The 2017 Poker Masters was the inaugural season of the

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. It took place from September 13-20, 2017, at

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. The event was sponsored by

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, and every final table was streamed on

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. There were five No-Limit Hold'em events on the schedule with the first four events being a $50,000 buy-in, while the Main Event was a $100,000 buy-in. The Main Event was won by Germany's

Steffen Sontheimer Steffen Christian Sontheimer (born 13 September 1990) is a German professional poker player, originally from Gernsbach, Germany who focuses on poker tournaments and cash games. He plays online on PokerStars under the alias go0se.core!. Poker So ...

, and he also won the Poker Masters Purple Jacket for accumulating the most winnings during the series.

Schedule

The schedule for the 2017 Poker Masters featured only No-Limit Hold'em events. The first four events were $50,000 buy-ins and lasted two days with the first day ending once the final table was down to seven players. Those players returned the next day to resume play with the action streamed on

. The Main Event was a $100,000 buy-in and played out over three days. All three days were streamed on

Purple Jacket standings

The 2017 Poker Masters awarded the Purple Jacket to the player that accumulated the most winnings during the series. Germany's

won two events, and cashed four times on his way to accumulating $2,733,000 in winnings to be awarded the inaugural Purple Jacket.

Results

Event #1: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 2-Day Event: September 13-14, 2017 * Number of Entrants: 51 * Total Prize Pool: $2,550,000 * Number of Payouts: 8 * Winning Hand:

Event #2: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 2-Day Event: September 14-15, 2017 * Number of Entrants: 50 * Total Prize Pool: $2,500,000 * Number of Payouts: 8 * Winning Hand:

Event #3: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 2-Day Event: September 15-16, 2017 * Number of Entrants: 48 * Total Prize Pool: $2,400,000 * Number of Payouts: 7 * Winning Hand:

Event #4: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 2-Day Event: September 16-17, 2017 * Number of Entrants: 39 * Total Prize Pool: $1,950,000 * Number of Payouts: 6 * Winning Hand:

Event #5: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event

* 3-Day Event: September 18-20, 2017 * Number of Entrants: 36 * Total Prize Pool: $3,600,000 * Number of Payouts: 6 * Winning Hand:

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