Fedor Holz is one of the players that make PokerGO’s Poker Masters a must-watch event (WPT photo)

The first-ever Poker Masters kicks off Wednesday night at the Aria Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas with a number of the best players in the game today set to take their shot at some seven-figure prize pools and a custom-designed Purple Jacket.

The Poker Masters is a series of five events; four $50,000 buy-in events with a single re-entry followed by a $100,000 buy-in freezeout. All five events will be streamed on PokerGO, giving poker fans around the world the chance to watch high roller action for eight straight days.

The Purple Jacket will be awarded to the player with the highest total earnings across all five events.

With cards in the air on Wednesday night, PocketFives has put together a list of five players to keep an eye on as the action progresses now through September 20.

Daniel Negreanu

He’s poker’s all-time leading money earner and easily the most visible star in the game today, but that doesn’t mean Daniel Negreanu has any interest in resting on his laurels. Negreanu is – as he often is – very confident in how he thinks he’s going to do during the Poker Masters. So much so, that he took on as many $50,000 must-win bets on himself against any other player in the field as he could book. Along with the prize money he’d win,Negreanu stands to win an additional seven figures if he takes home the Purple Jacket.

It’s worth noting that despite all of Negreanu’s success, he has only won one event with a buy-in of $25,000 or more; the €25,600 2013 WSOP Europe High Roller.

Fedor Holz

Remember when Fedor Holz won the 2016 World Series of Poker One Drop High Roller and then promptly retired? Well, he still considers himself retired as he focuses his energy on his new company, Primed Mind, but the German superstar does come out of the woodwork every now and then to play an event or two. He’ll be playing all five events and will be vlogging from start to finish for PokerCentral.

Adrian Mateos

At just 23 years old, Adrian Mateos already has a ridiculously impressive list of accomplishments next to his name. He’s won three WSOP bracelets, the European Poker Tour Grand Final and almost $10,000,000 in live tournaments alone. Earlier this year, in the span of just 31 days, Mateos finished runner-up to Dietrich Fast at the $50,000 Super High Roller event at Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida and then won the €50,000 Eight Max Shot Clock event at the PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo.

Doug Polk

Doug Polk should probably make this list just for being the most recent WSOP One Drop High Roller champ, but Polk has become one of the game’s biggest stories thanks to the content he’s produced and his willingness to put himself out there. He’s also got a growing rivalry of sorts with Negreanu and getting the opportunity to see those two clash during any of the five events is worth the price of subscription alone.

Phil Hellmuth

We’ve already mentioned that all five events are streamed on PokerGO and everybody knows that Phil Hellmuth has never met a camera he didn’t like. The chance to be a constant part of an eight-day long broadcast while sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the best players in the game is something Hellmuth lives for. On top of that, he’s also coming into the Poker Masters with a little bit of momentum. Three weeks ago he beat Polk and Dan Cates to win the Poker Night in America King of the Hill event. He followed that up with a runner-up finish in the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker event for his 12th biggest score ever.