2018 Poker King Cup Macau

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2018 Poker King Cup Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
1,464,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
16,500 HKD
Prize Pool
7,536,900 HKD
Entries
518
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Yau Loses to Tse But Still Leads, Cohen Out, Wongwichit, Lee and Lai In

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

It's all change at the top, with Hong Kong's Winson Yau climbing into the chip lead. We did not see how Yau got the majority of his sizable stack as he lost the hand we caught him in action in, but still held a stack of 142,000 after doubling up fellow countryman Kevin Tse.

It was Yau who was the initial raiser from middle position, with Tse moving all-in for 6,300 from the small blind. It was Oriental Poker Championship Main Event winner Xiaobo Zhou the man sitting in the big blind and he looked keen, but after rechecking his cards and seeing the eager look on Yau's face, Zhou elected to fold. Zhou's read was spot on and Yau called quickly, with both players revealing their hands.

Kevin Tse: {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Winson Yau: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

Tse was at-risk and behind, but not all that far behind and while the {2-Spades}{3-Hearts}{j-Clubs} flop was of no help, the {10-Clubs} turn gave Tse top pair, which held when the river bricked out {5-Diamonds} to grant Tse a much needed double and he pulled in the pot to climb to 13,000.

It appears that Samantha Cohen was unable to get anything going on Day 1a and the US player's seat is now occupied by recent arrival Alex Lee from Singapore, who is sitting with the starting stack of 30,000.

More recent arrivals include Hong Kong's Kwok Chun Lai (30,000) and Thailand's Phachara Wongwichit. While Wongwichit was unable to gain any traction in the High Roller he was playing earlier, he seems to be faring much better in the Main Event and has run his stack up to 45,000.

Player Chips Progress
Winson Yau hk
Winson Yau
142,000
142,000
142,000
Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
45,000
45,000
45,000
Alex Lee sg
Alex Lee
30,000
30,000
30,000
Kwok Chun Lai hk
Kwok Chun Lai
30,000
30,000
30,000
Kevin Tse hk
Kevin Tse
13,000
13,000
13,000
Xiaobo Zhou cn
Xiaobo Zhou
12,500
-17,500
-17,500
Samantha Cohen us
Samantha Cohen
Busted

Tags: Alex LeeKwok Chun LaiPhachara WongwichitSamantha CohenXiaobo Zhou