Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
2017 PokerStars Championship Macau
HK$103,000 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Championship Macau
Buy-in
103,000 HKD
Prize Pool
17,460,000 HKD
Entries
180
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Jiang Takes from Petrangelo
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
In one of the last hands of the level, Nick Petrangelo raised to 50,000 on the button and Sosia Jiang called out of the big blind. The duo checked the 
flop before the 
on the turn saw both players invest 55,000 each. After the 
river, Jiang bet 250,000 and Petrangelo called, then mucked when he was shown 
for a full house by Jiang.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,950,000 | 360,000 |
|
1,000,000 | -360,000 |
Petrangelo Wins Back-To-Back Hands Against Quenneville
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Hand 1
In the cutoff, Nick Petrangelo raised to 50,000 and Troy Quenneville defended the big blind. On the 
flop, the duo checked. Quenneville bet the 
turn for 96,000 and Petrangelo called before the 
river completed the board. Quenneville checked and Petrangelo fired 280,000, forcing a fold from his opponent.
Hand 2
Quenneville limped in from the small blind and Petrangelo checked. On a flop of 
, Quenneville bet 24,000 and Petrangelo called before the 
fell on the turn. Quenneville now checked and called a bet worth 105,000 before checking the 
river.
Petrangelo bet 450,000 for most of his stack and Quenneville called to get shown 
for the second nutflush. Quenneville mucked 
for a flopped straight and turned inferior flush, almost evening out the stacks of the two players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,450,000 | -650,000 |
|
|
1,360,000 | 800,000 |
Petrangelo Wins With Trash, Bansal Takes From Quenneville
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
There have been a couple small but interesting pots recently with Nick Petrangelo winning the first. Action folded around to Sosia Jiang on the button and she opened to 50,000 and Petrangelo decided to defend his big blind.
Both players checked the 
flop and Petrangelo seized the initiative on the 
turn, leading out for 45,000.
Jiang made the call and the river completed the hand. There was no more betting and Petrangelo took down the pot with the mighty 
to pad out his stack a little after Jiang mucked.
A couple of hands later Raghav Bansal (big blind) chose to call a Troy Quenneville button raise of 54,000 taking the action heads-up to a flop.
Bansal checked it over to Quenneville, who c-bet 93,000 and the Indian player made the call to bring in the turn. This brought a second check from Bansal and a second barrel from Quenneville, this one a slightly larger 139,000.
Bansal mulled it over and tossed in the call and the 
river completed the hand. There was no more betting and first to act, meaning first to show, Bansal turned over 
. Quenneville tapped the table and folded and Bansal scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,590,000 | -50,000 |
|
2,950,000 | 600,000 |
|
|
2,100,000 | -420,000 |
|
|
560,000 | 60,000 |
What You've Missed
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Here is a taste of what probably should have stayed on the cutting room floor.
Ben Lai Eliminated in 5th Place (HK$1,170,000)
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Sosia Jiang raised to 54,000 and Ben Lai called all in for that exact amount on the button. Raghav Bansal was in the big blind and leaned over from his chair to see if Lai had any further chips left, and Lai then grabbed his box of mints and put it on the cards. Bansal joked "if I win this, I get those as well?" and Lai grabbed the mints and tossed them over with a smile on the face. Bansal then called.
Both remaining active players checked the 
flop, the turn and the 
river. "I have a deuce" Bansal announced and showed 
. Jiang had that beat with 
and Lai's 
ended up third-best to eliminate the player from Hong Kong in 5th place for HK$1,170,000 (~US$152,100). The remaining four players already have HK$1,465,000 locked up, which equals approximately US$190,450.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,640,000 | 190,000 |
|
|
2,350,000 | -50,000 |
|
Busted |
Jiang Takes from Quenneville
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Sosia Jiang raised to 54,000 and Troy Quenneville three-bet to 221,000 on the button, which Jiang called. On the 
flop and the turn, both players checked. Jiang then checked the 
river and Quenneville bet 180,000. Jiang quickly called and the Canadian sighed before turning over the 
for a pair of jacks only.
Jiang showed 
and that won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,450,000 | 480,000 |
|
|
2,520,000 | -430,000 |
Big Double For Bansal
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Ben Lai and Raghav Bansal have just played a big pot. Pre-flop it was Bansal the man in the driver’s seat, opening with a raise to 51,000 from the cutoff with Lai calling from the big blind.
Lai checked the 
flop over to Bansal, who continuation bet 58,000, which Lai quickly called before checking the 
turn.
The Hong Kong player evidently had plans for the hand however, and after Bansal fired again, betting out 132,000, Lai slid out a check-raise totalling 300,000.
Bansal sat back and took off the sunglasses, sizing up Lai before thowing in the call with 5-seconds left on the shot clock and the river came down .
Now he had the initiative in the hand Lai looked loath to lose it and quickly moved all-in for roughly 900,000, sending the Indian player deep into the think tank, where he remained for the full 30-seconds, burning through his last remaining time bank chip before tossing in the call with seconds to spare.
Lai rolled over and Bansal stood up and gave a quiet but heartfelt ‘yeah!’ slapping down 
for flopped two pair. That tough call saw Bansal stack up to 2.4 million while Lai is left with a bowl of rice – a paltry 75,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000 | 1,220,000 |
|
|
75,000 | -1,175,000 |
Lai and Quenneville Scoop Pots
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Ben Lai raised to 50,000 and Sosia Jiang defended the big blind. On the flop, both players checked and Jiang also checked the 
turn. Lai bet 60,000 and Jiang called before the 
river shut down all further betting action. Both checked and Jiang showed , which Lai had beat with 
.
Then, Raghav Bansal made it 51,000 to go from the button and Troy Quenneville called in the big blind. The flop went check, check, and a bet of 98,000 by Quenneville on the turn claimed the pot uncontested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,970,000 | -199,000 |
|
|
2,950,000 | 110,000 |
|
|
1,250,000 | 154,000 |
|
|
1,180,000 | -139,000 |
Jiang Pressures Petrangelo
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Sosia Jiang is turning the screws with Nick Petrangelo the man being put under pressure in this particular hand. Play had not long restarted following the break and Jiang opened the action with a raise to 52,000 from the cutoff.
Action folded around to Petrangelo in the big blind and he made the call with the flop falling . The action quickly went check, check with Petrangelo checking again on the turn.
Jiang decided to bet for 50,000 and Petrangelo did not take long to make the call the river came down . Petrangelo checked again and Jiang quickly pulled the trigger and put the high-stakes specialist all in.
With a little over 500,000, the call would be for Petrangelo’s tournament life should he chose to make it. He looked sorely tempted, burning through the first of his three time bank chips before eventually folding with just a single second remaining on the shot clock and Jiang wins another.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,169,000 | |
|
|
500,000 |