2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

Main Event
Day: 4
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

Smith Overpowers Blondel

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Elliot Smith opened to 25,000 from the cutoff seat and called a three-bet to 83,000 from Thibaut Blondel in the small blind.

The two saw a flop of {a-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and Blondel check-called a bet of 60,000 from Smith. The {10-Hearts} introduced itself on the turn and Blondel check-folded to a bet of 125,000 from Smith.

Player Chips Progress
Thibaut Blondel fr
Thibaut Blondel
710,000
-150,000
-150,000
Elliot Smith ca
Elliot Smith
680,000
145,000
145,000

Tags: Elliot SmithThibaut Blondel

Small Pot For a Set

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Renjun Yang raised to 28,000 from middle position and Tianyuan Tang spent quite a bit of time in the small blind before calling, going to the flop of {7-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}.

Both players checked and the turn was the {5-Spades}. They both checked there too, seeing the {a-Clubs} river. Tang opted to lead out, making it 30,000 and Yang called. Tang turned over {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs} for a turned set and Yang tossed his cards away.

Player Chips Progress
Tianyuan Tang cn
Tianyuan Tang
900,000
278,000
278,000
Renjun Yang cn
Renjun Yang
695,000
434,000
434,000

Tags: Renjun YangTianyuan Tang

Metalidi Busts Satubayev

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Shyngis Satubayev open-jammed all-in from early position for around 100,000 and Artem Metalidi made the call from the big blind.

Satubayev: {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Metalidi: {a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}

The board ran out {10-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and although Satubayev flopped some hope, the turn and river bricked out and he has busted in 31st place

Player Chips Progress
Artem Metalidi ua
Artem Metalidi
550,000
40,000
40,000
Shyngis Satubayev kz
Shyngis Satubayev
Busted

Tags: Artem MetalidiShyngis Satubayev

Jun Falls to Jin

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

With no action in front of him, Jun Zhou slid his 87,000 chip stack into the middle and was called by Wenlong Jin in the cutoff.

Zhou: {a-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}
Jin: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Zhou was in trouble, needing an ace or some type of miracle to keep his dream alive. Unfortunately, no assistance came with the {8-Spades}{4-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{8-Hearts} board and the remaining players are one step closer to the title.

Player Chips Progress
Wenlong Jin cn
Wenlong Jin
780,000
22,000
22,000
Jun Zhou cn
Jun Zhou
Busted

Tags: Jun ZhouWenlong Jin

Early Eliminations

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

All of the following players have been eliminated so far, many of which we've already detailed. You can click the 'Payouts' tab above to see what position they all fell in and how much they earned.

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Ro Woong Park hk
Ro Woong Park
Busted
Zedao Ma cn
Zedao Ma
Busted
Kiryl Radzivonau by
Kiryl Radzivonau
Busted
Niall Murray gb
Niall Murray
Busted
Liwei Sun it
Liwei Sun
Busted
Shyngis Satubayev kz
Shyngis Satubayev
Busted
Jun Zhou cn
Jun Zhou
Busted
Soichiro Kojiya jp
Soichiro Kojiya
Busted
Vitaly Tevis ru
Vitaly Tevis
Busted

First Break

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

With 90 minutes of play wrapped up, there are 27 players remaining as they head to a 15-minute break.

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Hata Wins a Flip

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

We got to the table as cards were flipped on their backs. Aymon Hata was all in and at risk with {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts} and Dzmitry Rabotkin held {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}.

The flop of {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{6-Clubs} had Rabotkin in the lead with his tens. He still led on the {5-Spades} turn. But the {7-Hearts} river gave Hata a straight and he collected the double-up, leaving Rabotkin short.

Player Chips Progress
Aymon Hata gb
Aymon Hata
380,000
21,000
21,000
Dzmitry Rabotkin by
Dzmitry Rabotkin
140,000
-540,000
-540,000

Tags: Aymon HataDzmitry Rabotkin