Longtime Poker Pros Shine During PGT Poker Masters in Las Vegas

The Poker Masters sequence is underway inside PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, and the race is on for the coveted velvet purple jacket.

The 2025 Poker Masters, going down Sept. 19-Oct. 2, consists of ten no-limit Maintain’em occasions with buy-ins starting from $5,100 to the $25,200 finale that can shut out the sequence.

Already, a handful of trophies have gone to well-known professionals, together with World Poker Tour (WPT) endboss Darren Elias, Wynn Thousands and thousands champion Andrew Moreno and reigning GPI Participant of the 12 months David Coleman.

And at this time, Chino Rheem took down Occasion #5: $10,100 No-Restrict Maintain’em to win $280,000 and a seventh profession PokerGO Tour (PGT) title.

One other PokerGO Title for Rheem

The most recent Poker Masters occasion inside PokerGO Studio drew 112 entrants for a prize pool of $1.1 million. The most important portion of that went to Rheem as he defeated American Daniyal Gheba throughout heads-up play.

The ultimate desk of the $10,100 buy-in occasion additionally included Aram Zobian (seventh – $44,800), Andrew Lichtenberger (sixth – $56,200) and 2024 GPI Participant of the 12 months Stephen Music, who PokerNews lately caught up with on the Triton ONE competition in Jeju, South Korea.

Rheem has had loads of current success contained in the PokerGO Studio, together with profitable occasions at this yr’s PGT Blended Video games Collection and PLO Collection. He additionally practically had his identify scrubbed from “Greatest Participant With out a Bracelet” lists with a runner-up end within the WSOP $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship.

Poker Masters Occasion #5: $10,100 No-Restrict Maintain’em Outcomes

Longtime Execs Shine in PokerGO Studio

Rheem’s victory adopted that of one other longtime professional, Darren Elias, who took down Occasion #4: $10,100 No-Restrict Maintain’em for $280,000 as he defeated heads-up opponent David Chen. Music discovered one other fourth-place end value $100,500, whereas current World Collection of Poker (WSOP) Important Occasion ultimate tablist Adam Hendrix completed fifth for $72,500.

The sequence has certainly confirmed good for veteran grinders who’ve put within the work to get to the place they’re within the poker world. Earlier within the week, Andrew Moreno defeated Brian Batt to win Occasion #3: $10,100 No-Restrict Maintain’em for $252,000, besting a ultimate desk that included Matthew Wantman (fifth – $65,600), Jeremiah Williams (4th – $90,900) and Samuel Laskowitz (third – $116,700).

Mike Zulker, who has over $2.1 million in Hendon Mob earnings and whose first money dates again to 2008, emerged victorious in Occasion #2: $5,100 No-Restrict Maintain’em for $157,000 over Mitchell Halverson, who earlier completed runner-up to David Coleman within the first-ever $1,000,000 Showcase.

Halverson at present leads the Poker Masters leaderboard with three cashes and 330 factors forward of Music (302 factors), Rheem (290 factors) and Elias (280 factors).

There’s nonetheless loads of motion to come back within the Poker Masters, together with the at present underway Occasion #6: $10,100 No-Restrict Maintain’em that sees younger prodigy Jeremy Becker chip main over the likes of Bin Weng and Kristen Foxen, based on PokerGO reside updates.

The sequence will culminate with Occasion #10: $25,200 No-Restrict Maintain’em, which will get underway on Oct. 1 at 1 p.m. native time.

A listing of Poker Masters winners thus far is on the market within the desk under.

2025 Poker Masters Winners So Far

*Images courtesy PokerGO & Antonio Abrego

Connor Richards is a Senior Editor U.S. for PokerNews and host of the Life Outdoors Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for 3 World Poker Awards for his writing.