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Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Shashank Rathi busted on his first bullet and bought back in while Kahle Burns, Hongjun Zhao and Antoine Saout were all on their second attempt and have been eliminated for good.
2017 PokerStars Championship Macau
HK$103,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
2017 PokerStars Championship Macau
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
103,000 HKD
Prize Pool
17,460,000 HKD
Total Entries
180
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 180
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Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
HK$100,000 is not an insignificant amount of money, even if you are a high roller and some of the fields remaining short-stacks are holding on for dear life.
Two short-stacks who have just managed to earn themselves a double up are Roman Korenev and Dong Kim.
Korenev had already shipped the over the top of a Troy Quenneville button raise and found a fold so tried it again a few hands later, though Quenneville called the second time around, his 
leading Korenev’s 
until the board ran out 
to give Korenev the hand. The Russian climbed to 58,000 after that spot of good fortune, while Quenneville still has plenty with a stack of 194,000.
The second shortie to double was Dong Kim, who got the last of his 8,900 chips in from early position with Bertrand Grospellier choosing to look him up.
Kim’s 
looked pretty but was trailing to Grospellier’s 
and stayed that way on the 
flop. Just as Kim was standing up to leave the 
turn gave him a faint glimmer of hope and his miracle comeback was complete when the hit the river to see Kim scoop the pot.
Kim climbed to 19,200 after that timely catch while nothing is going right for Grospellier today – the Frenchman busted his first bullet just before the dinner break and cannot seem to gain any traction and he slipped down to 32,800.
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The beard of the tournament is no longer featured, as Daniel Neilson has just been eliminated for the second time. Neilson three-bet an open raise by Vladimir Troyanovskiy and the Russian called in the cutoff to see a flop of 
. Neilson led for 7,800 from the small blind and Troyanovskiy called before the then showed up on the turn.
Neilson fired a second barrel for 18,000 and then let the clock run down to five seconds when the 
river completed the board. Neilson moved all in for around 45,000 and Troyanovskiy quickly tossed in a chip for the call. Neilson only had 
for a pair of kings, while Troyanovskiy tabled the 
for rivered two pair.
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The 99 High Rollers still left in contention have gone on their last 15-minute break of the day.
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Here's how some of the field's larger stacks and notables are sitting at the end of level eight.
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
A short-stacked Park Yu ‘Sparrow’ Cheung moved all-in for his last 12,200 and France’s Paul-Francois Tedeschi looked him up.
Park Yu Cheung:
Paul-Francois Tedeschi:
Despite having the dominating hand the 
flop was not a great one for Yu as despite giving him top pair, it also gave Tedeschi the flush draw and while the 
turn was a nice, safe card, the 
river completed Tedeschi’s flush and sent Yu to the rail.
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Xian Luo raised to 2,200 in the hijack and Sergey Lebedev three-bet to 6,500 on the button, which Luo called. On the 
flop, Xuo checked and Lebedev bet 5,000 before facing a check-raise to 13,000. Lebedev didn't go anywhere and called before the 
then appeared on the turn.
Luo checked again and Lebedev bet 12,000. This was enough to break the resistance of his opponent, as Luo opted to let go and sent his cards into the muck.
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Mustapha Kanit bought back in for his second bullet but the media ticket showed up on the desk and the Italian has been eliminated for good. He was last spotted on a table with Tyron Krost, Troy Quenneville and Martin Kozlov, and the latter confirmed what happened.
According to Kozlov, Kanit raised to 2,200 and Quenneville three-bet to 9,200 in the big blind, which Kanit called. On the 
flop, Quenneville continued for 7,600 and Kanit called before the turn saw a big shove by Quenneville and the call by Kanit for around 50,000.
Quenneville showed 
for two pair and Kanit had 
, the river was a blank 
.
The next hand Quenneville was in action again and three-bet an open raise from Tyron Krost to 6,300 out of the small blind. Krost called, but folded to a bet worth 7,800 on the 
.
As a result, Kanit won't be back as he was eliminated on the second bullet, while Quenneville is currently among the biggest stacks.
