Michael Rossitto holds the lead at the Final Table in the $10,000 NLH at the Poker Masters in Las Vegas.
At ARIA Las Vegas, the Poker Masters 2026 has been running since yesterday. The kickoff event was the first of six $10k NLH tournaments. Forty‑nine players took part, and with re‑entries included, $780,000 was in the middle by the end.
Patrick Leonard, Erik Seidel, Andrew Lichtenberger, Nick Schulman, Cherish Andrews, Joe McKeehen, Brock Wilson, Jeremy Becker, and Marius Gierse packed up early. Bubble boy was Adrian Mateos. The six‑time bracelet winner was all‑in preflop with 
against Craig Mason, and Mason hit the board 
with 
for a full house.
Six players ultimately bagged up. Michael Rossitto leads with 3.30 million chips, ahead of Myles Mullaly (2.45 million) and Sam Laskowitz (2.16 million). All six have $39,000 secured, and $218,400 awaits the winner.
- Seat 1: Daniyal Gheba, 585,000
- Seat 2: Myles Mullaly, 2,445,000
- Seat 3: Justin Zaki, 955,000
- Seat 4: Michael Rossitto, 3,300,000
- Seat 5: Sam Laskowitz, 2,155,000
- Seat 6: Justin Vaysman, 310,000
- Blinds: 20,000/40,000; BB Ante: 40,000
Poker Masters 2026
Date: October 12 to 23
Location: PokerGO Studio at ARIA Las Vegas, Las Vegas
Events: 10
Buy-Ins: $10,000 to $50,000
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Event #1
Buy-In: $10,000
Entries: 78
Prize Money: $780,000
ITM: 12
Payouts
1st: , $218,400
2nd: , $140,400
3rd: , $101,400
4th: , $74,100
5th: , $54,600
6th: , $39,000
7th: Craig Mason, $31,200
8th: Joao Simao, $31,200
9th: Michael Berk, $23,400
10th: Joey Weissman, $23,400
11th: Ping Liu, $23,400
12th: Jesse Lonis, $19,500
