Who Will Walk Away with the $918,000 First-Place Prize?
Yesterday, thee inaugural Poker Masters kicked off at the ARIA with the first of four $50,000 buy-in no-limit hold��em tournaments. Event #1 began with 51 entries, but is now down to the final table of seven with Matt Hyman leading the way.
Others players, who are each guaranteed $127,500 in prize money, returning to compete for the title are Nick Schulman, Adrian Mateos, and a whole contingent of German players including Dominik Nitsche, Stefan Schillhabel, Koray Aldemir, and Steffen Sontheimer.
Whoever wins Event #1 will take the early lead in the Poker Masters, where the player with the best results (highest total earnings) throughout all five tournaments �C remember the finale is a $100,000 freezeout �C will be deemed champion and awarded The Poker Masters Purple Jacket?.
Today's final table will be live streamed on PokerGO on a 30-minute delay. Our coverage, which will commence at 12:30 p.m. local time, will adhere to the stream so as not to spoil anything for fans.
Also, Event #2: $50,000 NLHE starts today at 2 p.m. The PokerNews?Live Reporting Team will also be?providing complete coverage?from that tournament, so be sure to click on over to them from time to time.
Our updates will get underway in just over an hour, so stay tuned!