Poker Masters 2017

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Aria Resort & Casino (2013)

The Poker Masters 2017 was the first edition of this poker tournament series and was hosted by Poker Central . The five high roller tournaments with buy-ins of at least US $ 50,000 were played from September 13-20, 2017 at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas .

structure

The five tournaments were played in the No Limit Hold'em variant . Due to the high buy-in, only the world's best poker players and wealthy businessmen could be found at the tournaments. The first four events were each designed for two days and allowed every player to re-enter. All tournaments were played with a 30-second shot clock, which means that each player only had 30 seconds of time for his actions. All events were broadcast on the paid online platform PokerGO .

Tournaments

Overview

#	Tournament start	Buy-in (in $ )	Attendees	winner	origin	Prize money (in $)
1	13 Sep 2017	050,000	51	Nick Schulman		0.918,000
2	Sep 14 2017	050,000	50	Steffen Sontheimer		0.900,000
3	Sep 15 2017	050,000	48	Bryn Kenney		0.960,000
4th	16 Sep 2017	050,000	39	Brandon Adams		0.819,000
5	Sep 18 2017	100,000	36	Steffen Sontheimer		1,512,000

#1

Nick Schulman (2018)

The first event began on September 13, 2017. 51 participants paid the buy-in of $ 50,000.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)
1		Nick Schulman	918,000
2		Matthew Hyman	561,000
3		Stefan Schillhabel	306,000
4th		Steffen Sontheimer	204,000
5		Dominik Nitsche	178,500
6th		Koray Aldemir	153,000
7th		Adrian Mateos	127,500
8th		Daniel Negreanu	102,000

# 2

The second event started on September 14, 2017. 50 participants paid the buy-in of $ 50,000.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)
1		Steffen Sontheimer	900,000
2		Fedor wood	550,000
3		Tom Marchese	300,000
4th		Phil Hellmuth	200,000
5		Christian Christner	175,000
6th		Adrian Mateos	150,000
7th		Bryn Kenney	125,000
8th		Dan Shak	100,000

# 3

Bryn Kenney (2015)

The third event started on September 15, 2017. 48 participants paid the buy-in of $ 50,000.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)
1		Bryn Kenney	960,000
2		Erik Seidel	576,000
3		Jake Schindler	312,000
4th		Dan Smith	192,000
5		Doug Polk	144,000
6th		Cary Katz	120,000
7th		Sergio Aido	096,000

# 4

The fourth event began on September 16, 2017. 39 participants paid the buy-in of $ 50,000.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)
1		Brandon Adams	819,000
2		Doug Polk	468,000
3		David Peters	273,000
4th		Justin Bonomo	175,500
5		Steffen Sontheimer	117,000
6th		Jake Schindler	097,500

# 5

The fifth event ran from September 18-20, 2017. 36 participants paid the buy-in of $ 100,000.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)
1		Steffen Sontheimer	1,512,000
2		Christian Christner	0.864,000
3		Fedor wood	0.504,000
4th		Seth Davies	0.324,000
5		Justin Bonomo	0.216,000
6th		Stefan Schillhabel	0.180,000

Purple jacket

At the Poker Masters, the most successful player receives a purple jacket , the so-called Poker Masters Purple Jacket ™ . In this event, the prize money won in the five tournaments was decisive. Winner Steffen Sontheimer made it into the money at four of the five events and received prize money of over 2.5 million dollars due to his victories in the second and fifth events.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)	Cashes
1		Steffen Sontheimer	2,733,000	4th
2		Bryn Kenney	1,085,000	2
3		Fedor wood	1,054,000	2
4th		Christian Christner	1,039,000	2
5		Nick Schulman	0.918,000	1
6th		Brandon Adams	0.819,000	1
7th		Doug Polk	0.612,000	2
8th		Erik Seidel	0.576,000	1
9		Matthew Hyman	0.561,000	1
10		Stefan Schillhabel	0.486,000	2
11		Jake Schindler	0.409,500	2
12		Justin Bonomo	0.391,500	2
13		Seth Davies	0.324,000	1
14th		Tom Marchese	0.300,000	1
15th		Adrian Mateos	0.277,500	2
16		David Peters	0.273,000	1
17th		Phil Hellmuth	0.200,000	1
18th		Dan Smith	0.192,000	1
19th		Dominik Nitsche	0.178,500	1
20th		Koray Aldemir	0.153,000	1
21st		Cary Katz	0.120,000	1
22nd		Daniel Negreanu	0.102,000	1
23		Dan Shak	0.100,000	1
24		Sergio Aido	0.096,000	1

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Poker Masters 2017 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
• Poker Masters 2017 at pokernews.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Poker Masters in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 11, 2017.
2. ↑ Poker Central Announces Poker Masters on PokerGO ( Memento September 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) on the official website, accessed on September 11, 2017 (English).
3. ↑ Poker Masters ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - Event # 1) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 16, 2017.
4. ↑ Poker Masters ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - Event # 2) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 16, 2017.
5. ↑ Poker Masters ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - Event # 3) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 17, 2017.
6. ↑ Poker Masters ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - Event # 4) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 18, 2017.
7. ↑ Poker Masters ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Event # 5) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 21, 2017.
8. ↑ Christian Christner Leads the Final Table of Event # 2 on pokernews.com from September 15, 2017, accessed on September 15, 2017 (English).
9. ↑ Steffen Sontheimer Claims The Poker Masters Purple Jacket ™ After Second Win of Series, Takes Down Event # 5 for $ 1,512,000 on pokernews.com on September 21, 2017, accessed on September 21, 2017 (English).