David Peters Wins Poker Masters Event 1 on PokerGO

Poker Masters opened on PokerGO this Saturday with the $10,000 final table. David Peters beat a competitive group of 69 entrants to win the $193,200 first-place prize on the PokerGO live stream. Peters adds to his U.S. Poker Open win from a few months ago and takes the early lead in the Poker Masters standings.

The first #PokerMasters final table of 2018 is underway!@badams78 leads, but @GatsbyKempinho, @dpeterspoker17, and more High Roller heavy hitters are still in contention.
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Brandon Adams opened the final table as the chip leader in his pursuit of a second Poker Masters win to compliment his $50,000 victory in 2017.

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Peters jumped from third to first at the final table right away. Tangling with 2016 Super High Roller Bowl winner Rainer Kempe, Peters held the higher pair and his stock increased.

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The run good for Peters continued versus Poker Masters newcomer Cord Garcia. In his first Poker Masters final table, Garcia put forth a game effort but couldn’t hold against the litany of outs at the disposal of Peters.

David Peters turns the ? and @Cord_Garcia_ can't keep his #PokerMasters run alive. Garcia out 5th for $55K.
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Kempe ran into the Peters buzzsaw once again and departed in third place. Faced with a tough decision pending the micro-stack of Brian Green, Kempe called correctly with a higher pair but endured a brutal runout to bounce in third.

They battled early and @dpeterspoker17 just scored another knockout! @GatsbyKempinho takes ? and we are heads up for the #PokerMasters Event 1 title.
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Green was up for the challenge against Peters and battled back from a massive deficit. Peters maintained his composure long enough to pick up pocket kings and hold to win the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em title. Along with the win, Peters earned 300 points on the High Roller of the Year leaderboard to improve to fifth place in the standings.

David Peters is the ? of Event 1! @dpeterspoker17 opens the 2018 #PokerMasters with a win and the highest stakes week of the year continues Sunday on PokerGO!
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The next event on the PokerGO schedule is the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em event. Poker Masters Event 2 streams at 4 PM ET with the second winner of the series soon to be named.

Subscribe to PokerGO today to watch all Poker Masters final tables with the Purple Jacket to be awarded on September 15.