Martin Zamani is the latest champion to be decided at the 2022 Poker Masters high-stakes tournament festival. The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner defeated a field of 97 entries in event no. 6, a $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament. He earned $223,100 as the champion, the third-largest live score of his career. He now has more than $4 million in lifetime cashes to his name.
Zamani also secured 540 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. This was his second POY-qualified score of the year, with his first being a final-table finish in a $5,000 buy-in event at the Lucky Hearts Poker Open at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood back in January.
The 223 PokerGO Tour points he secured as the top finisher in this event were enough to move him into second place in the race for the Poker Masters Purple Jacket. He trails only Jeremy Ausmus, who won the kickoff event and finished seventh in event no. 2.
This was the largest turnout yet for the 2022 poker Masters festival. It resulted in a prize pool of $970,000 which was paid out among the top 14 finishers. Notables like bracelet winner Amit Lehavot (14th), bracelet winner Mitch Halverson (12th), two-time bracelet winner Jim Collopy (11th), and four-time bracelet winner Ben Yu (10th) all made it inside the money before falling late on day 1.
The second and final day of action began with nine players remaining and Masashi Oya in the lead. Zamani started out in fourth chip position. Dan Shak was the first to fall, running pocket sevens into pocket tens (9th – $38,800). Recent WSOP Online bracelet winner Jesse Lonis was the next to fall. He got A-K suited in preflop against the pocket jacks of Masashi Oya and was unable to win the flip. He earned $38,000 and 90 POY points for his 14th POY-qualified final-table finish of the year. As a result, he now sits in 59th place in the 2022 POY race standings, which are sponsored by Global Poker.
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