Level: 6
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
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
Rivered Pair for Bonomo
Level 5
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
On a board of 
, Christian Christner called a 32,000 bet from Justin Bonomo before the river landed the 
.
Both players checked, and Bonomo tabled his 
for a rivered pair.
Christner mucked, and in the process, dropped down to 215,000 as Bonomo climbed to 440,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
440,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
215,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
Jason Koon Bites the Dust
Level 5
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Jake Schindler raised to 5,000 from early position and Jason Koon, who was next to act, moved all in for his last 33,000. Action folded back to Schindler and he made the call.
Koon: 
Schindler: 
The pocket nines held on a dry run out, and that was all she wrote for Jason Koon in the inaugural Poker Masters.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
337,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
Christner Folds River to Bonomo
Level 5
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Catching the action on the turn with roughly 34,000 in the middle on a board reading 
, Christian Christner checked from the small blind to Justin Bonomo in the cutoff.
Bonomo bet 17,000 and Christner called as the river landed the 
, and he checked again.
Bonomo announced a bet of 42,000 and Christner eventually found a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
365,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
290,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Shak Doubles Through Christner
Level 5
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
We missed the hand play out, but we do know that three players saw a 
flop and Shak was the only one to check-call a bet from Christian Christner.
The turn and river both brought clubs, and Christner ended up coming all in to put the pressure on Shak, who called off for over 100K. Christner showed the 
for air, and Shak rolled over 
for trips and the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
305,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
247,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
Tollerene Folds to Chidwick
Level 5
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
From the cutoff, Ben Tollerene opened to 5,000 only to have Stephen Chidwick three-bet to 16,000 from the button.
Tollerene called, and then checked the 
flop to Chidwick who bet out 9,000.
Tollerene folded and dropped to under 500,000, while Chidwick returned to starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
496,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
200,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
||
Seiver Can't Find a Bet
Level 5
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Feature Table:
Brian Rast opened to 5,000 from the cutoff with 
and Scott Seiver reraised to 20,000 on the button with 
. Steffen Sontheimer folded 
in the small blind and Rast wanted to see a flop.
The dealer fanned the flop of 
and Rast led out for 16,000 with his top pair. Seiver floated and the 
fell on the turn. Both players checked to the 
on the river and Rast checked again. Seiver took his time and used one of his time extensions but couldn't bring himself to make a bet. Seiver checked behind and Rast took down the pot.
"I folded a set," Sontheimer announced to the table.
"Wait until you see what I had. You're going to be really mad when you see what I raised with," Seiver responded with a chuckle.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
349,500
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
|
||
|
301,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
||
Big Slick Does't Do the Trick for Sean Winter
Level 5
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
A short-stacked Sean Winter moved all in for 22,500 under the gun and Dominik Nitsche called from the small blind. Dan Shak folded from the big and the hands were turned up.
Nitsche: 
Winter:
Winter was in great shape to double, but not after the flop came down 
to pair Nitsche. Neither the 
turn nor river was what Winter needed, and he hit the rail here in Level 5.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Petrangelo Squeezes
Level 5
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
From under the gun, Erik Seidel opened to 5,000 and Cary Katz called on the button.
David Peters called in the small blind, but it would be Nick Petrangelo bumping it up to 21,500 from the big.
Seidel, Katz, and Peters all quickly folded, and Petrangelo picked up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
260,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
||
|
98,500
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
Nitsche Bets Top Pair on River
Level 5
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
On a board of 
with roughly 35,000 in the middle, Dominik Nitsche bet out 22,000.
His opponent in the hand - Dan Shak - went into the tank and eventually used one of his time extension buttons before pushing forward calling chips.
Nitsche tabled his 
for top pair, and Shak mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
88,000
-52,000
|
-52,000 |