The second half of the 2023 PokerGO Tour (PGT) season kicks off this month, with the eighth installment of the Poker Masters taking place at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The 2023 Poker Masters begins Sept. 14 with a 10-event schedule of no-limit hold’em tournaments and concludes on Sept. 26. Each final table will livestream on PokerGO.com in its entirety, while the first three events will be additionally available to stream on the PokerGO YouTube channel for free.
How to watch the 2023 Poker Masters
Poker fans around the world will be pleased to know that they can watch every final table from the 2023 Poker Masters live on PokerGO.com. Each tournament is a two-day tournament, with final table livestream taking place on the second day of action. Final table livestreams will begin at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT) each day from Sept. 15-25 (no coverage on Sunday, Sept. 17, and Sunday, Sept. 24, due to tournament days off). The finale to the series will livestream on Tuesday, Sept. 26, starting at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT).
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Select events will be available to watch on the PokerGO YouTube channel for free. The first three events will be made available for free and streamed on the PokerGO YouTube channel.
Not only will players be competing for individual tournaments trophies and prize money, but the 2023 Poker Masters includes a series-long leaderboard that will award the champion with the coveted Poker Masters Purple Jacket and $50,000 championship bonus. All of the action can be watched live on PokerGO.
2023 Poker Masters livestream schedule
| Date | Start time (ET) | Event | Watch |
| Friday, Sept. 15 | 4 p.m. | $10,000 NL Hold'em | Watch Here |
| Saturday, Sept. 16 | 4 p.m. | $10,000 NL Hold'em | Watch Here |
| Monday, Sept. 18 | 4 p.m. | $10,000 NL Hold'em | Watch Here |
| Tuesday, Sept. 19 | 4 p.m. | $10,000 NL Hold'em | Watch Here |
| Wednesday, Sept. 20 | 4 p.m. | $10,000 NL Hold'em | Watch Here |
| Thursday, Sept. 21 | 4 p.m. | $10,000 NL Hold'em | Watch Here |
| Friday, Sept. 22 | 4 p.m. | $25,000 NL Hold'em | Watch Here |
| Saturday, Sept. 23 | 4 p.m. | $25,000 NL Hold'em | Watch Here |
| Monday, Sept. 25 | 4 p.m. | $25,000 NL Hold'em | Watch Here |
| Tuesday, Sept. 26 | 6 p.m. | $50,000 NL Hold'em | Watch Here |
Poker Masters leaderboard information
Every player that cashes in a 2023 Poker Masters event earns PGT points. These points allow players to rank on both the Poker Masters series leaderboard and the PGT season leaderboard. Players must finish in the money of a tournament to earn points, and points are determined by finishing position, prize money won, and tournament buy-in.
The player that earns the most PGT points throughout the 2023 Poker Masters series will be presented with the Poker Masters Purple Jacket and awarded the $50,000 championship bonus. The winner will join a list of elite high-roller players that includes Sean Winter, Michael Addamo, and Sam Soverel.
History of Poker Masters Purple Jacket winners
| Series | Winner (Country) | Event Wins | Cashes | Earnings |
| 2017 Poker Masters | Steffen Sontheimer (Germany) | 2 | 4 | $2,733,000 |
| 2018 Poker Masters | Ali Imsirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | 2 | 3 | $1,288,600 |
| 2019 Poker Masters | Sam Soverel (United States) | 2 | 7 | $1,396,800 |
| 2020 Poker Masters Online | Alexandros Kolonias (Greece) | 2 | 11 | $1,266,296 |
| 2020 Poker Masters Online PLO Series | Eelis Parssinen (Finland) | 1 | 6 | $735,459 |
| 2021 Poker Masters | Michael Addamo (Australia) | 2 | 2 | $1,840,000 |
| 2022 Poker Masters | Sean Winter (United States) | 1 | 2 | $777,000 |
Key players to watch
Two players we’ll have our eyes on for the 2023 Poker Masters are two of the biggest names in the game. Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu are ones to watch, to see what sort of performances they’ll turn in. Hellmuth is currently 11th on the PGT leaderboard, and Negreanu is sitting in 36th place.
Chris Brewer is on a bit of a heater in 2023, already having won more than $11,500,000 on the year. The only player to have cashed for more money in 2023 is WSOP Main Event champion Daniel Weinman, and it’s also Weinman who is the only player sitting ahead of Brewer on the PGT leaderboard. It’s less likely that Weinman will be at the Poker Masters compared to Brewer, so we’ll see if Brewer is able to retake the PGT leaderboard top spot from the 2023 WSOP Main Event champ.
Sitting sixth on the PGT leaderboard and already having won the 2023 PokerGO Cup is Cary Katz. He is always in contention to win one of these PGT series titles, just as Katz did in January for the PokerGO Cup. We’ll be watching to see if he’s able to grab his second PGT major of the year at the Poker Masters.
No player has won the Poker Masters Purple Jacket twice, but it could certainly happen in 2023 because we expect Sam Soverel (2019 winner) and Sean Winter (2022 winner) to be in the mix for plenty of events.
More to come from the PGT
Once the 2023 Poker Masters concludes on Sept. 26, there are a plethora of events remaining for the 2023 PGT season as players look to qualify for the season-ending 2023 PGT Championship $1,000,000 freeroll.
The top 40 players on the PGT leaderboard at season’s end will automatically receive a seat in the 2023 PGT Championship, where there is a $500,000 first-place prize guaranteed for the winner and payouts for the remainder of the final table.
Remaining 2023 PGT events
| Dates | Series | Buy-Ins | Total PGT Events |
| Sept. 26-27 | ARIA High Rollers | $25,000 | 2 |
| Sept. 28-30 | Super High Roller Bowl VIII | $300,000 | 1 |
| Oct. 5-14 | PGT Mixed Games | $5,000 - $25,000 | 9 |
| Oct. 16-18 | Super High Roller Bowl: Pot-Limit Omaha | $100,000 | 1 |
| Oct. 19-30 | PGT PLO Series | $5,000 - $25,000 | 9 |
| Oct. 25 - Nov. 15 | WSOP Europe | €10,000 - €25,000 | 3 |
| Nov. 27-30 | ARIA High Rollers | $10,000 | 4 |
| Dec. 3-14 | WSOP Paradise | $10,000 - $100,000 | 6 |
| Jan. 2-7 | PGT Last Chance | $10,000 | 6 |
| Jan. 9-10 | PGT Championship | N/A | 1 |
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