2017 Poker Masters

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

2017 Poker Masters

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$900,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$2,500,000
Entries
50
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
35,000 / 70,000
Ante
70,000

Event #2 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Completed

Steffen Sontheimer Wins Poker Masters Event #2: $50,000 NLHE for $900K, Takes Overall Lead for Purple Jacket

Level 25 : 35,000/70,000, 70,000 ante
Steffen Sontheimer - 2017 Poker Masters Event 2 Winner
Steffen Sontheimer - 2017 Poker Masters Event 2 Winner

Steffen Sontheimer, who celebrated a birthday a few days ago, was one of only two players to make back-to-back final tables in the first two events of the inaugural Poker Masters. He collected $204,000 for finishing fourth in Event #1, and he bettered that in a big way by topping a field of 50 entries to win Event #2: $50,000 NLHE for $900,000.

That puts him in the lead for Poker Masters earnings with $1.104 million. If you recall, the player with the best results (highest total earnings) throughout all five Poker Masters tournaments (four $50,000 buy-in tournaments capped by a $100,000 freeze out finale) will win The Poker Masters Purple Jacket™.

Meanwhile, Event #1 champ Nick Schulman sits second with $918,000, while Matt Hyman ($561,000) and Fedor Holz ($550,000) sit in third and fourth respectively.

Prior to the win, Sontheimer had $3,755,390 in career tournament earnings, his best ever being $1,223,264 for finishing runner-up in the $100,000 ARIA Super High Roller 19 back in May. Amazingly, more than half of his lifetime cashes have come in High Roller events.

Event #2: $50,000 NLHE Final Results

PlaceWinnerCountryPrize
1stSteffen SontheimerGermany$900,000
2ndFedor HolzGermany$550,000
3rdTom MarcheseUSA$300,000
4thPhil HellmuthUSA$200,000
5thChristian ChristnerGermany$175,000
6thAdrian MateosSpain$150,000
7thBryn KenneyUSA$125,000
8thDan ShakUSA$100,000

Bryn Kenney came into Day 2 as the short stack, and it didn’t take long for him to shove with pocket sixes. Sontheimer called with ace-seven out of the big blind, and an ace on the flop sent Kenney to the rail in seventh place for $125,000.

Not long after, a similar hand unfolded when Adrian Mateos got his stack all in with pocket sevens against the ace-queen of Sontheimer. Once again, an ace appeared on the flop and Mateos hit the rail. The Spaniard had made back-to-back final tables after finishing in seventh in Event #1 for $127,500. With the $150K he received for placing sixth in Event #2, Mateos now has $277,500 in Poker Masters earnings thus far.

After coming back from the first break of the day, the two big stacks collided as Christian Christner, who sat second in chips, got it in holding jacks against the Big Slick of chip leader Fedor Holz. The story remained the same as an ace hit the flop, and Holz ended up with half the chips in play while Christner was out in fifth place for $175,000.

A short-stacked Phil Hellmuth was the next to go after his ace-ten failed to get there against Tom Marchese’s pocket sixes, and then Marchese followed him out the door after a bad beat by Holz. It happened when Marchese got his stack all in with ace-jack suited against the ace-ten suited of Holz. The flop came down all clubs which just so happened to match up with Holz’s hand.

Holz took a stack of 5.444 million into heads-up play against Sontheimer, who had just 810,000. It seemed like a foregone conclusion, but Sontheimer soon managed to double through Holz with quad sixes, slow rolling his good friend in the process. Before long he took over the chip lead, and he never gave it back as he slowly whittled away at his fellow countryman.

With the win, Sontheimer moved up a spot from 17th to 16th on the all-time money list, leapfrogging Benny Spindler in the process. Another final table at the Poker Masters would also likely result in him passing the likes of Niklas Heinecker and Manig Loeser.

The second event of the Poker Masters has come to an end, but already Event #3: $50,000 NLHE is underway. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is providing complete coverage from that tournament, which you can follow by clicking here.

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Fedor Holz Eliminated in 2nd Place ($550,000)

Level 25 : 35,000/70,000, 70,000 ante
Fedor Holz - 2nd Place
Fedor Holz - 2nd Place

In what would be the final hand of the tournament, Fedor Holz raised to 155,000 and called off for 1.97 million after Steffen Sontheimer had moved all in.

Sontheimer: {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Holz: {k-Clubs}{j-Hearts}

Holz had a kicker problem, and it didn't get resolved as the board ran out a lowly {7-Clubs}{8-Spades}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
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Steffen Sontheimer
6,250,000
1,915,000
1,915,000
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Fedor Holz
Busted

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Level: 25

Blinds: 35,000/70,000

Ante: 70,000

Fedor Holz Gives It Up on the Turn

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Fedor Holz raised to 135,000 with the {8-Hearts}{7-Clubs} and Steffen Sontheimer defended with the {6-Spades}{9-Hearts}.

The {q-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{6-Diamonds} flop saw Sontheimer check his two pair and Holz bet 160,000 with his open-ended straight draw. Holz called and then folded to a bet of 450,000 on the {4-Diamonds} turn.

Player Chips Progress
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Steffen Sontheimer
4,660,000
330,000
330,000
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Fedor Holz
1,590,000
-330,000
-330,000

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Fedor Holz Sliding

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Steffen Sontheimer raised the button holding the {a-Clubs}{9-Spades} and Fedor Holz defended with the {q-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}.

Holz check-called a bet of 165,000 on the {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and then both players checked the {8-Clubs} turn as well as the {4-Clubs} river. Sontheimer tabled his pair of nines and it was good enough to beat Holz's eights.

Player Chips Progress
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Steffen Sontheimer
4,330,000
815,000
815,000
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Fedor Holz
1,920,000
-812,000
-812,000

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Steffen Sontheimer Takes Over the Chip Lead

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Steffen Sontheimer limped with the {10-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and then called a big three-bet from Fedor Holz, who held the {4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}.

With 960,000 in the pot, it went check-check on the {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{4-Hearts} flop and {2-Diamonds} turn. When the {8-Spades} completed the board on the river, Sontheimer bet 760,000 and Holz, who had the best hand, released and relinquished the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
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Steffen Sontheimer
3,515,000
685,000
685,000
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Fedor Holz
2,732,000
-688,000
-688,000

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Level: 24

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Steffen Sontheimer Over Bets the River

Level 23 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Fedor Holz raised to 130,000 from the button with the {k-Clubs}{4-Spades} and Steffen Sontheimer defended with the {q-Hearts}{2-Hearts}.

The duo then checked both the {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} flop and {j-Hearts} turn. When the {4-Hearts} river gave Sontheimer a flush, he bet 640,000 into the pot of 320,000. Holz, who had rivered two pair, paid him off.

Player Chips Progress
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Fedor Holz
3,420,000
-270,000
-270,000
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Steffen Sontheimer
2,830,000
270,000
270,000

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