The action was folded around to Seth Davies in the small blind who limped in with . Stefan Schillhabel woke up in the big blind with and raised to 28,000. Davies wanted to see a flop and it came .
Davies checked, Schillhabel put in a single chip for a 25,000 bet and Davies called.
The turn was the and Davies checked again. Schillhabel fired an over-bet of 125,000 and Davies mucked his cards in the last hand before the break.
Steffen Sontheimer opened to 17,000 from under the gun with and Christian Christner defended his big blind with .
The flop came , missing both players, but that didn't stop the action from taking place. Christner checked and Sontheimer continued for 23,000.
Christner went for the check-raise to 67,000 but Sontheimer saw right through him and made a four-bet to 115,000. Christner had enough and tossed his cards to the muck.
Fedor Holz raised the button to 17,000 and Justin Bonomo called from the small blind. Jake Schindler came along from the big and three players saw a flop.
Bonomo checked, Schindler bet 25,000, and Holz folded. Bonomo called and then both players checked the turn as well as the river.
Bonomo showed the , but it was no good as Schindler held a pair with the .
Steffen Sontheimer raised it up preflop with from under the gun and was called by Christian Christner in the big blind with . The flop came and Christner checked.
Sontheimer continued for 32,000 and Christner called with his open-ended straight draw. The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river.
Christner made his straight and led out for 50,000 which Sontheimer instantly called. Christner showed his straight and Sontheimer lost his first pot in a long time.
The action was folded around to Daniel Negreanu on the button who raised to 16,5000 with . Stefan Schillhabel was in the small blind and made a three-bet to 52,000 with . Negreanu four-bet shoved all-in for around 235,000 and Schillhabel's cards went into the muck.
Brian Rast limped the small blind and Stephen Chidwick raised to 30,000 from the big blind. Rast called, and then the flop landed and both players checked.
The turn fell the and again both players checked. The river landed the and Rast bet out 30,500 with Chidwick calling just prior to his time expiring.
Daniel Negreanu doesn’t need much of an introduction; after all, he sits atop poker’s all-time money list with $34,333,814 in live tournament earnings.
When it comes to the Poker Masters, Negreanu had high hopes of capturing The Poker Masters Purple Jacket™. He even bet more than 20 players $50,000 each in a must-win prop, meaning if any of them wins the most he’ll lose is $50K, but if he wins he’ll claim an addition $1,000,000+.
Negreanu will have to win this event if he’s going to do it, and at the same time hope the likes of Fedor Holz and Steffen Sontheimer don’t do too well. That’s because Negreanu managed just one cash in the preliminary events, finishing eighth in Event #1: $50,000 NLHE for $102,000.
If Negreanu were to win, the $1,512,000 prize would mark the third-biggest of his career behind the $8,288,001 he received for finishing runner-up in the 2014 Big One for One Drop, and the $1,770,218 he got for winning the 2004 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic.
However, he does have four other seven-figure scores on his poker résumé including $1,119,610 for finishing fourth in the 2014 Aussie Millions $250,000 Challenge, $1,117,400 for winning the 2004 WPT Borgata Poker Open, and $1,087,160 for winning the 2013 WSOP APAC Main Event.
. Stefan Schillhabel woke up in the big blind with 
and raised to 28,000. Davies wanted to see a flop and it came 
.
and Davies checked again. Schillhabel fired an over-bet of 125,000 and Davies mucked his cards in the last hand before the break.
and Christian Christner defended his big blind with 
.
, missing both players, but that didn't stop the action from taking place. Christner checked and Sontheimer continued for 23,000. 
and Chidwick now checked.
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flop.
, but it was no good as Schindler held a pair with the 
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. The flop came 
and both players checked to the 
. Negreanu four-bet shoved all-in for around 235,000 and Schillhabel's cards went into the muck.
and Rast bet out 30,500 with Chidwick calling just prior to his time expiring.