Event #5 $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 2017 Poker Masters

09-20-2017 21:39 UTC-7

Hands #137-139: Quads for Sontheimer

Adam Lamers

Level 21 : 20,000/40,000, 30,000 ante

Hand #137: Steffen Sontheimer raised to 115,000 on the button with and Christian Christner re-raised to 415,000 with . Sontheimer quickly gave up on his hand.

Hand #138: Christner raised to 115,000 on the button with and Sontheimer defended his big blind with . Both players checked the flop of and the landed on the turn. Sontheimer checked again and Christner bet 80,000. Sontheimer made the call with ace-high and the paired him on the river. Sontheimer led out for 275,000 and Christner instantly mucked his hand.

Hand #139: Sontheimer raised to 115,000 with and Christner called with . The flop came and Christner checked to Sontheimer who flopped trip threes. He continued for 75,000 and Christner check-raised to 215,000. Sontheimer just called and the rolled off on the turn.

Christner fired another bullet of 550,000 with his flush draw and Sontheimer called. The river brought the and Christner shut down. Sontheimer made quads on the river and pushed all-in. Christner instantly mucked and Sontheimer extended his lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steffen Sontheimer	5,440,000	990,000
Christian Christner	1,760,000	-990,000

Tags: Christian Christner Steffen Sontheimer

09-20-2017 21:30 UTC-7

Hands #134-136: Sontheimer Soars into Chip Lead

tRaMSt0p

Level 21 : 20,000/40,000, 30,000 ante

Hand #134: Christian Christner raised the button to 115,000 with and Steffen Sontheimer called holding .

The flop landed and Sontheimer checked to Christner who bet 80,000. Sontheimer called, and the turn landed the , and he checked his straight.

Christner checked behind, and the river landed the . Sontheimer checked for a third time, and Christner bet out 320,000 with his trip sevens. Sontheimer check-raised to 1,500,000 and Christner was forced to use on his time extension buttons before calling.

With Sontheimer collecting the pot, he surges into the chip lead with just over 4 million as Christner drops down to 3.1 million.

Hand #135: Steffen Sontheimer was dealt on the button, and he bumped it up to 115,000. Christian Christner called in the big blind holding , and the flop landed .

Christner checked and Sontheimer bet out 85,000. Christner called, and the turn landed the and Christner checked again as Sontheimer bet 165,000.

Christner called, and the river of the completed the board. Christner checked, Sontheimer bet 425,000, and Christner folded.

Hand #136: Steffen Sontheimer received a walk in the big blind with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Steffen Sontheimer	4,450,000	2,110,000
Christian Christner	2,750,000	-2,110,000

Tags: Christian Christner Steffen Sontheimer

09-20-2017 21:20 UTC-7

Hands #132-133: Sontheimer Doubles

Chad Holloway

Level 21 : 20,000/40,000, 30,000 ante

Hand #132: Christian Christner raised the button to 115,000 with the and Steffen Sontheimer reraised to 415,000 with the . Christner called and the two took a flop of . Sontheimer checked and then folded when Christner bet 290,000.

Hand #133: Sontheimer limped with the and Christner, who looked down at the , moved all in. Sontheimer called off and it was off to the races. Sontheimer was looking to improve, and he did on the . Neither the turn and changed a thing and Sontheimer doubled through.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Christner	4,860,000	-740,000
Steffen Sontheimer	2,340,000	740,000

Tags: Christian Christner Steffen Sontheimer

09-20-2017 21:14 UTC-7

Hands #127-131: Sontheimer Gets Caught Bluffing

Adam Lamers

Level 21 : 20,000/40,000, 30,000 ante

Hand #127: The first hand of heads-up play was missed due to the Fedor Holz interview.

Hand #128: Christian Christner raised to 120,000 with on the button and Steffen Sontheimer folded his big blind.

Hand #129: Sontheimer raised to 100,000 on the button with and Christner called from the big blind. The flop came and Christner check-called a bet of 65,000 from Sontheimer. The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Christner checked for the third time and Sontheimer fired 360,000. Christner made the call and his ten-high flush earned him the pot.

