Gone, But Not Forgotten
Niveau 14
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
2017 PokerStars Championship Macau
HK$103,000 High Roller
Jours 2
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
2017 PokerStars Championship Macau
Buy-in
103,000 HKD
Prize Pool
17,460,000 HKD
Entrants
180
Niveau
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Yaghmai Bests Yu
Niveau 14
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Ryan Yu raised to 10,000 from under the gun and Nariman Yaghmai called on the button, as did Morten Mortensen in the big blind. On the flop of 
and the action checked to Yu, who bet 14,000. Yaghmai called and Mortensen let go.
After the 
turn, both players checked and the 
river also went check, check. Yu flashed 
and Yaghmai claimed the pot with 
.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
160,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
80,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Peters Puts Freeze on Tanaka
Niveau 14
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Shinobu Tanaka has found himself back on his initial 50,000-entry stack after tangling in a hand with David Peters.
Pre-flop it was Peters who opened the action with a raise to 9,000 from the button and a suspicious Tanaka chose to look him up from the big blind to take play heads-up to the 
flop.
Tanaka checked it over to Peters who led out for an enticing 6,500 c-bet, and the Japanese player decided to see if Peters actually had anything and min-raised to 13,000. It looked like he might have as Peters made the call to bring play to the river.
Tananka checked and after thinking it over for a bit, so did Peters and the hands were turned over. While Tanaka’s 
had caught a little piece of the flop his bottom pair could not best Peters 
and the US player froze Tanaka out of the hand and raked in the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
||
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
The Action Slows Down
Niveau 14
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Almost half of today's field has been eliminated in the first three levels and the action was bound to slow down at some point. Jack Salter has recently been eliminated while Morten Mortensen got through with a jam against Dario Sammartino and John Juanda.
Ryan Yu also scooped a pot without showdown after shoving a river of the board 
from early position against Ben Lai for 85,500. There were slightly less in the middle and Lai eventually folded.
Felipe Ramos won a small pot in a battle of the blinds with Raghav Bansal, the PokerStars Team Pro bet the 
for 4,500 and Bansal called before the went check, check. Ramos showed 
and Bansal mucked the . Ramos then handed over his smartphone for Bansal to write down the name, and both got into friendly table chat.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
185,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
|
165,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
140,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
140,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
||
|
|
130,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
115,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
||
|
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
Eliminé | |
Niveau: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Dvoress Remains in the Top Spot
Niveau 13
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Shuo Li raised to 7,000 and Daniel Dvoress then three-bet to 21,000 from the hijack. Li called and the duo headed to a flop of , which Li checked. Dvoress continued for 23,000 and Li let the clock run down to just a few seconds, grabbed chips for a call and moved them forward.
They were still in the air and almost crossed the imaginary betting line, then Li pulled them back and folded. Dan Smith reminded him to be careful with this kind of moves and the table carried on with the next hand. Dvoress has just over 600,000 and appears to be the chip leader.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
610,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
||
|
170,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Tang Flushes Out Chen
Niveau 13
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
A short-stacked Canlin Chen opened the action with an early position raise to 7,000 and looked to have a little less than 45,000 behind. Action folded around to Danny Tang in the big blind and with chips to spare he tossed out the call.
The flop fell a monochrome 
and the action was checked around to bring in the 
turn. This is where the fireworks happened with Chen moving the last of his chips in and Tang making the call immediately.
Chen turned over 
but with no diamond in hand found himself drawing dead against Tang’s 
flopped flush and we lose one more as Tang stacked up his newly won chips to climb to 220,000.
Another recent casualty is Ryan Yum and while we missed his exit hand we can tell you with certainty that his tournament is now over.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
62,200
|
62,200 |
|
|
||
|
Eliminé | |
|
Eliminé | |
Alner Wins Blind Versus Blind
Niveau 13
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
We caught Brit Tom Alner involved in a battle of the blinds against Michael Egan with the board reading just as the landed on the turn with over 20,000 in blinds and antes in the pot.
Sitting in the small blind Egan fired for 11,000 only to see Alner come over the top for a bet of 30,000.
The shot clock ticked down to 10-seconds before Egan threw in the call and the dealer completed the hand with the pairing the board.
Egan quickly checked and Alner looked torn between checking and betting. Time ticked away and eventually the Brit checked with just 1-second to spare.
Egan turned over 
for two pairs, but this was not enough to beat Alner’s 
flopped flush and he climbed to 110,000 while Egan dropped down to roughly 100,000.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
100,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Mortensen Doubles; Chan Busts
Niveau 13
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Hand 1
Ben Lai raised to 8,500 and Ying Kit Chan called from one seat over. Morten Mortensen then moved all in for his last 29,500 on the button and Lai eventually folded, Chan quickly called.
Morten Mortensen: 
Ying Kit Chan: 
The flop of 
gave Chan top pair and Mortensen a set, and the Dane had locked up the double on the 
turn, making the 
river a formality.
Hand 2
One hand later, Chan opem-shoved for 49,500 and the action reached Ryan Yu on the button. The Canadian gave it plenty of thought and eventually folded, admitted in table chat he had king-queen suited. John Juanda in the big blind however quickly called and put Chan at risk.
Ying Kit Chan:
John Juanda: 
The board came 
and Chan's stack vanished within two hands.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
152,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
73,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
Eliminé | |
|
|
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|
Eliminé | |
Petrangelo’s Revenge
Niveau 13
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
HK$206,000 Single Re-Entry Shot Clock Champion Quan Zhou has just departed the tournament area with US pro Nick Petrangelo administering the coup de grace after the two clashed in a battle of the blinds.
In an ironic reversal of roles where Zhou had over a 3-1 chip lead when play come down to heads up in the first of the HK$206,000 Re-Entry Shot Clock events, the Chinese player found himself short and at the same table as Petranglo once more.
Possibly looking for some payback Petrangelo moved all-in from the small blind, easily having Zhou’s paltry 40,000 stack covered and the Chinese pro made the call for his tournament life.
“Gamble?” quizzed Petrangelo, before rolling over .
“No gamble” replied Zhou, turning over 
.
While Zhou may not be gambling with garbage it is still a coin flip, one that he lost when the board ran out 
to give Petrangelo top two and send the Chinese player crashing out of the tournament.
Other recent casualties include Fabian Quoss, Weizhou Zha, Valdimir Troyanovskiy, Viliyan Petleshkov and Wu Huihan bringing the total number of remaining players down to 48.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
370,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
Eliminé | |
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Eliminé | |
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Eliminé | |
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Eliminé | |
|
Eliminé | |