2025 Poker Masters Runs September 19 - October 2

The tenth installment of the Poker Masters will be the 11th series of the PGT Season. The Poker Masters will be held inside the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and run from September 19 to October 2, 2025.

Making its debut is the Poker Masters $1,000,000 Showcase from September 19-22, which includes two starting flights and a $1,000,000 prize pool guarantee. It is a $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em event with a $200 discount for on-time entry, and players are allowed two reentries maximum each flight. Each Day 1 flight will play down to the money, and players will combine on Day 2 to play down to the final table. There will also be two $560 No-Limit Hold'em satellites into the Poker Masters $1,000,000 Showcase.

The entire Poker Masters schedule is exclusively No-Limit Hold'em tournaments and totals ten events. Buy-ins range from $5,100 to the $25,200 finale, with Event #2 onwards scheduled to play down to the final table of six. Those six players return the following day to conclude play on PokerGO.com. Each event will allow players a maximum of two reentries, and players in the registration line before the scheduled start time will receive a discount on rake on their first entry.

The PGT shot clock will be active during the Poker Masters, with players having 20 seconds to act on their hand preflop, and 30 seconds postflop. Time extensions are worth 30 seconds each, regardless of which street they are used on. In the $5k buy-in events, players will receive six time extensions before the first break, and four thereafter. In the $10k and $15k buy-ins, players will receive eight time extensions before the first break, and six thereafter. In the $25k finale, players will receive 10 time extensions before the first break, and eight thereafter. Additional time extensions are distributed to players in the money if the field reaches 71 entrants. The final seven players will also receive six additional time extensions.

Levels in Event #1 will be 30 minutes on Day 1, and 40 minutes from Day 2 onwards. Event #2 will be 30 minutes throughout the tournament, while Events #3 to #7 will be 30-minute levels until the start of Level 13, where they will be increased to 40 minutes. Events #8 and #9 will be 30-minute levels until the start of Level 9, where they will be increased to 40 minutes. Event #10 will be 45-minute levels throughout the tournament, and registration ends at the start of Level #7 following the omission of Level 4 and 8 from the structure sheet. Events #1 to #7 will have registration open until the start of Level 9.

The Poker Masters is part of the 2025 PGT season, with players earning PGT points based on the amount they cash for in each event. The PGT points awarded during the Poker Masters will also decide who is crowned the Poker Masters champion and receive the $25,000 PGT Passport bonus and the Poker Masters Purple Jacket. PGT points accumulated throughout the PGT season will decide players' final position on the PGT leaderboard. The season-ending top 40 eligible players and select Dream Seat winners will qualify for the 2025 PGT $1,000,000 Championship, where the first-place prize will be $500,000.

Information on the PGT points system, PGT Passports, prizes, championship bonuses, and payouts can be found here at pgt.com/points.

2025 Poker Masters Schedule

For full PGT schedule information, check out pgt.com/schedule. For the PGT leaderboard, check out pgt.com/leaderboard.

Satellite into the Poker Masters

On Thursday, September 18, there will be a $560 No-Limit Hold'em satellite into Day 1A of the Poker Masters $1,000,000 Showcase. The satellite will be held in the ARIA Poker Room and begins at 1 p.m. PT. Players begin with 100,000 chips, and the levels are 25 minutes long. Seats into Day 1A will be awarded for one in every ten entries.

On Friday, September 19, there will be $560 No-Limit Hold'em satellite into Day 1B of the Poker Masters $1,000,000 Showcase. The satellite will be held in the ARIA Poker Room and begins at 1 p.m. PT. Players begin with 100,000 chips, and the levels are 25 minutes long. Seats into Day 1B will be awarded for one in every ten entries.

On Sunday, September 21, there will be $560 No-Limit Hold'em satellite into Event #2: $5,100 No-Limit Hold'em. The satellite will be held in the ARIA Poker Room and begins at 1 p.m. PT. Players begin with 100,000 chips, and the levels are 25 minutes long. Seats into Event #1 will be awarded for one in every ten entries.

Who Will Be Crowned the 2025 Poker Masters Champion?

Previous winners of the Poker Masters include Jim Collopy (2024), Stephen Chidwick (2023), Sean Winter (2022), Michael Addamo (2021), Sam Soverel (2019), and Steffen Sontheimer (2017). There were also two online Poker Masters held on partypoker, and Eelis Parssinen (2020) and Alexandros Kolonias (2020) were declared the winners.

The favorites to make a run at winning the 2025 Poker Masters all sit among the top ten of the PGT leaderboard. Following a massive WSOP where he cashed in eight PGT-qualifying events, Alex Foxen sits second on the PGT leaderboard with 2,132 PGT points. He has yet to be crowned a PGT series champion, but on the back of an incredible run of results and a boosted bankroll, Foxen is the betting favorite. Soverel is third on the PGT leaderboard with 1,883 PGT points and will be looking to become the first two-time Poker Masters champion.

Nick Schulman had an incredible WSOP and sits fourth on the PGT leaderboard with 1,781 PGT points. Like Foxen, Schulman has yet to win a PGT series championship after many close calls. Rounding out the favorites to win the Poker Masters is Chino Rheem. Rheem sits eight on the PGT leaderboard with 1,327 PGT points. Rheem has won the PGT Mixed Games crown twice, including earlier this year, and the feather in his cap would be the Poker Masters Purple Jacket. 

How to Watch the 2025 Poker Masters?

Debuting at the 2025 Poker Masters will be the $1,000,000 Showcase that features two starting flights and a $1,000,000 prize pool guarantee. Each day of this event will be livestreamed. Events #2 to #10 of the 2025 Poker Masters are two-day events with Day 1 playing down to the final table. Day 2 will see the final six players return to the PokerGO Studio to conclude the event and crown a champion. 

Each Poker Masters final table will be streamed on OTT service PokerGO from 4 p.m. ET from September 22 to October 2, 2025, while the Event #10 final table will start at 5 p.m. ET. Day 1 coverage of each event will be handled exclusively by the PGT Live Reporting Team on PGT.com, but starting with Event #4, there will be Day 1 bonus coverage on PokerGO after registration is closed.

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