Justin Zaki Wins Poker Masters event 3 for $244,000

Last night saw Justin Zaki add a Poker Masters trophy and $244,400 to his resume after defeating Jeremy Ausmus heads-up in event #3 of the highstakes series.

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Justin Zaki (courtesy of PokerGO)

The second $10k buy-in of the eight-tournament PokerStars NAPT-sponsored festival saw 94 entries, slightly down on yesterday’s 100, but again jam-packed with big names.

Bill Klein was the one to miss out on the 14 paid spots, running into a bigger ace when he came along for the ride with Michael Brinkenhoff…

Klein: A♣ J♦

Brinkenhoff: A♦ K♠

Flop: A♠ 4♠ 4♥

Klein understandably 3-bet all-in and was quickly called, upon which he received the bad news…

Turn: 5♠

River: 10♣

That left the rest with $23,500 locked up and the vision of 10x that sum up top still to fight for.

Foxen and Negreanu fall short of final table

Kristen Foxen wouldn’t get further than 11th place and a $28,200 payday after Zaki’s big slick toppled her pocket jacks, while Daniel Negreanu’s Purple Jacket ambitions were thwarted when his pocket 5s versus AJ race was met by an ace and a jack in the window.

It wasn’t his 9th spot bustout that left him feeling disgusted, however…

Seven players returned for day two and the final table, with Ren Lin looking to improve on his 6th place finish in event #2, but it wasn’t to be, losing out in a race against Jeremy Ausmus.

Next to fall was Jim Collopy, his 10♦ J♦ outflopping Brinkenhoff’s big slick but unable to hold, as was Cary Kazt with the bigger ace against Zaki.

Victoria Livschitz is no stranger to deep runs in PGT events, with three wins already in various tournaments, but yesterday she would have to settle for 4th place and $84,600 after losing flush over flush to Zaki.

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Brinkenhoff’s tournament came down to a classic race after 4-bet shoving blind-on-blind against Zaki…

Brinkenhoff: 3♠ 3♥

Zaki: A♦ K♣

Flop: K♦ J♣ 4♦

Turn: Q♣

River: K♠

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Michael Brinkenhoff (courtesy of PokerGO)

Heads-up comeback?

That meant third place and $112,800 for Brinkenhoff, leaving Zaki to face Ausmus heads-up with a 7:2 chip lead. An early comeback gave Ausmus hope but these was abruptly dashed in the following, final, hand…

Ausmus: A♠ Q♣
Zaki: 4♥ 4♦

Flop: 6♦ 4♣ 2♦

Turn: 5♠

River: 10♣

That was enough to give Zaki the win and leapfrog him into second spot in the race to the Purple Jacket, inbetween the victors of events 1 and 3, Spencer Champlin and Jeremy Becker.

2024 Poker Masters Event #3 Final Table Payouts

PlaceNameCountryPayoutsPGT Points
1stJustin ZakiUSA$244,400244
2ndJeremy AusmusUSA$155,100155
3rdMichael BrinkenhoffUSA$112,800113
4thVictoria LivschitzUSA$84,60085
5thCary KatzUSA$65,80066
6thJim CollopyUSA$47,00047
7thRen LinChina37,60038

Poker Masters Purple Jacket Leaderboard

RankPlayerPointsWinsCashesWinnings
1stJeremy Becker25511$255,000
2ndJustin Zaki24411$190,475
3rdSpencer Champlin19011$165,000
4thMichael Moncek16501$115,000
5thJeremy Ausmus15501$112,050
6thMicheal Brinkenhoff12302$98,250
7thNicholas Seward12203$97,750
8thSean Winter11501$90,000
9thDylan Linde11202$52,000
10thJessica Vierling9801$50,000

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