HK$103,000 High Roller
Jour 3 terminé
2017 PokerStars Championship Macau
HK$103,000 High Roller
Jours 3
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
2017 PokerStars Championship Macau
Buy-in
103,000 HKD
Prize Pool
17,460,000 HKD
Entrants
180
Niveau
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Niveau 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Joueuse amateur, Sosia Jiang avait gagné 15 000$ en 2012 et comptait 25 000$ de gains au poker avant le week-end dernier. La Néo-Zélandaise s'est offerte un demi million de dollars en remportant le High Roller à 10.000$ l'entrée du PokerStars Championship Macau durant le week-end ! Elle a encaissé 3,8 millions de dollars de Hong Kong au City of Dreams soit environ 503 000$ américains.
Sosia Jiang, 38 ans, a dominé un field de 180 entrants (42 re-entries) et capturé la plus grosse partie du prizepool de 17,4 millions de dollars de Hong Kong (environ 2,2 millions de dollars, ndlr). Elle a remercié son chat porte-bonheur, maximus, à l'issue du head's up remporté contre l'Indien Raghav Bansal sur un ultime flip.
Installée à Hong Kong durant de nombreuses années, Sosia Jiang y a découvert le poker avant de rentrer au pays. Elle était revenue le mois dernier pour participer à la Macau Poker Cup et au Baby Dragon High Roller (une compétition remportée par la joueuse Sixiao "Juicy" Li).
"Tu as joué comme un patron", a déclaré Bansal en serrant la main de son adversaire à l'issue du duel final. Bansal passe à la 3e place de la All Time Money List indienne grâce à son gain d'environ 340 000$. Troy Quenneville complète le podium d'un High Roller où les réguliers ont presque tous échoués. Nick Petrangelo (4e), Dan Smith (6e) et Sergey Lebedev (7e) ont tout de même sauvé l'honneur.
La finale
| Place | Joueur | Pays | Prix (HKD) | Prix (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sosia Jiang | New Zealand | 3,870,000 | 503,100 |
| 2 | Raghav Bansal | India | 2,610,000 | 339,300 |
| 3 | Troy Quenneville | Canada | 1,800,000 | 234,000 |
| 4 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 1,465,000 | 190,450 |
| 5 | Ben Lai | Hong Kong | 1,170,000 | 152,100 |
| 6 | Dan Smith | USA | 895,000 | 116,350 |
| 7 | Sergey Lebedev | Russia | 652,000 | 84,760 |
| 8 | Xixiang Luo | China | 470,000 | 61,100 |
"Si je dois run good, autant le faire dans un tournoi High Roller" a rigolé la gagnante une fois la dernière main terminée. Avant dernière du classement provisoire à l'entame de la finale et du Jour 3, Sosia Jiang a commencé par doubler avec 
contre 
chez Dan Smith. Tout est parti au milieu sur un board 
et un dernier pique a permis l'écriture d'une belle histoire quelques heures plus tard.
Déjà vainqueur de deux tournois annexes lors du festival, Xixiang Luo a finalement vu son réservoir se tarir. Après un open de Smith et un call de Quenneville, Luo pousse avec les 
de grosse blinde mais Quenneville paye avec 
pour trouver un dès le flop.
Jiang double encore puis Lebedev la 5-bet all-in avec 
. La Néo Zélandaise paye instantanément avec et il ne sont plus que 6 en lice un tableau plus tard. Désormais en queue de peloton, Dan Smith 3-bet shove 
et se fait payer par la future gagnante. Jiang retourne 
et élimine l'Américain en 6e position...
La joueuse se charge ensuite des deux dernières blindes de Ben Lai et de son 
avec 
. Sosia Jiang se paye un 4e adversaire de suite en éliminant Nick Petrangelo. Deux fois runner-up sur des High Rollers du festival, le numéro 1 du classement GPI finit 4e pour un peu moins de 200 000$. L'Américain 4-bet shove 
et s'empale sur les de la Néo-Zélandaise !
Jiang domine ensuite le plan à 3... et fait une 5e victime consécutive en éliminant le deuxième plus gros tapis, Troy Quenneville. Le Canadien sort à l'issue d'un coup limpé en bataille de blindes. Jiang mise petit sur un flop avec un et deux piques avant de miser gros à l'apparition d'un au tournant. Quenneville paye et se retrouve confronté à un overbet shove à la rivière après l'apparition d'un troisième pique.
