Event #2 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 2017 Poker Masters

2017-09-15 13:12 UTC-8

Phil Hellmuth Shows the Goods

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Nível 21 : 20,000/40,000, 30,000 ante

Steffen Sontheimer raised the button to 90,000 holding the and then called when Phil Hellmuth three-bet to 220,000 with the in the small blind.

Both players checked the flop and then Hellmuth, who had top pair with a club draw, bet a paltry 75,000 on the turn.

Hellmuth made the flush on the river and bet 140,000, which left him just 35,000 back. Sontheimer quickly folded.

Hellmuth then showed the table his hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Steffen Sontheimer	1,375,000 -425,000	-425,000
Phil Hellmuth	835,000 235,000	235,000

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Nível: 21

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 30,000

2017-09-15 12:57 UTC-8

Pocket Rockets Propel Christian Christner to a Double

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Nível 20 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Steffen Sontheimer raised to 70,000 holding the in the cutoff and Christian Christner just called from the small blind with the . Fedor Holz came along from the big with the and the flop came down .

Holz checked, Sontheimer continued for 40,000 with his flush draw, and Christner just called. Holz got out of the way and it was heads-up action to the turn.

Christner checked again and then snap-called off for 410,000 when Sontheimer moved in.

The river failed to help Sontheimer, and he sent some chips over to his German counterpart.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Steffen Sontheimer	1,800,000 -600,000	-600,000
Christian Christner	1,180,000 640,000	640,000

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2017-09-15 12:54 UTC-8

Christian Christner Slips to the Short Stack

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Nível 20 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Fedor Holz looked down at the under the gun and raised to 65,000.Start-of-the-day chip leader Christian Christner defended from the big blind with the .

Christner then checked the flop and folded when Holz bet 60,000. Not a big hand, but it did drop Christner to the short stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fedor Holz	1,610,000 150,000	150,000

Christian Christner	540,000 -255,000	-255,000

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Nível: 20

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

2017-09-15 12:41 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Nível 19 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Steffen Sontheimer	1,950,000 50,000	50,000
Fedor Holz	1,460,000

Tom Marchese	1,160,000

Phil Hellmuth	880,000 178,000	178,000

Christian Christner	795,000 -575,000	-575,000

2017-09-15 12:40 UTC-8

Sick River Gives Tom Marchese a Rebate

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Nível 19 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Fedor Holz raised the button holding the and Tom Marchese three-bet to 235,000 from the small blind with the . Holz called and the flop fell .

Marchese continued for 175,000 and Holz just called with two pair. Marchese then checked the turn and Holz bet just 140,000 with his full boat.

Marchese called and was in store to lose some chips, that is until the case spiked on the river to give both players aces full of jacks.

Marchese checked and Holz used a time extension before betting a tiny 95,000. Marchese check-raised to 300,000, Holz shoved, and Marchese called off. Chop it up!

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fedor Holz	1,460,000 335,000	335,000

Tom Marchese	1,160,000 -30,000	-30,000

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2017-09-15 12:36 UTC-8

Adrian Mateos Eliminated in 6th Place ($150,000)

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Nível 19 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Adrian Mateos, one of two players to make back-to-back final tables here in the Poker Masters, was just eliminated in sixth place, one spot better than he finished yesterday.

It happened when Steffen Sontheimer raised to 70,000 holding the and then called Mateos' three-bet shove for 740,000. Mateos got it in good with the , but he fell behind on the flop.

Neither the turn nor river helped Mateos, and he was ousted in sixth place for $150,000. Along with the $127,500 he won yesterday, he now has $277,500 in Poker Masters earnings thus far.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Steffen Sontheimer	1,900,000 815,000	815,000
Adrian Mateos	Eliminado

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2017-09-15 12:25 UTC-8

Fedor Holz Takes From Steffen Sontheimer

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Nível 19 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

With 155,000 in the pot and a flop of , Fedor Holz checked under the gun holding the and Steffen Sontheimer, who held the , bet 55,000 from the cutoff.

Holz called and then check-called a bet of 155,000 on the turn.

Both players then checked the river and Holz won the pot with two pair.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fedor Holz	1,125,000 420,000	420,000

Steffen Sontheimer	1,085,000 -140,000	-140,000

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2017-09-15 12:15 UTC-8

Bryn Kenney Eliminated in 7th Place ($125,000)

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Nível 19 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Action folded to the short-stacked Bryn Kenney on the button and he moved all in for a little over 300K, which Steffen Sontheimer called from the big blind.

Kenney:
Sontheimer:

It was a flip, but not after the flop came down to pair Sontheimer. The turn gave Kenney chop outs to a ten, but the river was a brick.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Steffen Sontheimer	1,225,000 280,000	280,000
Bryn Kenney	Eliminado

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