Emning Zhang leads Day 1B by a nose
There are 42 happy poker players leaving PokerStars LIVE Macau at this time. All of them managed to do what 106 others couldn't - make it through Day 1B of the MPC21 Red Dragon Main Event. It's safe to mention that at the beginning of the day all 148 entrants desired to become the chip leader, but as they say, there can only be one! In this occasion it was Emning Zhang who bagged the chip lead with a stack 115,100. He was only a few thousand sooner than Darian Tan (112,600) and Bin Hu (109,700).
While they did not fare in addition to the chip leaders, we will also inform you that Team PokerStars Pros Celina Lin and Raymond Wu both survived.
You can expect all of the end-of-day chip counts and an entire wrap-up of Day 1B to seem at the blog soon, but for now we bid you farewell! We will be able to be back with more live updates from 3:00pm local time tomorrow because the third and final Day 1 flight occurs.
10:50pm: Wai Leong makes Lester hurt
Lester Pinto have been amongst the chip leaders all day.
Not anymore.
We recently arrived to search out Pinto invbolved in a large pot with Wai Leong Chan at the river of a 4♥4♣K♦Q♦5♦ board. There has been already around 40,000 within the pot at this point and Pinto check to Chan, who bet 20,100. Pinto tumbled out a chip to suggest the decision and Chan quickly turned over A♦J♦ - a runner-runner nut-flush.
Pinto just shook his head, paid the bet and left himself with under 30,000 in chips.Luckily for Pinto he would double up only a few hands later hoding pocket fours versus ace-queen, while Chan will now likely finish the night as one of the crucial chip leaders.
10:40pm: Six more hands
The tournament clock was paused and the players has been told there'll be six more hands at each table! Presently the race for the chip lead is between Dairan Tan, Bing Hu and Emning Zhang.
10:30pm: Emning Zhang keeps winning chips
Emning Zhang can not seem to put a foot wrong. He's been on our radar for many of the afternoon - time which he has spent as some of the chip leaders. Zhang has continued his winning ways into the last level of the night.
We picked up the action with Zhang and one player at the turn of a J♦5♥2♥K♠ board. Zhang led out for 7,400 and the player called. The river was a 2♠ and this time Zhang checked and was faced with a gamble of 17,000. Zhang tanked and finally called.
Zhang's opponent reluctantly showed A♣4♣ for just ace high, while Zhang tabled his T♣T♠.Zhang is as much as 130,000 and searching prone to be probably the most chip leaders on the end of play.
10:15pm: Final level begins with five tables
The final level of Day 1C has just begun and we're already right down to five tables of nine. There have been 53 survivors on Day 1A and it's looking like tonight can be somewhere within the 30's.
10:10pm: Level 11 begins, Blinds 800/1,600 (200)
10:00pm: No luck for Lin as Bin surges
Aaron Lin (brother of 2011 Asia Player of the Year Shaq Lin) got his stack of 18,900 in preflop holding Q♥Q♠ and was more healthy against Bin Hu's T♥T♦.
Then the dealer unfolded a K♦7♣T♣9♦6♠ board and it was everywhere for Lin.
Hu already had quite a large stack before this hand, but is now probably the most chip leaders with 95,000.
9:45pm: PokerStars LIVE Macau full to the brim
While Day 1b of the Red Dragon is getting towards the business end of the day, a brand new batch of fresh-faced hopefuls have just taken their seats across the PokerStars LIVE Macau poker site. But they don't seem to be here to compete typically Event. They're here for the HK$3,000 No Limit Holdem Turbo Event which has just kicked off as a part of the MPC21 schedule.
The poker site is currently full to the brim with the 32 tournament tables all in use and the queue on the registration desk was over 30-people long for the most productive a part of the last half hour. With the tournament full, these players at the moment are waiting as alternates until someone busts and a spare seat is freed. Being an alternative isn't always an excellent thing in a Turbo event, but PokerStars Macau chief Danny McDonagh has just announced that the clock can be paused on the current level until all alternates has been capable of take their seats in order for no person is greatly disadvantaged.
It's great to look the brand new space on the City of Dreams bubbling with activity on a hectic Saturday night, and if the choice of people here tonight is any indication, then we're in for a much bigger day tomorrow for the general flight of the Red Dragon Main Event.
9:30pm: Back for the overall levels
The players are back from their break and the cards are back within the air.
Blinds at the moment are 600/1,200 with a 200 ante.
Two more 40-minute levels and Day 1C is all over!
9:20pm: Final daybreak 1C
The players has been sent on their final dawn 1C. Once they return there'll be two more levels before calling it a night!
9:10pm: Lin at the comeback train
What a comeback from Celina Lin!
