Event #5 $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2017 Poker Masters

09-18-2017 13:40 UTC-8

Seat	Player	Country
1	Dan Smith	USA
2	Stephen Chidwick	UK
3	Sergio Aido	Spain
4	empty	--
5	Fedor Holz	Germany
6	Ranier Kempe	Germany
7	Seth Davies	USA

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	200,000 200,000	200,000

Stephen Chidwick	200,000 200,000	200,000

Sergio Aido	200,000 200,000	200,000

Fedor Holz	200,000 200,000	200,000

Rainer Kempe	200,000 200,000	200,000

Seth Davies	200,000 200,000	200,000

Seat	Player	Country
1	David Peters	USA
2	Daniel Negreanu	Canada
3	Erik Seidel	USA
4	empty	--
5	Bryn Kenney	USA
6	Justin Bonomo	USA
7	empty	--

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	200,000

Daniel Negreanu	200,000

Erik Seidel	200,000

Bryn Kenney	200,000

Justin Bonomo	200,000

Seat	Player	Country
1	Lawrence Greenberg	USA
2	Brandon Adams	USA
3	Jake Schindler	USA
4	empty	--
5	Koray Aldemir	Germany
6	Ben Tollerene	USA
7	empty	--

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Greenberg	200,000

Brandon Adams	200,000

Jake Schindler	200,000

Koray Aldemir	200,000

Ben Tollerene	200,000

Peters Check-Raises Negreanu

Tim Duckworth

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

The action folded to David Peters in the small blind, and he limped in. Daniel Negreanu bumped it up to 3,500 and Peters called.

The flop landed and Peters checked to Negreanu who bet 2,500. Peters called, and when the turn landed the , he checked again.

Negreanu bet out 5,000 and Peters now opted for a check-raise to 17,000. Negreanu folded, and dropped below starting stack, while Peters collected the pot and returned to starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	196,000 4,000	4,000

Daniel Negreanu	190,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu David Peters

09-18-2017 13:56 UTC-8

Event #1 Champ Nick Schulman Out in 10 Minutes, Out of Poker Masters Running

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Chad Holloway

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

Coming into today, Nick Schulman sat third in Poker Masters earnings with $918,000 thanks to his victory in Event #1. That put him in a great spot to make a run at the Purple Jacket, but those hopes were just dashed.

Just 10 minutes into the tournament, action folded to Schulman on the button and he raised to 3,000. Scott Seiver was in the small blind and popped it to 13,000, which Schulman called after Steffen Sontheimer folded from the big.

Seiver then checked the flop and Schulman bet 28,000. Seiver called and then check-called a bet of 60,000 on the turn.

When the completed the board on the river, Seiver checked for a third time and Schulman moved in for his last 115,000. Seiver snap called and rolled over the for a rivered full house, which cracked the flopped trips of Schulman.

With that, Schulman became the tournament's first elimination and saw his inaugural Poker Masters come to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	400,000 200,000	200,000

Nick Schulman	Busted

Tags: Nick Schulman Scott Seiver

09-18-2017 13:57 UTC-8

Negreanu Bets Out Bonomo on River

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Tim Duckworth

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

Daniel Negreanu opened to 2,500 in the cutoff and Justin Bonomo called in the big blind to see a flop.

Bonomo checked and Negreanu bet 2,500 with Bonomo calling, and then checking the on the turn.

Negreanu bet out 6,000 and Bonomo called once again as the river landed the .

Bonomo checked, Negreanu bet 22,000, and Bonomo released his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	205,000 5,000	5,000

Daniel Negreanu	195,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Justin Bonomo

09-18-2017 14:03 UTC-8

Sontheimer Triple Barrels

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Adam Lamers

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

Steffen Sontheimer raised to 3,000 on the button and Jason Koon defended his big blind. The flop came and Koon check-called a bet of 2,500 from Sontheimer.

The turn was the and Koon checked again. Sontheimer fired 15,500 into the pot and Koon still called. The river brought the putting four cards to a straight on the board. Koon checked for the third time and Sontheimer reached back for a bet of 65,000.

Koon leaned on the table, biting the hoodie that covered his face. As his time bank was coming to an end, he finally let his cards go and Sontheimer raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steffen Sontheimer	217,000 17,000	17,000
Jason Koon	174,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Jason Koon Steffen Sontheimer

09-18-2017 14:05 UTC-8

Aido Takes from Holz

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Tim Duckworth

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

Fedor Holz opened to 2,500 from under the gun and Sergio Aido called in the big blind to see a flop fall.

Aido checked, and Holz bet out 7,500. Aido called, and then checked the on the turn as Holz bet 20,000.

Aido called, and when the river landed the , he led out for 18,000.

Holz went into the tank, eventually using one of his time extension buttons before finding a fold just before a second would need to be used.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Aido	255,000 55,000	55,000

Fedor Holz	225,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Fedor Holz Sergio Aido

09-18-2017 14:10 UTC-8

Haxton Raises Polk on Turn

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Tim Duckworth

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

From under the gun, Doug Polk opened to 2,500 and Isaac Haxton called in the small blind before both players checked the flop.

The turn landed the and Haxton checked again before Polk bet out 3,000.

Haxton opted for a check-raise to 18,000, and Polk quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Doug Polk	225,000 25,000	25,000

Isaac Haxton	210,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Doug Polk Isaac Haxton

09-18-2017 14:10 UTC-8

Fishhooks for Kempe

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Chad Holloway

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

With 6,000 in the pot and a flop of , Sergio Aido checked from the small blind and then called a bet of 4,000 from Kempe, who was in the under-the-gun position.

After the dealer burned and turned the , Aido checked again and Kempe upped his bet to 9,000. Aido called and then action went check-check on the river.

Aido tabled the , but it was no good as Kempe revealed the .