Event #4: $10,000 Short Deck Poker
Day 2 Started
2018 Poker Masters
Event #4: $10,000 Short Deck Poker
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Poker Masters
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$550,000
Entries
55
Level
24
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
200,000
Big Names Headline $10,000 Short Deck Poker Final Table
It was a new event introduced into the 2018 Poker Masters competition, and the turnout proved to be worthy of the innovation. The final table for Event #4: $10,000 Short Deck Poker has been set and many familiar names will be ready to battle it out in one of the newest variations of poker.
Dominik Nitsche (4,980,000) and Andrew Robl (4,865,000) will lead the final six players when the action gets underway inside the PokerGO Studio at the Aria Resort and Casino. Nitsche overtook Robl for the lead in the latter stages of Day 1 in what was an action-packed day with plenty of all-ins. While Nitsche holds a slight chip lead and would likely be favored in a standard Texas Hold'em event, Robl appears to have the experience and the edge in the Short Deck format.
Final Table Lineup
| Seat | Player | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominik Nitsche | 4,980,000 |
| 2 | Ryan Tosoc | 3,025,000 |
| 3 | Maurice Hawkins | 1,025,000 |
| 4 | Cary Katz | 830,000 |
| 5 | Isaac Haxton | 1,775,000 |
| 6 | Andrew Robl | 4,865,000 |
The action is scheduled to get underway at 12:00 noon and will be streamed on PokerGO with a 60-minute delay. The ante will be increased to 30,000 at the start of the day with 30-minute levels in play. Everyone remaining is guaranteed to walk away with at least $33,000 but will all have their sights set on the $176,000 first-place prize.
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as we bring you all of the coverage from the livestream until a winner is crowned.
Level: 16
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 30,000
Hawkins Triples Up, Tosoc Claims the Side Pot
Level 16
: 0/0, 30,000 ante
Dominik Nitsche raised to 350,000 and Ryan Tosoc called on his left. Maurice Hawkins was next to act and shoved all in for 1,025,000. The action folded back to Nitsche who also shipped all in and Tosoc called off his last 3,025,000 chips as well.
Maurice Hawkins: 
Ryan Tosoc: 
Dominik Nitsche: 
The flop came 
giving Tosoc a pair of queens but Hawkins was still in the lead. The turn brought the 
and Nitsche picked up an open-ended straight draw. The river was the 
and Hawkins held on for the full triple up.
Tosoc also survived his all in to take down the side pot with his pair of queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,000,000 | -980,000 |
|
3,195,000 | 2,170,000 |
|
1,955,000 | -1,070,000 |
Hawkins Bets Katz Off the Same Hand
Level 16
: 0/0, 30,000 ante
Cary Katz got his first piece of action on the day when he raised to 150,000 with 
. The action folded to Maurice Hawkins on the button who called with the same hand 
. The flop fell 
and it was clear both players would now chop the pot if it reached showdown.
Both players checked and the 
landed on the turn. Katz checked again and Hawkins tossed in a bet of 135,000. Katz elected to lay his hand down with such a wet board and Hawkins dragged in another pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,765,000 | -430,000 |
|
470,000 | -360,000 |
Katz Turns the Best
Level 16
: 0/0, 30,000 ante
Five players limped into the pot and saw a flop of 
. The action checked around to Dominik Nitsche on the button who held the best hand with 
but he opted to check as well.
The 
landed on the turn and Tosoc led out for 125,000 with 
. Cary Katz improved to the best hand with and was the only player to make the call. The river was the 
and both players knuckled the table. Katz revealed his trip eights and was awarded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,485,000 | 1,530,000 |
|
|
1,245,000 | 775,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 40,000
Katz Can't Pull the Trigger
Level 17
: 0/0, 40,000 ante
On a flop of 
with 360,000 already in the middle, Ryan Tosoc led out for 100,000 with . Cary Katz called with 
along with Isaac Haxton holding 
.
The turn brought the 
and the action checked around to the on the river. Tosoc checked again and Katz thought for a minute before checking as well. Haxton quickly checked and turned over his pair of kings to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,175,000 | 1,400,000 |
|
|
2,755,000 | -730,000 |
|
|
1,765,000 | 520,000 |
Dominik Nitsche Eliminated in 6th Place ($33,000)
Level 17
: 0/0, 40,000 ante
Dominik Nitsche open-shipped all in for 1,440,000 holding and Isaac Haxton re-shoved all in with a smaller pair of 
. Andrew Robl rank folded , leaving Haxton with just one out heading to the flop.
The dealer spread the flop of 
and Nitsche was still in the lead with his pair of jacks. The 
on the turn gave Haxton an open-ended straight draw and the 
on the river completed that straight for him. Nitsche, who came into the final table as the chipleader, was the first player to hit the rail in sixth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,810,000 | 1,635,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 50,000