The Team PokerStars Pro was down well under 10,000 recently, but is now cruising way to a few big pots. First Lin doubled as much as around 25,000 after which she sent a player to the rail to transport to simply under 50,000.
The hand wherein Lin sent a player packing saw her raise it as much as 5,000 from the button after three players had already put some chips within the pot. At this point the player who was under the gun moved all in for 16,700 more (21,700 total) and Lin started enthusiastic about her decision. Eventually Lin called and tabled pocket eights. Her opponent had king-jack suited. The board ran out all bricks and with that, Lin was back in business.
8:50pm: Big stack emerges within the type of Zhang
Another big stack has emerged within the type of Enming Zhang after an enormous clash on Table 2. This wasn't your typical ace-king versus pocket queens double up, as Zhang and his opponent got slightly creative.
We arrived at the flop of 3♣4♠Q♦ to look the player within the big blind lead out with a chance of 2,700. Zhang was at the button, and we assume the preflop raisor, as he bumped it as much as 8,500. His opponent gave it some thought and made the decision because the J♥ found its way onto the turn.
Action checked to Zhang who reached for a stack of blue 1,000-denomination chips and slid them into the middle, but before they may also be cut down, the large blind had moved all in and Zhang quickly called!
The big blind proudly showed his J♠4♥ which had turned two pair, nevertheless it was no good as Zhang held Q♠3♥ for an equally raggedy, but slightly superior two pair. The river was the T♦ and Zhang's last 34,500 chips were doubled to look his stack rise to an excellent 95,000 chips.
8:40pm: Level 9 begins, blinds 500/1,000 (100)
8:30pm: Lester is running too good
"He's running too good man!" cried the player on Lester Pinto's right.
It's hard to argue with this fellow when you think about the hand he had just witnessed.
It started with a player opening to 1,700 from early position. Two players called before Pinto three-bet to 10,000 from the small blind. The unique opener moved all in for just below 15,000, the opposite two players folded and Pinto installed the additional chips.
Pinto had A♥K♠ and was up against A♠A♦.
The A♣4♦Q♦ flop wasn't helpful to Pinto as his opponent hit a suite of aces.
Then a T♦ turn and a J♠ river meant that Pinto had made a straight.
Ouch.
Not for Pinto though.
He's as much as around 98,000.
8:10pm: Celina back over five figures
Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin is finally back over five-figures.
It's been a coarse day of grinding for Lin, but a up to date three-bet shove for 9,200 from the massive blind after an early position open to 1,600 and an eventual fold from that player sees her move back towards the starting stack.
8:00pm: Level 8 begins, Blinds 400/800 (100)
7:50pm: Jing Wang getting into the lead
At this point within the day, it looks as if Jing Wang is the chip leader!
Wang recently picked up an excessively large pot against one opponent on a 8♥Q♦J♣K♣9♥ board.
Wang had opened to 1,600 preflop from middle position and the player within the big blind made the decision. Both players checked the flop, while Wang led for 1,300 at the turn. When Wang led for 3,500 at the river, his opponent folded.
Wang is sitting pretty on around 75,000.
7:35pm: Registration locked out, field size in
With registration closing after four hours of play we will confirm that 148 players have partaken in Day 1B of the MPC20 Red Dragon Main Event. That's a bit of less than expectations, but tomorrow should see huge numbers filter into PokerStars LIVE Macau. We're still on trek to surpass last year' MPC August field size of 645.
7:20pm: Back with rego closed
The players are back from their break and with that, registration has closed.
Blinds at the moment are 300/600 with a 50 ante.
There are five more levels before today is all over the place.
7:10pm: Break number two
The players was sent on their second break of the day. It is going to be back to it in ten minutes.
That also means there are ten minutes remaining to register for Day 1B.
7:00pm: Team Pros at the downward trend
Following Bryan Huang's elimination, we thought we'd go take a look across the tournament area and notice how the opposite two Team PokerStars Pros are faring.
Turns out the solution to that query isn't... too well.
Raymond Wu, remains to be doing fine with a bit over 20,000 but compared to the 45,000 he got his stack up to, that isn't too well.
Celina Lin have been grinding all afternoon, but is right down to well under 10,000. We recently watched Lin three-bet jam for 7,750 from the button and after one player had opened to 700 preflop. Lin took down this pot and added some chips to her stack.
Let's see if these two can do what Huang wasn't in a position to.
6:45pm: Huang runs into aces and also you know the rest
Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang has left the building.
One the best way out, he told us that he ran ace-queen into pocket aces.
"Unlucky," we said to him.
"Not really," replied Huang with a chuckle.
Celina Lin and Raymond Wu remain within the field, waiving the PokerStars flag.
