Level 22
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Koray Aldemir final tabled Event #1 of the Poker Masters in sixth place for $153,000, but more importantly he earned 180.66 GPI Player of the Year points to close the gap on Bryn Kenney as the top ranked player in the 2017 standings. The German standout earned over $4 million of his career $7 million earnings since January alone in a year where Kenney has been near untouchable.
Read all about the tight race in this article over at Poker Central.
to 90,000 from the button, and Brandon Adams called in the big blind holding 
.
and both players checked.
and Adams led out for 235,000 with his trips. Polk called with his two-pair as the river landed the 
.
and David Peters called from the big blind with 
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and Peters open-shoved for 355,000. Adams thought about it for his full measure of time and then called.
landed on the turn, Peters gained outs to a chop as well.
, and Peters doubled through to 940,000 as Adams drops down to 2.25 million.
and Brandon Adams bumped it up to 120,000 holding 
from the big blind.
. In the small blind, Doug Polk looked down at 
, and he three-bet to 305,000.
and David Peters defended his big blind with 
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and a bet of 125,000 from Adams was enough to prompt a fold from Peters.