Avec 
et la quinte, Quenneville ne trouve pas le bouton fold. Il paye et Jiang lui retourne 
pour s'envoler au chipcount. La Néo-Zélandaise débute le dernier duel avec un avantage de 8 contre 1. Avant dernière du classement en début de finale, elle a éliminé ses 6 derniers adversaires pour exploser son record de gains !
The pictures are courtesy of Rene Velli and Rational Intellectual Holdings Ltd.
Niveau 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Raghav Bansal’s hopes of a comeback are now up in smoke and we have a champion with New Zealand’s Sosia Jiang emerging triumphant.
In the final hand, Bansal limped the button and Jiang made it 120,000 to go from the big blind. Bansal quickly pulled the trigger and moved all for his last 900,000 and Jiang looked eager to finish things and made the call.
Raghav Bansal: 
Sosia Jiang: 
Bansal found himself racing for his tournament life with the ducks and the 
looked to be a good one, with the Indian player keeping the lead. The turn changed nothing and Bansal looked primed for a double-up before disaster struck and the 
landed on the river to crush Bansal's dreams and grant Jiang the trophy, the title, and the HK$3,870,000 first prize.
Bansal will not be too unhappy with his career best score, however, taking home the equivalent of US$339,300 for his deep run.
“You played like a boss,” said a gracious Bansal as came over to shake Jiang’s hand.
“Thank you,” replied Jiang as she basked in the glory of her largest ever career tournament score.
All that excitement concludes our High Roller coverage for the series, though those looking for more action can check out the PokerStars Championship Macau Final Table, which is still going strong.
There will be a full write up to come so stick around as we walk you through all the tournament thrills and spills.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
9,000,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
Eliminé |
Niveau 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Sosie Jiang raised to 100,000 and Raghav Bansal called to see a flop 
. Bansal checked and Jiang bet 150,000, which Bansal called.
After the turn, Bansal check-called another 375,000 and checked the 
on the river. Jiang now made it 550,000 to go and Bansal checked, but quickly mucked when Jiang showed 
for a flush. This restored the initial lead from the start of the heads-up duel.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,100,000
1,075,000
|
1,075,000 |
|
|
900,000
-1,075,000
|
-1,075,000 |
Niveau 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
After losing a few pots by limping and then folding to raises, Raghav Bansal got back on track and took chips off Sosia Jiang.
Jiang raised to 100,000 and Bansal three-bet to 310,000, which Jiang called. On the 
flop, Bansal continued for 240,000 and Jiang called. The turn and 
river were checked through and Bansal's 
won the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,025,000
-475,000
|
-475,000 |
|
|
1,975,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
Niveau 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Raghav is not giving up and has started to claw back into contention and has just won the last five hands in a row.
In the first Bansal limped from the button and Jiang checked her option with the flop falling 
. Jiang led for 40,000 but folded immediately when Bansal raised it up to 105,000 to win the pot and climb to 950,000.
Bansal took down the second hand pre-flop with a raise to 140,00 after Jiang limped the button and also won the third hand pre-flop after limping the button before moving all-in over the top of Jiang’s 120,000 raise.
Jiang made it 100,000 to go from the button on the fourth hand but folded quickly when Bansal made it 290,000 to go to climb up to over 1 million for the first time in the heads-up battle.
Bansal made it five from five after limping the button and then calling Jiang’s 120,000 bet to bring both players to a flop of 
. Jiang led out for 85,000, Bansal made it 215,000 and Jiang called to bring both players to the turn.
This brought checks from both players and brought in the river. There was no more betting and while Jiang turned over 
this was not enough to beat Bansal’s top pair and the Indian player stacked up to 1.5 million.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,500,000
-750,000
|
-750,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
Niveau 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Sosia Jiang won the two hands of the previous level and one of them went to the river. Raghav Bansal limped in and Jiang checked. On the 
flop, Jiang check-called a bet worth 30,000 before the turn went check, check. On the river, Jiang bet 75,000 and won the pot.
The new level started the same way. While Bansal limped often, it was Jiang who twice raised to 100,000. Bansal folded the first time and defended the second time, then checked a flop of 
. Jiang continued for 80,000 and Bansal folded.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,250,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
|
750,000
-360,000
|
-360,000 |
Niveau: 24
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Niveau 23
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
While Sosia Jiang had cut down her opponent's stack, it was Raghav Bansal that then doubled back to slightly more he started with in the heads-up duel.
It was a limped pot to the flop of 
and Jiang checked, Bansal bet 35,000 and was called. On the 
turn both checked before Jiang shoved the river. Bansal called and showed 
for the seven-high straight, Jiang had the for a turned six-straight.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,890,000
-585,000
|
-585,000 |
|
|
1,110,000
535,000
|
535,000 |