The following players have hit the rail, earning a min-cash of $62,500 HKD. All remaining players have climbed a ladder with the next rung of eliminations receiving $79,300.
2017 PokerStars Championship Macau
Zedao Ma didn't like what he saw when he called on the river. The board showed ![]()
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and he checked. His opponent bet 54,000 which was just under how much was already in the pot. After a bit of thought, Ma called. His opponent turned over ![]()
and Ma shook his head as he mucked his hand.
Vitaly Tevis opened to 15,000 from under-the-gun +1 and action folded around to Dzmitry Rabotkin in the big blind. Rabotkin moved all-in for 127,000 and Tevis went into the tank.
After a few moments, the clock was called on Tevis. With just under 30 seconds left, Tevis made the call, and Rabotkin gave him the bad news.
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Tevis was in trouble but did have Rabotkin covered. The board ran out ![]()
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and Rabotkin scored the easy double up.
On a flop of ![]()
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, Daniel McAulay checked and Sofia Lövgren bet 10,000, getting a call from her opponent and going to a turn of
. Both players checked.
The river was the
and McAulay checked again. Lövgren bet 25,000 and McAulay called. He mucked when Lövgren turned over ![]()
for top pair.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
The remaining players are now on a 60-minute dinner break. The tournament clock shows that just 65 players still have chips.
The following players have had their chip stacks diminished to zero and have departed between 77th and 87th place receiving a min-cash of $62,500 HDK.
Here are some more photos from Day 3 of this PokerStars Championship Main Event, thanks to PokerStars photographer Neil Stoddart.
Kwok Chun Lai open-shoved for 82,500 and Aymon Hata made the call, putting Lai's tournament life at risk.
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The race ran ![]()
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and Lai was eliminated from play.