Sean Winter Wins Poker Masters Finale; Mateos Secures Purple Jacket With 451 Points
Sean Winter won the $51,000 Poker Masters finale and earned $620,000, while Adrian Mateos secured the Purple Jacket with 451 points despite no cashes in the last three events.
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CardPlayer's October 25 report on the result shows that the $51,000 buy-in Poker Masters finale drew 31 entries and a $1.55 million prize pool, with the top five finishing in the money. Sean Winter won and earned $620,000; Sam Laskowitz finished second for $387,500. Poker.org's October 24 report recorded the same order for first and second place and said it was Winter's ninth individual PGT title.
The Purple Jacket for the series is determined by Poker Masters points. Mateos did not cash in the last three events and his points stayed at 451; CardPlayer said that in addition to the Purple Jacket he received a $25,000 PGT Passport. Full results and points details are in the reports.
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Sean Winter Wins Poker Masters Finale as Mateos Secures Purple Jacket With 451 Points
Adrian Mateos secured the Poker Masters Purple Jacket with 451 points despite missing the money in the final three events.
Read story ↗- CardPlayer ↗ — CardPlayer reported on October 25 that the $51,000 buy-in Poker Masters finale had 31 entries and a $1.55 million prize pool, with the top five finishing in the money; Sean Winter won $620,000 and Sam Laskowitz finished second for $387,500; Mateos took the Purple Jacket with 451 points and a $25,000 PGT Passport, and his three in-the-money finishes in the series totaled $467,700; Ausmus finished fourth for $170,500; Winter had 2,223 PGT points for the year and 17 in-the-money finishes totaling $4,391,694; the report also lists final-table hands and the series top five.
- Poker.org ↗ — Poker.org reported on October 24 that Mateos held 451 points after failing to cash in the final three events; Palma was eliminated in eighth place; Ausmus was the only player who could still overtake him on the final day and exited fourth; Brewer went out on the bubble in sixth; Winter won his ninth PGT title; the report also recounted the final-table elimination order and the last hand.
Local reading context
Poker Masters is held at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. Reports present two separate points systems: Poker Masters series points determine the Purple Jacket, while the PGT leaderboard runs throughout the year; the two should not be conflated. On prize money, the event winner's prize, the event's total prize pool, cumulative series winnings and annual PGT qualifying-event income are also different measures; the $25,000 PGT Passport is not an event winner's prize.
Source report dates: 2026-10-24 / 2026-10-25