Madis Muur moved all in for effectively 625,000 out of the big blind with , and Daniel Gamez instantly called with .
Muur took the lead when the dealer fanned , giving the Estonian a pair of threes, and Gamez would need running straight outs, fives, or an ace to survive. The on the turn gave him four extra outs to make broadway, and now seven cards would keep him alive.
The on the river was one of them, and the Guatemalan jumped out of his chair excitedly. He doubled to 1.3 million chips, while Muur fell to 5.3 million.
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Isaac Baron opened to 100,000 with from the cutoff. Madis Muur defended his big blind with . The flop came down , giving Baron a set of queens and Muur top pair. Muur checked over to Baron who continued out for 125,000. Muur called and the fourth street was the .
Muur checked again and Baron moved forward 275,000. Muur called once again and the board completed with the . Muur tapped the table once more and Baron quickly checked it back. Baron tabled his set and and dragged in the pot.
Daniel Gamez raised to 125,000 from early position with , Isaac Baron three-bet to 275,000 on the button, and Gamez tanked for several minutes before calling.
The flop fell , changing nothing, and Gamez immediately checked. Barron moved all in for effectively 635,000, and Gamez instantly reached for chips. A wry smile crept across his face, and he took his hand away from his chips to fold his hand.
Pascal Lefrancois was in the hijack and made it 110,000 to go with the . Dominik Panka flatted from the cutoff with and the rest of the table folded.
The two took a flop of and Lefrancois checked over the Panka. He took this chance to fire out a bet of 125,000. Lefrancois let it go and Panka picked up the pot.
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Shyam Srinivasan limped in from under the gun with , Mike McDonald raised to 200,000 in the hijack with , and David Gamez tank-folded with on the button. The action folded back to Srinivasan, who called, and the flop came .
Srinivasan checked, McDonald checked behind, and the turn was a third diamond - the . Srinivasan checked a second time, his fellow countryman neatly placed 300,000 in front of him, and Srinivasan folded.
Shyam Srinivasan was under the gun plus one and peered down at . He made it 110,000 to go and it folded around to Daniel Gamez in the small blind. He looked at and cut out a three-bet to 385,000. Srinivasan flat called.
The flop came down and Gamez continued out for 500,000. Srinivasan raised Gamez all in and he released his jack-ten into the muck. Srinivasan picked up the pot and now has about 3.2 million.
Dominik Panka raised to 115,000 in early position with , and the action folded to Mike McDonald in the big blind, who had . He examined Panka’s stack before calling, and the two took a flop of . McDonald checked, Panka continued for 140,000, and McDonald called.
The turn was the , McDonald checked again, and Panka bet 255,000. McDonald called.
The completed the board, McDonald checked a third time, and Panka emptied the chamber, firing a third bullet worth 575,000. McDonald employed his signature stare on Panka, but ultimately the Canadian folded the best hand.
While the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) has been playing out in the Western Hemisphere, the ‘PokerStars LIVE Macau’ kicked off the 20th installment of the Macau Poker Cup (MPC) in the East with the series' biggest ever opening weekend.
The weekend saw the first three days of the 12-day schedule play out with the completion of three side events. Those events attracted a combined 743 players and awarded HK $2,456,622 in prize money. The most notable event was the HK $6,000 buy-in 'Baby Dragon' event, which attracted 332 runners and created a HK $1,739,016 prize pool. The tournament was ultimately won by 26-year-old Aussie Bobby Zhang, who took home the HK $340,800 first-place prize.
In the final hand, Zhang moved all-in holding the and China's Stephen Zhou called off with the . The board ran out and Zhang’s two pair sealed the deal after more than 18 hours of play.
"Definitely feels great to win the first Baby Dragon in my first poker tournament of 2014." said the 26-year old Zhang.
