Level: 7
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
2017 Poker Masters
Event #5 $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Poker Masters
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$3,600,000
Entries
36
Level
22
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Marchese's Turn to Double
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Feature Table:
Tom Marchese raised to 6,000 on the button with 
and Isaac Haxton woke up in the big blind with 
. He made a three-bet to 17,5000 and Marchese four-bet jammed for 80,000. Haxton quickly called and the cards were turned over.
Marchese needed to dodge a jack and the board ran out 
. It was a clean board for Marchese as he doubled up and Haxton dropped to around 130,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | 79,000 |
|
131,500 | -134,000 |
Katz Doubles with Kings
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Feature Table:
Steffen Sontheimer raised to 6,000 with 
and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 18,000 from the cutoff with 
. Cary Katz was on the button with and four-bet to 36,000. Sontheimer folded and Negreanu called.
Katz had only 3,500 remaining when the flop came 
and the two players got the chips in the middle. Katz needed to avoid an ace to stay alive. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
as Katz managed to get a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
432,500 | 29,000 |
|
91,000 | 39,500 |
Break Time
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The remaining players are heading on a 20-minute break.
Holz Takes from Smith
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Dan Smith opened the button to 7,000 and Fedor Holz three-bet the big blind to 28,500.
Smith called and the dealer spread a 
flop with Holz continuing for 16,500. Smith called, and the 
landed on the turn.
Holz bet 66,000, and Smith mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
435,000 | 45,000 |
|
320,000 | -48,000 |
Sergio Aido Eliminated by Dan Smith
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Catching the action on a final board reading 
, Dan Smith pushed all in from the small blind, and Sergio Aido called all-in from the big blind.
Smith tabled his 
for a full house as Aido revealed his 
for trips and was consequently eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
368,000 | 217,000 |
|
Busted |
Sontheimer Continues to Fly
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Feature Table:
Steffen Sontheimer raised to 6,000 under the gun with and was called by Cary Katz in the cutoff with 
. Tom Marchese raised to 26,000 out of the big blind with 
and Sontheimer called, while Katz folded.
The flop came 
and Marchese led out for 18,000. Sontheimer called and the fell on the turn. Both players checked to the on the river and then decided to check it down. Sontheimer's pair of nines was the best hand and he stacked more chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,500 | 59,000 |
|
|
86,000 | -89,500 |
Poker Masters Event #3 Champ Bryn Kenney Eliminated
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Three of the four Poker Masters $50K prelim winners are now gone, which leaves Steffen Sontheimer as the last champ remaining. The latest to go was Bryn Kenney, who began the day in second place with $1,085,000 in Poker Masters earnings.
It happened when Ben Tollerene raised to 7,000 from the cutoff and Stephen Chidwick flatted from the button. Kenney then moved all in for 23,000 from the big blind, Tollerene put in a four-bet, and Chidwick got out of the way.
Tollerene: 
Kenney: 
Kenny got it in good, and while the 
flop didn't hit Tollerene directly, it did give him a flush draw to go with his overs. The turn gave Tollerene counterfeit outs, but it was the on the river that would give him the win.
With that, Kenney's hopes of donning the purple jacket went up in smoke.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
545,000 | 70,000 |
|
Busted |
Chidwick vs. Aldemir
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Koray Aldemir raised to 6,000 from the cutoff and Stephen Chidwick three-bet to 25,000 from the small blind. Aldemir called and then called a bet of 18,000 on the flop.
Chidwick bet again, this time 55,000, on the turn, but he couldn't shake Aldemir, who called to see the 
river.
Both players checked and it looked like Chidwick showed two spades, but we couldn't quite tell before he mucked to Aldemir, who tabled the .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
415,000 | 95,000 |
|
142,000 | -118,000 |
Nitsche Finds the Ladies to Double
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
From the button, Stefan Schillhabel raised to 6,000 only to have Dominik Nitsche three-bet the small blind to 22,000. Schillhabel responded by four-betting all in, and Nitsche called all in for his last 88,000.
Nitsche: 
Schillhabel:
The board ran out and although Schillhabel made a flush, it would be Nitsche's turned full house that would ensure him of the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
625,000 | 5,000 |
|
180,000 | 80,000 |