Jeremy Ausmus Wins Poker Masters Event 7

Six-time WSOP bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus became champion in Event 7 of the 2026 Poker Masters series and took his tenth career PokerGO Tour (PGT) title. The $15,700 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament drew 58 entries, and the prize pool reached $870,000. Ausmus won the $278,400 first prize at PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas.

Five players returned for the final day. Aram Oganyan held the chip lead, with Adrian Mateos right behind him. Ausmus started in third place. Cherish Andrews and Joe McKeehen were also at the table. Ausmus said nobody sat with a very short stack, so ICM pressure stayed low and he was able to play more hands.

The first elimination of the day came from Ausmus. His pair of nines stayed ahead of Andrews' ace-queen, and Andrews finished fifth for $65,250. Mateos, who won Event #5 and came in as the leader of the Purple Jacket standings, lost a big pot to Oganyan, then ran into Ausmus's pair of nines and finished fourth for $87,000. McKeehen, the 2015 WSOP Main Event champion, played a pair of nines against Ausmus's pair of kings, found no improvement, and was eliminated in third place for $121,800.

Ausmus went into heads-up play with a chip advantage, but the lead changed hands several times. The deciding pot was the hand in which Ausmus made a straight on the river with seven-five. Against Oganyan's three-four, he called his opponent's river all in. A few hands later, his queen-seven won against Oganyan's jack-five and the tournament ended.