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

09-18-2017 16:07 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Fedor Holz	252,000 12,000	12,000

Sergio Aido	240,000 1,500	1,500

Rainer Kempe	220,000 8,000	8,000

Seth Davies	217,500 17,500	17,500

Stephen Chidwick	138,000 4,500	4,500

Dan Smith	124,000 1,000	1,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Adams	339,000 59,000	59,000

Jake Schindler	238,000 74,000	74,000

Koray Aldemir	155,000 40,000	40,000

Lawrence Greenberg	151,000 29,000	29,000

Ben Tollerene	135,000 5,000	5,000
Jason Koon	101,000 64,000	64,000

Koon Drops Below Six Figures

Tim Duckworth

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

Catching the action with Koray Aldemir three-betting the small blind to 17,500 and Jason Koon calling from the button, the flop landed and Aldemir bet out 11,500.

Koon responded with a raise to 28,000 and Aldemir called, before both players checked down the and .

Aldemir revealed his , and Koon mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Aldemir	215,000 60,000	60,000

Jason Koon	76,500 24,500	24,500

Tags: Jason Koon Koray Aldemir

09-18-2017 16:18 UTC-8

Winter Bets Out Christner

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Tim Duckworth

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

The action folded to Sean Winter in the small blind, and he raised to 6,000. Christian Christner called in the big blind, and the flop landed .

Winter bet out 4,500 and Christner called, before both players checked the on the turn.

The river landed the and Winter bet 8,000 before Christner folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Christner	145,000 15,000	15,000
Sean Winter	140,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Christian Christner Sean Winter

09-18-2017 16:19 UTC-8

Fedor Steals One from Smith

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Adam Lamers

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

The pot had a little over 20,000 in the middle and the board read . Both Dan Smith and Fedor Holz checked the turn and the landed on the river.

Smith led out for 11,000 only to have Holz raise to 65,000. Smith instantly threw in a time extension as it looked as though he was planning on taking his time. After 90 seconds, Smith would require more time to make his decision and used up another time extension. After another 30 seconds, Smith finally elected to fold and Holz raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fedor Holz	291,000 39,000	39,000

Dan Smith	98,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Dan Smith Fedor Holz

09-18-2017 16:28 UTC-8

Negreanu Raises and Wins

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Tim Duckworth

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

The action folded round to David Peters, and he limped in. Daniel Negreanu checked his option in the big blind as the flop landed .

Peters led out for 1,500 only to have Negreanu raise to 8,000. Peters folded, and Negreanu collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	255,000 5,000	5,000

Daniel Negreanu	190,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu David Peters

09-18-2017 16:33 UTC-8

Stefan Schillhabel Takes It on the River

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Chad Holloway

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

With roughly 80,000 in the pot and a board reading , Stefan Schillhabel bet 46,000 from the big blind and Alan Schein called from the cutoff. Sean Winter then called from the button and the paired the board on the river.

Schillhabel bet again, this time putting out 60,000, and both Schein and Winter folded.

"Did you have a flush draw?" Schein asked Winter, indicating he might have had one himself.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Schillhabel	420,000 160,000	160,000

Alan Schein	160,000 95,000	95,000
Sean Winter	70,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Alan Shein Sean Winter Stefan Schillhabel

09-18-2017 16:34 UTC-8

Some Shots from the Day 1 Field

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Chad Holloway

09-18-2017 16:38 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts from the Feature Table

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Chad Holloway

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	396,000 14,000	14,000

Isaac Haxton	321,500 6,500	6,500

Steffen Sontheimer	275,500 29,500	29,500
Brian Rast	244,500 54,500	54,500

Tom Marchese	209,000 9,000	9,000

09-18-2017 16:38 UTC-8

Holz Dominating His Table

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Adam Lamers

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

Fedor Holz has been consistently stacking chips throughout the day thus far and recently, Holz was taking chips from everyone on the table, hand after hand.

In the first hand, Holz and Seth Davies were involved in a hand with the pot around 35,000. The board read and Davies led out for 23,000 from the big blind. Holz called on the button and the landed on the river. Both players checked and Holz tabled to win the pot.

In the next hand, Stephen Chidwick opened to 4,000 from under the gun which was called by Sergio Aido. Holz reraised to 17,500 in the cutoff and only Chidwick called. The flop fell and Holz took down the pot with a bet of 11,5000.

In the final hand, Aido decided to raise it up to 4,000 from under the gun and Holz, once again, three-bet to 12,500 from the hijack. The flop came and Aido check-called a bet of 11,500 from Holz. Both players checked the on the turn and the on the river. Aido turned over but Holz had him beat with .