Three times out on the bubble, now the chip leader. Adrian Matos secured the chip lead among the final seven in the $10,000 NLH Event #5 at the Poker Masters in Las Vegas; $229,500 awaits the winner.
With 85 entries, the field size for the fifth $10,000 NLH event of the Poker Masters at the PokerGO Studio in Aria Las Vegas saw another slight increase. $850,000 was distributed among the top 13 finishers. Jeremy Ausmus was eliminated on the soft bubble, while Jeremy Becker, holding aces, sent Joe McKeehen—who had kings—packing on the stone bubble. This ensured that everyone had secured $21,250. After coming up empty-handed three times on the bubble, Adrian Mateos easily made it into the money this time and went on to take the chip lead from Brandon Wilson. Wilson’s last chips also went to Mateos, leaving Wilson with only 9th place and $25,500. Victoria Livshitz was the last woman to be eliminated, falling to Jeremy Becker with 
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Everyone has $34,000 guaranteed, and the winner can look forward to $229,500. Adrian Mateos is the chip leader with 3,020,000, followed by Nick Schulman with 2,195,000, as play resumes with blinds at $25k/50k/50k. As always, the livestream of the final will be available on PokerGo.
| Rank | Name | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 3,020,000 |
| 2 | Nick Schulman | United States | 2,195,000 |
| 3 | Jeremy Becker | United States | 1,715,000 |
| 4 | Martin Zamani | United States | 1,540,000 |
| 5 | Robert French | United States | 1,140,000 |
| 6 | Keith Lehr | United States | 775,000 |
| 7 | Matthew Wantman | United States | 280,000 |
Poker Masters 2026
Date: October 12–23
Location: PokerGO Studio at ARIA Las Vegas, Las Vegas
Events: 10
Buy-Ins: $10,000 to $50,000
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Event #5
Buy-In: $10,000
Entries: 85
Prize Pool: $850,000
Paid Places: 13
Payouts
| Rank | Name | Country | Prize Money |
| 1 | $229,500 | ||
| 2 | $148,750 | ||
| 3 | $106,250 | ||
| 4 | $76,500 | ||
| 5 | $59,500 | ||
| 6 | $42,500 | ||
| 7 | $34,000 | ||
| 8 | Victoria Livschitz | United States | $34,000 |
| 9 | Brandon Wilson | United States | $25,500 |
| 10 | Justin Zaki | United States | $25,500 |
| 11 | Sam Soverel | United States | $25,500 |
| 12 | Sean Perry | United States | $21,250 |
| 13 | Daniyal Gheba | United States | $21,250 |
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