HK$103,000 High Roller
Dia 3 Começado
2017 PokerStars Championship Macau
HK$103,000 High Roller
Dias: 3
Event Info
Resultados Finais
Event Info
Informações do Nível
2017 PokerStars Championship Macau
Buy-in
103,000 HKD
Premiação
17,460,000 HKD
Entries
180
Nível
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Final Table Set For HK$103,000 High Roller
Eight players remain to battle it out for the monstrous HK$3,870,000 (~US$503,100) first prize in the PokerStars Championship Macau HK$103,000 High Roller Single Re-Entry Shot Clock, with the final table set to play out at 12:30pm local time (GMT+7).
India’s Raghav Bansal is leading the charge with 1.78 million in chips, closely followed by Canada’s Troy Quenneville who bagged up 1.69 million when play concluded at 12:10am in the early hours of the morning on Saturday 9 April.
Other notables in contention include high stakes crushers Dan Smith and Nick Petrangelo, the latter of which is currently topping the Global Poker Index 2017 Player of the Year leaderboard. Petrangelo has earned in excess of $500,000 this week alone with not one but two second place High Roller cashes under his belt for the series so far.
Whether he can go all the way in this event remains to be seen but all eight remaining players have guaranteed themselves a payday of at least HK$470,000 (~US$57,563). However, it is the title, trophy and the lion’s share of the prize pool that all remaining competitors will be focused on.
Remaining Payouts:
| Place | Prize (HKD) | Prize (USD) |
| 1 | 3,870,000 | 503,100 |
| 2 | 2,610,000 | 339,300 |
| 3 | 1,800,000 | 234,000 |
| 4 | 1,465,000 | 190,450 |
| 5 | 1,170,000 | 152,100 |
| 6 | 895,000 | 116,350 |
| 7 | 652,000 | 84,760 |
| 8 | 470,000 | 61,100 |
With the shortest stack coming in at 24 big blinds there is still plenty of play left in the tournament and we expect some scintillating action as the event approaches its exciting conclusion.
Here’s where the rest of the field will be sitting and how they are stacking up:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 1,450,000 | 72 |
| 2 | Raghav Bansal | India | 1,787,000 | 89 |
| 3 | Sergey Lebedev | Russia | 805,000 | 40 |
| 4 | Sosia Jiang | Australia | 536,000 | 26 |
| 5 | Dan Smith | USA | 1,238,000 | 62 |
| 6 | Troy Quenneville | Canada | 1,698,000 | 85 |
| 7 | Xixiang Luo | China | 490,000 | 24 |
| 8 | Ben Lai | Hong Kong | 990,000 | 49 |
In addition to the thrilling end of the High Roller, the PokerStars Championship Main Event Final Table will also be playing out at 12pm local time.
Currently, it is Canada’s Elliot Smith who is narrowly leading with a stack of 4.585 million, with China’s Tianyuan Tang and the UK’s Ayman Hata rounding out the top three.
You can follow all the action on PokerNews so keep your eyes glued to your computer screens as this spectacular poker series plays down to its exciting conclusion.
Almost Game Time
The eight remaining finalists are in the process of taking their seats and unbagging their chips and we expect the cards to be in the air in the next few minutes.
There are 45-minutes remaining at 8,000/16,000/2,000 with the button starting on Sergey Lebedev.
Nível: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Quenneville Busy Early
Nível 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
We have only seen two flops so far and in both hands were we did so it was Canada’s Troy Quennville who won the pot.
In the first Xixiang Luo opened the action from under-the-gun with a raise to 38,000 with Quennville making the call from the big blind.
Both players checked the rather wet 
flop, before Quennville took a stab for 54,000 on the 
turn. That was enough to get Luo to give it up and the Canadian won his first hand of the day.
Three hands later it was Quennville who was the initial aggressor, popping it up to 35,000 from the cut off. Ben Lai shot him a suspicious stare and threw in the call from the small blind, Nick Petrangelo folded the big blind and it was heads-up to a flop of 
.
