The lucrative week-long high-stakes poker tournament series Poker Masters is finally getting to a very interesting conclusion at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, with Brian ‘tsarrast' Rast emerging on top after Day 1 of the Poker Masters $100,000 Buy-in No-limit Hold'em event.
The 35-year-old three-time WSOP bracelet winner ended the day with a 959,000-chip lead, whereas 2nd place goes to Justin ‘ZeeJustin' Bonomo with 780,500 chips, and in 3rd place it's Daniel ‘RealKidPoker' Negreanu with 745,500 chips.
Also still fighting in this fierce freeze out finale are players such as Fedor Holz, Dan Shak, and the severely short-stacked Phil Hellmuth. A total of 35 players entered the fray, and 20 players were wiped out during the course of Day 1, including David Peters, Sean Winter, Isaac Haxton, Tom Marchese, Nick Schulman, Bryn Kenney, and Doug Polk.
Even though the official prize pool is not yet announced, it is expected that the final six players will go home with their pockets filled, and the eventual top winner would potentially be adding to his career earnings at least over $1.5 million.
2017 Poker Masters $100,000 NLHE event Day 1 results:
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Player
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Chips
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1
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Brian Rast
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959,000
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2
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Justin Bonomo
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780,500
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3
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Daniel Negreanu
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745,500
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4
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Steffen Sontheimer
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696,500
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5
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Fedor Holz
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662,500
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6
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Stefan Schillhabel
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539,000
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7
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Jake Schindler
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507,000
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8
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Ben Tollerene
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499,000
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9
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Seth Davies
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479,000
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10
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Dan Smith
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476,500
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11
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Christian Christner
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377,500
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12
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Dan Shak
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236,000
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13
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Stephen Chidwick
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69,500
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14
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Phil Hellmuth
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49,500
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