2017 Poker Masters

Event #3 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 Poker Masters

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$960,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$2,400,000
Entries
48
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000

Jake Schindler Eliminated in 3rd Place ($312,000)

Level 22 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Jake Schindler - 3rd Place
Jake Schindler - 3rd Place

Jake Schindler just limped from the button and Bryn Kenney folded from the small blind. Erik Seidel then moved all in from the big and Schindler snap-called off his stack.

Seidel: {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}
Schindler: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}

It was a flip, but Schindler needed to improve to stay alive. The {j-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} flop was no help to him, and neither was the {6-Diamonds} turn.

Schindler needed to catch either an ace or king on the river to survive, but it was not meant to be as instead the {3-Clubs} improved Seidel to a set.

Player Chips Progress
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Jake Schindler
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Dan Smith Eliminated in 4th Place ($192,000)

Level 22 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Dan Smith - 4th Place
Dan Smith - 4th Place

Dan Smith raised to 80,000 under the gun and Bryn Kenney responded with a three-bet to 295,000 from the small blind. Smith then four-bet all in for 1.42 million and Kenney didn't take long to call.

Kenney: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Smith: {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}

Smith needed to get lucky with his inferior pair, but there would be no "seven from heaven" as the board ran out a dry {a-Clubs}{2-Spades}{9-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
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Bryn Kenney
3,255,000
1,620,000
1,620,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Dan Smith
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Run It Once

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Dan Smith Doubles First Hand Back from Break

Level 22 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

In the first hand back from the break, Erik Seidel moved all in from the small blind to put the screws to Dan Smith, who called off from the big.

Seidel: {k-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}
Smith: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

Smith woke up with a big hand and he scored the double after the board ran out {4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{3-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
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Dan Smith
1,440,000
700,000
700,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Erik Seidel
1,275,000
-700,000
-700,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Dan Smith Erik Seidel

Level: 22

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

David Williams and Ali Nejad on the Call for the Poker Masters

Level 21 : 20,000/40,000, 30,000 ante
Photo courtesy of Poker Central
Photo courtesy of Poker Central

Halfway through the Poker Masters players are raving and fans are gushing at the unprecedented schedule of events. Commentators Ali Nejad and David Williams have seen just about everything in poker, but even they’re blown away by what’s unfolded at the ARIA Resort & Casino.

Read more about the Poker Masters commentators over at Poker Central.

Doug Polk Eliminated in 5th Place ($144,000)

Level 21 : 20,000/40,000, 30,000 ante
Doug Polk - 5th Place
Doug Polk - 5th Place

Action folded around to Bryn Kenney in the small blind and he simply moved all in to put the pressure on the short-stacked Doug Polk in the big. Polk looked down at his first card and didn't like it, but he perked up and called off when his second one paired it.

Kenney: {q-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}
Polk: {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}

Polk was looking to hold, but that proved easier said than done as the {7-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} flop paired Kenney. The {2-Clubs} turn left Polk looking for a four on the river, but it didn't come as the {5-Clubs} bricked instead.

Player Chips Progress
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Bryn Kenney
1,670,000
155,000
155,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Doug Polk
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

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