6:30pm: Level 6 begins, Blinds 200/400 (50)
6:25pm: MPCC champ Chen climbing
Former MPCC champion Rui Chen has just landed a slightly dramatic double up in impressive style. We arrived to look a flop of 6♣T♠8♦ with a raffle of 4,800 and a choice in front of Chen. He was taking his time over his decision before he eventually decided the play was to kick it up with a min-raise to 9,600. That was enough to force the primary player to fold, however the second opponent wasn't going to depart so easily.
The player anguished over the verdict for several minutes and finally the clock was called.
That was the trigger for the player to splash out a choice and we'd see the 3♦ hit the turn.Action checked to Chen who moved all in for 9,575 and this time the bet was quickly called.
Chen tabled T♥T♦ for prime set and his opponent dropped his head in dismay and likewise his cards into the muck in resignation. There has been little need for a river card as Chen greater than doubled to climb to 44,000 in chips.
6:15pm: Lester crusing
Earlier within the day Lester Pinto sent Sunny Zhang to the rail. Pinto had pocket aces and hit a collection, while Zhang was unlucky to hit a set of twos, get all his chips in and lose the pot. Interestingly, Pinto and Zhang was running good this past week, both winning side events. Obviously Pinto have been running just a bit bit better.
Since dealing the fatal blow to Zhang, Pinto has continued to prosper and is now probably the most chip leaders with a stack of 45,000.
6:00pm: Yoo moving on up
Korea's James Yoo has managed to amass one of the crucial larger stacks early here on Day 1B of the Red Dragon. He recently scooped a pot against one opponent on a 2♠4♦T♦J♥4♥ board. There has been around 3,000 within the pot once we arrived at the turn and both players checked here. Then Yoo led out for 3,500 at the river and with a fold, scooped up the pot.
Yoo's best result here in Macau was a deep run within the 2010 APPT Macau Main Event.
5:50pm: Level 5 begins, Blinds 150/300 (50)
5:35pm: Players still filtering In
Registration remains to be open until just after 7:00pm, so we still have an outstanding 90 minutes for players to pony up the HK$11,000 buy-in and take to the tables of Day 1B of the Red Dragon Main Event. Nowadays we're as much as 147 players, which combined with yesterday's 213, brings us as much as 360. Without reference to today's field we're expecting a packed house for tomorrow's Day 1C.
5:25pm: Team Pro update
All three Team PokerStars Pros here on Day 1B of the Red Dragon are travelling along nicely, though at different paces.
Celina Lin has struggled to collect any momentum early, finding herself with around 11,000 and seemingly unable to seek out a playable hand in this current level.
Raymond Wu, at the other hand, has continued to rake in chips and sees his stack sitting firmly above 40,000.
Huang has managed to win a couple of chips recently. He five bet from the button when he got right into a raising war with the player on his direct right. His opponent didn't wish to rumble with Singapore's most successful poker player and with that Huang moved as much as around 20,000 in chips.
5:10pm: Back to play with antes
The first break of the day is over and the cards are back within the air.
Antes now kick in, with blinds at 100/200 with a 25 ante.
Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu is returning to a stack of 40,000 which looks as if it puts him within the early chip lead.
5:00pm: First first light 1B
The players has been sent on their first crack of dawn 1B.
Ten minutes and it'll be back to it.
Don't forget late registration continues to be open for 2 more hours!
4:45pm: Bin starts Day 1B strong
Bin Hu has already amassed just over 30,000 in chips.
Plenty of these came in a up to date three-handed pot that went his way.
We arrived at the turn of a 4♣9♥8♣T♥ board, with Kok Chew Leong checking to Hongjun Cui, who bet 2,000. Hu mad the decision and so too did Leong.
The river was a Q♥ and the play was checked to Hu. After a couple of moments, Hu bet 3,500. Leong quickly folded and the action was one Cui. That bet was greater than half Cui's remaining stack and after some thought, Cui decided to avoid wasting his chips.
4:30pm: Wu within the groove
Raymond Wu is running hot within the early stages of Day 1b of the Red Dragon Main Event when we just caught him winning two big pots in consecutive hands.
The first hand saw Wu fire bets at the turn and river at the board of 3♣Q♦T♦9♣9♦. The bets were called and Wu showed 8♦6♦ for the winning flush.
The very next hand Wu was back within the thick of things, check-raising a chance of 800 to 2,200 from the small blind at the flop of 2♠J♦4♠. His opponent made the decision before Wu discounted the fee to 1,800 at the repeat 2♥ turn. Again the bet was called before the K♠ completed the board. Wu slid out a stack of blue chips, which was enough to place his opponent all in for his last 6,000. It was a snappy call however the short-stacked player couldn't better Wu's 4♣4♦ for an entire house!
