2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
2,877,500 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
42,400 HKD
Prize Pool
20,796,800 HKD
Entries
536
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000

Up To More Than 130 Entries

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

The field is slowly but surely growing and the screens show more than 130 entries. Among the latest well-known names to enter Day 1a were Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Antoine Saout and Steven Thompson. The latter finished 42nd in the PokerStars Championship Panama Main Event at the start of March and also reached two final tables in Side Events there as well.

Thompson sat down one table over from Timothy Adams and Ali Reza Fatehi and it was Fatehi who just claimed another pot without showdown. As in previous hands, the player from Iran bet through the board {K-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Spades}{10-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} and the final bet was worth 4,350. There were just 3,300 in the middle, and the overbet did the trick to force a fold from his sole opponent Markus Bengtsson. Fatehi and Bengtsson both started well on around 45,000 thus far.

Player Chips Progress
Ali Reza Fatehi ir
Ali Reza Fatehi
45,000
11,000
11,000
Steven Thompson cr
Steven Thompson
30,000
30,000
30,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
30,000
30,000
30,000
Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
30,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: Ali Reza FatehiAntoine SaoutMarkus BengtssonSteven ThompsonTimothy Adams