Poker Masters Purple Jacket Standings
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With the four preliminary events now concluded, here are how the standings sit in the race for the Poker Masters Purple Jacket heading into this Event #5: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
Germany's Steffen Sontheimer is in the lead with amassed winnings of $1,221,000 after winning one event, reaching four final tables, and bubbling one event. As expected, the next few players just behind Sontheimer are all event winners, while Doug Polk sits rounds out the top five after his fifth and second place finishes in the final two events.
| Rank | Player | Country | Wins | Cashes | TV Final Tables | Final Tables | Events Played | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steffen Sontheimer | Germany | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | $1,221,000 |
| 2 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | $1,085,000 |
| 3 | Nick Schulman | USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | $918,000 |
| 4 | Brandon Adams | USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | $819,000 |
| 5 | Doug Polk | USA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | $612,000 | |
| 6 | Erik Seidel | USA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | $576,000 | |
| 7 | Matt Hyman | USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | $561,000 | |
| 8 | Fedor Holz | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | $550,000 | |
| 9 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | $409,500 | |
| 10 | Stefan Schillhabel | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | $306,000 | |
| 11 | Tom Marchese | USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | $300,000 | |
| 12 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | $277,500 | |
| 13 | David Peters | USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | $273,000 | |
| 14 | Phil Hellmuth | USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | $200,000 | |
| 15 | Dan Smith | USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | $192,000 | |
| 16 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | $178,500 | |
| 17 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | $175,500 | |
| 18 | Christian Christner | Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | $175,000 | |
| 19 | Koray Aldemir | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | $153,000 | |
| 20 | Cary Katz | USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | $120,000 | |
| 21 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | $102,000 | |
| 22 | Dan Shak | USA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | $100,000 | |
| 23 | Sergio Aido | Spain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | $96,000 | |
| 24 | Zach Clark | USA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $0 | |
| 25 | Sean Winter | USA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | $0 | |
| 26 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | $0 |
