Level 14
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The remaining nine players are heading on a 10-minute break.
2017 Poker Masters
Event #5 $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Poker Masters
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$3,600,000
Entries
36
Level
22
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Level: 15
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The cards are back in the air.
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,471,000 | |
|
1,361,000 | |
|
1,275,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
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|
1,123,000 | |
|
||
|
680,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
||
|
466,000 | |
|
||
|
324,000 | |
|
||
|
307,000 | |
|
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||
|
193,000 | |
|
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Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Seth Davies raised to 30,000 from the button and Christian Christner called in the big blind to see a 
flop.
Christner checked and Davies bet 20,000 as the turn landed the 
. Davies bet out, and Christner check-folded.
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
From the button, Fedor Holz opened to 26,000 holding 
and Jake Schinder called in the big blind with 
as the flop landed 
.
Schindler checked, and Holz bet 14,000 with Schindler calling as the turn landed the 
. Both players checked, and the river landed the 
.
Schindler checked, and Holz bet 42,000. Schindler quickly mucked and dropped to 141,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,285,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
141,000
-52,000
|
-52,000 |
|
|
||
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
From the hijack, Fedor Holz raised to 26,000 holding 
and Brian Rast called in the big blind holding 
.
The flop landed 
and Rast checked to Holz who checked behind.
The turn landed the 
and Rast led out for 25,000. Holz called, and the river landed the 
completing Rast's straight.
Rast bet out 90,000 and Holz mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,264,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
381,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
|
||
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Justin Bonomo raised to 26,000 from the cutoff with and Steffen Sontheimer called from the small blind with 
.
The flop came 
and Sontheimer check-folded to a bet of 25,000 from Bonomo.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,341,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
486,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
This future Poker Hall of Famer is a three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, two of which have come in the prestigious $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship. Not only that, in 2015, Brian Rast won the inaugural Super High Roller Bowl, which at the time boasted a $500,000 buy-in, for $7,525,000.
All told he has $20,708,726 in tournament earning, which puts him first on California’s money list, and 10th on the current all-time poker money list. Of course, that doesn’t take into account the untold millions he’s won playing high-stakes cash games.
Other highlights on Rast’s résumé include finishing sixth in the inaugural Big One for One Drop for $1,621,333, winning the 2013 World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $1,083,500, and fifth in the 2015 Aussie Millions Main Event for $248,893. He’s also won half a dozen Aria High Rollers in the past few years.
Interestingly, in the 2011 WSOP Poker Players’ Championship, Rast beat Phil Hellmuth heads-up for the title. The “Poker Brat” talked a little about it on the PokerGo live stream on Day 1 (mainly how it’s haunted him), and in a little twist of fate, it was Rast who eliminated Hellmuth on Day 2 of the Poker Masters.
Rast failed to cash in any of the Poker Masters prelims, meaning he’ll need a win and some luck to claim The Poker Masters Purple Jacket™.
For more on Rast, be sure to check out our PokerNews feature “Life in the Rast Lane.”
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Stephen Chidwick raised to 25,000 from the hijack with and Justin Bonomo defended from the big blind with 
.
The flop came 
and Chidwick picked up the pot with a single bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
350,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
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