♠J♦ board.

Tags: Clemen DengJoey Weissman

Deng Doubles on the Bubble

Level 16 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Clemen Deng raised to 60,000 from the hijack and called off his stack of 750,000 when Andrew Lichtenberger jammed from the small blind.

Clemen Deng: 10♥10♣All in
Andrew Lichtenberger: 9♥9♣

Deng avoided bubbling as his tens remained best on the K♠5♦3♥K♦A♣ runout.

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerClemen Deng

Zavorotnijs Checks Back a Straight

Level 16 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs opend to 60,000 from the cutoff and Jamie Dwan called from the small blind.

Dwan check-called for 100,000 on the 8♥5♠3♦ flop, before the 2♥ turn and 4♦ river checked through to showdown.

Dwan tabled J♣J♠ for a pair of jacks, but Zavorotnijs had a wheel with his A♦8♦.

Tags: Jamie DwanVitalijs Zavorotnijs