HK$103,000 High Roller Jour 2 | 2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

2017-04-08 23:38 UTC+8

Xiaoyang Luo Eliminated in 13th Place (HK$288,000)

Niveau 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

A scant two hands after the exit of Yang Wang and we lost another player, with Raghav Bansal doing the honors once again.

Bansal juiced it up from late position to 27,000 and Luo moved all-in from the big blind. The Indian player called instantly and the cards were turned over.

Xiaoyang Luo:
Raghav Bansal:

The flop came down to give Bansal a straight draw to go with his pair and while Luo briefly took the lead when the landed on the turn the river gave the Indian player the straight and he busted another. Talk about catching hands at the right time. Luo headed for the cash desk to collect the equivalent of US$ 37,440 and Bansal stacked up to over 1.9 million.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Raghav Bansal	1,940,000 200,000	200,000
Xiaoyang Luo	Eliminé

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2017-04-08 23:30 UTC+8

Yang Wang Eliminated in 14th Place (HK$262,000)

Niveau 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

The eliminations are coming thick and fast now and almost immediately after the departure of Xiaoyang Luo we lose Yang Wang.

Wang had literally just moved into the big blind, taking the seat of the recently departed Shuo Li and action folded around to Raghav Bansal in the small blind who put the Wang all-in. The Chinese player peeked down at his cards and quickly called.

Yang Wang:
Raghav Bansal:

The trend of the best hand being beaten continued when the board ran out to give the Indian player the straight and Wang headed for the exit to collect the same money as previous casualty Attenborough.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Raghav Bansal	1,740,000 540,000	540,000
Yang Wang	Eliminé

Tags: Raghav Bansal Yang Wang

2017-04-08 23:20 UTC+8

Attenborough Eliminated in 15th Place (HK$262,000)

Niveau 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Adrian Attenborough moved all-in for the last of his chips from under-the-gun and action folded around to Sergey Lebedev in the big blind who quickly called and the cards were turned over.

Adrian Attenborough:
Sergey Lebedev:

While Attenborough was in front the Australian player could not maintain his lead when the board ran out with Lebedev spiking top pair on the river to send Attenborough to the rail in 15th place for a payday worth US$ 34,060).

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Sergey Lebedev	660,000 130,000	130,000
Adrian Attenborough	Eliminé

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2017-04-08 23:15 UTC+8

Yang Doubles

Niveau 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Yang Wang moved all-in for his last 85,000 from middle position and after checking the amount Dan Smith made a quick call from the big blind and it was off to the races.

Yang Wang:
Dan Smith:

Wang was in front the whole way, rivering a full house for good measure to guarantee the double when the board ran out to climb back up to 194,000 while Smith dropped a little to 1,050,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Dan Smith	1,050,000 -75,000	-75,000

Yang Wang	194,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Dan Smith Yang Wang

2017-04-08 23:14 UTC+8

Shuo Li Eliminated in 16th Place (HK$236,000)

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Niveau 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Within two hands, the hopes of Shuo Li to make yet another final table here in Macau have vanished and he departed in 16th place.

Hand 1

Nick Petrangelo raised to 25,000 from under the gun and Li three-bet to 71,000 from the cutoff, which Petrangelo called. On the flop, the American checked and Li continued for 75,000, which Petrangelo called.

After the turn, Petrangelo bet 115,000 and Li asked how much stack he had behind before moving all in for a very similar stack. Petrangelo quickly called and the cards were turned over.

Nick Petrangelo:
Shuo Li:

The river changed nothing whatsoever, and Li was reduced to just 29,000 chips.

Hand 2

Two hands later, he tossed in the last red T-25,000 chip and Xiaoyang Luo moved all in from the button to isolate successfully.

Shuo Li:
Xiaoyang Luo:

The board ran out and Li had to settle for a payday worth HK$236,000, which equals approximately $30,680.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Nick Petrangelo	1,175,000 525,000	525,000

Xiaoyang Luo	300,000 30,000	30,000
Shuo Li	Eliminé

Tags: Nick Petrangelo Shuo Li Xiaoyang Luo

2017-04-08 23:08 UTC+8

Loeser Doubles Through Yang

Niveau 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded around to small blind Manig Loeser who moved all-in for 159,000. Big blind Yang Wang stood up in his chair to see how much the shove was for, looked down at his hand and called instantly.

Manig Loeser:
Yang Wang:

Loeser was the at risk player and was in bad shape with a dominated hand and found no help on the flop. However, the turn gave him the lead and the German would just need to fade Yang’s flush draw and did so when the landed on the river to grant Loeser a double to 236,000 while Yang dropped to 104,000.

Dan Smith opened the next hand with a raise to 27,000 and now flush with chips Loeser moved all-in again and Smith quickly folded.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Manig Loeser	297,000 77,000	77,000

Yang Wang	104,000 -166,000	-166,000

Tags: Manig Loeser Yang Wang

2017-04-08 23:04 UTC+8

The Last 16 High Rollers

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Below are the pictures of the last 16 remaining players in the High Roller event, courtesy of the PokerStars Team and Rene Velli.

2017-04-08 22:55 UTC+8

Attenborough Among Short Stacks

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Niveau 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

In the early levels of Day 2, Adrian Attenborough and Raghav Bansal were among the chip leaders and have since taken different directions. Attenborough dropped some chips and has now joined the short stacks, while Bansal is in the top three.

Bansal raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Attenborough defended the big blind. On the flop and the turn, both players checked. Attenborough also checked the river and then got out of the way when Bansal bet 45,000.

One hand later, Ben Lai opened to 35,000 and Bansal three-bet to 85,000, which claimed the pot without showdown.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Raghav Bansal	1,200,000 100,000	100,000
Adrian Attenborough	180,000 -100,000	-100,000

Tags: Adrian Attenborough Ben Lai Raghav Bansal

Niveau: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

2017-04-08 22:32 UTC+8

Last Break on Day 2

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Niveau 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The remaining 16 players have been sent into their last 15-minute break and two further levels of 60 minutes each are scheduled unless the last eight are reached prior to that. This seems rather unlikely at the moment, though.