Brandon Wilson Wins 4th Career PGT Title and $464,000 in $25K Finale

Brandon Wilson came into the final table of Event #10: $25,200 No-Limit Hold'em with nearly 35% of the chips in play and, despite a few hiccups along the way, emerged victorious to take home his first Purple Jacket trophy and $464,000 after a heads-up deal with David Coleman. 

However, as good as the day ended for Wilson, the day couldn't have started any worse, as with David Chen sitting on just a few big blinds, he found himself in what would turn out to be the first of several all-in clashes with Doug Lee. Wilson held pocket queens from under the gun, and after a five-bet all-in for 1,135,000 from Lee in the big blind, he snapped it off with a covering stack. 

Lee tabled pocket aces to be well ahead, and after flopping an ace, a once two-to-one chip lead over the field for Wilson quickly dissolved to just a 200,000 chip lead over Lee. Wilson would get some back, however, from David Chen when his rivered wheel left Chen with just a single 5,000 chip. 

Chen would then move all in from under the gun, and after a raise to 65,000 from Coleman, he had a chance to quadruple up when Lee and Nick Schulman came along with calls. The action checked through as the board ran out a pair of queens, and Chen looked to have appeared the quadruple up as his flopped pair of eights outdid Schulman's pocket fives and Lee's pocket sevens, but Coleman tabled ace-jack for a turned pair of jacks to send the 22-year-old home in seventh place for $63,000 and 38 PGT points. 

After Wilson recemented his chip lead when he turned two pair to send Lee and his flopped middle pair down the counts, the pair finally took a back seat to the action, but Coleman was far from done. After opening to 65,000 from under the gun and getting three-bet by Schulman on the button to 185,00 and four-bet by Jason Koon out of the big blind to 400,000, Coleman five-bet to 620,000 with 630,000 behind. 

Schulman got out of the way, but Koon called to see the flop fall queen-ten high with two spades. Koon checked, Coleman moved all in, and Koon snap called, having him covered by just 30,000. Koon held the top set with pocket queens and left Coleman's ace-king looking for a jack to make broadway or running spades for a king-high flush. 

The turn failed to produce a spade, but the river came up the jack of clubs, giving Coleman the straight to take the chip lead while leaving Koon in a state of shock as he was left with just a single big blind. Koon would score a double from the small blind and survived an orbit before he found himself all in with pocket sevens from the big blind for 90,000. 

However, Lee tabled pocket jacks, and while Koon picked up a flush draw by the turn, he remained unimproved on the river and hit the rail in sixth place for $86,600 plus 52 PGT points. 

Wilson would then move back into the chip lead when he overbet jammed the river against Lee, only to watch Lee pick those chips right back up when he flopped bottom set with pocket fives and get value from Schulman's middle pair on every street. Lee would eventually move all in on the river, and when Schulman tossed his last 130,000 on the river, he got the bad news, hitting the rail in fifth place for $118,100 plus 71 PGT points.

Schulman's elimination left Dylan Linde as the short stack, and Wilson quickly took advantage as another overbet jam on the river left Linde with just 310,000 in chips after he was forced to bet fold. Wilson further sent Linde down the counts a few hands later when Linde opened to 300,000 with 10,000 behind with king-jack, only for Wilson to find ace-queen in the big blind. No more bets went into the middle as the board double paired, leaving Linde all in blind the next hand from the big blind. 

It would then be Linde's turn with a chance to find the quadruple up as a Coleman, Lee, and Wilson all limped to see a board run out ace-six high with a pair of deuces. Wilson bet two big blinds on the river, Coleman looked his up, and Lee folded. Wilson tabled seven-six for a pair of sixes, which bested Linde's pocket threes, but Coleman tabled ace-jack for a flopped pair of aces to take down the pot, sending Linde home in fourth place for $157,500 plus 95 PGT points. 

Despite the elimination of Coleman, Wilson still held the chip lead, and he put those chips to work a few hands later when he found his third overbet jam on the river, leaving Coleman in a world of pain as he begrudingly sent his cards into the muck with Lee sitting on the short stack. 

A couple of hands later, Lee found himself all in for his last 870,000 from the small blind with queen-five only to run square into Wilson's ace-king in the big blind. However, the flop was a favorable one for Lee as two queens gave him trips for the double, but the newfound chips would not last long in his stack as a few hands later, he would fire a bluff on the river square into Wilson's made flush to send him tumbling down to the short stack once again. 

With the chip lead solidly back in his favor, Wilson finally ended Lee's day after Lee moved all in for 745,000 from the button with king-eight suited, only for Wilson to find ace-seven from the small blind. Lee would once again outflank Wilson thanks to a pair of kings, but when the board went queen, jack on the turn, and river, Wilson made broadway to send Lee to the payout desk in third place for $220,500 plus 132 PGT points. 

With a near $200,000 pay difference between first and second, Wilson and Coleman agreed to a heads-up deal during a short break in play, with Wilson walking away with a guaranteed $395,000 while Coleman secured $355,000 guarunteed, leaving $69,000 and the Purple Jacket trophy as well as the PGT points to play for heads-up with Wilson having a nearly two-to-one chip lead. 

Wilson made quick work of Coleman heads-up, and it was courtesy of another overbet shove on the river. In a limped pot pre-flop, things escalated quickly as Coleman put in the check-raise to 310,000 on the queen-ten-four two club board. Wilson called, and when a king hit the felt on the turn, the action checked through. 

The river landed and an insignificant eight of spades, and Coleman bet 350,000. Wilson moved all in for 1,865,000 effective, and Coleman tossed in the call with king-three of clubs for a turned pair of kings. Wilson tabled queen-ten for a flopped two pair, and Coleman's day was done in second place for $355,000 plus 189 PGT points. 

Event #10: $25,200 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Payouts

David Coleman Crowned 2025 Poker Masters Champion

Coming into the final table of Event #10, Alex Foxen sat atop the leaderboard in the race for the 2025 Poker Masters crown and the coveted Purple Jacket with 429 points. However, after failing to secure his third cash of the series in Event #10, he left the door open for David Coleman, David Chen, or Doug Lee to wrestle the crown away. 

Foxen dodged the first bullet when Chen fell early, but Coleman and Lee both had strong showings, and by the time three-handed play rolled around, Coleman had secured enough points to pass Foxen on the leaderboard, leaving himself and Lee battling for the Purple Jacket. 

Wilson would put an end to that suspense when he sent Lee home in third place, and Coleman celebrated on stream as the coveted piece of hardware was all his. PGT Commissioner and PokerGO Head of Live Reporting, Tim Duckworth, got a chance to talk with Coleman after Event #10 ended, and he can read a more in-depth look at Coleman's run to the 2025 Purple Jacket here. 

Elsewhere, not much changed on the 2025 PGT season leaderboard during Event #10 as Nick Schulman was the only one inside the top 40 to add points at the final table, earning 71 points, bringing his season-long total to 1,921 points,18 points behind Sam Soverel in third place. 

There were some moves just outside the top 40 as David Chen picked up 38 points to move into the top 60, and Jason Koon added 52 points, moving him just outside the top 50 and into 53rd place with 832 points or 70 points behind Patrick Leonard and Matthew Wantman for the 40th and final spot into the $1,000,000 PGT Championship. 

Coleman moved into 73rd place with 713 points, and Wilson moved into 81st place with 687 points as the duo will look to continue their climb to the top 40 when the PGT PLO Series II kicks off on October 14th with Event #1: $5,100 Pot-Limit Omaha. 

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