The scorching start to the 2023 Poker Masters continued for Vladas Tamasauskas, as he notched his second victory of the series and increased his lead in the quest for the Purple Jacket.

Tamasauskas came into the final table as the short stack of the six remaining players. After holding steady for the first hour, Tamasauskas had Chance Kornuth slightly covered in the first all-in confrontation of the final table, with his better hand holding up to leave five players remaining. A full house vs. full house cooler came next against Michael Rocco, and Tamasauskas was on the winning end to vault into the chip lead.

In the end, Tamasauskas topped Ren Lin in heads-up play. He began with nearly a 3:1 chip lead, and although Lin doubled into the lead briefly, Tamasauskas made a big river call to retake the lead en route to his second victory of the series, besting the field of 87 entries.