Christian Christner opened to 12,000 from under the gun, and Ben Tollerene called in the big blind.
The flop landed and Tollerene check-called a bet of 15,000 as the turn landed the .
Tollerene checked, Christner bet 35,000, and Tollerene called as the river landed the .
Tollerene checked for the third time, and Christner bet out 75,000. Tollerene called and tabled his for a full house once Christner revealed his for a bluff.
Dan Shak opened from under the gun to 13,500 and Justin Bonomo called next to act. With the action on Christian Christner in the cutoff, he three-bet to 50,000.
The action returned to Shak, and he moved all in for 236,000. Bonomo folded, but Christner called.
Shak:
Christner:
The board ran out and Shak was eliminated early here on Day 2.
Christian Christner opened under the gun to 12,000, and Daniel Negreanu called next to act. Justin Bonomo and Ben Tollerene both called in the blinds and the flop landed .
Negreanu bet out 27,000 and his three opponents folded as Negreanu stated he held .
Heading into Day 2, here are how the Poker Masters Purple Jacket rankings sit.
Not only does Steffen Sontheimer remain in today's field with a chip stack that is good for fourth place overall, but seven of his closest rivals have all been eliminated. This leaves fellow German Fedor Holz his nearest competitor with a winnings gap of $671,000 between the two.
Although it is more then likely that the winner of Event #5 will claim top spot in the race for the Poker Masters Purple Jacket, the way the tournament has fallen so far means that something as small as a min-cash may be enough for Sontheimer to lock up the Purple Jacket.
However, it truly is still anyone's race as first-event players such as Seth Davies and Bryon Kaverman mathematically have a chance to win the Poker Masters Purple Jacket.
As the tournament progresses today, we will continue to update the standings, however it won't be until the final table is reached later today that exact calculations can be made to see which players need which results to stake their claim at the inaugural Poker Masters Purple Jacket.
Rank
Overall Rank
Player
Country
Wins
Cashes
Events Played
Winnings
1
1
Steffen Sontheimer
Germany
1
3
5
$1,221,000
2
8
Fedor Holz
Germany
1
5
$550,000
3
9
Jake Schindler
USA
2
5
$409,500
4
10
Stefan Schillhabel
Germany
1
5
$306,000
5
14
Phil Hellmuth
USA
1
5
$200,000
6
15
Dan Smith
USA
1
5
$192,000
7
17
Justin Bonomo
USA
1
5
$175,500
8
18
Christian Christner
Germany
1
5
$175,000
9
21
Daniel Negreanu
Canada
1
5
$102,000
10
22
Dan Shak
USA
1
3
$100,000
11
26
Stephen Chidwick
UK
5
$0
12
27
Ben Tollerene
USA
5
$0
13
28
Brian Rast
USA
3
$0
14
29
Seth Davies
USA
1
$0
15
30
Byron Kaverman*
USA
1
$0
*We have been told Byron Kaverman was going to buy-in late on Day 1 and then enter at the start of level eleven.
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