2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Xuan Tan and Yan Li Top Day 3 Field with Seven-Figure Stacks

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Xuan Tan
Xuan Tan

They’re halfway there! Day 3 of this six-day PokerStars Championship Macau Main Event has come to a close with Xuan Tan leading the surviving 37-player strong field with 1,380,000 chips. There’s still a long way to go to find the winner of the HK$3,130,00 first-place prize.

Some of the other players to finish with top stacks tonight included Yan Li (1,000,200), Dong Guo (880,000), David Peters (875,000), and Thibaut Blondel (870,000).

Play resumed at noon in the PokerStars LIVE Macau poker room at City of Dreams with 151 players reclaiming their chip stacks and seats. A couple of hours later, the money bubble burst as Xiao Luo opened to 9,000 and Daniel McAulay bumped up the price to 28,000, setting the scene for what followed.

When Luo called, the dealer delivered a flop of {10-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and Luo checked. McAulay bet 25,000 and Luo called again. The turn was the {5-Spades} and Luo checked. McAulay pushed all in and Luo called. McAulay had {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds} while Luo held {k-Spades}{q-Spades} and needed to hit a card to survive. However, the river was the {5-Spades} and Luo met his tournament demise in 104th place, securing a prize for all remaining 103 players.

Starting the day with the chip lead was Pakinai Lisawad who was the only one to bag more than 300,000 chips the night before. He will be back for another day as he finished Day 3 with 151,000 chips.

The chip lead was claimed by Albert Paik early in the day when he called off Ryan Yu’s bluff on a {3-Clubs}{8-Spades}{j-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{7-Spades} board. As soon as Paik called, Yu mucked his hand, knowing he was beat. Paik picked up the huge pot without even having to show his hand and took the chip lead. Paik carried those chips to 66th place where he was eliminated for HK$79,300.

One of the most impressive hands of the day was witnessed when Fabrice Soulier bet 89,000 into a pot of about 200,000 with {j-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{3-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} on the table. Soulier had to call the clock on his tanking opponent, Zinan Xu. After about 30 seconds, Xu found the courage to call. Soulier turned over {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and Xu slapped down {a-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for bottom pair and the winning hand.

There were a lot of talented players who were eliminated from play today as the field narrows. Some of the notable players to collect a payout included Michel Abecassis (100th — HK$62,500), Manig Loeser (87th — HK$62,500), and Bryan Huang (57th — HK$79,300).

Play will resume at noon on Friday with the 37 surviving players returning to play down to the final 16 when play will pause again. The PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the tournament floor reporting all of the action, so check back for all of your updates. Until then, have a great night!

Main Event Day 4 Seat Draw

TableSeatNameCountryChips
11Zinan XuChina378,000
12Joachim BoldGermany342,000
13Wei Lik Graeme SiowSingapore194,000
14David PetersUSA875,000
15Petar KalevBulgaria558,000
16Dong GuoCanada880,000
17Xuan TanChina1,380,000
18Ro Woong ParkHong Kong177,000
     
22Renjun YangChina261,000
23Nerijus LuksaNorway173,000
24Jianbo JiangChina368,000
25Zedao MaChina182,000
26Niall MurrayUK133,000
27Jun ZhouChina212,000
28Yen ChenTaiwan211,000
     
31Thibaut BlondelFrance870,000
32Kiryl RadzivonauBelarus371,000
33Fabrice SoulierFrance272,000
34Yan LiChina1,002,000
35Liwei SunItaly277,000
36Julius MalzaniniUK621,000
37Elliot SmithCanada258,000
38Artem MetalidiUkraine765,000
     
41Dzmitry RabotkinBelarus679,000
42Daniel LaidlawAustralia441,000
43Yasuyuki TsujiJapan194,000
45Vitaly TevisRussia210,000
46Avraham OzielCanada410,000
47Pakinai LisawadThailand131,000
48Tommy Hjerting BechDenmark250,000
     
51Shyngis SatubayevKazakhstan190,000
52Tianyuan TangChina622,000
53Aymon HataUK359,000
54Wenlong JinChina758,000
55Feng Wen ChenTaiwan336,000
57Soichiro KojiyaJapan391,000
58Winfred YuHong Kong378,000

Tags: Albert PaikBryan HuangDaniel McAulayDavid PetersDong GuoFabrice SoulierManig LoeserMichel AbecassisPakinai LisawadRyan YuThibaut BlondelXuan TanYan Li