Event #1 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2017 Poker Masters

09-13-2017 20:55 UTC-7

Daniel Negreanu on a Heater

Chad Holloway

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

Daniel Negreanu re-entered during the break, and within 19 minutes of play resuming he's worked his 125,000 starting stack up to 480,000.

He managed to double it right away with ace-king against the ace-ten suited of Justin Bonomo.

Not long after, Negreanu got it in again, this time with pocket tens against the ace-king of Dan Smith. The pocket pair held and just like that Negreanu sits among the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	480,000 355,000	355,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

09-13-2017 21:06 UTC-7

Rainer Kempe Survives David Peters

Chad Holloway

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

A short-stacked Rainer Kempe moved all in for 27,500 from middle position and David Peters called from the cutoff. The rest of the players folded and the hands were turned up.

Kempe:
Peters:

Kempe needed some help, but there wasn't much to be had on the flop. The e turn gave Kempe a flush draw, and he made it when the spiked on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	210,000 -30,000	-30,000

Rainer Kempe	65,000 37,500	37,500

Tags: Rainer Kempe David Peters

Level: 11

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

09-13-2017 21:33 UTC-7

Sean Winter Holds Over Jason Koon

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Sean Winter raised to 15,000 under the gun and Jason Koon called from the button. Daniel Negreanu came along from the big blind and it was three-way action to the flop.

Negreanu checked, Winter continued for 16,000, and only Koon called to see the turn, which both players checked.

When the paired the board on the river, Winter led out for 55,000 and Koon moved all in. Winter snap-called off for 132,500 total with the , which best the flush of Koon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	405,000 -170,000	-170,000

Sean Winter	340,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: Sean Winter Jason Koon

09-13-2017 21:38 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts from the Feature Table

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	249,000 99,000	99,000

Cary Katz	232,500 -117,500	-117,500

Daniel Cates	220,000 95,000	95,000
Ben Lamb	183,500 -66,500	-66,500

Matt Hyman	124,000 124,000	124,000
Brandon Adams	18,000 -82,000	-82,000

09-13-2017 21:39 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts from Table 4

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	420,000 -105,000	-105,000

Doug Polk	300,000 230,000	230,000

Stephen Chidwick	260,000 158,000	158,000

David Peters	235,000 25,000	25,000

Scott Seiver	145,000 -95,000	-95,000

Ben Tollerene	130,000 -130,000	-130,000

09-13-2017 21:43 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts from Table 6

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	440,000 35,000	35,000

Daniel Negreanu	385,000 -95,000	-95,000

Sean Winter	300,000 -40,000	-40,000

Phil Hellmuth	287,000 37,000	37,000

Adrian Mateos	200,000 35,000	35,000

Tom Marchese	150,000 -20,000	-20,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 3,500/7,000

Ante: 7,000

09-13-2017 21:46 UTC-7

Brandon Adams Stays Alive

Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 3,500/7,000, 7,000 ante

A severely short-stacked Brandon Adams got his last 18,000 all in preflop and was called by Ben Lamb.

Lamb:
Adams:

It was a flip, and Adams was looking to hold to stay alive. That's just what he did too as the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lamb	120,000 -63,500	-63,500

Brandon Adams	45,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Brandon Adams

09-13-2017 21:49 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts from Table 2

Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 3,500/7,000, 7,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	500,000 40,000	40,000

Koray Aldemir	440,000 70,000	70,000

Dominik Nitsche	280,000 155,000	155,000

Stefan Schillhabel	245,000 -5,000	-5,000

Steffen Sontheimer	215,000 -225,000	-225,000
Alan Schein	200,000 133,000	133,000
Sergio Aido	130,000 -65,000	-65,000