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

04-04-2017 20:11 UTC+8

Alvarado Loses Race and Tournament Life

RazorSharpPro

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

JC Alvarado and Artem Metalidi got all the chips in pre-flop and it was left to a good old fashioned race to decide the fate of Alvarado’s tournament life.

JC Alvarado:
Artem Metalidi:

Unfortunately for the Mexican, the board ran out and he departed in 15th place while Metalidi stacked up to 376,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artem Metalidi	376,000 178,000	178,000
JC Alvarado	Busted

Tags: Artem Metalidi JC Alvarado

04-04-2017 20:03 UTC+8

Yu First Casualty After Dinner

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Davidi Kitai shoved for his last 35,000 from under the gun and Dengfeng Yu reshoved for 120,000 from two seats over. Daniel Dvoress checked the stacks of Yu and the players behind him before announcing the call, while everyone else got out of the way.

Davidi Kitai:
Dengfeng Yu:
Daniel Dvoress:

The board ran out and the rail of the Belgian, including Pierre Calamusa and Fabrice Soulier, applauded as Kitai made a backdoor straight to triple up. Yu however was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	685,000 85,000	85,000

Davidi Kitai	100,000 63,000	63,000

Dengfeng Yu	Busted

Tags: Daniel Dvoress Davidi Kitai Dengfeng Yu

04-04-2017 20:00 UTC+8

Redraw of the Last Two Tables

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The action has recommenced with the following two tables.

Seat	Table 1	Country	Table 2	Country
1	Oliver Price	UK	Dan Smith	USA
2	Fabian Quoss	Germany	Shuo Li	China
3	Jack Salter	UK	David Peters	USA
4	Artem Metalidi	Ukraine	Quan Zhou	China
5	Zuo Wang	China	Davidi Kitai	Belgium
6	JC Alvarado	Mexico	Rafael Moraes	Brazil
7	Nick Petrangelo	USA	Dengfeng Yu	China
8	Mikita Badziakouski	Belarus	Daniel Dvoress	Canada

Level: 13

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

04-04-2017 19:56 UTC+8

Play Paused for Redraw

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RazorSharpPro

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

The remaining 16 players in the PSC Macau HK$206,000 are just back from their dinner break and there will be a table redraw. Play will resume as soon as this is decided so stick around as the cards will be back in the air very shortly.

04-04-2017 19:20 UTC+8

Updated Counts at Dinner Break (full)

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	815,000
David Peters	700,000 220,000	220,000

Mikita Badziakouski	660,000 60,000	60,000

Shuo Li	630,000 -55,000	-55,000
Daniel Dvoress	600,000 -100,000	-100,000

Dan Smith	470,000 10,000	10,000

Fabian Quoss	350,000
Quan Zhou	339,000 39,000	39,000
Oliver Price	325,000 -195,000	-195,000
Zuo Wang	312,000 212,000	212,000
Nick Petrangelo	251,000 -4,000	-4,000

Artem Metalidi	198,000 -97,000	-97,000
Rafael Moraes	170,000 -30,000	-30,000

Dengfeng Yu	120,000 10,000	10,000
JC Alvarado	115,000 -35,000	-35,000
Davidi Kitai	37,000 -95,000	-95,000

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04-04-2017 18:54 UTC+8

Dinner Break for the Last 16 Players

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The remaining 16 players have been sent into a 60-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 7.50 p.m. local time.

Here are some tips on how to play tournaments with a very fast structure while you wait.

04-04-2017 18:50 UTC+8

Troyanovskiy and Hongjun Bust Before Break

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RazorSharpPro

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

There has been a last-gasp burst of action and Vladimir Troyanovskiy and Zhao Hongjun have departed in a flurry of cards and chips.

We caught the action in Troyanovskiy's bust out hand on the turn in a heads up pot between the former and Daniel Dvoress with the board reading with the Russian facing down a 106,000 bet from the Canadian.

Troyanovskiy burned through nearly the entire allotted 30-seconds before shoving for a little under 260,000 but was called instantly by Dvoress – and did not look happy about this at all. When the cards are turned over we can see why.

Vladimir Troyanovskiy:
Daniel Dvoress:

The Russian was in bad shape, left drawing to the deck’s two remaining jacks, neither of which appeared on the river to send Troyanovskiy to the rail.

While this was happening Zhao Hongjun and Jack Salter became involved in a huge hand that cost the former his tournament life.

We missed all of the action and only arrived in time to catch the aftermath, but Salter was kind enough to recap the action for us before heading off for his dinner.

Pre-flop it was Hongjun who was the aggressor, with Salter calling in position with and hitting gin when the flop came down . Unaware he had walked into a monster Hongjun checked the action over to Salter, who fired for 27,000. The Chinese player sealed his demise after choosing to check raise to 62,000 with Salter craftily smooth calling to set the trap.

Hongjun led out for 95,000 on the turn and Salter smooth-called once again and the river came down a meaningless .

The Chinese player fired out a 100,000 bet, leaving himself 80,000 behind, which he called off when Salter moved all-in, but could only tap the table and stand up to leave when Salter rolled over the stone cold nuts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	815,000 575,000	575,000
Daniel Dvoress	700,000 300,000	300,000

Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Busted
Zhao Hongjun	Busted

Tags: Daniel Dvoress Jack Salter Vladimir Troyanovskiy zhao hongjun

04-04-2017 18:48 UTC+8

Alvarado Slips; Quoss Four-Bet Jams

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Christian Zetzsche

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

JC Alvarado raised to 26,000 from under the gun and Shuo Li called in the big blind. On a flop of , Li checked and Alvarado bet 23,000. Li check-raised to 50,000 and Alvarado folded.

Two hands later, Quan Zhou raised it up to 26,000 and Alvarado called in the big blind, then check-folded the flop.

Over on table two, Nick Petrangelo made it 27,000 to go from the cutoff and Mikita Badziakouski three-bet to 68,000 out of the small blind. Fabian Quoss then four-bet shoved for 254,000 and that forced two folds to award the pot to the German without any showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shuo Li	685,000 35,000	35,000
Fabian Quoss	350,000 -25,000	-25,000
JC Alvarado	150,000 -30,000	-30,000

Tags: Fabian Quoss JC Alvarado Mikita Badziakouski Nick Petrangelo Quan Zhou Shuo Li

04-04-2017 18:42 UTC+8

Two for Dvoress

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Daniel Dvoress raised to 26,00 from under the gun and Vladimir Troyanovskiy called on the button, Nick Petrangelo tossed in the extra chips from the big blind. On the flop, Petrangelo checked and Dvoress bet 28,000, which only Petrangelo called. After the turn, Petrangelo checked for a second time and Dvoress claimed the pot with a bet worth 60,000.

One hand later, Mikita Badziakouski raised to 25,000 from under the gun and Dvoress three-bet to 85,000 in order to force a fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikita Badziakouski	600,000 -20,000	-20,000

Daniel Dvoress	400,000 140,000	140,000

Vladimir Troyanovskiy	310,000 5,000	5,000
Nick Petrangelo	255,000 -95,000	-95,000

Tags: Daniel Dvoress Mikita Badziakouski Nick Petrangelo Vladimir Troyanovskiy