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The second to last event of the 2026 Poker Masters in Las Vegas kicks off today with Event #9: $26,000 NLH, which will get underway inside the PokerGO Studio at noon local time.
The second-highest buy-in event of the festival will see players begin with 150,000 in chips and will feature 40-minute levels throughout.
As Day 1 plays out, so will the final table of Event #8: $15,700 No-Limit Hold'em with just five players remaining. Vitalijs Zavorotnijs leads the way in that event ahead of Keith Lehr, Sam Soverel, and Nicholas Seward and Justin Vaysman, who, like Zavorotnijs, is looking for his second trophy of the series.
Other winners so far at the Poker Masters include American pros Nicholas Palma, Joey Weissman, and Myles Mullaly and Spanish end boss Adrian Mateos, who has also bubbled four events this series.
The final table of Event #8 will be streamed, and streamed coverage of Day 1 of Event #9 will follow that.
The Poker Masters series will close out later this week with Event #10: $51,000 NLH, which will likely decide the outcome of the overall series leaderboard.
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