2017 Poker King Cup Macau

HK$80,000 High Roller
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2017 Poker King Cup Macau
Event Info
Buy-in
76,000 HKD
Total Entries
37
Players Left
3
Average Chip Stack
616,667
Total Chips
1,850,000
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 3 / 37

Tang Shows Xu the Door

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Bluff squeezing to pick up chips is fine – as long as you don’t get caught. However, when you do get caught in the act it can cost a player their whole stack, which is exactly what has just happened to Liang Xu.

Pre-flop it was Qiang Lin opening the action from the button with a raise to 1,100 before Danny Tang re-raised to 3,650 from the small blind. Sitting in the big blind Xu eyed up both opponents before moving all-in for 46,525 in total, sending Lin deep into the think tank.

Five minutes later Lin found the fold but Tang was not convinced.

“I don’t think I can fold this here, I don’t think you have anything,” Tang told Xu as he threw in the call.

It appeared that Tang’s spider senses are spot on as Xu turned over {k-Hearts}{3-Hearts} which was trailing to Tang’s {a-Spades}{q-Spades}.

The extremely sweaty {q-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flop brought something for both players with Tang needing to fade Xu’s heart draw. The {3-Spades} turn gave the Chinese player additional outs but the {2-Spades} river was not one of them and Xu headed for the exit while Tang stacked up to 120,000.

Tags: Danny TangLiang Xu