Wu sends one to the rail to climb to 38,000 and the early Day 1b chip lead.
4:20pm: Level 3 Begins, Blinds 100/200
4:10pm: Just a bit gamble
In the early levels of play, it isn't uncommon to peer a bit gamble, especially here in Macau, but we just saw a three-way action flop that couldn't ended so much worse for a few our players than it ultimately did.
The flop of J♣3♣K♣ would produce a big gamble of 1,200 from Jianwei Liu before Yi Guang Xu popped it as much as 2,500 in position. The action was back with Kwok Man Lau within the small blind who tanked for a very long time before deciding to make the cold call. A fourth player folded and Liu made the call.
The turn was the 2♣ to position four clubs on board and that brought checks across the table. The river was a bricky 5♦ and again everyone decided to play it careful as they tapped the table.From the small blind, Lau was to turn first and opened K♥J♥ for a clubless two pair. Liu could beat that as he revealed 7♣6♣ for a flopped flush, nevertheless it was Xu who was actually third best at the flop but ended with the most efficient hand holding Q♠T♣ for a greater flush. Xu chips as much as 25,000 in chips.
3:55pm: Good start for Wu
Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu won the Red Dragon in March of 2010. Back then the overall field was 321 players, that is closer in size to a single Day 1 flight nowadays.
Wu is currently within the middle seat of Table 6 on Day 1b and is asking comfortable.
We recently arrived to look at Wu casually flicking out a preflop raise to 500 from early position. He received two called, one from Kuang Hung Lee in middle position and one from Darian Tan within the bring to an end.
On the 6♣4♦2♥ flop, Wu led out for 500, Lee got out of how and Tan made the decision. The dealer then flipped over a 7♦ at the turn and this time Wu checked. Tan bet 900 here and Wu thought for some time, doubling checking his cards before making the call.
When the board completed with a 9♣, Wu again checked and this time Tan bet 1,500. Wu went into the tank and at last tumbled out a call.
At showdown Tan tabled K♦T♦ for just king high, meaning Wu had made a fair call with 5♦5♥.
3:25pm: Who's within the field
As we already mentioned, all three Team PokerStars Pros are in today's field, but they are not the one players we recognise on the tables. Also on the tables are players like 2009 Red Dragon champion Zhenjian Lin, Darian Tan, Aaron Lin, Sunny Zhang, Lester Pinto and Justin Chan.
3:20pm: Slow begin to the day
"Wow, slow start," quipped APPT President Danny McDonagh.
He was relating to the truth that only roughly 140 players have sat down on the tables so far, that is quite a bit not up to the 200 plus he expected. Of course, there may be late registration for four hours, so more players are inclined to take a seat. A small field on Day 1B is also a sign that Day 1C may be massive anyway.
3:10pm: Day of the Team Pros
Just as we were getting out of our seat on the media desk to stroll over to the tournament area and notice who's the in field we ran into Team PokerStars Pros Bryan Huang, Celina Lin and Raymond Wu. All three were on their technique to the registration desk.
"You can't all play Day 1B," joked APPT President Danny McDonagh. "CERTAINLY ONE OF you goes to must sit out and play tomorrow."
The three Team Pros weren't having it though as all of them wandered over to the tournament area, with Celina Lin clutching a brand spanking new Team Pro patch that she looked quite proud of.
We certainly don't mind all of them playing today.
3:05pm: Planning the day
Just a snappy update at the Day 1B plan.
Like yesterday, we will be able to be playing eleven 40-minute levels. On the way to bring us to around 11:00pm local time. Players start with 15,000 in chips, the primary blind level is 25/50 and there'll be 10-minute breaks after every three levels!
Alright, with that out of the way, it is time to check who's within the field.
3:00pm: Fred kicks it off on Day 1B
PokerStars Macau's "Poker Dude" Fred Leung has just welcomed the players and asked the dealers to shuffle up and deal as Day 1B of the MPC21 Red Dragon has begun!
Right now there are under 200 players within the tournament, but with registration open for the primary four hours of play, we will be able to expect the sector to grow considerably.
Second Day 1 flight begins today
Welcome back to PokerStars LIVE Macau as we're making ready for Day 1b of the MPC21 Red Dragon Main Event!
It was lower than twelve hours ago that 52 players bagged up some chips at the first Day 1 flight. Those survivors came from a complete field of 213 Players. Now we have received the word from APPT President Danny McDonagh that today's field must be an identical size.
The cards may be within the air from 3:00pm local time and we will be able to again be here all day long providing live updates, so make sure you keep clicking refresh for your browser and learn the way all of it plays out.
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