Main Event Dia 2 | 2017 PokerStars Championship Macau

2017-04-05 13:00 UTC+8

Over 500 Players and Counting as Day 2 Gets Set to Resume Play

They're on to Day 2! At 2pm local time, the surviving players from Days 1a and 1b will combine and return to the tables to play another six 75-minute levels in the 2017 PokerStars Championship Macau Main Event in the City of Dreams.

There have been over 500 entries so far and about 350 of those still have chips for today's Day 2. The first-ever PokerStars Championship Macau is an unqualified success. Registration remains open through the first two levels today, allowing the field to still grow.

Zigao Yu will lead the way when play resumes, unbagging 162,900 from Day 1a. The second-best stack is also from the first starting flight. Daniel Laidlaw will return with 135,300. The top three is rounded out by Day 1b's chip leader, Joachim Bold with 130,500.

Day 2 Level Structure

Level	Duration	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
7	75 min	300	600	100
8	75 min	400	800	100
9	75 min	500	1,000	100
10	75 min	600	1,200	200
11	75 min	800	1,600	200
12	75 min	1,000	2,000	300

While the second entry day played out yesterday in the PokerStars LIVE Macau poker room, the HK$206,000 Single-Day High Roller also delivered plenty of excitement. There were 62 entries to the event and Quan Zhou was the winner, earning HK$3,645,000 after defeating Nick Petrangelo heads-up.

PokerNews' live reporting team will be back on the tournament floor today, providing live updates of all the action. Keep your browser locked on this page to stay up to date as the tournament progresses.

Tags: Daniel Laidlaw Joachim Bold Nick Petrangelo Quan Zhou Zigao Yu

2017-04-05 14:55 UTC+8

Soulier More Than Doubles Early in the First Level

Nível 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Fabrice Soulier started the day with 77,000. We noted his seat draw early on as he was tablemates with big stacks Yao Meng, Ryan Yu, and Kitty Kuo as well.

A stroll past French pro just 30 minutes later had our eyes drawn to his massive chip stack.

We caught him in a hand moments ago. Soulier three-bet a raise from the player on the button to 4,200 and was met with a call. The flop came and Soulier led out with a bet of 3,600. Also called.

The hit on the turn and both players checked to the on the river. Soulier fired a bet worth 4,900 and after a moment, his opponent called. Soulier tabled and his opponent mucked.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fabrice Soulier	159,000	82,000

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2017-04-05 15:02 UTC+8

Bansal Gets Creative, Guo Profits

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Nível 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

APT Main Event Champion Dong Guo opened the action with a raise from under the gun, neighbor Adrian Attenborough made the call, as did a player in the hijack before India’s Raghav Bansal squeezed to 6,500 from the button.

Guo tanked for what felt like an eternity, though was probably only a few minutes, before sliding in the call and Attenborough also came along for the ride. After the player in the hijack bowed out, they went three-way to an flop.

Guo and Attenborough checked it over to Bansal, who again fired for 6,500. Guo took his time once more before choosing to check-raise to 13,000.

Attenborough quickly mucked and while Bansal took slightly longer about it. He did too and Guo won a decent pot without showdown to pad out his already ample stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dong Guo	90,000	1,800
Raghav Bansal	21,400	-14,000

Tags: Adrian Attenborough Dong Guo Raghav Bansal

2017-04-05 16:00 UTC+8

O'Dwyer has Departed

Nível 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

We missed the action but caught Steve O'Dwyer standing up from the table.

The was laid out on the table in front of him and an opponent's . The board read and the pot was being awarded to O'Dwyer's opponent.

O'Dwyer left the tournament area but has been seen scooping out the Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller event currently underway.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Yeow Chung Chong	77,000	35,700
Steve O'Dwyer	Eliminado

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2017-04-05 16:02 UTC+8

High Rollers Aplenty, Wang Wins From Aido

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Nível 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

With only the HK$80,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller running today it appears that many of the big buy-in players have opted to take a shot at the Main Event instead with Sergio Aido, Isaac Haxton, David Peters, Nick Petrangelo, Sam Greenwood and Dan Smith all busy beavering away here on Day 2.

Petrangelo and Peters are seated at different tables for a change, but Mikita Badziakouski and Davidi Kitai, who both final tabled the HK$206,000 Single Re-Entry Shot Clock on Tuesday 4 April, are amusingly seated at the same table once again in the Main Event.

James Chen told us he is planning on playing the second HK$200,000 Single Re-Entry Shot Clock tomorrow, unless of course he is still going in the Main. Currently Chen is seated at Billy the Croc’s table with the two players discussing strategy at present.

