Coming into today, Nick Schulman sat third in Poker Masters earnings with $918,000 thanks to his victory in Event #1. That put him in a great spot to make a run at the Purple Jacket, but those hopes were just dashed.
Just 10 minutes into the tournament, action folded to Schulman on the button and he raised to 3,000. Scott Seiver was in the small blind and popped it to 13,000, which Schulman called after Steffen Sontheimer folded from the big.
Seiver then checked the flop and Schulman bet 28,000. Seiver called and then check-called a bet of 60,000 on the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, Seiver checked for a third time and Schulman moved in for his last 115,000. Seiver snap called and rolled over the for a rivered full house, which cracked the flopped trips of Schulman.
With that, Schulman became the tournament's first elimination and saw his inaugural Poker Masters come to an end.
The action folded to David Peters in the small blind, and he limped in. Daniel Negreanu bumped it up to 3,500 and Peters called.
The flop landed and Peters checked to Negreanu who bet 2,500. Peters called, and when the turn landed the , he checked again.
Negreanu bet out 5,000 and Peters now opted for a check-raise to 17,000. Negreanu folded, and dropped below starting stack, while Peters collected the pot and returned to starting stack.
After a short delay, cards are in the air here on Day 1 of the Poker Masters Event #5: $100,000. Remember, the big difference for this event, aside from the buy-in, is that in this tournament levels are 60 minutes long as opposed to 30, and players are not allowed to reenter.