Nível: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Nível: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
The new level kicked off with big action, as Dan Smith raised to 45,000 from under the gun. Raghav Bansal three-bet to 113,000 in the small blind and Sosia Jiang then let the clock run down to one second before announcing a reraise. More than five seconds later she then squeezed to 350,000 and Smith asked for the three-bet size of Bansal, then crossed the hands behind the head.
Smith ultimately folded and Bansal also got out of the way, while Jiang had to forfeit one time bank chip.
One hand later, Sergey Lebedev raised to 45,000 on the button and Jiang three-bet to 125,000 in the small blind. Smith shoved out of the big blind and scooped the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Raghav Bansal | 1,750,000 | -100,000 |
Sosia Jiang | 1,130,000 | 60,000 |
Dan Smith
|
720,000 | 105,000 |
Sergey Lebedev | 700,000 | -105,000 |
It takes several crucial components to make a riveting final table. Let's break them down.
The chip leader
That title goes to India's Raghav Bansal. He emerged as an early frontrunner yesterday, before letting the lead go to Dan Smith. A late resurgence took him back to the top of the counts.
With more than $400K in live earnings, Bansal is no stranger to big final tables. He had a runner-up result in the Macau Poker Cup for $137,587 in February this year.
Read more on the PokerStars blog.
Raghav Bansal is not getting the start he wanted here in the HK$103,000 High Roller and has just lost a pot to Sosia Jiang.
Pre-flop it was Bansal making it 45,000 to go from the button with Jiang choosing to defend from the big blind.
Both players checked the flop with Bansa firing for 40,000 on the turn, which Jiang again called to bring the action to the river.
Now Jiang decided to seize control of the hand, leading out for 150,000 and is looked up by a suspicious Bansal, who can only muck when Jiang turned over for a rivered two pairs.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Raghav Bansal | 1,500,000 | -250,000 |
Sosia Jiang | 1,450,000 | 320,000 |
The final table is now down to six with the departure of Russia’s Sergey Lebedev. Pre-flop it was Ben Lai who lit the blue touch paper with an early position open to 45,000 before Lebedev juiced it up to 120,000 from the button.
Neighbouring Jiang, sitting in the small blind reached for chips, but not for calling with and she three-bet to 350,000 in total. Lai quickly folded and action was back on Lebedev who quickly moved his remaining chips into the middle and was called instantly by Jiang.
Sergey Lebedev:
Sosia Jiang:
The Russian was trailing to Jiang’s pocket rockets and found no help when the board ran out and hit the rail in seventh place for HK$652,000 (~US$84,760). All remaining six players are now guaranteed at least HK$895,000 (~US$116,350)
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Sosia Jiang | 2,180,000 | 730,000 |
Sergey Lebedev | Eliminado |
Ben Lai raised to 45,000 from under the gun and Raghal Bansal called in the cutoff. On a flop of , both players checked. Lai then bet the turn for 70,000 and Bansal folded.
One hand later, Nick petrangelo raised to 45,000 and Sosia Jiang called, as did Lai in the big blind. The flop of was checked to Petrangelo and he bet 55,000, which only Jiang called. On the turn, Petrangelo checked and folded to Jiang's bet worth 65,000.
Then, Petrangelo made it 70,000 to go in the small blind and Bansal defended the big blind. On the flop, Petrangelo's bet worth 50,000 was called before the turn went check, check. On the river, the American poker pro checked and Bansal took it down with a bet of 100,000.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Sosia Jiang | 2,200,000 | 20,000 |
Raghav Bansal | 1,550,000 | 50,000 |
Nick Petrangelo
|
1,500,000 | 50,000 |
Ben Lai | 850,000 | 70,000 |
Sosia Jiang is on fire at the moment and has just gunned down another player, with the unfortunate Dan Smith in her crosshairs this time around.
It was Jiang who was the initial raiser, making it 45,000 from the button before Smith shipped in the rest of his chips from the small blind for a shove of 566,000 in total. Jiang called quickly and it was race time.
Dan Smith:
Sosia Jiang:
Smith found no help on the flop and his tournament came to a close when the turn and river completed the hand. Jiang stacked up to 2.74 million while Smith headed for the exit to collect the equivalent of US$116,350.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Sosia Jiang | 2,740,000 | 540,000 |
Dan Smith
|
Eliminado |
Ben Lai had been pretty quiet at the final table but his tournament is now moving in the right direction. Pre-flop Lai raised it up to 45,000 from the button and Bansal defended from the big blind to take play heads-up to a 8d7c4s] flop.
Both players checked and the dealer burned and turned the , which brought a bet of 55,000 from the Indian player. Lai quickly called and the completed the river, bringing four to a straight.
This slowed Bansal down and he checked the action over to Lai, who looked at him calculatingly before reaching for chips and sliding out a bet of 160,000.
Bansal ran the shot clock down to 10-seconds before throwing out the call, but could only muck when Lai turned over for the rivered straight.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Raghav Bansal | 1,300,000 | -250,000 |
Ben Lai | 1,070,000 | 220,000 |
Troy Quenneville raised to 47,000 and Nick Petrangelo on the button as well as Sosia Jiang in the big blind called. On the flop, Jiang checked and Quenneville continued for 42,000. Petrangelo then raised it up to 150,000 and Jiang quickly folded, while Quenneville called.
After the turn, Quenneville check-called another 325,000 before checking the river. Petrangelo checked behind and was shown for quad deuces by Quenneville.
One hand later in the final hand of the level, Petrangelo raised to 45,000 in the cutoff and Jiang three-bet to 125,000 in the small blind Petrangelo came along, but then folded to a continuation bet worth 200,000 on a flop of to drop further in the chip counts.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Sosia Jiang | 3,050,000 | 310,000 |
Troy Quenneville | 2,800,000 | 320,000 |
Nick Petrangelo
|
670,000 | -830,000 |