Event #4 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2017 Poker Masters

09-16-2017 16:52 UTC-8

Chip Counts from Table 5

Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	445,000 15,000	15,000

Sergio Aido	150,000 25,000	25,000

Fedor Holz	75,000 10,000	10,000

Dominik Nitsche	65,000 20,000	20,000

Rainer Kempe	65,000 14,500	14,500

09-16-2017 16:53 UTC-8

Chip Counts from Table 4

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Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	370,000 5,000	5,000

Brandon Adams	280,000

Justin Bonomo	260,000 60,000	60,000

Doug Polk	190,000 11,000	11,000

Nick Schulman	175,000 45,000	45,000

09-16-2017 16:56 UTC-8

Kempe Doubles

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Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

From the button, Rainer Kempe opened to 7,500 and Fedor Holz moved all in from the big blind for 75,000. Kempe called all-in for 64,500, and the cards were tabled.

Kempe:
Holz:

The board ran out and Kempe doubled through to over 130,000 as Holz was left with just three big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Kempe	133,500 68,500	68,500

Fedor Holz	10,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Fedor Holz Rainer Kempe

09-16-2017 16:57 UTC-8

Schulman Eliminated

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Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Nick Schulman has just been eliminated from the tournament by Justin Bonomo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	470,000 210,000	210,000

Nick Schulman	Busted

09-16-2017 16:58 UTC-8

Chip Counts from Table 2

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Schillhabel	245,000 20,000	20,000

Daniel Negreanu	181,000 71,000	71,000

Isaac Haxton	158,000 30,000	30,000

Dan Smith	143,000 41,000	41,000

David Peters	125,000 5,000	5,000

Cary Katz	109,000 4,000	4,000

09-16-2017 16:59 UTC-8

Chip Counts from Table 6

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Steffen Sontheimer	360,000 46,000	46,000
Ben Tollerene	164,000 46,000	46,000
Koray Aldemir	83,000 83,000	83,000

Jake Schindler	69,000 18,000	18,000

Christian Christner	35,000 15,000	15,000

09-16-2017 17:01 UTC-8

Schulman Re-Enters

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Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Nick Schulman has re-entered the tournament and is currently seated on table six between Koray Aldemir and Jake Schindler.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	125,000 125,000	125,000

09-16-2017 17:02 UTC-8

Hellmuth Takes a Seat

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Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Phil Hellmuth has arrived early. Well, relative to when he has been entering all the Poker Masters tournaments, as he usually has been waiting until right when registration closes.

Hellmuth is currently seated on table four between Dan Smith and Justin Bonomo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	125,000

09-16-2017 17:06 UTC-8

Holz Doubles Through Koon

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Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The action folded to Jason Koon in the small blind and he pushed out a stack of 5,000-denomination chips amounting to 100,000.

Fedor Holz immediately called in the big blind for his last 10,500 and the cards were tabled.

Holz:
Koon:

The board ran out and Holz doubled to 22,500 as Koon dropped down to 475,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	475,000 30,000	30,000

Fedor Holz	22,500 12,500	12,500

Tags: Jason Koon Fedor Holz

09-16-2017 17:12 UTC-8

Schulman's Kings Cracked by Schindler

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Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

From the cutoff, Nick Schulman opened to 7,000 before Jake Schindler moved all in from the button for 79,500. Schulman immediately called when the action returned to him.

Schulman:
Schindler: