Main Event Jour 2 | 2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

2017-04-05 23:12 UTC+8

Un Thaïlandais au sommet, Deyra et Soulier mènent 7 Français au Jour 3

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Le Jour 2 du Main Event PokerStars Championship a vu 26 joueurs s'inscrire en dernière minute pour porter l'affluence de la première à Macau à 536 joueurs. Ils étaient 369 au départ de cette deuxième journée de compétition avec encore une petite vingtaine de tricolores toujours dans la course. Après 6 niveaux de 90 minutes, ils ne sont plus que 151 en lice pour se partager le prizepool de 2,6 millions de dollars.

Les joueurs se battent pour un premier prix de 3 millions de dollars de Hong Kong (environ 402 000US$) mais il faut déjà parvenir à encaisser le min-cash de 8000$ américains. La route est encore longue pour succéder à Christian Harder et Kenneth Smaron mais le Thaïlandais Pakani Lisawad semble en bonne position avec 301 000 jetons et le chiplead.

L'Asiatique devance le tricolore Ivan Deyra. Le serial perfeur sur le défunt circuit EPT a monté 275 700 jetons pour se hisser à la deuxième place provisoire. Chuanshu Chen (272,700), Kiryl Radzivonau (243,200) et Fabrice Soulier (243,000 après s'être qualifié sur un satellite live sur place) complètent le Top 5. Le Français Thibaut Blondel n'est pas loin avec un peu plus de 210 000 jetons.

Les survivants Français à l'issue du Jour 2
Ivan Deyra France 278700
Fabrice Soulier France 243000
Thibaut Blondel France 214500
Alexandre Moreau France 132200
Bernard Vu France 119600
Michel Abecassis France 77700
Maxime Adam France 53200

Winfred Yu, Sergio Aido, Sofia Lovgren, Manig Loeser, Dan Smith, Georgios Zisimopoulos, Daniel Laidlaw, Andrew Hinrichsen, Morten Mortensen, David Peters, Alex Difelice, Sergey Lebedev, Mikita Badziakouski, Artem Metalidi ou Michael Egan, sont toujours dans la course à l'issue du Jour 2.

Du côté de ceux qui ne gagneront pas, on retrouve Randy ‘nanonoko’ Lew, Steve O’Dwyer, Jack Salter, Louis Salter, Daniel Dvoress et Isaac Haxton. Gaelle Baumann et Davidi Kitai n'ont pas passé l'obstacle non plus. Le Belge s'inclinant avec contre sur un flop hauteur ... Romain Lewis, Bertrand Grospellier ou encore Guillaume Diaz n'avaient eux pas franchi le Jour 1.

Le Jour 3 débutera en fin d'après midi en France, jeudi. L'action sera à suivre en direct sur le coverage de PokerNews...

Le tournoi en un clin d'oeil
Jour 1A : 193 joueurs - 117 survivants (10 Français) / Chipleader : Zigao Yu (Chine) 162 900
Jour 1B : 321 joueurs - 226 survivants (8 Français) / Chipleader : Joachim Bold (Allemagne) 130 500
Jour 2 : 369 joueurs - 151 survivants / Chipleader : Pakani Lisawad (Thaïlande) 301 000

Les Français bustos au Jour 2
Adrien Allain
Sebastien Caron
Tommy Velliama
Ludovic Riehl
Imad Derwiche
Paul-Francois Tedeschi
Gaëlle Baumann
Aladin Reskallah
Julien Rouxel
Gaëlle Baumann
Jimmy Guerrero

Le seatdraw du Jour 3

Tags: Aditya Agarwal Daniel Dvoress Fabrice Soulier Isaac Haxton Jack Salter Kiryl Radzivonau Randy Lew Steve O'Dwyer

2017-04-05 20:09 UTC+8

Paik Teaches Pressure Lesson

Niveau 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Having a big stack gives you a lot of leverage in poker tournaments; a lesson Albert Paik is keen to teach the rest of his table.

School was already in session in a three-way hand between Professor Paik (Ph.D. in aggression), Vitaly Tevis and Beh Kok Weng. We caught the action on the flop with the board reading and over 15,000 already in the pot just as Weng (small blind) and Paik (big blind) checked the action over to Tevis.

Tevis had obviously not done his homework and decided to take a stab for 4,800. Weng was another inattentive pupil slipping behind in his studies and he elected to make the call before Paik reiterated his point forcibly with a check-raise to 15,000 in total.

Tevis looked nonplussed by this turn of events but grudgingly found the fold, and after chewing it over so did Weng leaving Paik to drag in the pot and chip up further.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Albert Paik	268,000 38,000	38,000
Beh Kok Weng	88,000 -17,700	-17,700
Vitaly Tevis	48,000 27,200	27,200

Tags: Albert Paik Beh Kok Weng Vitaly Tevis

2017-04-05 19:23 UTC+8

Deyra Takes a Bite Out of the Croc

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Niveau 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Ivan Deyra opened to 3,000 from late position and Billy 'The Croc' Argyros bumped it up to 9,000 on the button. The blinds got out of the way and Deyra made the call.

The flop came and Deyra check-called a bet of 14,000 from the Croc, bringing the on the turn. Both players checked to see the peeled off the deck on the river.

Deyra decided to take the betting lead and fired out a bet of 18,500. Argyros agonized over the decision for a moment before tossing a call into the pot.

Deyra showed Argyros the bad news, tabling for a full house.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ivan Deyra	175,000 90,000	90,000

Billy Argyros	31,500 -45,500	-45,500

Tags: Billy Argyros Ivan Deyra

2017-04-05 19:03 UTC+8

Prize Pool Announced, PSC Macau an International Affair

Niveau 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

PSC Championship Macau player nationalities

The numbers are in and the PokerStars Championship Macau has attracted a very respectable 536 entries, 234 of whom currently remain in contention.

