HK$80,000 High Roller | 2017 Poker King Cup Macau

05-20-2017 16:39 UTC+8

Quoss Busts Wu for Table Redraw

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

We missed the latest bust out but are now down to 18 players in the High Roller. Fabian Quoss was kind enough to tell us what happened, however, with Bingjian Wu moving the last of his chips in with pocket two pre-flop with Quoss making the call with pocket sixes, which held.

Quoss is now up to a little over the 100,000 mark and with the absent Xiang Qi’s stack being blinded out we are now down to 17.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Quoss	100,000	20,000
Bingjian Wu	Busted
Xiang Qi	Busted

Tags: Bingjian Wu Fabian Quoss

05-20-2017 16:34 UTC+8

Numbers Are In

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The total prize pool for the Poker King Cup Macau 2017 High Roller has been calculated and is coming in at a princely HK$2,755,700 in total with the first prize worth HK$1,020,700 for the victor.

The top six spots will be getting paid meaning that 13 of the remaining 19 high rollers will be leaving empty handed. You can see the full payouts under the payouts tab at the top of the page.

05-20-2017 16:29 UTC+8

Double For Yu

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

It’s getting to push or fold time for some of the remaining High Rollers as the blinds continue their inexorable rise. One player who that’s working out for is Chung Yuan Yu, who has just earned himself a double up courtesy of James Chen.

We missed the pre-flop action but arrived in time to see the stacks being counted down. Yu and Chen had got all the chips in pre-flop with Yu’s pocket jacks leading Chen’s pocket tens. The flop had come down jack-high to give Yu top set and the double and he climbed to just under 100,000 while Chen dropped to a little over 70,000.

Over on table three Yuan Li and Wang Zuo became involved in a pre-flop raising war with Zuo the man to pull the trigger first and move all-in for 97,500 in total from the big blind, over the top of a 14,000 Li raise.

Li looked sorely tempted but decided to let it go, however, leaving Zuo to rake in the pot without even seeing a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wang Zuo	110,000	16,600
Chung Yuan Yu	95,000	-3,900
James Chen	70,000	-20,000

Tags: James Chen Wang Zuo Yuan Li Chung Yuan Yu

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

05-20-2017 16:02 UTC+8

Break Time and Notable Stacks

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Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The 19 remaining High Rollers are on their first 15-minute scheduled break of the day and we have scouted the tournament area to see how the top dogs and other notables are stacking up. Thailand’s Phanlert Sukonthachartnant is still leading the charge and has further cemented his commanding lead with the rest of the field playing catch up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phanlert Sukonthachartnant	345,000	150,000
Luo Xi	200,000	50,600
Qiang Lin	145,000	33,700
Yuan Li	125,000	84,700
Pete Chen	120,000	20,000
Huidong Gu	120,000	82,800
Winfred Yu	90,200	-29,800
James Chen	90,000
Fabian Quoss	80,000	23,000

Tags: Fabian Quoss Huidong Gu James Chen Luo Xi Pete Chen Phanlert Sukonthachartnant Qiang Lin Winfred Yu Yuan Li

05-20-2017 15:50 UTC+8

Wang Out, Zuo Doubles Through Chan

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Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Andy Wang did not recover after folding out that earlier hand to James Chen and his seat is now empty to bring the total number of remaining players down to 19. One of these is Xiang Qi who ahs yet to turn up and his stack is slowly being blinded down.

One player who has just earned themselves some breathing room, however, is Wang Zuo who has just doubled after winning a pre-flop flip against Hong Kong’s Peter Chan.

Pre-flop it was Chan who was the initial raiser, opening the action with a bet of 5,500 from the cutoff. Zuo moved all in from the blinds for 45,500 in total and after thinking it over for a few seconds Chan threw in the call.