Hand #130: Christner raised to 115,000 on the button with and Sontheimer folded.

Hand #131: Sontheimer limped in on the button with and Christner checked his option with . The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn. They both checked again and the on the river double-paired the board. Christner check-folded to a bet of 55,000 from Sontheimer on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Christner	5,600,000	690,000
Steffen Sontheimer	1,600,000	-690,000

Tags: Christian Christner Steffen Sontheimer

09-20-2017 21:08 UTC-7

Play Resumes

tRaMSt0p

Level 21 : 20,000/40,000, 30,000 ante

Cards are now back in the air for heads-up play.

Christian Christner holds a better then two-to-one advantage.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Christner	4,910,000	745,000
Steffen Sontheimer	2,290,000	-90,000

09-20-2017 21:05 UTC-7

Steffen Sontheimer - Christian Christner Heads Up

Danny Maxwell

Level 21 : 20,000/40,000, 30,000 ante

Steffen Sontheimer - Christian Christner Heads Up

09-20-2017 21:02 UTC-7

Poker Masters Purple Jacket Standings

tRaMSt0p

Level 21 : 20,000/40,000, 30,000 ante

With Steffen Sontheimer reaching heads-up play against fellow German Christian Christner, he has now secured the Poker Masters Purple Jacket with the final standing falling one of two ways:

If Sontheimer defeats Christner:

Rank	Player	Country	Wins	Cashes	Events Played	Winnings
1	Steffen Sontheimer	Germany	2	4	5	$2,733,000
2	Bryn Kenney	USA	1	2	5	$1,085,000
3	Fedor Holz	Germany		2	5	$1,054,000
4	Christian Christner	Germany		2	5	$1,039,000
5	Nick Schulman	USA	1	1	5	$918,000

If Christner defeats Sontheimer:

Rank	Player	Country	Wins	Cashes	Events Played	Winnings
1	Steffen Sontheimer	Germany	1	4	5	$2,085,000
2	Christian Christner	Germany	1	2	5	$1,687,000
3	Bryn Kenney	USA	1	2	5	$1,085,000
4	Fedor Holz	Germany		2	5	$1,054,000
5	Nick Schulman	USA	1	1	5	$918,000

09-20-2017 20:59 UTC-7

Short Break

Chad Holloway

Level 21 : 20,000/40,000, 30,000 ante

The final two players are now on a short break.

09-20-2017 20:58 UTC-7

Fedor Holz Eliminated in 3rd Place ($504,000)

Adam Lamers

Level 21 : 20,000/40,000, 30,000 ante

Hand #126: Steffen Sontheimer raised to 90,000 on the button with and Fedor Holz pushed all-in for 645,000 in the small blind with . Christian Christner shipped all-in over the top with in the big blind. Sontheimer folded and the remaining two hands were tabled.

The flop came and Holz picked up a straight draw. The turn was the and Holz picked up even more outs. The river was the and Holz was eliminated.

Christner will head into heads-up play with a massive chip lead but Steffen Sontheimer will has claimed the Poker Masters Purple Jacket by finishing in at least second place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fedor Holz	Busted

Tags: Christian Christner Fedor Holz Steffen Sontheimer

09-20-2017 20:56 UTC-7

What Each Player Needs Update

tRaMSt0p

Level 21 : 20,000/40,000, 30,000 ante

With Seth Davies now eliminated in 4th place, Christian Christner is now out of contention for the Poker Masters Purple Jacket.

Fedor Holz has a little more breathing room that allows Sontheimer to finish in 3rd place if he manages to claim victory.

For Steffen Sontheimer, finishing in 1st or 2nd secures him the Poker Masters Purple Jacket with a side note being that if Holz wins, and Sontheimer finishes 2nd, Sontheimer will have just $2,300 more in total winnings. If Sontheimer finishes in 3rd place, he needs Holz to finish in 2nd place and Christner to win.