The field is a veritable cultural melting pot and, while the majority of the field come from China (30%), the rest is a diverse mix of players from around the world, making this a truly international affair.

This has ballooned the prize pool to a whopping HK$20,796,000 (~US$2,676,731) with a massive HK$3,130,000 (~US$402,874) on offer for first place.

The top 103 places will be getting paid with a min-cash good for HK$62,500 (~US$8,044).

2017-04-05 18:02 UTC+8

PokerNews MyStack App Available for all Main Event Players

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Niveau 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

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You can download the app for iPhone or Android now to get started. Then, create a new PokerNews account or update your current one to start updating your status immediately. Your followers can see all the live action that you're involved in.

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2017-04-05 17:58 UTC+8

Soulier Takes the Chip Lead

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Niveau 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Ryan Yu had a large stack of chips in front of him earlier, and he now has a lot less while Fabrice Soulier has heaps. In fact, we're pretty certain he's the current chip leader. We caught both of them in a recent hand.

Soulier raised to 2,500 from middle position and Guodong Sun called from the small blind and Yu called in the big blind. The flop came . All three players checked and the turn was the .

Sun elected to lead out, making it 3,300. Yu quickly folded but Soulier paused. He checked his cards again and raised to 9,900. Sun only took a moment to think before folding to the big stack.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Fabrice Soulier	265,000 102,500	102,500

Guodong Sun	90,000 20,700	20,700
Ryan Yu	25,000 -123,000	-123,000

Tags: Fabrice Soulier Guodong Sun Ryan Yu

2017-04-05 16:02 UTC+8

High Rollers Aplenty, Wang Wins From Aido

Niveau 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

With only the HK$80,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller running today it appears that many of the big buy-in players have opted to take a shot at the Main Event instead with Sergio Aido, Isaac Haxton, David Peters, Nick Petrangelo, Sam Greenwood and Dan Smith all busy beavering away here on Day 2.

Petrangelo and Peters are seated at different tables for a change, but Mikita Badziakouski and Davidi Kitai, who both final tabled the HK$206,000 Single Re-Entry Shot Clock on Tuesday 4 April, are amusingly seated at the same table once again in the Main Event.

James Chen told us he is planning on playing the second HK$200,000 Single Re-Entry Shot Clock tomorrow, unless of course he is still going in the Main. Currently Chen is seated at Billy the Croc’s table with the two players discussing strategy at present.

Another high roller who is in attendance and appears to be doing pretty well is Sergio Aido and we managed to catch the Spaniard in action in the following hand.

Pre-flop it was Aido who was the initial aggressor, opening the action with a raise to 2,000 from the hi-jack and finding a caller in Nianqing Wang, who chose to defend from the big blind.

Wang checked the flop over to Aido, who decided a c-bet was in order and bet out 1,500, which Wang quickly called.

Both players checked the turn opening the door for Wang to take a stab on the river and he reached for chips and tossed out a bet of 6,000.

Aido does not look thrilled about it but made a crying call and Wang rolled over the mighty for the turned boat. The Spanish player gave a wry grin and flashed his opponent pocket aces before tossing them into the muck.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Sergio Aido	85,000 4,700	4,700
Nianqing Wang	30,000 500	500

Tags: nianqing wang sergio aido

2017-04-05 16:00 UTC+8

O'Dwyer has Departed

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Niveau 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

We missed the action but caught Steve O'Dwyer standing up from the table.

The was laid out on the table in front of him and an opponent's . The board read and the pot was being awarded to O'Dwyer's opponent.

O'Dwyer left the tournament area but has been seen scooping out the Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller event currently underway.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Yeow Chung Chong	77,000 35,700	35,700
Steve O'Dwyer	Eliminé

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer

2017-04-05 15:02 UTC+8

Bansal Gets Creative, Guo Profits

Niveau 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

APT Main Event Champion Dong Guo opened the action with a raise from under the gun, neighbor Adrian Attenborough made the call, as did a player in the hijack before India’s Raghav Bansal squeezed to 6,500 from the button.

Guo tanked for what felt like an eternity, though was probably only a few minutes, before sliding in the call and Attenborough also came along for the ride. After the player in the hijack bowed out, they went three-way to an flop.

Guo and Attenborough checked it over to Bansal, who again fired for 6,500. Guo took his time once more before choosing to check-raise to 13,000.

Attenborough quickly mucked and while Bansal took slightly longer about it. He did too and Guo won a decent pot without showdown to pad out his already ample stack.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Dong Guo	90,000 1,800	1,800
Raghav Bansal	21,400 -14,000	-14,000

Tags: Adrian Attenborough Dong Guo Raghav Bansal

2017-04-05 14:55 UTC+8

Soulier More Than Doubles Early in the First Level

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Niveau 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Fabrice Soulier started the day with 77,000. We noted his seat draw early on as he was tablemates with big stacks Yao Meng, Ryan Yu, and Kitty Kuo as well.

A stroll past French pro just 30 minutes later had our eyes drawn to his massive chip stack.

We caught him in a hand moments ago. Soulier three-bet a raise from the player on the button to 4,200 and was met with a call. The flop came and Soulier led out with a bet of 3,600. Also called.

The hit on the turn and both players checked to the on the river. Soulier fired a bet worth 4,900 and after a moment, his opponent called. Soulier tabled and his opponent mucked.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Fabrice Soulier	159,000 82,000	82,000

Tags: Fabrice Soulier