2026 Poker Masters

Event #8: $15,700 NLH
Event #9: $26,000 NLH Event #8: $15,700 NLH Show All Events
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2026 Poker Masters
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♣q♠
Prize
$277,200
Event Info
Buy-in
$15,700
Prize Pool
$840,000
Total Entries
56
Places Paid
8
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
56
Players Left
5
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Seward Survives on Soft Bubble

Level 15 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and called when Nicholas Seward jammed for 185,000 from the small blind.

Nicholas Seward: A♥10♦All in
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs: K♦10♠

Both players paired their ten on the 10♥9♠4♥ flop, but Seward had the better kicker. The 6♣ turn and J♣ river were bricks and Seward doubled up.

Tags: Nicholas SewardVitalijs Zavorotnijs

Zavorotnijs Wins a Massive Flip to Take Chip Lead

Level 15 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs opened to 60,000 from the cutoff before Chino Rheem made it 200,000 from the big blind. Zavorotnijs shoved for 720,000 and was called.

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs: A♦K♣All in
Chino Rheem: J♣J♦

Zavorotnijs immediately took the lead on the A♠K♥9♣ flop. The 2♦ turn and 2♣ river confirmed his double up for the chip lead.

Tags: Chino RheemVitalijs Zavorotnijs

Another One for Lehr

Level 15 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Chino Rheem raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and Keith Lehr defended the big blind.

Lehr check-called for 40,000 on the K♦4♠2♥ flop before the 5♣ turn checked through to the A♣ river. Lehr led out for 100,000 and Rheem let go of his hand.

Tags: Chino RheemKeith Lehr

Seward and Lehr Trade Pots

Level 15 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

There was around 160,000 in the pot on the A♥10♥2♦8♥7♦ board. Keith Lehr bet 125,000 from the smal blind and Nicholas Seward called after some thought. Lehr announced a seven, and Seward tabled 10♠5♠ for a pair of tens to take the pot.

On the next deal, Lehr shoved for 505,000 from the button. Nicholas Seward reshoved from the small blind, folding out Chino Rheem in the big blind.

Keith Lehr: K♥9♠All in
Nicholas Seward: A♣J♠

Both players paired up on the A♥K♠3♠ flop, with Lehr still ahead. The 3♦ turn changed nothing but the K♦ river gave Lehr a boat for a big double.

Lehr then told the table he'd miscounted his stack, thinking he had around 15 big blinds instead of 20.

Tags: Chino RheemKeith LehrNicholas Seward

Level: 15

Blinds: 15,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

Break Time

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The ten remaining players have been sent on a ten minute break.

Palma into the Chip Lead

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Nicholas Palma
Nicholas Palma

Sam Soverel opened to 40,000 from the cutoff.

"I can't even buy a fold," bemoaned Soverel as he was called by Jamie Dwan from the button. Brock Wilson was then mulling over his option in the small blind. Wilson jammed for 275,000, and then Nicholas Palma reshoved from the big blind, which folded out Soverel and Dwan.

Brock Wilson: A♦Q♥All in
Nicholas Palma: A♣K♠

Wilson was dominated, and couldn't leapfrog the Big Slick following the A♥6♣2♠10♣7♥ runout.

Tags: Big SlickBrock WilsonJamie DwanNicholas PalmaSam Soverel

Pots for Soverel and Ausmus

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

There was around 160,000 in the pot on the 9♠K♦A♦4♥ board. Brock Wilson checked in the small blind and then called when Sam Soverel bet 90,000 from the cutoff.

Wilson, with 315,000, check-folded when Soverel jammed as the big stack on the 10♥ river. Soverel flashed the cards to Jeremy Ausmus' vlogging camera before putting them into the muck. The table asked Ausmus what was shown, and he just said he saw a deuce.

On the next deal, Ausmus raised to 40,000 from under the gun and Jamie Dwan called from the cutoff.

Dwan called for 55,000 on the 8♥8♣3♦ flop, but then folded to a bet of 125,000 on the 3♠ river.

Tags: Brock WilsonJamie DwanJeremy Ausmus'Sam Soverel

Wilson Eliminated on Feature Table

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Soverel Turns a Flush

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Justin Vaysman raised from the button and called when Sam Soverel jammed from the big blind for 285,000.

Sam Soverel: A♣10♦All in
Justin Vaysman: 7x7x

The Q♦9♦6♦ flop gave Soverel a flush draw, which came in on the 7♦ turn. Vaysman needed the board to pair but the 3♠ river confirmed Soverel's double up.

Tags: Justin VaysmanSam Soverel