Poker Masters 2026 Purple Jacket: Only Jeremy Ausmus Can Stop Adrian Mateos, 7 Left in $51K Finale
Updated on October 23, 2026.
The Poker Masters 2026 Purple Jacket now comes down to one player. Adrian Mateos busted out of the $51,000 finale with 451 points, and Jeremy Ausmus is the only player left who can pass him. Ausmus needs to finish first or second when the final seven return on Friday, Oct. 23, at 3:45 p.m. ET.
Quick summary
- Event #10 ($51,000 No-Limit Hold’em) drew 31 entries from 22 players, for a $1,550,000 prize pool. Only five places pay.
- Seven players remain. Marius Gierse leads with 1,185,000 chips. Ausmus is third with 945,000.
- Adrian Mateos busted on Day 1 with 451 PGT points locked in. Nick Palma (407 points) went out in eighth and can’t catch him.
- Ausmus has 321 points. A win or second place gives him the Purple Jacket. Third place does not.
- First place pays $620,000. The Purple Jacket comes with a $25,000 bonus, according to PokerNews.
How the Purple Jacket race got here
The Poker Masters is a 10-event PokerGO Tour (PGT) series at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. The player with the most PGT points across the series wins the Purple Jacket.
Mateos built his lead early. The Spanish pro won Event #5 and finished runner-up in Event #2, according to PokerNews, and he came into the finale with 451 points from three cashes. Palma, who won Event #2, was second with 407. Ausmus was sixth with 321 after winning Event #7 for $278,400, his 10th PGT title. We covered that win in Jeremy Ausmus wins Poker Masters Event #7.
The finale carried the biggest buy-in of the series, so it also paid the most points. That kept the race open for several players until Thursday night.
Poker Masters Event 10: who busted on Day 1
Day 1 of the $51,000 event played from 31 entries down to seven. Mateos was knocked out by Sam Laskowitz on the feature table. Alex Foxen went out shortly after, on his third and final entry, according to PokerNews.
David Coleman, the defending champion according to PokerNews, also busted. So did Nick Seward, who had won Event #9 a day earlier by beating Daniel Negreanu heads-up (read our Event #9 report). Seward fell to Sean Winter. Negreanu sat out the finale.
Palma was the last elimination of the night. He finished eighth, outside the five paid places, which ended his run at Mateos. That left Ausmus as the only threat.
Final table chip counts and payouts
Play resumes on Friday at 12:45 p.m. PT (3:45 p.m. ET), with blinds at 10,000/20,000 and a 20,000 ante. The average stack is about 44 big blinds.
Player | Chips | Big blinds |
|---|---|---|
Marius Gierse (Austria) | 1,185,000 | 59 |
Sam Laskowitz | 995,000 | 50 |
Jeremy Ausmus | 945,000 | 47 |
Sean Winter | 900,000 | 45 |
Dan Smith | 895,000 | 45 |
Igor Yaroshevskyy (Ukraine) | 725,000 | 36 |
Chris Brewer | 535,000 | 27 |
The payouts are steep. First place gets $620,000, second $387,500, third $248,000, fourth $170,500 and fifth $124,000. Two of the seven players will leave with nothing.
What Ausmus needs
According to PokerNews, second place would give Ausmus 476 points, 25 more than Mateos. A win gets him there too. Third place would leave him short, so Mateos takes the jacket if Ausmus finishes third or lower.
That makes Ausmus’ final table unusual. He starts in the middle of the pack, two players have to go out before anyone gets paid, and he needs a top-two finish to take the jacket. With pay jumps this big, every decision carries more weight. Our ICM calculator shows how stack sizes change the value of your chips at a final table.
What it means for players in the US
The Poker Masters is a live event in Las Vegas, so you can’t play it online. But many of the high-stakes pros in this field also play big online tournaments, and you can follow the final table through PokerNews’ live updates, which run on the PokerGO broadcast delay.
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Frequently asked questions
Who will win the Poker Masters 2026 Purple Jacket?
Adrian Mateos leads with 451 PGT points and wins it unless Jeremy Ausmus finishes first or second in the $51,000 finale on Friday, Oct. 23. Ausmus has 321 points, and second place would lift him to 476, according to PokerNews.
What does the Poker Masters Purple Jacket winner get?
The player with the most PGT points in the series wins the Purple Jacket and a $25,000 bonus, according to PokerNews.
When is the Poker Masters Event 10 final table?
The last seven players return on Friday, Oct. 23, at 12:45 p.m. PT (3:45 p.m. ET) at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas.
How much does the winner of Poker Masters Event 10 get?
First place pays $620,000 from a $1,550,000 prize pool. The event drew 31 entries from 22 players, and only the top five get paid.
Sources
- PokerNews: 2026 Poker Masters Event #10, $51,000 NLH live reporting
- PokerNews: Last chance for Purple Jacket chasers in $51K Poker Masters finale
- Poker.org: Adrian Mateos eliminated from Poker Masters $50K finale
- Poker.org: Nick Palma eliminated from Poker Masters $50K in 8th
- Card Player: Jeremy Ausmus locks up 10th PGT trophy at 2026 Poker Masters
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