Sean Winter Crowned 2022 Poker Masters Champion

Sean Winter is the 2022 Poker Masters champion, winning the coveted Purple Jacket and $50,000 championship bonus. Winter finished the 10-event poker tournament series with 466 points, enough to put him in first place atop the series leaderboard.

Winter surged to victory in the stretch run of the 2022 Poker Masters. First, he finished second in Event #7: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em for $345,000 and 207 points. After that, he went on to win Event #9: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em for $432,000 and 259 points.

Winter did have to sweat the series finale, Event #10: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em. Seth Davies and Erik Seidel both reached Day 2 of that event and could take home the Purple Jacket with a victory. Davies busted in fifth place, then Seidel fell in fourth place, locking up the leaderboard win for Winter.

2022 Poker Masters Leaderboard Top 10

Earlier in 2022, Winter was crowned U.S. Poker Open champion in a somewhat similar fashion that involved a late surge to the top of the leaderboard. In that series, which spanned 12 events, Winter won the final two tournaments - Event #11: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em and Event #12: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em - to finish atop the standings and capture the golden eagle trophy and $50,000 championship bonus.

Winter joins Steffen Sontheimer (2017), Ali Imsirovic (2018), Sam Soverel (2019), Alexandros Kolonias (2020 online), Eelis Parssinen (2020 online PLO), and Michael Addamo (2021) as Poker Masters Purple Jacket winners.

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