Beim PokerStars Championship Macau Main Event ging es heute in den vorletzten Tag. Am fünften Tag kamen 16 von ehemals 536 gestarteten Spieler zurück an die Tische und mit dem gebürtigen Deutschen Aymon Hata haben wir noch einen Spieler am Final Table.
Als Chipleader kommt am Sonntag der Kanadier Elliot Smith (Foto) mit 4.585.000 Chips zurück an den Tisch, knapp gefolgt vom Chinesen Terry Tang mit 4.500.000. Außerdem ist mit Aymon Hata noch ein Spieler mit deutschen Wurzeln im Finale um den Titel und einen Scheck in Höhe von etwas mehr als $400.000. Der in London lebende Deutsche kommt mit 1.970.000 Chips zurück an den Final Table.
Das Turnier wird in Level 27 mit Blinds 30k/60k und 10k Ante fortgesetzt. Jeder Spieler hat bereits etwas mehr als $90k Preisgeld sicher. Kurz vor dem Finale musste sich der französische Poker Pro Fabrice Soulier auf Rang 9 für $49.682 verabschieden.
Anbei die Final Table Chipcounts:
Seat 1: Aymon Hata, UK, 1,970,000
Seat 2: Terry Tang, China, 4,500,000
Seat 3: Avraham Oziel, Canada, PokerStars qualifier, 1,735,000
Seat 4: Pete Chen, Taiwan, Live satellite winner, 1,170,000
Seat 5: Elliot Smith, Canada, 4,585,000
Seat 6: Daniel Laidlaw, Australia, 1,855,000
Die bisherigen Payouts:
| POS | NAME | COUNTRY | PRIZE (HKD) | PRIZE (USD) |
| 1 | $3.130.000 | $402.862 | ||
| 2 | $2.325.000 | $299.251 | ||
| 3 | $1.724.000 | $221.896 | ||
| 4 | $1.280.000 | $164.749 | ||
| 5 | $950.000 | $122.275 | ||
| 6 | $705.000 | $90.741 | ||
| 7 | Yan Li | China | $521.000 | $67.058 |
| 8 | Xuan Tan | China | $386.000 | $49.682 |
| 9 | Fabrice Soulier | France | $386.000 | $49.682 |
| 10 | Dong Guo | China | $291.300 | $37.493 |
| 11 | Artem Metalidi | Ukraine | $291.300 | $37.493 |
| 12 | Thibaut Blondel | France | $221.000 | $28.445 |
| 13 | Wenlong Jin | China | $221.000 | $28.445 |
| 14 | Winfred Yu | Hong Kong | $221.000 | $28.445 |
| 15 | Jianbo Jiang | China | $221.000 | $28.445 |
| 16 | Feng Wen Chen | Taiwan | $170.000 | $21.881 |
| 17 | Julius Malzanini | Germany | $170.000 | $21.881 |
| 18 | Dzmitry Rabotkin | Belarus | $170.000 | $21.881 |
| 19 | Zinan Xu | China | $170.000 | $21.881 |
| 20 | Petar Kalev | Bulgaria | $170.000 | $21.881 |
| 21 | Pakinai Lisawad | Thailand | $170.000 | $21.881 |
| 22 | Renjun Yang | China | $170.000 | $21.881 |
| 23 | Nerijus Luksa | Norway | $170.000 | $21.881 |
| 24 | Tommy Hjerting Bech | Denmark | $130.500 | $16.797 |
| 25 | Yasuyuki Tsuji | Japan | $130.500 | $16.797 |
| 26 | Joachim Bold | Germany | $130.500 | $16.797 |
| 27 | Wei Lik Graeme Siow | Singapore | $130.500 | $16.797 |
| 28 | Soichiro Kojiya | Japan | $130.500 | $16.797 |
| 29 | Vitaly Tevis | Russia | $130.500 | $16.797 |
| 30 | Jun Zhou | China | $130.500 | $16.797 |
| 31 | Shyngis Satubayev | Kazakhstan | $130.500 | $16.797 |
| 32 | Liwei Sun | Italy | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 33 | Niall Murray | UK | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 34 | Kiryl Radzivonau | Belarus | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 35 | Zedao Ma | China | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 36 | Ro Woong Park | Hong Kong | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 37 | David Peters | USA | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 38 | Yuki Ko | Korea | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 39 | Han Yu | China | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 40 | Jun Liu | China | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 41 | Xin Liu | China | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 42 | Hao Su | China | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 43 | Van Sang Nguyen | Vietnam | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 44 | Sofia Lovgren | Sweden | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 45 | Ryan Yu | Canada | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 46 | Ivan Deyra | France | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 47 | Fulong Chen | China | $101.000 | $13.000 |
| 48 | Sergio Aido | Spain | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 49 | Wu Huihan | China | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 50 | Tsuyoshi Ishibashi | Japan | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 51 | Kristijonas Andrulis | Lithuania | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 52 | Viktor Ivanov | Russia | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 53 | Yohwan Lim | Korea | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 54 | Daniel McAulay | UK | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 55 | Carlos Garcia Sarmiento | Colombia | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 56 | Chun Ho Edward Yam | China | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 57 | Bryan Huang | Singapore | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 58 | Ping San Chan | Canada | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 59 | Yunsong Lai | China | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 60 | Kahle Burns | Australia | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 61 | Chun Long Ronaid Yu | Hong Kong | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 62 | Lachezar Petkov | Bulgaria | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 63 | Chuanshu Chen | Hong Kong | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 64 | Soo Jo Kim | Korea | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 65 | Yang Hau | China | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 66 | Albert Paik | USA | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 67 | Matthew Wakeman | Australia | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 68 | Emanuel Vincent Paul Cj Seal | Australia | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 69 | Zihan Cong | China | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 70 | Hiroyuki Noda | Japan | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 71 | Alex Lee Lin Hwaa | Malaysia | $79.300 | $10.207 |
| 72 | Tim Shun Timpson Luk | Hong Kong | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 73 | James Tian | USA | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 74 | Kwok Chun Lai | Hong Kong | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 75 | Bernard Vu | France | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 76 | Xiang Zhu | China | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 77 | Liang Xu | China | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 78 | Levan Karamanishvili | Ukraine | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 79 | Zigao Yu | China | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 80 | Zhi Min Pun | China | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 81 | Tokuhu Yoshinaga | Japan | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 82 | Morten Mortensen | Denmark | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 83 | Peter Jaksland | Denmark | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 84 | Ilia Poliakov | Russia | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 85 | Chen-An Lin | Taiwan | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 86 | Louis Lam | Canada | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 87 | Manig Loeser | Germany | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 88 | Xiao Kuo Huang | China | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 89 | Levan Kolbaia | Russia | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 90 | Qifeng Duan | China | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 91 | Michael Egan | Australia | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 92 | Dilijiang A | China | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 93 | Panagiotis Makridis | Australia | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 94 | Siarhei Chudapal | Belarus | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 95 | Wei Ming Tseng | Taiwan | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 96 | Geoffrey Waterlot | Belgium | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 97 | Nan Tu | China | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 98 | Stig Billgren | Vietnam | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 99 | Tamara Bremner | Canada | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 100 | Michel Abecassis | France | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 101 | Roman Papacek | Czech Republic | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 102 | John Gallagher | Ireland | $62.500 | $8.044 |
| 103 | Maxime Adam | France | $62.500 | $8.044 |
