In a three-bet pot preflop, Ka Kwan Lau on the button and Fabian Geisel in the small blind headed to the flop of and the German continued with a pot-sized bet, which Lau called. On the turn, Geisel bet 15,000 into a pot of 30,4000 and Lau called before Geisel then checked the on the river.
Lau took less than a minute before moving all in and Geisel double-checked his cards to ensure he had it before quickly calling. Geisel turned over the for a full house and Lau instantly tossed his cards right into the muck, then paid off the 23,600 of Geisel.
Sam Greenwood defended his big blind against the raise of Quan Zhou and check-raised a flop of . Zhou called and also called the pot-sized bet on the turn to see a pot of almost 50,000 emerge to the river. Greenwood got the remainder of his stack in and Zhou quickly said "I call."
Greenwood rolled over the for a set of deuces, but Zhou had that beat with for a straight.
In half an hour from now as of 12 p.m. local time, Day 1 of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Macau HK$82,400 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller will kick off at the PokerStars Live poker room at the City of Dreams. While Omaha is not as popular here in Macau, quite a few familiar names of the international poker circuit, which are no longer in the Main Event, are expected to join the action for double the fun. There will also be an elusive PokerStars Championship trophy up for grabs to attract some notables.
The event comes with a single re-entry option until the start of level 11, at which the registration will close as well, and all levels last 45 minutes each. All players receive a starting stack of 50,000 and the initial blinds at 100-200, a total of 13 levels are scheduled for Day 1 before the tournament will then determine it's champion tomorrow as of 12 p.m. local time. Depending on the field size, there may be alterations to the schedule and number of levels for Day 1 though, so stay tuned for further updates.