Wang Zuo:
Peter Chan:

It was left to a good old fashioned race to decide Zuo’s fate and the poker gods were in a forgiving mood as the board ran out to grant Zuo the double to 93,400 while Chan dropped to 45,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wang Zuo	93,400	-38,400
Peter Chan	45,000	-49,800
Andy Wang	Busted

Tags: Andy Wang Wang Zuo Peter Chan

05-20-2017 15:37 UTC+8

Victory for the Chens

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Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Both of the tournament’s remaining Chen's – Pete and James, both from Taiwan, have just taken down pots at the same time on two different tables.

James Chen’s hand happened first and we caught the action on the turn with the board reading just as Chen checked from the small blind.

Day 2 new entry Andy Wang, who was on the button, led out for a sizable bet of roughly 19,000 or so into a pot of over 48,000 only to see Chen check-raise all-in for another 22,300 more.

Wang mulled it over but decided to give it up and dropped down to 28,000 while Chen climbed to a little over 90,000.

Over on table two, it was Fabian Quoss who was the initial aggressor, opening from under-the-gun for 4,500 before Quan Zhou, sitting in the hi-jack, re-raised to 11,000 in total.

Next to act Pete Chen tanked for a few seconds before moving all-in for 49,300 in total. While this was more than enough to get Quoss to bow out Zhou asked for a count and thought over his options. Should he call and lose Zhou would be left with around 65,000 so he gave the matter grave consideration.

However, Zhou did eventually decide to make the call and the cards were turned over.

Pete Chen:
Quan Zhou:

Chen was the at risk player but held the best pre-flop poker hand with the pocket rockets, leading Zhou’s ace-queen offsuit.

The board ran out to grant Chen the double and he climbed to just over 100,000 while Zhou took the hit stoically.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pete Chen	100,000	52,000
James Chen	90,000	4,000
Quan Zhou	65,000	-55,000
Andy Wang	28,000	28,000

Tags: Andy Wang James Chen Pete Chen Quan Zhou

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

05-20-2017 15:12 UTC+8

Yu Busts Liu

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Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Following the departure of the short-stacked Danny Tang (which we missed, unfortunately) the recently arrived Qiang Liu got to play all of one hand and is now officially the third casualty of the day. Pre-flop it was Winfred Yu driving the action with an early position raise 4,500 with Chung Yuan Yu making the call from middle position before Liu shipped in his last 7,800 from the small blind.

Yu re-raised to 20,000 to isolate and Yu took the hint and got out of the way and the cards were turned over.

Qiang Liu:
Winfred Yu:

Liu was the at risk player and would need to sit to survive but the flop was of no help whatsoever. The turn left Liu drawing to the deck’s three remaining tens but the river was not one of them and he headed for the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Winfred Yu	120,000	12,300
Qiang Liu	Busted
Danny Tang	Busted

Tags: Qiang Liu Winfred Yu

05-20-2017 15:01 UTC+8

Zhou Loses Coin Flip, Xi and Liu Arrives

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Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Quan Zhou has just lost a coin flip, but not in the way you imagine. Pre-flop it was Fabian Quoss who was the aggressor, opening the action to 4,500 from the button before Tang Tian Yuan moved all-in from the small blind for over 125,000.

This sent big blind Zhou deep into the think tank, where he remained for a good five minutes. Eventually Yuan got sick of waiting and called for the clock.

Zhou looked torn between calling and folding and decided to let chance decide and reached for his wallet, producing a coin which he flipped to decide his action.

Zhou obviously lost his self-imposed flip and found the fold, as did Quoss, leaving Yuan free to scoop the pot and pad out his stack without showdown.

Luo Xi has arrived to play what remains of his 149,000 start stack, as has Qiang Liu, who has a paltry 7,800 left but Xiang Qi is still nowhere to be seen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tang Tian Yuan	130,000	-30,000
Quan Zhou	120,000	20,900
Fabian Quoss	57,000	57,000
Qiang Liu	7,800	-15,700

Tags: Fabian Quoss Quad Zhou Tang Tian Yuan