2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

HK$206,000 Single-Day High Roller II
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
33
Prize
3,130,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
206,000 HKD
Prize Pool
9,212,000 HKD
Entries
47
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Petrangelo Takes from Alvarado

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

Nick Petrangelo raised to 36,000 from under the gun and JC Alvarado called out of the big blind. On a flop of {J-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{4-Clubs}, both players checked. The {Q-Diamonds} on the turn triggered a bet worth 60,000 by Alvarado and Petrangelo called before the {K-Diamonds} river then completed the board.

Alvarado checked, Petrangelo bet 175,000 and that represented most of Alvarado's remaining stack. The Mexican folded and fell back to around 15 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
WSOP 2X Winner
750,000 15,000
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
245,000 14,000

Tags: JC AlvaradoNick Petrangelo

Adams Busts Cheng

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

Oliver Weis won a decent sized pot from Zuo Wang shortly after play restarted to take a 128k bite from the Chinese players stack when Wang folded out on the river before there were some fireworks that resulted in the elimination of Yat Wai Cheng.

Pre-flop it was Timothy Adams who was the aggressor, raising to 32,000 from the cutoff, with Cheng choosing to defend his big blind. The {5-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{2-Spades} flop saw Cheng check the action over to Adams, who c-bet 30,000.

Cheng did not take long to reach for chips, but they were not for calling with and he check raised to 90,000 in total.

Adams thought it over for around 20 seconds before announcing he was all-in and Cheng called immediately.

Yat Wai Cheng: {j-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Timothy Adams: {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}

While Cheng’s pair of jacks was leading the poker gods had other plans and the turn and river ran out {3-Diamonds} and {4-Hearts} respectively to give Adams the straight and send a disgruntled looking Cheng to the rail in 11th place.

Player Chips Progress
Oliver Weis de
Oliver Weis
943,000 128,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
WSOP 1X Winner
697,000 220,000
Zuo Wang cn
Zuo Wang
306,000 -128,000
Yat Wai Cheng hk
Yat Wai Cheng
Busted

Tags: Oliver WeisTimothy AdamsYat Wai ChengZuo Wang

Level: 13

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Chip Counts (full)

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Here's how the remaining players are stacking up.

Player Chips Progress
Oliver Weis de
Oliver Weis
815,000 -35,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
WSOP 2X Winner
735,000 -35,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
498,000 310,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
WSOP 1X Winner
477,000 197,000
Zuo Wang cn
Zuo Wang
434,000 224,000
Canlin Chen cn
Canlin Chen
353,000 -197,000
Yu Liang mh
Yu Liang
248,000 168,000
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
WSOP 1X Winner
246,000 150,000
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
231,000 -7,000
Imad Derwiche fr
Imad Derwiche
225,000 -25,000
Yat Wai Cheng hk
Yat Wai Cheng
220,000 -3,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
169,000 29,000

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Dinner Break

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

The 12 remaining players in the HK$206,000 Single Re-Entry Shot Clock event are now on a 60-minute dinner break.

We will be posting chip counts shortly so watch this space.

Derwiche Doubles, Weis Wins From Cheng

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Oliver Weis
Oliver Weis

There was a last gasp burst of action just before the dinner break with France’s Imad Derwiche getting the last of his chips in pre-flop with {k-Spades}{j-Spades} and Germany’s Oliver Weis making the call with {4-Clubs}{4-Spades}.

The board ran out {6-Spades}{10-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{8-Spades} to grant Derwiche the double and he climbed to around 250,000. Weis did not look too unhappy about this as had chips to spare.

The German player managed to recoup his losses just a few hands later, though it would be Yat Wai Cheng who would be footing the bill.

Pre-flop it was Cheng who was the initial aggressor, opening the action with a raise to 26,000 from the hi-jack, only to see Wies come over the top from the button to the tune of 72,000.

Cheng made the call taking the action heads-up to a {7-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop, which both players checked. The {2-Spades} turn brought a second check from Cheng and a bet of 64,000 from Weis. The shot clock ticked down and Cheng made the call with just seconds to spare to bring the action to the {7-Hearts} river.

Cheng checked once more and Weis reached for chips, sliding out a chunky bet of 165,000. This sent Cheng into the tank for the second time in the hand and he shot Weis a suspicious stare. Evidently, Cheng did not believe Weis as he made the call, but could only pitch his cards into the muck when Weis turned over {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds} for the nut full house.

Player Chips Progress
Oliver Weis de
Oliver Weis
850,000 250,000
Imad Derwiche fr
Imad Derwiche
250,000 -83,000
Yat Wai Cheng hk
Yat Wai Cheng
223,000 -227,000

Tags: Imad DerwicheOliver WeisYat Wai Cheng

Wong Busts to Alvarado, Murthy Also Exits

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

While we missed Nick Wong’s exit hand the Hong Kong player was kind enough to fill us in on the details.

According to Wong he got the last of his chips in pre-flop with king-ten offsuit and Mexico’s JC Alvarado woke up in the big blind with pocket queens. Wong failed to hit anything and that was the end of his tournament.

Neel Murthy is another one the most recent casualties and while we missed all of the gory details his tournament too is now over.

Player Chips Progress
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
238,000 128,000
Nick Wong hk
Nick Wong
Busted
Neel Murthy us
Neel Murthy
Busted

Tags: JC AlvaradoNick Wong

Level: 12

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Sammartino Busts to Chen

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Just as we were getting seat draw information and stack sizes Italy’s Dario Sammartino and China’s Canlin Chen get all the chips in pre-flop, though it was Sammartino who pulled the trigger first with Chen making the call.

Dario Sammartino got the last of his chips in with king-nine offsuit and Chen made the call with ace-seven offsuit.

Both players missed the flop by miles meaning Chen’s ace-high was good enough to send Sammartino to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Canlin Chen cn
Canlin Chen
550,000 360,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
Busted

Tags: Carlin ChenDario Sammartino

Redraw Seating

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
*SeatTable 1CountryChip Count 
1Timothy AdamsCanada490000 
2Neel MurthyUSA260000 
3Dan SmithUSA280000 
4Zuo WangChina150000 
6Yat Wai ChengChina520000 
7Imad DerwicheFrance240000 
8Oliver WeisGermany410000 
SeatTable 2CountryChip Count
1JC AlvaradoMexico218000
2Nick PetrangeloUSA785000
3Nick WongHong Kong69000
4Mikita BadziakouskiBelarus210000
5Dario SammartinoItaly140000
6Yu LiangChina200000
7Canlin ChenChina350000
8John JuandaIndonesia350000