Poker Masters 2017
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 $) |
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1 | 13 Sep 2017 | 50,000 | 51 | Nick Schulman |
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918,000 |
2 | Sep 14 2017 | 50,000 | 50 | Steffen Sontheimer |
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900,000 |
3 | Sep 15 2017 | 50,000 | 48 | Bryn Kenney |
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960,000 |
4th | 16 Sep 2017 | 50,000 | 39 | Brandon Adams |
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819,000 |
5 | Sep 18 2017 | 100,000 | 36 | Steffen Sontheimer |
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1,512,000 |
#1
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The first event began on September 13, 2017. 51 participants paid the buy-in of $ 50,000.
space | origin | player | Prize money (in $) |
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1 |
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Nick Schulman | 918,000 |
2 |
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Matthew Hyman | 561,000 |
3 |
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Stefan Schillhabel | 306,000 |
4th |
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Steffen Sontheimer | 204,000 |
5 |
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Dominik Nitsche | 178,500 |
6th |
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Koray Aldemir | 153,000 |
7th |
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Adrian Mateos | 127,500 |
8th |
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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 $) |
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1 |
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Steffen Sontheimer | 900,000 |
2 |
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Fedor wood | 550,000 |
3 |
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Tom Marchese | 300,000 |
4th |
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Phil Hellmuth | 200,000 |
5 |
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Christian Christner | 175,000 |
6th |
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Adrian Mateos | 150,000 |
7th |
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Bryn Kenney | 125,000 |
8th |
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Dan Shak | 100,000 |
# 3
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The third event started on September 15, 2017. 48 participants paid the buy-in of $ 50,000.
space | origin | player | Prize money (in $) |
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1 |
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Bryn Kenney | 960,000 |
2 |
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Erik Seidel | 576,000 |
3 |
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Jake Schindler | 312,000 |
4th |
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Dan Smith | 192,000 |
5 |
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Doug Polk | 144,000 |
6th |
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Cary Katz | 120,000 |
7th |
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Sergio Aido | 96,000 |
# 4
The fourth event began on September 16, 2017. 39 participants paid the buy-in of $ 50,000.
space | origin | player | Prize money (in $) |
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1 |
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Brandon Adams | 819,000 |
2 |
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Doug Polk | 468,000 |
3 |
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David Peters | 273,000 |
4th |
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Justin Bonomo | 175,500 |
5 |
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Steffen Sontheimer | 117,000 |
6th |
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Jake Schindler | 97,500 |
# 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 $) |
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1 |
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Steffen Sontheimer | 1,512,000 |
2 |
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Christian Christner | 864,000 |
3 |
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Fedor wood | 504,000 |
4th |
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Seth Davies | 324,000 |
5 |
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Justin Bonomo | 216,000 |
6th |
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Stefan Schillhabel | 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 |
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1 |
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Steffen Sontheimer | 2,733,000 | 4th |
2 |
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Bryn Kenney | 1,085,000 | 2 |
3 |
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Fedor wood | 1,054,000 | 2 |
4th |
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Christian Christner | 1,039,000 | 2 |
5 |
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Nick Schulman | 918,000 | 1 |
6th |
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Brandon Adams | 819,000 | 1 |
7th |
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Doug Polk | 612,000 | 2 |
8th |
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Erik Seidel | 576,000 | 1 |
9 |
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Matthew Hyman | 561,000 | 1 |
10 |
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Stefan Schillhabel | 486,000 | 2 |
11 |
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Jake Schindler | 409,500 | 2 |
12 |
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Justin Bonomo | 391,500 | 2 |
13 |
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Seth Davies | 324,000 | 1 |
14th |
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Tom Marchese | 300,000 | 1 |
15th |
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Adrian Mateos | 277,500 | 2 |
16 |
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David Peters | 273,000 | 1 |
17th |
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Phil Hellmuth | 200,000 | 1 |
18th |
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Dan Smith | 192,000 | 1 |
19th |
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Dominik Nitsche | 178,500 | 1 |
20th |
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Koray Aldemir | 153,000 | 1 |
21st |
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Cary Katz | 120,000 | 1 |
22nd |
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Daniel Negreanu | 102,000 | 1 |
23 |
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Dan Shak | 100,000 | 1 |
24 |
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Sergio Aido | 96,000 | 1 |
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Poker Masters 2017 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
- Poker Masters 2017 at pokernews.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Poker Masters in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 11, 2017.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Poker Masters ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - Event # 1) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 16, 2017.
- ↑ Poker Masters ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - Event # 2) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 16, 2017.
- ↑ Poker Masters ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - Event # 3) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 17, 2017.
- ↑ Poker Masters ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - Event # 4) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 18, 2017.
- ↑ Poker Masters ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Event # 5) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 21, 2017.
- ↑ Christian Christner Leads the Final Table of Event # 2 on pokernews.com from September 15, 2017, accessed on September 15, 2017 (English).
- ↑ 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).