2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

HK$103,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
3,870,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
103,000 HKD
Prize Pool
17,460,000 HKD
Entries
180
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Bansal Leads HK$103,000 High Roller, 8 Remain

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Raghav Bansal
Raghav Bansal

Raghav Bansal holds the lead in the HK$103,000 High Roller Single Re-Entry Shot Clock, with high stakes specialists Nick Petrangelo and Dan Smith also still in contention.

Just eight remain with all players guaranteed at a payday of at least HK$470,000 (~US$57,536), although it is the HK$3,870,000 (~US$503,100) first prize that all will have their eye on.

Bansal powered into pole position midway through Day 2, after making a full house against 2017 Global Poker Index Player of the Year David Peters shortly after the second break, with Peters departing shortly afterward at the hands of Russia’s Sergey Lebedev.

While Dan Smith enjoyed a stint as top dog when play paused for the 60-minute dinner break Bansal did not drop out of the top three. A late run of hands saw the Indian player edge back in front shortly after the field was whittled down to the last 16.

With the departure of China’s Shou Li in 16th place at the hands of Xiaoyang Luo it took just 18-minutes to reach the final nine with Adrian Attenborough, Yang Wang, Xiaoyang Luo, Manig Loeser, Michael Addamo and Ryan Yu all departing in quick succession.

Bansal eliminated Wang and Luo in the space of three hands to cement a lead he would not relinquish though it was Taiwan’s James Chen who was the last casualty of the day, running ace queen into the ace-king of Ben Lai to bring play to a close at 12:10am in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Final Table Seat Assignments:

SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Nick PetrangeloUSA1,450,00072
2Raghav BansalIndia1,787,00089
3Sergey LebedevRussia805,00040
4Sosia JiangAustralia536,00026
5Dan SmithUSA1,238,00062
6Troy QuennevilleCanada1,698,00085
7Xixiang LuoChina490,00024
8Ben LaiHong Kong990,00049

Remaining Payouts:

PlacePrize (HKD)Prize (USD)
13,870,000503,100
22,610,000339,300
31,800,000234,000
41,465,000190,450
51,170,000152,100
6895,000116,350
7652,00084,760
8470,00061,100

Day 2 began with 3 last-minute registrations to bring the total number of unique entries up to 180. With 42 players choosing to re-enter this ballooned the prize pool to an impressive HK$17,460,000 (~US$2,247,413).

In total 78 players successfully circumnavigated the Day 1 tournament minefield and with late arrivals and re-entries this saw 84 players left in contention to battle it out for the title and the trophy.

The action was fast and furious with over half of the remaining field departing before the second break with Steve O’Dwyer, John Juanda, Tom Alner and HK$206,000 Single Re-Entry Shot Clock Champion Quan Zhou just some of the notables who were unsuccessful in their quest to make the money spots.

Out of these, it was Juanda who came the closest, narrowly missing out after getting the last of his chips in with eight-nine suited against the ace-queen of James Chen and failing to hit the flop to take play hand-for-hand as the bubble approached.

Hand-for-hand lasted only a single hand with the unfortunate Zdravko Duvnjak getting his last 23,000 (just over 4 big blinds) in with king-ten offsuit and running into Sosia Jiang’s king-jack suited. Jiang paired her jack on the flop and despite turning a pair and backdoor flush draw Duvnjak missed the river to depart empty handed.

Notables to make the money but not the last 16 included WSOP bracelet holder Martin Kozlov, PokerStars Team Pro Felipe Ramos and High Roller regular Daniel Dvoress. You can see a full list of payouts under the tab at the top of the page.

Play resumes at 12:30pm local time on Saturday 9 April with the PokerStars Macau Championship Main Event Final Table also playing out at 12pm local time so join us then for the exciting conclusion to this spectacular poker series.

Tags: Adrian AttenboroughBen LaiDan SmithDaniel DvoressDavid PetersFelipe RamosJames ChenJohn JuandaManig LoeserMartin KozlovMichael AddamoNick PetrangeloQuan ZhouRaghav BansalRyan YuSergey LebedevShuo LiSosia JiangSteve O'DwyerTom AlnerXiaoyang LuoXixiang LuoZdravko DuvnjakZhong Wang