Pictures from the Poker King Cup Macau 2017 High Roller
2017 Poker King Cup Macau
HK$80,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Phanlert Busts Wong
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
Nick Wong’s High Roller has come to a speedy conclusion at the hands of Phanlert Sukonthachartnant and we arrived just in time to catch the Hong Kong player’s demise.
We caught the action on the flop with the board reading 
just as Sukonthachartnant checked the action over to Wong, who led out for 3,500 into a pot of around 8,000.
Sukonthachartnant obviously had a plan for the hand as the Thai player quickly check-raised to 9,500 in total. Wong did not take long before shoving the last of his 30,000 chips into the middle and Sukonthachartnant quickly called.
Nick Wong: 
Sukonthachartnant Phanlert: 
While he may have had the best hand pre-flop Wong had been hugely out-flopped by Sukonthachartnant who was holding top pair and the diamond flush draw, which promptly came in when the 
hit the turn to leave Wong drawing dead.
The 
river was merely a formality and Wong hit the rail, while Sukonthachartnant stacked up to 175,000 to shoot into pole position as current chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Break Time
Level 6
: 300/600, 75 ante
The 25 remaining High Rollers are on a 15-minute break, stick around and we'll keep you up-to-date with all the action as it happens when play resumes.
Stack Check
Level 6
: 300/600, 75 ante
The late arrival of German High Roller specialist Fabian Quoss has added some more international flair to the Poker King Cup Macau 2017 High Roller and brought the total number of entrants up to 31, 25 of whom are still in the running.
Here's how some of the field is stacking up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
130,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
115,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
85,000
-33,500
|
-33,500 |
|
78,000
30,775
|
30,775 |
|
|
75,000 | |
|
75,000
23,850
|
23,850 |
|
|
||
|
73,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
60,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
50,000 | |
|
|
30,000
-4,300
|
-4,300 |
|
|
17,000
-31,850
|
-31,850 |
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 
which was trailing to Tang’s 
.
The extremely sweaty 
flop brought something for both players with Tang needing to fade Xu’s heart draw. The 
turn gave the Chinese player additional outs but the 
river was not one of them and Xu headed for the exit while Tang stacked up to 120,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000
68,375
|
68,375 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Zha Coolers Luo
Level 5
: 250/500, 50 ante
It looks like the dealer has been keeping the deck in the freezer as a huge cooler of a hand has just played out between Xixiang Luo and Weizhou Zha that has brought the former’s tournament to an abrupt end.
Pre-flop it was Hong Kong’s Ben Lai who was the initial aggressor, opening the action to 1,300 from middle position. Action folded around to Zha in the small blind who asked Lai how much he was playing – still the 50k start stack – before choosing to re-raise to 3,250 in total.
Luo, sitting in the big blind, then decided to cold three-bet to 11,000. Lai quickly folded but Zha made the call to take the action heads-up to a 
flop.
Zha checked it over to Luo, who fired for 10,000. However, it appeared Zha’s check was just a trap and he quickly check-raised to 25,000 in total.
Luo did not take long to move the rest of his chips into the middle for an all-in of just 32,300 in total and was beaten into the pot by Zha, who proudly tabled 
.
Luo did not look too happy, turning over a dominated 
. It’s pretty hard to get away from kings versus aces, especially when both players are in the blinds but that will be of scant solace to Luo who could not find any help when the 
turn and 
river completed the hand.
Luo headed for the rail while an elated looking Zha stacked up to 115,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
Busted |
Wong and Qi Battle
Level 5
: 250/500, 50 ante
We caught the action on the flop in a three-way hand between Nick Wong (small blind), Xiang Qi (big blind) and Qiang Lin (cutoff). We are not sure how the pre-flop action played out but there is a little over 4,000 in blinds and antes in the pot with the board reading 
.
First to act, Wong led out for a half pot sized bet of 2,000 with Qi the only caller. Wong led again on the 
turn, this time for a slightly larger 3,500.
Qi asked Wong how much more he was playing (he had another 20,000 behind) before making the call and the dealer revealed the 
river.
This brought a third barrel from Wong, which was enough to get Qi to give it up and the Hong Kong player scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
34,300
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50