Lai checked, Quennville bet 38,000 and the Hong Kong player quickly folded and the Canadian won another.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
1,798,000 | 100,000 |
|
955,000 | -35,000 |
|
525,000 | 35,000 |
Bansal Bests Quenneville
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Nível 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Raghav Bansal faced a raise to 35,000 by Troy Quenneville in the hijack and called out of the big blind. On a flop of 
, Bansal checked and Quenneville continued for 45,000, which Bansal called.
After the 
turn, Bansal checked the second street in a row and Quenneville fired a second barrel worth 57,000 and Bansal came along.
On the 
river, Bansal checked and Quenneville checked behind. Bansal rolled over 
for a full house and that won the pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
1,950,000 | 163,000 |
|
|
1,620,000 | -178,000 |
Smith Takes from Lai
Nível 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
After two raises by Nick Petrangelo that went through without resistance, it was Ben Lai who joined the action and made it 35,000 to go. Dan Smith defended the big blind and checked in the dark, then the flop came 
. Lai continued for 30,000 and Smith check-raised to 100,000, which Lai called.
Both then got into a staring contest on the 
turn and Smith let the shot clock run down to five seconds before checking. Lai checked behind and did so again on the river. Smith turned over the 
and that won the pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
1,355,000 | 117,000 |
|
|
780,000 | -175,000 |
Xixiang Luo Eliminated in 8th Place (HK$470,000)
Nível 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Despite winning two side events here at the PokerStars Macau Championship for a little over US$50,000 already this week China’s Xixiang Luo could not go the distance here in the HK$103,000 High Roller and has become the first casualty of the final table.
Pre-flop it was Dan Smith who opened the action with a raise to 38,000 from the button and Troy Quenneville made the call from the small blind before Luo squeezed all-in from the big blind for 441,000 in total.
While Smith quickly folded Quenneville looked interested and asked for a count before making a quick call before the 5 allotted seconds of free time are over.
Xixiang Luo: 
Troy Quenneville: 
The Canadian immediately flopped top pair on the 
window card with the rest of the flop coming down 
. The 
turn and 
river gave Luo no help and first blood goes to Troy Quenneville while Luo headed to the cash desk to pick up the equivalent of US$57,560. All seven remaining High Rollers have HK$652,000 (~US$84,760) locked up for their efforts.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000 | 380,000 |
|
|
Eliminado |
Quenneville Wins From Bansal
Nível 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
The final table is quickly becoming the Troy Quennville show and the Canadian has just taken yet another pot down, this time off former front runner Raghav Bansal.
Pre-flop it was Bansal who opened the action from middle position with a raise to 36,000 only to see Quenneville re-pop to 73,000 from the button. The Indian player thought it over and tossed in the call to take play heads-up to the 
flop, which Bansal checked in the dark before the cards were even spread.
Quenneville thought it over before firing for 86,000 and Bansal did not take too long to make the call, bringing the action to the 
turn.
Bansal checked again and Quenneville loaded up the second barrel, firing for 119,000. After a slightly longer visit to the tank Bansal called once more and the hit the river.
That was it for the betting in this particular hand, Bansal turned over 
but was behind to Quenneville’s 
and another pot is shipped the Canadian’s way.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,480,000 | 480,000 |
|
|
1,650,000 | -300,000 |
Smith Takes Two Hits
Nível 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Hand 1
Raghav Bansal raised to 36,000 from under the gun and Dan Smith called in the cutoff. On the 
flop, Bansal continued for 38,000 and Smith called before the 
turn saw another bet worth 86,000 by Bansal. Smith called and the on the river then triggered a third barrel worth 156,000 by Bansal.
Smith gave it a long thought and folded, then said "you have the ace high flush." Bansal flashed the .
Hand 2
Sosia Jiang raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Smith as well as Bansal in the big blind called. The flop came 
and the action checked to Smith, who bet 90,000. Bansal quickly folded, but Jiang called.
On the 
turn, Jiang checked again and Smith bet 165,000. Jiang let the clock run down to just a few seconds and moved all in, Smith asked for a count. The shove was for 391,000 in total and Smith tossed in the additional chips.
Sosia Jiang: 
Dan Smith: 
Jiang was looking for a spade or a straight card in order to double, and the 
river did exactly that to let the last woman standing double.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,850,000 | 200,000 |
|
1,070,000 | 534,000 |
|
|
615,000 | -740,000 |