Main Event Day 2 | 2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

04-05-2017 16:02 UTC+8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Yu	155,000 29,800	29,800
Kahle Burns	150,000 74,800	74,800

Daniel Laidlaw	145,000 9,700	9,700
Sai Wu	135,000 56,000	56,000
Corey Hochman	116,000 31,100	31,100
Kitty Kuo	88,000 19,000	19,000

Dong Guo	82,000 -8,000	-8,000
Sofia Lövgren	70,000 3,500	3,500
Manig Loeser	59,000 2,200	2,200

Jack Salter	51,000 -35,900	-35,900
Dan Smith	42,000 7,000	7,000

Isaac Haxton	33,000 5,200	5,200

Kosei Ichinose	19,000 -6,500	-6,500

Assorted Updates From Around the Room

[user270022]

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrice Soulier	162,500 3,500	3,500

Winfred Yu	75,000 27,700	27,700
Yao Meng	71,500 -57,200	-57,200
Kitty Kuo	66,000 -22,000	-22,000

Elliot Smith	63,500 -38,200	-38,200
Daniel Dvoress	59,000 -6,000	-6,000

Gaelle Baumann	53,000 23,400	23,400

Anthony Diotte	50,000 -32,000	-32,000
Sergey Lebedev	38,000 9,900	9,900
Sam Greenwood	35,500 2,200	2,200

Martin Kozlov	20,500 4,000	4,000

04-05-2017 16:21 UTC+8

Diamonds for Hata

[user263659]

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Kosei Ichinose raised to 2,000 from the button and Aymon Hata made the call in the big blind, going to a suited flop of . Hata checked and then called the bet of 1,600 from Hata.

The turn was the and both players checked, seeing a river card of . Hata led out for 3,600 and Ichinose called. Hata showed and Ichinose passed over his chips, mucking his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aymon Hata	110,000 62,600	62,600
Kosei Ichinose	12,000 -7,000	-7,000

Tags: Aymon Hata Kosei Ichinose

04-05-2017 16:22 UTC+8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ke Chen	Busted
Aditya Agarwal	Busted

Jun Wu	Busted
Song Li	Busted
Ian Modder	Busted
Enio Bozzano	Busted
Yang Wang	Busted

Easy Squeezy for Chen

RazorSharpPro

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Proving that it’s not just high roller events he’s good at Taiwan’s James Chen is stacking up pretty well in the Main Event and has just added some more ammunition to his chip arsenal.

Pre-flop it was France’s Ivan Deyra who kick-started the action with an early position raise to 1,800. Billy ‘the Croc’ Argyros tossed in the call before James Chen peeked down at his hole cards and then squeezed to 6,000 in total.

Deyra looked suspicious and made the call and after some deliberation so did the Croc and we go three-way to a flop of .

This brought checks from both Deyra and Argyros and Chen continued to sell the story of a strong hand with a bet of 11,500. That’s enough to get Deyra to give it up quickly but the Croc mulled it over for a bit.

“I guess you’ve got it, nice hand,” said Argyros, sliding his cards face down into the muck, leaving Chen to scoop a juicy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen	126,000 126,000	126,000

Ivan Deyra	85,000 5,700	5,700

Billy Argyros	77,000 -33,000	-33,000

Tags: Billy Argyros James Chen Ivan Deyra

04-05-2017 16:37 UTC+8

King Dan Smith

[user263659]

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

On a flop of , Dan Smith bet 2,200 into a three-way pot. Dmytro Denysenko called and the third player folded. The turn was the and Smith continued for 3,000, getting a call.

The river was a third king: . Smith bet again, making it 11,000 and Denysenko immediately folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmytro Denysenko	65,000 -53,000	-53,000
Dan Smith	58,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Dan Smith Dmytro Denysenko

04-05-2017 16:37 UTC+8

Baumann and Dvoress Tango

[user270022]

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

With about 15,000 already in the middle of a board, Gaelle Baumann check-called a bet of 6,500 from Daniel Dvoress.

A third ace, the , completed the board on the river and Baumann checked again. This time, Dvoress checked as well and mucked when Baumann tabled for a full house.

A little more than a min-cash will put Baumann over a million dollars in live-recorded tournament earning on the HendonMob. The native of France currently sits at $990,085 USD.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaelle Baumann	70,400 17,400	17,400

Daniel Dvoress	45,000 -14,000	-14,000

Tags: Daniel Dvoress Gaelle Baumann

04-05-2017 16:39 UTC+8

Break Time

RazorSharpPro

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

The 305 remaining Main Event players are headed off for their first 15-minute break of the day. Late registration closes at the end of this period so there may be a few late arrivals and we will be able to bring you prize pool figures and like when the final numbers are in.

04-05-2017 16:45 UTC+8