HK$206,000 Single-Day High Roller II | 2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

04-06-2017 14:03 UTC+8

Zhao Straightens Out Chen

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Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

We caught the action on the flop in a 3-way hand between James Chen, Hongjun Zhao and Dan ‘leisure wear’ Smith on a flop of just as Chen fired out a bet of 8,000.

Both Zhao and Smith made the call to keep the action 3-way to the turn and Chen fired again, this time for 20,000. Zhao thought it over for a bit and made the call and Smith bowed out to take play heads-up to the river.

Chen moved nearly all the rest of his stack into the middle for a bet of a little under 30,000, keeping back a single 500 chip, which is sitting on top of his cards.
Zhao called pretty quickly and Chen turned over which was not enough to beat Zhao’s straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hongjun Zhao	175,000
James Chen	500 -80,900	-80,900

Tags: James Chen Hongjun Zhao

04-06-2017 13:52 UTC+8

More New Arrivals, Along With Some Old

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Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

There have been some more new arrivals in the form of Michael Addamo, Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, Nan Hong, Mikita Badziakouski and defending HK$200,000 Single Re-Entry Shot Clock Champion Quan Zhou.

Dan Smith has also just rocked in sporting a comfy looking white towelled dressing gown bringing the term ‘leisure wear’ a whole new meaning. Will Smith set a fashion trend here in Macau? Too early to tell but it should make for an interesting winners photo should he take this event down.

There have also been 3 re-entries, and although we are not quite sure who has fired twice we will be able to add this information when we get a list of player entries later so watch this space.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Addamo	100,000

Bertrand Grospellier	100,000

Nan Hong	100,000
Mikita Badziakouski	100,000

Quan Zhou	100,000
Dan Smith	100,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

04-06-2017 13:38 UTC+8

Happy Birthday Steve O’Dwyer

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Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Some more late arrivals have trickled in including Yat Wai Cheng, Tobias Ziegler, Canlin Chen, John Juanda and Mustapha Kanit, the latter of whom had some interesting news for the rest of the field.

“Happy birthday Steve O’Dwyer!” Kanit shouted across the room to O’Dwyer who is seated at one of the other tables.

“Give me the microphone…” Kanit jokes, “and we can get the rest of the poker room to sing happy birthday.”

Player	Chips	Progress
Yat Wai Cheng	100,000
Tobias Ziegler	100,000
Canlin Chen	100,000
John Juanda	100,000

Mustapha Kanit	100,000

04-06-2017 13:27 UTC+8

Kozlov Wins First Hand

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Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Martin Kozlov’s run in the HK$82,400 PLO has come to an end and he has decided to try his luck in the HK$200,000 Single Re-Entry Shot Clock event instead and so far it’s working out.

Pre-flop it was Kozlov who was the aggressor in this particular hand, opening for 3,600 from middle position and finding a caller in the form of James Chen in the small blind.

Both players checked the flop and when the hit the turn Chen decided to take a stab for 5,000. Kozlov thought it over for a bit and threw in the call and the river came down .

This brought a check from Chen and Kozlov took around 20 seconds before deciding the right amount to bet was 145,000 and that was enough to get Chen to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Kozlov	108,600

James Chen	81,400 -18,600	-18,600

Tags: James Chen Martin Kozlov

Level: 3

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

04-06-2017 13:14 UTC+8

Alvarado Wins From Murthy As Field Grows

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Level 2 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

We have had some more late arrivals with Devan Tang and Steve O’Dwyer joining the fray, though the latter is without any fruit this time around.

While the new arrivals were taking their seats Neel Murthy opened the action with a raise to 3,000 from the cut off and JC Alvardo re-raised to 8,000 from the button. Both blinds bow out and Murthy made the call to take the action heads-up to a flop of .

This brought a check from Murthy and a bet of 7,000 from Alvarado, which was enough to take it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
JC Alvarado	127,000 8,000	8,000
Neel Murthy	116,800 -8,000	-8,000
Steve O'Dwyer	100,000

Devan Tang	100,000

Tags: Neel Murthy JC Alvarado

04-06-2017 13:05 UTC+8

Wong Wins From Haxton

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Level 2 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Isaac Haxton is another recent arrival, though the US player is not having the start he wanted and was already below the 100k initial stack.

Haxton was the aggressor in this particular hand opening to 3,200 from the button with Nick Wong the only caller.

The flop brought checks from both players with Wong taking a stab for 6,000 on the turn. Haxton called and it was off to the river.

Wong kept the betting lead and fired out 10,000, which after thinking it over for 20-seconds, Haxton called, but could only muck when Wong turned over for the flopped straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Wong	96,000 4,500	4,500
Isaac Haxton	67,000 67,000	67,000

Tags: Isaac Haxton Nick Wong

04-06-2017 12:55 UTC+8

Murthy Takes From Price

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Level 2 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The field has now grown to 23 with James Chen, Oliver Price and Neel Murthy joining the mix and we caught a hand involving the latter of the two.

The pot was already 15,000 when we arrived on the flop, just as Murthy led out for 5,500 from the blinds. Price made the call and the landed on the turn.

This brought a check from Murthy and a bet of 11,800 from Price. Murthy thought it over for about 15-seconds but made the call and it was off to the river.

The fourth club saw Murthy immediately lead out for 22,500 and Price chewed through nearly the full 30-seconds on the shot clock before grudgingly folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Neel Murthy	124,800 124,800	124,800
James Chen	100,000

Oliver Price	76,200 76,200	76,200

Tags: Neel Murthy Oliver Price

04-06-2017 12:45 UTC+8

Alvarado Plays Position

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Level 2 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Nick Petrangelo opened to 2,500 from under-the-gun and both Nick Wong (middle position) and JC Alvarado (button) called to take the action 3-way to a flop of .