Updated on 23 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

Stephen Chidwick wins the Poker Masters Purple Jacket

The prolific UK Super High Roller won $1,109,000 this week to take the prestigious title and an extra $50,000.





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The 2023 Poker Masters is over and it was a very notable name who donned the Purple Jacket at the end of it. 

Stephen Chidwick won one event in the High Roller series and made three further final tables, most recently coming 2nd to Jonathan Jaffe in the final $50,000 event. 

He cashed for $1,109,000 during the festival - twice as much as his nearest rival Vladas Tamasauskas - to capture the prestigious jacket and $50,000. 

These are all the winners from the 2023 Poker Masters:

Event Field Winner Prize
$10,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Poker Masters #1 114 Vladas Tamasauskas $239,400
$10,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Poker Masters #2 97 Darren Elias $223,100
$10,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Poker Masters #3 87 Vladas Tamasauskas $208,800
$10,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Poker Masters #4 91 David Rheem $218,400
$10,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Poker Masters #5 85 Andrew Lichtenberger $204,000
$10,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Poker Masters #6 95 Orpen Kisacikoglu $218,500
$25,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Poker Masters #7 44 Nick Schulman $374,000
$25,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Poker Masters #8 50 Stephen Chidwick $400,000
$25,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Poker Masters #9 37 Justin Bonomo $333,000
$50,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Poker Masters #10 42 Jonathan Jaffe $756,000

Next up for PokerGO is the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl, which gets underway tomorrow. 

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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.