Main Event Jour 3 | 2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

2017-04-06 15:54 UTC+8

Spin & Go Qualifier Finds Min-Cash

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Niveau 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Tamara Bremner has had a great trip. The Canadian won her PokerStars Championship Macau Main Event seat in a PokerStars Spin & Go — only the second Spin & Go she every played! She got a trip to Macau and a seat in this tournament and she managed to sneak her short stack past the bubble to collect a min-cash as well.

Her run came to an end right after the bubble burst when she pushed all in for 18,000 from the cutoff seat with and was called by huge stack Yan Li on the button with .

The dealer spread a board of and Li collected the pot while Bremner headed to payouts to collect HK$62,500 for finishing in 99th place.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Yan Li	420,000
Tamara Bremner	Eliminé

Tags: Tamara Bremner Yan Li

2017-04-06 15:40 UTC+8

Luo Bubbles; Remaining Players in the Money!

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Niveau 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Two tables remained in the latest hand during hand-for-hand play, as one player found a fold on an outer table, all eyes shifted to Table 1 where Xiao Luo had called a jam from Daniel McAulay on the turn, putting himself at risk.

The hand started out with Luo opening to 9,000, McAulay three-betting to 28,000, and Luo making the call. The flop came and Luo check-called a bet of 25,000 from McAulay.

The fell on the turn. Luo checked and McAulay shoved all-in. Luo made the call.

The two had to wait several minutes before revealing their holdings but, finally, their hands were tabled.

McAulay:
Luo:

Luo wasn't in bad shape, needing any king, queen, or spade to stay alive. The crowd gathered around and a collective cheer rang out as the appeared on the river.

With the hand, McAulay is now the overall chip leader in the room.

The remaining 103 players are now in the money, guaranteed at least HK$62,500.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Daniel McAulay	485,000 348,200	348,200
Xiaoyang Luo	Eliminé

Tags: Daniel McAulay Xiaoyang Luo

2017-04-06 15:33 UTC+8

Double On the Bubble for Liu

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Niveau 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Nobody expected to see an all in and a call on Table 10 when the two players started the hand with large stacks, but nobody ever called poker predictable.

Shyngis Satubayev opened for 9,000 from middle position and Jun Liu three-bet to 28,000. Satubayev pushed all in and Liu called for his remaining 139,000.

Satubayev:
Liu:

The board ran and Liu collected the huge double-up.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jun Liu	290,000 137,500	137,500
Shyngis Satubayev	140,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Jun Liu Shyngis Satubayev

2017-04-06 15:30 UTC+8

Notables Busting Before the Bubble

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Niveau 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Dan Smith	Eliminé

Corey Hochman	Eliminé
Alex Difelice	Eliminé
Roman Korenev	Eliminé

Vinay Agarwal	Eliminé
Daniel Bourdon	Eliminé
Yao Meng	Eliminé
Sergey Lebedev	Eliminé
Georgios Zisimopoulos	Eliminé

2017-04-06 15:13 UTC+8

Hand-for-Hand Play Begins

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Niveau 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

With 105 players remaining, play is now hand-for-hand until two more players have been eliminated and the remaining 103 will be in the money.

2017-04-06 15:12 UTC+8

No Cash for Wu

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Niveau 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Sai Wu just lost some chips to Fabrice Soulier when they both had top pair but she was outkicked. She then shoved it all in from the small blind for her last 40,000. Levan Karamanishvili called in the big blind.

Wu:
Karamanishvili:

The board came and Wu was eliminated from play.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Levan Karamanishvili	150,000 32,100	32,100
Sai Wu	Eliminé

Tags: Levan Karamanishvili Fabrice Soulier Sai Wu

2017-04-06 14:53 UTC+8

The Big Stacks on the Break

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Niveau 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Yan Li	420,000
Fabrice Soulier	386,000

Elliot Smith	348,000
Albert Paik	337,500
Xuan Tan	334,000
Van Sang Nguyen	320,000
Soichiro Kojiya	308,000

Niveau: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

2017-04-06 14:39 UTC+8

First Break

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Niveau 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

On the verge of hand-for-hand play for the money bubble, the Main Event has gone on a 15-minute break with 106 players remaining. Play will resume with Level 15 and levels will now last 90 minutes throughout the rest of the day.

2017-04-06 14:38 UTC+8

Chan Matches Huihan

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Niveau 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Ping San Chan raised to 6,500 from the hijack seat and Wu Huihan called in the big blind. The flop came .

Huihan checked and then called a bet of 8,000 from Chan. The turn was the and he checked again. Chan bet 16,000 and Huihan quickly folded. With that pot, the two players are matched in chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ping San Chan	150,000 -120,000	-120,000
Wu Huihan	150,000 41,000	41,000

Tags: Ping San Chan Wu Huihan