Another high roller who is in attendance and appears to be doing pretty well is Sergio Aido and we managed to catch the Spaniard in action in the following hand.

Pre-flop it was Aido who was the initial aggressor, opening the action with a raise to 2,000 from the hi-jack and finding a caller in Nianqing Wang, who chose to defend from the big blind.

Wang checked the flop over to Aido, who decided a c-bet was in order and bet out 1,500, which Wang quickly called.

Both players checked the turn opening the door for Wang to take a stab on the river and he reached for chips and tossed out a bet of 6,000.

Aido does not look thrilled about it but made a crying call and Wang rolled over the mighty for the turned boat. The Spanish player gave a wry grin and flashed his opponent pocket aces before tossing them into the muck.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Sergio Aido	85,000	4,700
Nianqing Wang	30,000	500

Tags: nianqing wang sergio aido

2017-04-05 17:58 UTC+8

Soulier Takes the Chip Lead

Nível 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Ryan Yu had a large stack of chips in front of him earlier, and he now has a lot less while Fabrice Soulier has heaps. In fact, we're pretty certain he's the current chip leader. We caught both of them in a recent hand.

Soulier raised to 2,500 from middle position and Guodong Sun called from the small blind and Yu called in the big blind. The flop came . All three players checked and the turn was the .

Sun elected to lead out, making it 3,300. Yu quickly folded but Soulier paused. He checked his cards again and raised to 9,900. Sun only took a moment to think before folding to the big stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fabrice Soulier	265,000	102,500
Guodong Sun	90,000	20,700
Ryan Yu	25,000	-123,000

Tags: Fabrice Soulier Guodong Sun Ryan Yu

2017-04-05 18:02 UTC+8

PokerNews MyStack App Available for all Main Event Players

Nível 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The PokerNews MyStack App is available for players here at the PokerStars Championship Macau, allowing players to directly update their chip count on the PokerNews Live Reporting page for their friends and family to see.

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2017-04-05 19:03 UTC+8

Prize Pool Announced, PSC Macau an International Affair

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Nível 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

PSC Championship Macau player nationalities

The numbers are in and the PokerStars Championship Macau has attracted a very respectable 536 entries, 234 of whom currently remain in contention.

The field is a veritable cultural melting pot and, while the majority of the field come from China (30%), the rest is a diverse mix of players from around the world, making this a truly international affair.

This has ballooned the prize pool to a whopping HK$20,796,000 (~US$2,676,731) with a massive HK$3,130,000 (~US$402,874) on offer for first place.

The top 103 places will be getting paid with a min-cash good for HK$62,500 (~US$8,044).

2017-04-05 19:23 UTC+8

Deyra Takes a Bite Out of the Croc

Nível 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Ivan Deyra opened to 3,000 from late position and Billy 'The Croc' Argyros bumped it up to 9,000 on the button. The blinds got out of the way and Deyra made the call.

The flop came and Deyra check-called a bet of 14,000 from the Croc, bringing the on the turn. Both players checked to see the peeled off the deck on the river.

Deyra decided to take the betting lead and fired out a bet of 18,500. Argyros agonized over the decision for a moment before tossing a call into the pot.

Deyra showed Argyros the bad news, tabling for a full house.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ivan Deyra	175,000	90,000
Billy Argyros	31,500	-45,500

Tags: Billy Argyros Ivan Deyra

2017-04-05 20:09 UTC+8

Paik Teaches Pressure Lesson

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Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Having a big stack gives you a lot of leverage in poker tournaments; a lesson Albert Paik is keen to teach the rest of his table.

School was already in session in a three-way hand between Professor Paik (Ph.D. in aggression), Vitaly Tevis and Beh Kok Weng. We caught the action on the flop with the board reading and over 15,000 already in the pot just as Weng (small blind) and Paik (big blind) checked the action over to Tevis.

Tevis had obviously not done his homework and decided to take a stab for 4,800. Weng was another inattentive pupil slipping behind in his studies and he elected to make the call before Paik reiterated his point forcibly with a check-raise to 15,000 in total.

Tevis looked nonplussed by this turn of events but grudgingly found the fold, and after chewing it over so did Weng leaving Paik to drag in the pot and chip up further.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Albert Paik	268,000	38,000
Beh Kok Weng	88,000	-17,700
Vitaly Tevis	48,000	27,200

Tags: Albert Paik Beh Kok Weng Vitaly Tevis