Event #2 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2017 Poker Masters

09-14-2017 21:56 UTC-7

Marchese Dominates Peters

Adam Lamers

Level 14 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Tom Marchese raised to 25,000 on the button and David Peters piled his last 235,000 in the middle from the big blind. Marchese instantly called and turned over . Peters was dominated when he showed .

The board ran out and Marchese eliminated another opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Marchese	1,290,000 240,000	240,000

David Peters	Busted

Tags: David Peters Tom Marchese

09-14-2017 21:58 UTC-7

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Phil Hellmuth	USA	342,000
2	Koray Aldemir	Germany	410,000
3	Sean Winter	USA	280,000
4	Adrian Mateos	Spain	580,000
5	Dominik Nitsche	Germany	160,000
6	Steffen Sontheimer	Germany	485,000
7	Sam Soverel	USA	245,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	580,000 148,000	148,000

Steffen Sontheimer	485,000 82,000	82,000
Koray Aldemir	410,000 -120,000	-120,000

Phil Hellmuth	342,000 -24,000	-24,000

Sean Winter	280,000 -78,000	-78,000

Sam Soverel	245,000 30,000	30,000

Dominik Nitsche	160,000 -15,000	-15,000

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Dan Shak	United States	110,000
2	Tom Marchese	United States	1,290,000
3	Christian Christner	Germany	513,000
4	Bryn Kenney	United States	216,000
5	Fedor Holz	Germany	760,000
6	Erik Seidel	United States	315,000
7	Sergio Aido	Spain	340,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Marchese	1,290,000

Fedor Holz	760,000 -125,000	-125,000

Christian Christner	513,000 297,000	297,000
Sergio Aido	340,000 -194,000	-194,000

Erik Seidel	315,000 -23,000	-23,000

Bryn Kenney	216,000 31,000	31,000

Dan Shak	110,000 -15,000	-15,000

Dominik Nitsche Eliminated in 14th Place

tRaMSt0p

Level 14 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The action folded to Sean Winter on the button and he limped in. Adrian Mateos completed from the small blind, and Dominik Nitsche checked his option.

The flop landed and Mateos led for 15,000 with only Nitsche calling as the turn landed the repeating .

Mateos bet out 40,000, and Nitsche called, as the river landed the .

Mateos moved all in for an effective bet of roughly 100,000, and after some deliberation, Nitsche called all in.

Mateos tabled his for a flopped straight, and when Nitsche flashed his for trips, he was eliminated in 14th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	745,000 165,000	165,000

Dominik Nitsche	Busted

Tags: Dominik Nitsche Adrian Mateos

09-14-2017 22:12 UTC-7

Shak Doubles Through Aido

Adam Lamers

Level 14 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sergio Aido raised to 23,000 on the button and Dan Shak shipped all-in for 116,000 in the small blind. Aido asked for a count and then made the call.

Shak:
Aido:

The flop was everything Shakk could ask for. The turn was the and the river brought the giving Shak a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Shak	238,000 128,000	128,000

Sergio Aido	233,000 -107,000	-107,000

Tags: Dan Shak Sergio Aido

09-14-2017 22:15 UTC-7

Hellmuth Calls with Ace-High

tRaMSt0p

Level 14 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Phil Hellmuth opened the cutoff to 23,000 and both Koray Aldemir and Adrian Mateos called from the button and big blind respectively.

The flop landed and both Mateos and Hellmuth checked to Aldemir who bet 29,000. Mateos folded, and Hellmuth called, before both players checked the on the turn.

The river landed the and Hellmuth checked to Aldemir who bet 42,000. Hellmuth quickly called and tabled his once Aldemir revealed his for queen-high.

Hellmuth is now on the verge of climbing over half a million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	480,000 138,000	138,000

Koray Aldemir	325,000 -85,000	-85,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Koray Aldemir Phil Hellmuth

Level: 15

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

09-14-2017 22:23 UTC-7

Marchese Finds Value on the River

Adam Lamers

Level 15 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Erik Seidel raised to 27,000 from the cutoff and Tom Marchese defended his big blind. The flop came and Marchese check-called a bet of 20,000 from Seidel.

The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river.

Marchese made a healthy bet of 82,000 and Seidel quickly called. Marchese rolled over and Seidel sat and stared at the cards for a good 20 seconds. He finally mucked his hand and Marchese took down another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Marchese	1,360,000 70,000	70,000

Erik Seidel	136,000 -179,000	-179,000

Tags: Erik Seidel Tom Marchese

09-14-2017 22:29 UTC-7

Sergio Aido Eliminated in 13th Place

Adam Lamers

Level 15 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Sergio Aido raised to 24,000 from early position and Fedor Holz moved all-in from the big blind. Aido started the hand with around 220,000 and stuck all of his chips in the middle.

Holz:
Aido:

The board ran out and Holz was able to hit a jack on the river. Aido was eliminated in 13th place and Holz closes in on a million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fedor Holz	945,000 185,000	185,000

Sergio Aido	Busted

Tags: Fedor Holz Sergio Aido

09-14-2017 22:33 UTC-7

Sontheimer Climbing

tRaMSt0p

Level 15 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

From the cutoff, Adrian Mateos opened to 27,000 and Steffen Sontheimer called on the button.

The flop landed and Mateos checked to Sontheimer who bet 28,000. Mateos called, and both players checked the on the turn.

The river landed the and after another Mateos check, Sontheimer bet out 85,000. Mateos folded, and Sontheimer collected the pot.

Following this hand, and one a few hands earlier where he check-raised all in on the river against Koray Aldemir, Sontheimer is now sitting on over 800,000 in chips.