Baby Dragon Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1st
Bobby Zhang
Australia
HK $340,800*
2nd
Stephen Zhou
China
HK $230,000*
3rd
Bernie Ho
Singapore
HK $250,000*
4th
Yue Hin Lam
Macau
HK $126,100
5th
Shingo Cho
Japan
HK $100,000
6th
Shi Lin
Australia
HK $82,600
7th
Alan Wu
Hong Kong
HK $65,200
8th
Flo Campones
Philippines
HK $47,800
9th
Chen An Lin
Chinese Taipei
HK $39,100
*Denotes three-handed deal.
The 'Red Dragon' HK $11,000 buy-in main event will kick off on January 16, and the Red Dragon is celebrating MPC20 by guaranteeing a massive HK $8 million (US $1 million) prize pool. Needless to say, expectations are that the turnout will break the main event's 891-player rcord.
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"I'm really impressed with the Baby Dragon turnout and the player feedback has been tremendous." said Danny McDonagh, PokerStars Director of Live Poker Operations in the Asia-Pacific. "Our goal to have a 1000-plus field for the Red Dragon main event seems very likely."
Here’e a look at the remaining MCP20 schedule:
Remaining MPC20 Schedule (all figures in HKD)
Date & Time
Event
Tue, Jan 14 @ 7pm
$5,000 KO Bounty [2-day event]
Wed, Jan 15 @ 7pm
$3,000 NLH Turbo
Thu, Jan 16 @ 3:30pm
$2,400 Red Dragon MEGA Satellite (20 Seats GTD)
Thu, Jan 16 @ 7pm
$11,000 RED DRAGON ($8m GTD) - Day 1A
Fri, Jan 17 @ 2pm
$1,500 NLH Turbo
Fri, Jan 17 @ 7pm
$11,000 RED DRAGON ($8m GTD) - Day 1B
Sat, Jan 18 @ 3pm
$11,000 RED DRAGON ($8m GTD) - Day 1C
Sun, Jan 19 @ 6pm
$4,000 NLH [2-day event]
Sun, Jan 19 @ 8pm
$20,000 NLH ($1m GTD) [2-day event]
Mon, Jan 20 @ 6pm
$2,500 KO Bounty [2-day event]
Mon, Jan 20 @ 7pm
$50,000 High Roller [2-day event]
Tue, Jan 21 @ 3:30pm
$2,500 Deepstack NLH [2-day event]
Players can qualify to the Red Dragon at PokerStars LIVE Macau where satellites are running daily. For the complete MPC20 schedule please visit www.PokerStarsLIVEMacau.com.
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, and Daniel Gamez instantly called with 
.
, giving the Estonian a pair of threes, and Gamez would need running straight outs, fives, or an ace to survive. The 
on the turn gave him four extra outs to make broadway, and now seven cards would keep him alive.
on the river was one of them, and the Guatemalan jumped out of his chair excitedly. He doubled to 1.3 million chips, while Muur fell to 5.3 million.
. The flop came down 
, giving Baron a set of queens and Muur top pair. Muur checked over to Baron who continued out for 125,000. Muur called and the fourth street was the 
.
. Muur tapped the table once more and Baron quickly checked it back. Baron tabled his set and and dragged in the pot.
, Isaac Baron three-bet to 275,000 on the button, and Gamez tanked for several minutes before calling.
, changing nothing, and Gamez immediately checked. Barron moved all in for effectively 635,000, and Gamez instantly reached for chips. A wry smile crept across his face, and he took his hand away from his chips to fold his hand.
. Dominik Panka flatted from the cutoff with 
and the rest of the table folded.
, Mike McDonald raised to 200,000 in the hijack with 
on the button. The action folded back to Srinivasan, who called, and the flop came 
and cut out a three-bet to 385,000. Srinivasan flat called.
. He examined Panka’s stack before calling, and the two took a flop of 
. McDonald checked, Panka continued for 140,000, and McDonald called.
, McDonald checked again, and Panka bet 255,000. McDonald called.
. The board ran out 