David Coleman wins First-Ever Poker Masters $1,000,000 Showcase for $270,000

David Coleman had been at or near the chip lead since the start of Day 2 in the Poker Masters 2025 $1,000,000 Showcase and eliminated the final four players at the final table to take home his first Poker Masters' Purple Jacket Trophy, the $270,000 first-place prize, and the 270 PGT points. 

Coleman, who started the final table second in chips behind Andrew Ostapchenko, took a back seat early as Ostapchenko leveraged his big stack early and often, quickly moving up the leaderboard, and at one point during the first few levels, he would amass over 12 million of the 29.875 million chips in play to take a commanding chip lead. 

However, despite Ostapchenko controlling the table, there were no eliminations to be found until PGT satellite winner Jim Agate took a stand for his last 2.175 million with pocket tens against the ace-king of Mitchell Halverson. Halverson would find an ace in the window on the flop and after turning two pair sent Agate home in seventh place for $40,000 plus 40 PGT points. 

This left fellow PGT satellite winner Doug Lee on the short stack, and he moved all in on the button for 1.250 million, and then things got tricky. Halverson called the small blind before Ostapchenko moved all in with a covering stack from the big blind. Halverson used a time extension before he sent his pocket eights in the muck. 

Lee tabled pocket sevens, Ostapchenko tabled pocket kings, and when Lee could not find one of the remaining sevens in the deck, he hit the rail in sixth place for $49,000 plus 49 PGT points, while Ostapchenko grew his stack to 50% of the chips in play. 

Ostapchenko wouldn't have the chip lead for long, though, as he handed out a double on back-to-back hands. First in a blind vs blind battle, he found himself all in with pocket fours against Stephen Song's ace-king and was ahead all the way to the river before Song spiked a king to stay alive. 

On the next hand, Spencer Champlin was all in from the big blind for 1.625 million, and Ostapchenko had called on the button with ace-six. Champlin tabled pocket aces, leaving Ostapchenko shell-shocked as the pair of doubles put him in a virtual tie with Song for the chip lead, setting the stage for Coleman to make his move. 

Coleman moved to second in chips when he picked up pocket rockets in the small blind, sending Champlin home in fifth place for $60,000 plus 60 PGT points, when his ace-ten could not find Broadway to stay alive from the button.

Ostapchenko would then take another hit to his stack as Halverson moved all in for 4.575 million from the big blind with pocket deuces and was in rough shape when Ostapchenko snapped him off his pocket jacks from under the gun. Halverson found no help on the flop, but a duck on the turn gave him a set to take the chip lead and send Ostapchenko to the bottom of the counts. 

After players passed chips back and forth for roughly a level, as all four players looked to counterpunch the others, Coleman finally took a stand when he three-bet to 4.5 million from the small blind over a Song button open. Song responded with a shove for 7.425 million, and Coleman called with a covering stack, tabling ace-eight of diamonds. Song held two black kings and looked in great shape to double into the chip lead before the flop fell jack-high all diamonds, giving Coleman the nuts. Runner-runner was not in the cards for Song as he hit the rail in fourth place for $75,000 plus 75 PGT points, while Coleman now held over 60% of the chips in play. 

Coleman quickly lost a chunk of those chips when his ace-three of spades could not hold against Ostapchenko's king-queen, but one hand later, Ostapchenko limped-shoved king-queen from the small blind, and Coleman woke up with tens in the big blind in a classic flip for nearly all the chips in play. 

Ostapchenko flopped a queen, and when the turn out four spades on the board, Coleman was left looking for one out to send Ostapchenko home, and that is precisely what materialized as the ten of hearts hit the felt on the river, giving Coleman a set and sending the start of day chip leader home in third place for $120,000 plus 120 PGT points. 

The elimination gave Coleman just over a three-to-one chip lead heading into the heads-up match with Halverson, and with the blinds quickly growing to nosebleed territory, all the chips found their way into the middle, with Coleman holding queen-ten of spades against Halverson's pocket fives. Two tens on the flop slammed the door in Halverson's face, and when the turn and river failed to come up five, he hit the rail in second place for $185,000 plus 185 PGT points. 

Poker Masters 2025 $1,000,000 Showcase Final Table Results

$1,000,000 Showcase Draws 239 Entrants

The opening event to the 2025 Poker Master saw a $1,000,000 guarunteed prize pool plus an added $5,000 NAPT Main Event seat up for grabs, meaning when 239 entrants crossed the threshold into the PokerGO Studio to chase the first Purple Jacket trophy of the year, a total prize pool of $1,195,000 was created, paying out the top 35 finishers. 

Nineteen players made it into the money from Day 1A, and 16 players made it to the money from Day 1B, securing a payout of $8,600 for 35 players that made it into Day 2. PGT regulars Clemen Deng (35th), Justin Saliba (34th), Jim Collopy (32nd), Joey Weissman (31st), Michael Berk (28th), Nick Seward (27th), and Chris Hunichen (26th) all scored the min-cash. While PGT newcomers Aaron Massey (33rd), Byung Eun Shin (30th), Alex Condon (29th), and Anju Abrol (25th) also picked up the min-cash. 

Also adding to their 2025 PGT season totals were Justin Zaki (24th for $10,000), Aram Zobian (23rd for $10,000), Michael Rossitto (21st for $13,000), Andrew Moreno (19th for $13,000), reining PGT Player of the Year Jeremy Ausmus (17th for $16,000), David "ODB" Baker (16th for $17,500), Sam Soverel (12th for $22,500), Andrew Lichtenberger (10th for $22,500) and Neil Warren (9th for $26,900) as the race for the top 40 plays down to its conclusion. 

One player who failed to reach the money was Aria Poker Dealer and content creator Clyde Gaskins, who went out in brutal fashion late in his flight when he ran pocket kings into pocket aces. However, for Gaskins, who was in his dealer chair, pitching cards for Event #2, the bad beat produced a silver lining when PGT commissioner Tim Duckworth announced on stream that his name had been selected from the random draw for the NAPT Main Event seat, as the entire PokerGO Studio burst into cheers for the beloved dealer. 

With the fun out of the way, attention now turns to the remaining nine events on the schedule as the race for the 2025 Purple Jacket is now underway. Be sure to click here for coverage of all the Day 1s starting with Event #2: $5,100 No-Limit Hold'em before catching the live stream of the final table on PokerGO the next day. 

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