2017 Poker Masters

Event #1 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 Poker Masters

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$918,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$2,550,000
Entries
51
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000

The Ladies Love Adrian Mateos

Level 9 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Adrian Mateos
Adrian Mateos

Up at the feature table, Adrian Mateos got his stack of nearly 70,000 all in preflop and was up against 2015 Super High Roller Bowl champ Brian Rast.

Mateos: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Rast: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}

Mateos was well out in front, and that's right where he stayed after the board ran out a safe {a-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
137,000
71,000
71,000
EPT Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
134,000
-154,500
-154,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings

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Break Time

Level 9 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Players are now on another 10-minute break. Late registration and the single re-entry option will come to a close once they return. Stay tuned for the final numbers and payout information for the Poker Masters Event #1: $50,000 NLHE.

Short Delay

Level 9 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The break has been extended a bit as tournament staff balances tables and switches out the feature table.

In the meantime, a few players took advantage of the re-entry option in Daniel Negreanu, Adrian Mateos, and Rainer Kempe. In addition, Daniel Cates jumped into the field literally in the last minute.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
125,000
-130,000
-130,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
125,000
-12,000
-12,000
EPT Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
125,000
125,000
125,000
Daniel Cates us
Daniel Cates
125,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Adrian Mateos Dispatches Jake Schindler

Level 10 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jake Schindler during the 2017 SHRB
Jake Schindler during the 2017 SHRB

Jake Schindler, who got off to a hot start in this tournament only to cool off in the middle stages, got his last 40,000 all in preflop and found himself at risk against Adrian Mateos.

Mateos: {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}
Schindler: {a-Spades}{4-Clubs}

Schindler was in need of some help, but it never came as the board ran out a useless {6-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{2-Clubs}{7-Spades}{7-Clubs}. With that, Schindler was officially eliminated from Event #1 of the 2017 Poker Masters.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
165,000
40,000
40,000
EPT Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Jake Schindler us
Jake Schindler
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Big Slick Does't Do the Trick for Keith Lehr

Level 10 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Keith Lehr got his stack of approximately 100,000 all in preflop and was up against the cowboys of Koray Aldemir.

Lehr: {a-}{k-}
Aldemir: {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}

Lehr's best shot at surviving was to catch an ace, but he was left wanting as the board ran out an unhelpful {9-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{7-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
370,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Keith Lehr us
Keith Lehr
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

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Brian Rast Done in By Ben Tollerene

Level 10 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Brian Rast during the 2017 SHRB
Brian Rast during the 2017 SHRB

Ben Tollerene won a flip with pocket tens to double through the king-queen of Brian Rast, and one hand later he finished off his opponent.

It happened when action folded to Tollerene in the small blind and he simply moved all in to put the pressure on Rast, who was sitting with 13,000. The 2015 Super High Roller Bowl champ called off and the hands were turned up.

Rast: {j-Clubs}{3-Clubs}
Tollerene: {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

Rast was drawing to two live cards, but neither appeared as the board instead ran out a dry {4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades}{k-Spades}{7-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene
260,000
180,000
180,000
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings

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