HK$206,000 Single-Day High Roller II | 2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

04-06-2017 21:01 UTC+8

Badziakouski Leaves Derwiche Very Short

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Only two minutes remained in the level, but the final hand lasted several minutes into the new level. Mikita Badziakouski raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and Imad Derwiche called in the big blind. On the flop, Derwiche bet 60,000 and was called before checking the turn.

Now, Derwiche checked and Badziakouski bet 50,000. Derwiche check-raised to 110,000 and Badziakouski called before the Frenchman bet another 110,000 on the river. Badziakouski was taken aback, then said "I am not sure if I can fold this." The Belorussian did call, and Derwiche flashed , while Badziakouski claimed the pot with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikita Badziakouski	1,070,000	325,000
Imad Derwiche	80,000	-312,000

Tags: Imad Derwiche Mikita Badziakouski

Level: 15

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000

04-06-2017 20:51 UTC+8

Redraw of the Unofficial Final Table

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Nick Petrangelo	USA	750,000	37
2	John Juanda	Singapore	291,000	14
3	Imad Derwiche	France	392,000	19
4	Canlin Chen	China	540,000	27
5	Zuo Wang	China	753,000	37
6	Dan Smith	USA	40,000	2
7	Timothy Adams	Canada	465,000	23
8	Oliver Weis	Germany	670,000	33
9	Mikita Badziakouski	Belarus	745,000	37

Player	Chips	Progress
Zuo Wang	753,000	-49,000
Nick Petrangelo	750,000	-150,000
Mikita Badziakouski	745,000
Oliver Weis	670,000	110,000
Canlin Chen	540,000	190,000
Timothy Adams	465,000	-80,000
Imad Derwiche	392,000	-108,000
John Juanda	291,000	-59,000
Dan Smith	40,000	-129,000

04-06-2017 20:46 UTC+8

Alvarado Busts to Badziakouski to Set Up Unofficial Final Table

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

JC Alvarado min-raised to 20,000 from under the gun and the action reached Mikita Badziakouski, who let the clock run down to around 15 seconds before announcing all in. It folded back to Alvarado, and he called all in for his last 336,000, which Badziakouski had covered by two big blinds.

JC Alvarado:
Mikita Badziakouski:

The flop was a sweat for both players, but ultimately the turn and river bricked off to send Alvarado to the rail. "We are moving to the final table Dan," Badziakouski said over to the other table towards Dan Smith.

There will be a short break now to set up the unofficial final table!

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikita Badziakouski	745,000	499,000
JC Alvarado	Busted

Tags: Dan Smith JC Alvarado Mikita Badziakouski

04-06-2017 20:44 UTC+8

Wang Cripples Smith; Smith Stages Comeback

RazorSharpPro

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Action folded around to the dressing gown clad Dan Smith in the small blind and he moved all-in for 387,000. Big blind Zuo Wang looked down at his cards and called instantly.

Dan Smith:
Zuo Wang:

Smith was in bad shape and did not improve when the board ran out and the only ray of sunshine was the fact that Wang did not have him covered. Unfortunately for Smith, he did not get much change and was left with a paltry 4,000 – a little less than a single ante.

All in automatically the next hand Smith received some protection when Timothy Adams min-raised and folded out the blinds.

Adams rolled over , dominating Smith’s until the board ran out to give the US player the flush and he climbed back up to 15,000.

Smith won the next hand as well after moving all-in with and both Imad Derwiche and Oliver Weis called from the blinds and checked the board all the way down.

“Nice game boys… Psyche!” joked Smith as he slapped the winning hand face up on to the felt to climb back up to 51,000. What a recovery!

Player	Chips	Progress
Zuo Wang	802,000	496,000
Dan Smith	169,000	-211,000

Tags: Dan Smith Zuo Wang

04-06-2017 20:33 UTC+8

Petrangelo Increases Pressure

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

After a limp by Canlin Chen, John Juanda raised it up to 57,000 from the cutoff and Nick Petrangelo then four-bet to 175,000 in the small blind. Both opponents folded and the pot was shipped to Petrangelo.

Then, Chen raised to 53,0900 from the cutoff and Petrangelo three-bet big to 150,000 in the big blind, forcing yet another fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Petrangelo	900,000	150,000
Canlin Chen	350,000	-193,000
John Juanda	350,000	-148,000

Tags: Canlin Chen John Juanda Nick Petrangelo

04-06-2017 20:24 UTC+8

Derwiche Doubles Through Weis

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Oliver Weis raised to 45,000 first to act and Dan Smith called on the button. Imad Derwiche verified the raising amount and called in the big blind. Once the flop fell , Derwiche instantly moved all in. Weis asked for a count and the all in of the Frenchman was for 172,000.

The shot clock ticked down to one second when Weis moved all in to isolate, and Smith folded.

Imad Derwiche:
Oliver Weis:

Nothing much changed with the turn, but Derwiche shot out of his chair on the river to celebrate the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Weis	560,000	-383,000
Imad Derwiche	500,000	275,000
Dan Smith	380,000	40,000

Tags: Dan Smith Imad Derwiche Oliver Weis

Level: 14

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

04-06-2017 20:16 UTC+8

Chen Sends Liang Out

RazorSharpPro

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Canlin Chen opened to 38,000 from under-the-gun and action folded around to Yu Liang in the big blind. Liang seemed eager to play and made the call to take the action heads-up to the flop.

Liang checked it over to Chen, who fired out an enticing 16,000 min-bet, which Liang felt obliged to call and it was off to the turn, which brought another check from Liang and another bet from Che, this one a slightly larger 50,000.

This sent Liang into tank mode for a while but he does eventually chose to call, leaving himself 86,000 behind. This found its way into the middle when the hit the river and Chen snap called.

Liang, holding had just rivered two pairs, but this was still not enough to beat Chen’s flopped set of sevens when he turned over to take the pot and bring Liang’s tournament to an abrupt end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Canlin Chen	543,000	190,000
Yu Liang	Busted

Tags: Canlin Chen Liang Yu

04-06-2017 20:09 UTC+8

Smith Doubles in Battle of Blinds

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Dan Smith shoved once and claimed the blinds and antes. Imad Derwiche then won a pot without showdown and showed a king before the action then folded all the way around to Timothy Adams in the small blind. He simply raised to 250,000, which was enough to cover Smith.

The American checked his cards and called. Both turned over one card each first, and Smith then laughed "I knew it."

Dan Smith:
Timothy Adams:

The flop of paired up Smith, and his double was secured by the time the appeared on the turn. A meaningless river completed the board and Smith doubled for 168,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Adams	545,000	-152,000
Dan Smith	340,000	171,000

Tags: Dan Smith Imad Derwiche Timothy Adams