Level: 12
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 0
2017 PokerStars Championship Macau
HK$82,400 PLO High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Championship Macau
Buy-in
82,400 HKD
Prize Pool
2,793,600 HKD
Entries
36
Level
21
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
0
Geeng Doubles Big Through Kozlov
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
On a flop of 
, Daniel Geeng and Martin Kozlov went at it with a raising war and the former ended up all in and at risk for 75,500. "We have a last longer bet on who busts first," Geeng said, pointing to Kozlov, and the American was ahead in the showdown.
Daniel Geeng: 
Martin Kozlov: 
The 
turn and river changed nothing whatsoever, and Kozlov was left short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | 120,000 |
|
30,000 | -80,000 |
Redraw of the Last Two Tables
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
| Seat | Table 1 | Country | Table 2 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Kushner | USA | David Wang | Australia |
| 2 | Hongjun Zhao | China | Daniel Geeng | USA |
| 3 | Shao Me Yang | China | Felipe Ramos | Brazil |
| 4 | Fabian Geisel | Germany | Hok Lee | Hong Kong |
| 5 | Maksim Shuts | Belarus | Chun Yuan Wang | China |
| 6 | Shuo Li | China | Jussi Nevanlinna | Finland |
| 7 | Isaac Haxton | USA | Martin Kozlov | Australia |
| 8 | Ka Kwan Lau | Spain | Sam Greenwood | Canada |
Down to Two Tables
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
More info to come shortly, as the final 16 players have just redrawn to the last two tables.
Zhou Busts to Greenwood with a Big Bang
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
Sam Greenwood three-bet out of the blinds and Quan Zhou called. On the 
flop, Greenwood bet 8,000 and Zhou called before the on the turn saw a check by Greenwood and a bet by Zhou for 30,000. Greenwood called, then checked again the 
on the river.
Zhou, hiding his face entirely behind a black hoodie, announced all in and Greenwood snap-called.
Zhou tried to muck his cards when Greenwood flashed 
, and only revealed the 
while the fourth card went into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
355,000 | 145,000 |
|
Busted |
Collado Busts to Kozlov
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
Martin Kozlov raised from the button and Jan Collado called in the big blind. On the 
flop, the fireworks started and Collado check-raised, then called the shove of Kozlov with both players at almost even stacks.
Jan Collado: 
Martin Kozlov: 
The 
on the turn gave Kozlov the better hand and Collado was drawing to the last deuce in the deck to avoid elimination. Instead, it was the 
and that sent Collado to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | 20,000 |
|
Busted |
Derwiche Gone; Haxton Takes from Zhou
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
Imad Derwiche is no longer in the tournament, reducing the field to the last 18 hopefuls, and Isaac Haxton just took a big pot off Quan Zhou.
After a bet, raise and call on the 
flop, Haxton checked the 
turn out of the small blind and Zhou bet 17,000 into a pot of 54,000. Haxton called and the fell on the river. Haxton was to act, but Zhou was all smiles and moved his hands to get his opponent into moving all in.
Haxton did just that for around 27,000 and Zhou laughed, then sat back. After one minute, he folded and Haxton said "good fold," flashing for a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
138,000 | -27,000 |
|
115,000 | 86,000 |
|
Busted |
Shuts Doubles Through Collado
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
In a battle button versus small blind, Maksim Shuts got the remainder of his short stack in preflop for 27,800 and Jan Collado looked him up from one seat over in the small blind.
Maksim Shuts:
Jan Collado:
The 
flop kept Collado in the lead and some outs for Shuts were gone. But suddenly, the appeared on the turn to magically turn the tides in favor of Shuts. The river was a blank and Collado lost one third of his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
50,000 | -25,000 |
Derwiche and Wang Double
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
Imad Derwiche raised from under the gun and then called all in for his last 10,000 after Quan Zhou had three-bet the big blind.
Imad Derwiche: 
Quan Zhou: 
The board came 
and Derwiche scored a fortunate double.
Michael Song was less fortunate and has been eliminated recently.
One table over, David Wang got his last 21,300 into the middle of the table on a flop of and Hongjun Zhao looked him up with the superior stack.
David Wang: 
Hongjun Zhao: 
The 
turn and river changed nothing anymore and Wang's flopped straight held up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000 | -1,000 |
|
90,000 | 42,000 |
|
59,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
21,000 | -29,000 |
|
Busted |
Registration Closed
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
Daniel Geeng was the last player to enter the competition right at the end of the break, and the American will start his mission with exactly 25 big blinds. Hok Lee will have the same stack, as the player from Hong Kong re-entered the last minute as well.
The registration is now closed and there have been 36 entries in total, of which 19 remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |