Event #3 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em Dia 1 | 2017 Poker Masters

2017-09-15 21:36 UTC-7

Stephen Chidwick Eliminated in 13th Place

Nível 13 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

From the hijack, Stephen Chidwick moved all in for 66,000 and Steffen Sontheimer called in the small blind.

Chidwick:
Sontheimer:

The board ran out and Chidwick was eliminated in 13th place as Sontheimer climbed to 475,000 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Steffen Sontheimer	475,000 99,000	99,000
Stephen Chidwick	Eliminado

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2017-09-15 21:49 UTC-7

Schindler With 1.7 Million

Nível 13 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

From the button, Bryn Kenney opened to 17,000 and Jake Schindler three-bet the big blind to 64,000.

Kenney called, and on the flop of , Schindler bet out 60,000.

Kenney responded with a raise to 152,000, and Schindler made the call before both players checked the on the turn.

The river landed the , and Schindler checked to Kenney who announced a bet of 257,000. Schindler called, and when Kenney revealed his for just jack-high, Schindler tabled his for a straight.

With this pot, Schindler is now up to 1,700,000 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jake Schindler	1,700,000 489,000	489,000

Bryn Kenney	135,000 -470,000	-470,000

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2017-09-15 22:23 UTC-7

Daniel Negreanu Eliminated in 11th Place

Nível 14 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu opened to 24,000 before Dan Smith three-bet next to act in the cutoff to 66,000.

Negreanu responded by four-bet shoving all in for 212,000, and Smith called.

Smith:
Negreanu:

The board ran out and Negreanu was eliminated in 11th place as Smith climbs to over 1.4 million in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dan Smith	1,440,000 245,000	245,000

Daniel Negreanu	Eliminado

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2017-09-15 22:30 UTC-7

Smith Takes Chip Lead Off Schindler

Nível 15 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

From the button, Jake Schindler opened to 25,000 only to have Dan Smith three-bet the big blind to 135,000.

Schindler called, and the flop fell and Smith checked to Schindler who bet 105,000.

Smith called, and both players checked the on the turn as the landed on the river.

Smith bet out 120,000, and Schindler folded.

Following that hand, Smith now holds the chip lead with over 1.6 million as Schindler drops to below 1.5 million in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dan Smith	1,636,000 196,000	196,000

Jake Schindler	1,480,000 -220,000	-220,000

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2017-09-15 22:46 UTC-7

With 140,000 in the middle, Doug Polk and Matt Hyman were destined to play a big pot together. The flop came and the two players got all of their chips in the middle with Polk being the player at risk.

Polk tabled top set with and was up against all of the draws with Hyman's . The turn was the and the river landed the . Polk's set of tens held on to earn him a double up and leave Hyman with less than five big blinds.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Doug Polk	1,130,000 565,000	565,000

Matt Hyman	49,000 -571,000	-571,000

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2017-09-16 00:07 UTC-7

Dan Smith Dominates Day 1 in Event #3 of Poker Masters

Nível 16 : 7,000/14,000, 14,000 ante

Day 1 has come to an end in Event #3 of the Poker Masters at the ARIA Resort and Casino. This is the third of four $50,000 tournaments with Dan Smith leading the way of the final table, bagging an impressive 1,982,000 chips.

Other players that will be moving on to the final table include Doug Polk, Jake Schindler, Sergio Aido, Cary Katz, and Erik Seidel. Also, Bryn Kenney will return for the second day in a row.

Smith was building up a big stack throughout the day and started to run away with the chip lead after he collided with Schindler in a big pot. Smith, Polk, and Schindler are all sitting comfortably over one million chips while the next closest is Bryn Kenney with just over 500,000.

The winner of Event #3 will move into the second spot on the leaderboard for The Poker Masters Purple Jacket. Steffen Sontheimer has first place locked up for now after winning Event #2 earlier in the day. The winner tomorrow will be taking home $960,000 while the remaining seven players are all guaranteed at least $96,000.

Unfortunately, there were many others that were unable to make it through the day unscathed and they include Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Nick Schulman, Fedor Holz, and Brian Rast.

Although he will maintain his first-place standing, Sontheimer was looking to extend his lead as he made a deep run today. Sontheimer made it to the final table bubble but was eliminated in eighth place. He got all of his money in the middle against Kenney and lost a flip, sending him home on the money bubble with nothing.

On Saturday, the Event #3 final table will be livestreamed on PokerGO with a 30-minute delay. The PokerNews coverage will be in sync with the live stream and the action will get underway at 12:30 p.m. local time.

Day 1 of Event #4: $50,000 NLHE will also start up on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on site to bring you all of the live updates from that event as well.

Tags: Brian Rast Bryn Kenney Cary Katz Dan Smith Daniel Negreanu Doug Polk Erik Seidel Fedor Holz Jake Schindler Nick Schulman Phil Hellmuth Sergio Aido Steffen Sontheimer