Main Event Jour 3 | 2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

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 15:33 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 15:40 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 15:54 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 16:24 UTC+8

Tang Busts One

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

After making a big fold on the bubble to save his tournament life, though he'll never know whether his opponent was bluffing or not, Tianyuan Tang has survived into the money and now has been the one eliminating a player, adding to his stack.

Tang and Levan Kolbaia got it all in preflop with Tang's dominating Kolbaia's . The board came and Kolbaia was eliminated from play.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Tianyuan Tang	160,000 86,300	86,300
Levan Kolbaia	Eliminé

Tags: Levan Kolbaia Tianyuan Tang

2017-04-06 16:25 UTC+8

Xu Makes Sick Hero Call on Soulier

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

We approached the table as the field was heading on break to see a bet of 89,000 sitting in front of Fabrice Soulier.

Action was on Soulier's heads-up opponent, Zinan Xu. Xu looked down at a board and roughly 200,000 already in the pot.

After a few moments, Soulier asked for the clock, and once the floor staff arrived, they decided to give Xu and an extra moment as the pot was monstrous. A minute went by and the floor staff began a 60-second countdown.

About half way through, Xu gathered up a call and slapped it down. Soulier tabled for a busted flush draw and Xu turned over , a pair of twos.

Which was good and warranted several wows and praises from spectators who paused to catch the action.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Zinan Xu	440,000 249,300	249,300
Fabrice Soulier	244,000 -142,000	-142,000

Tags: Fabrice Soulier Zinan Xu

2017-04-06 16:25 UTC+8

Second Break

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

Players are now on a 15-minute break and the tournament clock shows that there are 87 players remaining.

A question to ponder on the break: If you went back in time and met your younger self, what would you tell yourself?

Niveau: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

2017-04-06 16:39 UTC+8

Assorted Notable Counts From the Break

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Niveau 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Thibaut Blondel	465,000 235,000	235,000
Yan Li	462,000 42,000	42,000
Elliot Smith	455,000 107,000	107,000
Han Yu	410,000 294,900	294,900
Dong Guo	396,000 196,000	196,000
Daniel Laidlaw	380,000 282,700	282,700
Albert Paik	365,000 27,500	27,500
Artem Metalidi	347,000 241,300	241,300
Winfred Yu	280,000 69,800	69,800
David Peters	225,000 121,000	121,000

Kahle Burns	215,000 45,000	45,000

Sergio Aido	210,000 -48,000	-48,000
Sofia Lövgren	110,500 -79,500	-79,500
Ivan Deyra	23,000 -255,700	-255,700

2017-04-06 16:52 UTC+8

Burned by Diamonds

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Niveau 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Aymon Hata and Kahle Burns went to the flop for the minimum after Hata limped the small blind and Burns checked from the big. The dealer swiped across the table.

Hata checked to Burns who bet 11,500. Hata called and the turn was the . Hata checked again and Burns bet again, making it 33,500 this time. Hata made the call.

The river was the and Hata pushed all in. Burns snap-called and then mucked when he saw Hata turn over for a flush.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Aymon Hata	290,000 228,200	228,200
Kahle Burns	50,000 -165,000	-165,000

Tags: Aymon Hata Kahle Burns