2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

HK$103,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
3,870,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
103,000 HKD
Prize Pool
17,460,000 HKD
Entries
180
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Shorties Double

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

HK$100,000 is not an insignificant amount of money, even if you are a high roller and some of the fields remaining short-stacks are holding on for dear life.

Two short-stacks who have just managed to earn themselves a double up are Roman Korenev and Dong Kim.

Korenev had already shipped the over the top of a Troy Quenneville button raise and found a fold so tried it again a few hands later, though Quenneville called the second time around, his {a-Spades}{10-Hearts} leading Korenev’s {j-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} until the board ran out {8-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} to give Korenev the hand. The Russian climbed to 58,000 after that spot of good fortune, while Quenneville still has plenty with a stack of 194,000.

The second shortie to double was Dong Kim, who got the last of his 8,900 chips in from early position with Bertrand Grospellier choosing to look him up.

Kim’s {7-Spades}{6-Spades} looked pretty but was trailing to Grospellier’s {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} and stayed that way on the {10-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} flop. Just as Kim was standing up to leave the {5-Spades} turn gave him a faint glimmer of hope and his miracle comeback was complete when the {8-Hearts} hit the river to see Kim scoop the pot.

Kim climbed to 19,200 after that timely catch while nothing is going right for Grospellier today – the Frenchman busted his first bullet just before the dinner break and cannot seem to gain any traction and he slipped down to 32,800.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Troy Quenneville ca
Troy Quenneville
194,000
-19,000
-19,000
Profile photo of Roman Korenev ru
Roman Korenev
58,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
32,800
-7,200
-7,200
Profile photo of Dong Kim us
Dong Kim
19,200
-43,800
-43,800

Tags: Troy QuennevilleRoman KorenevDong KimBertrand Grospellier