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

09-14-2017 22:04 UTC-7

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

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

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 21:50 UTC-7

Hellmuth Doubles with King-Three

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Tim Duckworth

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

From the button, David Peters opened to 23,000, and with Phil Hellmuth having moved into the big blind following the recent elimination of Rainer Kempe, he moved all in for 178,000. Peters called, and the cards were placed on their backs.

Peters:
Hellmuth:

The dealer spread a flop to give Hellmuth the lead, but the on the turn saw Peters surge back in front.

The river landed the , and Hellmuth improved to trips to ensure the double to over 360,000 as Peters dropped down to 250,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	366,000 170,000	170,000

David Peters	250,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Phil Hellmuth David Peters

Level: 14

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

09-14-2017 21:47 UTC-7

Seidel's Two Pair Ousts Kempe

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The action was folded to Erik Seidel in the small blind who open jammed all-in. Rainer Kempe was in the big blind and called off his remaining 130,000 chips.

Seidel:
Kempe:

The board ran out and Seidel made two pair by the river to eliminate Kempe.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	338,000 2,000	2,000

Rainer Kempe	Busted

Tags: Erik Seidel Rainer Kempe

09-14-2017 21:45 UTC-7

Aldemir Shoves River on Nitsche

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Tim Duckworth

Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Koray Aldemir opened to 18,000 from the cutoff and Dominik Nitsche called in the big blind.

The flop landed and Nitsche checked to Aldemir who bet 16,000. Nitsche responded with a check-raise to 40,000 and Aldemir called.

The turn landed the and Nitsche cut out 50,000 with Aldemir calling as the river landed the .

Nitsche checked, Aldemir moved all in, and Nitsche quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Aldemir	530,000 120,000	120,000

Dominik Nitsche	175,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Dominik Nitsche Koray Aldemir

09-14-2017 21:41 UTC-7

Holz Wins with Ace-high

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Fedor Holz raised to 20,000 from the cutoff and Sergio Aido called on the button. The flop landed and Holz led out for 33,000. Aido called and saw the fall on the turn.

Holz checked and Aido took his turn to bet 25,000. Holz called and the completed the board.

Both players checked and Holz tabled . Ace-high was good enough to send the pot his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fedor Holz	885,000 35,000	35,000

Sergio Aido	534,000 156,000	156,000

Tags: Fedor Holz Sergio Aido

09-14-2017 21:37 UTC-7

Hellmuth Limps and Doubles

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Tim Duckworth

Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The action folded round to Phil Hellmuth in the small blind, and he limped in.

From the big blind, Koray Aldemir asked Hellmuth how much he had remaining before pushing out a stack of blue 5,000-denomination chips to cover Hellmuth.

Hellmuth did his trademark chip shove and made the call for his final 94,000.

Hellmuth:
Aldemir: