Event #2: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2018 Poker Masters

09-08-2018 21:27 UTC-8

Seat	Table 1	Table 2
1	Brandon Adams	Dominik Nitsche
2	Jared Jaffee	Jason Koon
3	Bill Klein	Ben Lamb
4	Sam Soverel	Daniel Negreanu
5	Brian Rast	Cary Katz
6	Michael Dyer	Jake Schindler

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Jaffee	1,290,000 25,000	25,000

Jason Koon	845,000 41,000	41,000

Michael Dyer	705,000 20,000	20,000
Brandon Adams	600,000 10,000	10,000

Brian Rast	600,000 210,000	210,000

Dominik Nitsche	500,000 25,000	25,000

Daniel Negreanu	450,000 20,000	20,000

Jake Schindler	360,000 117,000	117,000

Ben Lamb	330,000 105,000	105,000

Cary Katz	300,000 10,000	10,000

Sam Soverel	136,000 10,000	10,000

Bill Klein	120,000 70,000	70,000
Anthony Zinno	Busted

Koon vs. Nitsche

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Tim Duckworth

Level 13 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Dominik Nitsche opened to 22,000 from the hijack and Jason Koon three-bet to 56,000 from the cutoff.

Action folded back to Nitsche, and he called as the flop landed .

Nitsche checked, Koon bet 38,000, and Nitsche folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	975,000 130,000	130,000

Dominik Nitsche	444,000 56,000	56,000

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09-08-2018 21:35 UTC-8

Klein Doubles Through Dyer

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 13 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Michael Dyer opened for 24,000 under the gun and Bill Klein shoved for 90,000 on the button. Dyer called and tabled , with Klein showing .

"I hope you come in a real close second," Klein said.

Dyer did come in second as the board ran out , so he missed his flopped flush draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Dyer	625,000 80,000	80,000
Bill Klein	205,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Bill Klein Michael Dyer

Level: 14

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

09-08-2018 21:39 UTC-8

Sam Soverel Eliminated in 12th Place

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Tim Duckworth

Level 14 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

From under the gun, Bill Klein shoved all in for 205,000 and Sam Soverel next to act followed suit by calling all in for 152,000.

Klein:
Soverel:

The dealer spread a board, and Klein struck top pair to eliminate Soverel in 12th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bill Klein	387,000 182,000	182,000
Sam Soverel	Busted

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09-08-2018 21:47 UTC-8

Adams Over Klein

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 14 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Brandon Adams opened for 28,000 and called a three-bet to 100,000 from Bill Klein, on the button. They checked down a board until Adams bet 135,000 or so on the river. Klein used a time extension but folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Adams	785,000 185,000	185,000

Bill Klein	235,000 152,000	152,000

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09-08-2018 21:49 UTC-8

Ben Lamb Eliminated in 11th Place

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Tim Duckworth

Level 14 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ben Lamb opened under the gun to 27,000 before Jake Schindler three-bet his button to 51,000. Action folded back to Lamb, and he moved all in for roughly 315,000. Schindler called.

Lamb:
Schindler:

Lamb was at-risk and trailing, but caught life on the flop.

Unfortunately, Schindler would snatch back the lead as the turn and river fell the and , and Lamb was eliminated in 11th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Schindler	898,000 538,000	538,000

Ben Lamb	Busted

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09-08-2018 21:53 UTC-8

Koon Five-Bet Rips

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 14 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jake Schindler opened under the gun for 25,000 and Jason Koon made it 80,000 on the button. Schindler came back with 200,000 and Koon shoved all in for about 900,000. Schindler folded right away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	1,110,000 135,000	135,000

Jake Schindler	710,000 188,000	188,000

Tags: Jake Schindler Jason Koon

09-08-2018 22:05 UTC-8

Flush for Nitsche

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Tim Duckworth

Level 14 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Dominik Nitsche raised to 25,000 on the button, and both Jason Koon and Daniel Negreanu called in the blinds.

The board was checked down and Koon tabled his .

Negreanu mucked, but Nitsche tabled the winning for a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	1,050,000 60,000	60,000

Dominik Nitsche	420,000 24,000	24,000

Daniel Negreanu	360,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Dominik Nitsche Jason Koon

09-08-2018 22:05 UTC-8

Klein Doubles Through Rast

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 14 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jared Jaffee raised to 27,000 under the gun and Bill Klein jammed for 177,000. Brian Rast reshoved with what he said was 550,000 more. Jaffee thought a bit and folded.

Klein:
Rast:

The flop was a promising one for Klein as he needed to only fade the last two nines. The and improved him to a straight. Jaffee indicated he folded the winner.