Vladas Tamasauskas Takes Down Record-Setting Event Of 2023 Poker Masters

A file 114 entrants had been made within the first occasion of the 2023 Poker Masters sequence on the PokerGO studio, crushing the earlier excessive of 97. The prizepool swelled to $1,140,000, with the highest 17 gamers banking no less than $17,100.

In the top, the title went to Lithuania’s Vladas Tamasauskas, who’s having an ideal month of September thus far. The 28-year-old earned $239,400 and his first PokerGO trophy.

Just two weeks in the past Tamasauskas completed third within the EPT Barcelona €10,000 excessive curler for $439,650. His greatest rating stays the $451,112 he pocketed for fourth place within the 2022 WSOP Europe principal occasion. He now has greater than $2.2 million in recorded event earnings.

Tamasauskas got here into the ultimate desk as one of many quick stacks however discovered well timed double ups to get again into rivalry. He ultimately beat Aram Zobian after about an hour of heads up play, overcoming an preliminary 3:1 chip drawback.

Zobian was on the lookout for his second PokerGO title of the yr, having already received occasion no. 2 of the PokerGO Cup in January. The 2018 WSOP principal occasion remaining tablist settled for second place and $171,000, bringing his profession totals to greater than $5.1 million.

Ren Lin completed third for $125,400, marking his twentieth remaining desk of the yr. The Chinese participant now sits in fifth place within the Card Player Player of the Year race, with practically $3.5 million in winnings in 2023 alone.

Notables who completed within the cash included for POY winner Anthony Zinno (seventeenth), present POY frontrunner Bin Weng (sixteenth), and WSOP principal occasion champion Ryan Riess (fifteenth). Other high-stakes regulars included Pin Liu (thirteenth), Byron Kaverman (twelfth), Dylan Linde (eleventh), Ben Yu (ninth), Jesse Lonis (eighth), and Victoria Livschitz (fifth).

There are 10 occasions in whole on the Poker Masters, which runs till Sept. 26 and options buy-ins starting from $10,000 to $50,000. The finest performing participant all through the sequence will likely be awarded the Purple Jacket.

The high-stakes competition started in 2017 and has been received by Steffen Sontheimer (2017), Ali Imsirovic (2018), Sam Soverel (2019), Michael Addamo (2021), and Sean Winter (2022).

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