Main Event
Jour 4 terminé
Main Event
Jour 4 terminé
Il y a toujours deux Français en lice à l'issue du Jour 4 du Main Event du PokerStars Championship Macau. Après une journée de 7 heures de poker qui a vu le field passer de 37 joueurs à 16 rescapés, Thibaut Blondel et Fabrice Soulier sont encore en lice pour remporter le premier prix de 3,1 millions de dollars de Hong Kong.
Il n'y a qu'une blinde d'écart en tête du chipcount où l'on retrouve l'Allemand Aymon Hata et le Chinois Dong Guo. Hata s'est emparé de la première place du leaderboard sur l'ultime main de la journée en trouvant une paire de en grosse blinde après un shove de Julius Malzanini en petite blinde avec .
En tête presque toute la journée, Dong Guo est l'unique joueur à finir avec plus de 2 millions de jetons. Le tricolore Thibault Blondel (1,388,000), Wenlong Jin (1,296,000) et Yan Li (1,248,000) complètent le Top 5. Superbe exploit du Français, qualifié sur Internet, et qui ne compte qu'une place payée en live qui remonte à 2015 et une 9e place sur le Starter du WPO Dublin (335€).
Quelques têtes connues du circuit comme Daniel Laidlaw (1,077,000), Elliot Smith (583,000), ou notre Fabrice Soulier national (472,000) seront au Jour 5. Cela sera plus compliqué pour Winfred Yu (385,000), dernier de la classe, alors que le qualifié Spin n’ Go canadien Avraham Oziel (873,000) a lui toutes ses chances pour viser la finale.
Tous les survivants ont assuré un gain de 21 881$ mais le premier prix de plus de 400 000$ est dans tous les esprits.
Joueur de l'année GPI en 2016, et n°1 mondial encore la semaine dernière, David Peters était présent au Jour 4. Un deep-run lui aurait permis de croire à une reconquête immédiate de son trône mais l'Américain a été la première victime du jour. Peters a tenté un semi-bluff contre Dong Guo... qui avait Full House et en a profité pour prendre la tête.
Après al sortie de Peters, Kiryl Radzivonau (34e), Vitaly Tevis (29e), le chipleader du Jour 1B Joachim Bold (24e) et celui du Jour 2 Pakinai Lisawad (21e) ont finalement rendu les armes.
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Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Aymon Hata | 2,188,000 | |
Dong Guo | 2,160,000 | -140,000 |
Thibaut Blondel | 1,388,000 | 668,000 |
Wenlong Jin | 1,296,000 | 246,000 |
Yan Li | 1,248,000 | 48,000 |
Tianyuan Tang | 1,241,000 | 391,000 |
Daniel Laidlaw | 1,077,000 | -173,000 |
Jianbo Jiang | 1,057,000 | -343,000 |
Avraham Oziel | 873,000 | -327,000 |
Artem Metalidi | 740,000 | -646,000 |
Elliot Smith | 583,000 | 68,000 |
Feng Wen Chen | 491,000 | 91,000 |
Yen Chen | 481,000 | -69,000 |
Fabrice Soulier
|
472,000 | -58,000 |
Xuan Tan | 439,000 | -211,000 |
Winfred Yu | 385,000 | -65,000 |
After action folded all the way to the blinds, Julius Malzanini open-jammed all-in for his last 330,000. Aymon Hata quickly called from the big blind and their hands were tabled.
Julius Malzanini:
Aymon Hata:
The board ran out and Malzanini failed to improve, busting in 17th place for HK$170,000.
With that, the remaining 16 players are bagging their stacks for the night.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Aymon Hata | 2,188,000 | 588,000 |
Julius Malzanini | Eliminé |
Thibaut Blondel opened to 51,000 from under-the-gun and action folded around to Fabrice Soulier on the button. Soulier pushed his stack forward, putting himself at risk, and Blondel made the call.
Blondel:
Soulier:
The dealer patted the table and delivered a board and Soulier's two pair was good.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Thibaut Blondel | 720,000 | -580,000 |
Fabrice Soulier
|
530,000 | 185,000 |
With action folded around to the players in the blinds, Aymon Hata and Feng Wen Chen got all the chips in the middle with Chen at risk again.
Hata:
Chen:
Chen was in great shape with the dominating ace, and still looked good on the flop, but the on the turn looked like they were destined for a chop. When the hit the river, Chen celebrated making another pair and winning the double-up.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Aymon Hata | 1,600,000 | |
Feng Wen Chen | 400,000 | 65,000 |
Julius Malzanini opened to 51,000 from under-the-gun only to be three-bet one seat over by Aymon Hata. Hata bumped it up to 108,000 but Yan Li wasn't having any of that. Li four-bet jammed, having both players covered.
Malzanini went into the tank for a moment before reluctantly letting it go. Hata grabbed a handful of chips and set them down in front of him, making a call for his tournament life.
Li:
Hata:
Hata smashed the flop, taking a big lead with two pair. Li needed a jack or running cards to pause the clock on Day 4 but the turn — and river — were no help and Hata survived, vaulting up the chip counts.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Aymon Hata | 1,600,000 | 670,000 |
Yan Li | 1,200,000 | -314,000 |
Fabrice Soulier opened to 55,000 from the button and got a call from Avraham Oziel in the small blind. A flop was laid in front of them and Oziel took the betting lead, firing 60,000. Soulier called.
The touched down on the turn and Oziel checked. Soulier counted out a bet of 117,000 and slid it forward. Oziel instantly announced all in and stood up from the table.
Soulier raised his hands, seemingly shocked by the turn of events. Unsure what to do, Soulier took a few moments before eventually giving up and sliding his cards towards the dealer.
Oziel picked up his cards and said, "I never bluff," tabling for a flopped set. The Canadian who qualified through a $10 Spin & Go on PokerStars has now joined the others with a seven-figure stack.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Avraham Oziel | 1,200,000 | 400,000 |
Fabrice Soulier
|
345,000 | -255,000 |
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Dong Guo | 2,300,000 | 700,000 |
Yan Li | 1,514,000 | 264,000 |
Jianbo Jiang | 1,400,000 | 80,000 |
Artem Metalidi | 1,386,000 | 36,000 |
Thibaut Blondel | 1,300,000 | 100,000 |
Daniel Laidlaw | 1,250,000 | 1,115,000 |
Wenlong Jin | 1,050,000 | -4,000 |
Aymon Hata | 930,000 | 80,000 |
Tianyuan Tang | 850,000 | -450,000 |
Avraham Oziel | 800,000 | -100,000 |
Xuan Tan | 650,000 | -100,000 |
Fabrice Soulier
|
600,000 | 67,000 |
Julius Malzanini | 560,000 | -40,000 |
Yen Chen | 550,000 | 120,000 |
Elliot Smith | 515,000 | -185,000 |
Winfred Yu | 450,000 | -20,000 |
Feng Wen Chen | 335,000 | -65,000 |
Niveau: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000