Steffen Sontheimer has made two final tables and won one event so far here at the Poker Masters to be in the lead for the Purple Jacket.
Here are how the current standings sit after the completion of Event #2.
Level: 14
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Dan Smith limped in from the small blind and Bryn Kenney checked his option.
The flop fell 
and Smith checked to Kenney who bet 11,000. Smith called, and then checked the 
on the turn.
Kenney bet 41,000, and Smith kicked his cards to the muck.
Doug Polk raised to 16,000 on the button and Justin Bonomo called from the small blind along with Cary Katz in the big blind. The flop came 
and Katz went all-in for 17,000. Both Polk and Bonomo called.
Both Polk and Bonomo checked the 
on the turn and the 
on the river. Polk tabled 
and Bonomo showed 
. Katz was the last one to table his hand and he did so one card at a time. In what was a massive pot in Katz's eyes, he slow-rolled his opponents with the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
112,000 | 75,000 |
From the button, Bryn Kenney opened to 17,000 and Jake Schindler three-bet the big blind to 64,000.
Kenney called, and on the flop of 
, Schindler bet out 60,000.
Kenney responded with a raise to 152,000, and Schindler made the call before both players checked the on the turn.
The river landed the 
, and Schindler checked to Kenney who announced a bet of 257,000. Schindler called, and when Kenney revealed his 
for just jack-high, Schindler tabled his for a straight.
With this pot, Schindler is now up to 1,700,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000 | 489,000 |
|
135,000 | -470,000 |
Justin Bonomo raised to 16,000 from the button and Dominik Nitsche shoved all-in for around 150,000 from the big blind. Bonomo quickly called but was in a dominated position.
Nitsche tabled 
and Bonomo showed 
. The dealer fanned the flop of 
and Bonomo flopped trips to take the lead. The turn was the 
and Nitsche was drawing dead to the 
on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
488,000 | 157,000 |
|
Busted |
Justin Bonomo raised to 16,000 under the gun and Dominik Nitsche three-bet to 48,000 from the cutoff. Bonomo called and the flop fell 
. Bonomo checked and Nitsche bet 25,000. Bonomo check-raised all-in for 114,000 and Nitsche made the call.
Bonomo tabled 
which was ahead of Nitsche's 
. The turn was the 
and the river brought the 
allowing Bonomo to get a much needed double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
331,000 | 153,000 |
|
|
157,000 | -193,000 |
From the hijack, Stephen Chidwick moved all in for 66,000 and Steffen Sontheimer called in the small blind.
Chidwick: 
Sontheimer: 
The board ran out 
and Chidwick was eliminated in 13th place as Sontheimer climbed to 475,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000 | 99,000 |
|
Busted |
The cards are back in the air.
Level: 13
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
