2017 Poker Masters

Event #3 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 Poker Masters

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$960,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$2,400,000
Entries
48
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000

Another Double for Erik Seidel

Level 17 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Jake Schindler raised to 37,000 under the gun and was met by an all-in three-bet to 301,000 from Erik Seidel on the button. Both blinds folded and Schindler called.

Schindler: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Seidel: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

Both players held big pocket pairs, but of course Seidel's was best. The board ran out a clean {6-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{10-Spades}{2-Hearts} and Seidel shipped another double.

Player Chips Progress
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Jake Schindler
1,400,000
-332,000
-332,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Erik Seidel
642,000
333,000
333,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner

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Level: 17

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

Sergio Aido Eliminated in 7th Place ($96,000)

Sergio Aido - 7th Place
Sergio Aido - 7th Place

Jake Schindler raised to 35,000 from the cutoff and Spain's Sergio Aido responded by three-betting all in for 341,000 from the small blind. Schindler asked for an exact count, pondered for a bit, and then dropped in some chips to make the call.

Aido: {6-Spades}{6-Hearts}
Schindler: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}

It was a flip, and while the {2-Spades}{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs} flop didn't hit Schindler directly it did give him a flush draw to go with his two overs. The {K-Spades} turn kept Aido in the lead, but then the dealer burned and put out the {Q-Clubs} on the river.

Schindler spiked the club flush to win the pot and send Aido to the rail in seventh place for $96,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Jake Schindler
1,607,000
367,000
367,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Sergio Aido
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Erik Seidel Doubles in First Hand

Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel

With the blinds at 7,000/14,000/14,000 and a dead small blind (from Steffen Sontheimer's bust out last night), action folded to Doug Polk on the button and he simply moved all in to put the pressure on the short-stacked Erik Seidel in the big blind. The Poker Hall of Famer didn't take long to call off.

Seidel: {a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
Polk: {q-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

The {6-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} flop was kind to Seidel, and he locked up the hand when the {10-Clubs} turn left Polk drawing dead. Ship the double to Seidel.

Player Chips Progress
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Doug Polk
1,229,000
-207,000
-207,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Erik Seidel
428,000
207,000
207,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner

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Who Will Walk Away with the $960,000 First-Place Prize in Poker Masters Event #3?

Chip leader Dan Smith
Chip leader Dan Smith

Event #3: $50,000 NLHE of the Poker Masters at the ARIA Resort and Casino began with 48 entrants, but now it's down to the final table of seven. Dan Smith leads the way at the final table with 1,982,000 chips, while Doug Polk and Jake Schindler are the only other players over the six-figure mark.

They will be joined by short stacks Sergio Aido, Cary Katz, and Erik Seidel, as well as Bryn Kenney, who has made back-to-back final tables after finishing seventh in Event #2.

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 with $1.104 million after winning Event #2 earlier in the day and placing fourth in Event #1. Today's winner will be taking home $960,000 while the remaining seven players are all guaranteed at least $96,000.

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

Meanwhile, Day 1 of Event #4: $50,000 NLHE will also start up today 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.

Event #3 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em

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