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.