2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Esenkulov is all Heart

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We caught the action on the river with the board reading {j-Hearts}{k-Spades}{q-Clubs} {9-Hearts}{a-Hearts} and a sizable amount of chips already in the center of the table.

Sitting in the cutoff Esenkulov has a bet totaling roughly 12,500 or so out on the felt and is facing an all-in from button Qifeng Duan.

“Will you fold if I show?” quizzed Esenkulov.

“Hmm, ok you did show me you had queens earlier,” replied Duan.

“I’m going to fold this then,” said Esenkulov, rolling over {5-Hearts}{7-Hearts} for a small heart flush. The rest of the table looked perplexed until Duan obligingly turned over {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}.

“Nice fold man,” said Duan as he raked in the pot.

That canny fold saved the Russian a hell of a lot of chips – many players would have happily called off there but then it’s just like Kenny Rogers says (or sings) poker is all about knowing when to hold’em and knowing when to fold’em.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Aslan Esenkulov ru
Aslan Esenkulov
80,000
40,100
40,100
Profile photo of Qifeng Duan cn
Qifeng Duan
77,000
36,700
36,700

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