We caught up with Terrence Chan to talk about how Macau is different from other poker destinations. Chan also goes into why he likes Macau besides the poker, as the Canadian native divides his time between Vancouver and Hong Kong.
We arrived in time to see Dimitar Danchev all and at risk before the flop against reigning champion Sunny Jung. Danchev was all in for 84,300 and had a commanding position over Jung.
Danchev: 
Jung: 
The board came down 
, allowing Danchev to double with the ace-high flush. He now has about 170,000 while Jung has dropped to 196,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
196,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
|
170,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
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Steve O'Dwyer was all in and had been called in two spots including Terrence Chan. O’Dwyer swivelled around in the luxury poker chairs they have in the City of Dreams Poker room, unable to watch.
The flop of 
saw Chan bet and get it heads-up with O’Dwyer.
Chan showed 
and had O’Dwyer’s 
bested. A turn and river 
finally saw the high roller champ exit.
Mustapha Kanit gave him a fist bump as he left telling him, “We’ll make the magic duo, high roller and main.”
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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In a three-bet preflop pot where Mike McDonald had called a bet on the flop of 
from his opponent in the big blind, the turn was the and the river the 
.
After studying the board the player in the big blind moved all in. There were around 40,000 in the pot and the bet was over that with McDonald having a similar stack size. After a short while McDonald made the call. His opponent flipped over the 
one card at a time but McDonald didn’t flinch and showed his winning 
.
“Nice call.” The busted player said and after he had left Billy "The Croc" Argyros quizzed McDonald on a few different river scenarios. McDonald admitted he wouldn’t have liked to face a check-raise in that spot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
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We found Sorel Mizzi and Jian Yang looking at a completed board of 
. With an already sizable pot in the middle, Mizzi fired out a river bet that looked to be just under 30,000. Yang called, only to find Mizzi roll over 
for trip tens. Yang slapped onto the felt for the second best hand.
Mizzi pulled in yet another pot and has increased his chip lead to about 445,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
445,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
50,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
Raymond Wu opened the hijack to 3,000 only to find a three-bet to 7,800 from Eugene Katchalov in the cutoff. The player on the button flatted the re-raise and it folded back to Wu who opted to kick his cards in.
The flop came down and Katchalov continued out for 7,200. His opponent thought for about two minutes before sliding out a raise to 17,500. Katchalov called.
The turn brought the to the felt and the Team PokerStars Pro checked to the aggressor. Katchalov's opponent bet 26,300, prompting a fold from Katchalov. With this hit, his stack has been reduced to about 49,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000
-61,000
|
-61,000 |
|
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Players are now on their final break of the evening. Play will resume in 10 minutes where the final 72 players will return to play one more 90-minute level.
Level: 12
Blinds: 900/1,800
Ante: 200
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
440,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
260,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
|
205,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
155,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
134,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
||
|
115,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
||
|
85,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
65,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
55,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
|
33,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
|
||
|
18,000
-137,000
|
-137,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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|
|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
265,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
165,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
150,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
142,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
140,000 | |
|
|
||
|
124,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
122,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
||
|
110,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
100,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
85,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
50,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
22,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
|
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