The fourth and latest PokerGO Poker Masters Event #4 was won last night by Jonathan Little, whose victory against Harvey Castro heads-up earned him $226,800. At a final table featuring players such as PokerGO favorite Sam Soverel, live and online crusher Isaac Haxton and one of this year’s most consistent Poker Masters players so far, Jim Collopy, Little was the big man as he proved his poker prowess yet again at the live felt.

Lin Left for Dead

A total of 81 entrants took part in the latest $10,000-entry event of the 2024 Poker Masters, with just a dozen players making the money. Lucas Foster cashed in Event #3 but just missed out on repeating that result in Event #4. All-in with on the bubble, he lost out to Clemen Deng’s and missed profit by one place.

Matthew McEwan cashed for $20,250 in 12^th place, losing with to Jim Collopy’s as kings once again proved strong enough, while Alex Foxen cashed for $24,300 one place higher up the leaderboard as his was dominated and defeated by Soverel’s , an entertaining board of playing out to give Foxen hope on the turn but dash all optimism on the river.

John Riordan (10^th for $24,300) and Brock Wilson (9^th for $24,300) both missed out on the final table, as did Ren Lin. The Chinese player shoved with and was called by Haxton with before a flop of put Haxton ahead. A on the turn and a on the river ended Lin’s hopes as he busted for $32,400 in 8^th place.

Haxton Slips At Worst Time

The final table began with Collopy in charge leading with 2.5m to Isaac Haxton’s 2m in chips. At that stage, Jonathan Little was third in chips, with 1.85m chips, a long way ahead of some. Clemen Deng was the next player to leave, with his shove pre-flop running into Little’s , before a flop of pronounced Deng out in seventh for $32,400.

Despite being so previously powerful, Isaac Haxton slid out in sixth place for $40,500. Haxton called off his stack with pre-flop after Jonathan Little four-bet shoved with . A flop of put Haxton in with a great chance of doubling through his bigger stacked opponent but a returned the narrative to its original form, and a on the river sent Haxton home.

Wayne Nowak was the next to fall and once again in was Little swinging the scythe. Nowak was all-in with on a flop of but Little had no issue calling with and no help came for Nowak on the and river as Nowak took away $56,000 and Little moved into a totally dominant position.

Little Sees it Out in Style

With 6,375,000 chips, Jonathan Little had more than Sam Soverel (1.95m), Jim Collopy (1.05m) and Harvey Castro (750,000) combined. Castro managed a full double-up through Little when beat and that put pressure on both the other short stacks, with Soverel eventually the next man to depart. All-in with , Soverel lost to Little’s when a flop of gave the eventual winner top pair and a flush draw, robbing Soverel of outs. A turn was followed by a river for Little to flush Soverel away with a score of $76,950.

Three-handed, it wasn’t long before Collopy shared Soverel’s fate. Losing a coinflip with to Little’s a king and a three on the flop did for Collopy, who cashed for $105,300 as Little took a better than 5:1 chip lead into the last duel. Initially, Castro got off to a golden start, as he got a quick double-up, but his resurgence was not to last.

Little shoved with the button and and Castro made the call with the inferior . A board of rewarded Little as he rivered two pair and he took the title and $226,800, as Castro claimed $145,800 in second place.

After four events, Little is one of four different winners on the overall leaderboard as players battle for the top prize of the purple Poker Masters jacket, a $25,000 PGT Passport and a $10,000 NAPT Gold Pass courtesy of event sponsors PokerStars. With the biggest win so far, Jeremy ‘JBex’ Becker leads by a small margin from other winners Little, Justin Zaki and Spencer Champlin, with players such as Jim Collopy, Jeremy Ausmus and Nick Seward all still in contention.

Previous owners of the purple jacket who could become the first two-time winner include last year’s winner Stephen Chidwick (2023), Sean Winter (2022), Michael Addamo (2021), Sam Soverel (2019), and Steffen Sontheimer (2017), with the 2018 champion Ali Imsirovic still serving an indefinite ban from PokerGO Tour events along with Jake Schindler.