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
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Sukonthachartnant Busts Li

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante
Phanlert Sukonthachartnant
Phanlert Sukonthachartnant

We have had an early casualty with a massive hand playing out in a three-way pot between Boyao Li, new arrival Phanlert Sukonthachartnant and Qiang Lin.

Pre-flop it was Li who opened the action from middle position with a raise to 1,200 and action folded around to Sukonthachartnant in the cut off who re-raised to 3,200 in total.

Qiang Lin made the call from the button and action folded back around to Li who did not take long before re-popping to 10,000 in total.

Sukonthachartnant threw in the call fairly swiftly and Lin decided the pot odds were just too good to resist and came along for the ride as well keeping the action three-way to a {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{k-Hearts} flop.

That’s a raiser’s flop if ever we have seen one, and Li also thought so, moving all-in for 37,750 in total. Sukonthachartnant called pretty quickly, which is usually never a good sign if you are the all-in player, and Lin folded.

Boyao Li: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}
Phanlert Sukonthachartnant : {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

While Li had flopped top two pair he was trailing to Sukonthachartnant's set of jacks and stayed that way when the turn and river ran out {2-Diamonds} and {2-Clubs} respectively.

Sukonthachartnant scooped the huge pot and Li headed for the rail. While Li has the option of a re-entry he does not look in any hurry to do so at present. There have been 27 entries so far, with 24 players remaining in contention, though this figure may not be completely accurate as the entry period is still open until the level 10 - the first level of play on Day 2. We will update as soon as we know more.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Qiang Lin cn
Qiang Lin
118,500
68,500
68,500
Profile photo of Phanlert Sukonthachartnant th
Phanlert Sukonthachartnant
110,000
110,000
110,000
Profile photo of Boyao Li cn
Boyao Li
Busted

Tags: Boyao LiQiang LinSukonthachartnant Phanlert

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Break Time

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

The High Rollers are on their first 10-minute break of the day and the field has now increased to 23. We'll update the new arrivals shortly so watch this space.

Lin Wins Big

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante
Qiang Lin
Qiang Lin

A huge hand has just played out between Sun Sheng and Qiang Lin that has decimated the former’s 50,000 starting stack.

Pre-flop it was Yan Shing Tsang who lit the blue touch paper with and under-the-gun raise to 700. Sitting UTG+1 Sun Sheng tossed in the call before Qiang Lin re-raised from UTG+3 to 2,800 in total.

While that was more than enough to get Tsang to bow out Sheng looked like he wanted to see a flop and after a couple of minutes of careful contemplation, he threw in the calling chips to take the action heads-up to a {q-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} flop.

Sheng checked it over to Lin who continuation bet 3,800, only to see Sheng check-raise another 5,000 on top for a total bet of 8,800.

Lin thought it over but elected to call and the {6-Hearts} hit the turn. This brought a 14,000 bet from Sheng and Lin thought long and hard before deciding to call once more.

The {9-Diamonds} river sent Sheng deep into the think tank as he sized up Lin’s stack before deciding the right amount to bet was 40,000 – which coincidently, was the size of Lin’s remaining stack – leaving himself 14,000 behind.

It was Lin’s turn to tank, but not for too long and he eventually announced the call.

Sheng sheepishly turned over {k-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for a missed back door heart draw meaning Lin’s {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades} top pair was enough to win the huge pot and Sheng took a big early hit.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Qiang Liu cn
Qiang Liu
128,500
79,650
79,650
Profile photo of Sun Sheng cn
Sun Sheng
14,000
36,000
36,000

Tags: Qiang LinSun Sheng

Level: 3

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Lucky Number 13

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

China’s Sun Sheng has just joined the action to bring the total number of High Rollers up to 13. While that number may be unlucky for some, it’s unlucky to be superstitious and we expect this figure to rise as the day progresses.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sun Sheng cn
Sun Sheng
50,000

Tags: Sun Sheng

Tang Takes a Small One

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Quan Zhou raised to 600 from the button and Qiang Liu and Danny Tang, sitting in the small and big blinds respectively, made the call to take action three-way to a flop of {2-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{9-Clubs}.

Both blinds checked the action over to Zhou, who fired for 1,025. While this was enough to get Liu to give it up Tang was going nowhere and threw in the call.

The {5-Clubs} turn brought in a possible club flush and brought checked from both players, as did the {j-Spades} river.

First to act means first to show if there has been no betting and Tang turned over {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts} which was enough to win the hand as Zhou quickly mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
51,625
1,625
1,625
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
47,225
1,625
1,625

Tags: Danny TangQuad Zhou

Chen Squeezes for Victory

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante
James Chen
James Chen

The recently arrived Quan Zhou opened the action from the cutoff with a raise to 525 and picked up two callers with Qiang Liu (button) and James Chen (big blind) making the call to take the action three-way to a flop of {7-Hearts}{9-Spades}{9-Clubs}.

Chen checked the action over to Zhou who quickly continuation bet 625. Liu tossed in the call from the button and action was back on Chen, who mulled over his options while being suspiciously stared down by Zhou.

It looked as though Zhou was right to be suspicious as when Chen reached for chips they were not for calling with and he slid in a huge check raise to 2,025 in total.

Zhou shot him a wry smile before folding and Liu quickly followed suit, leaving Chen free to rake in the pot without showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of James Chen tw
James Chen
51,150
1,150
1,150
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
48,850
1,150
1,150
Profile photo of Qiang Liu cn
Qiang Liu
48,850
1,150
1,150

Tags: James ChenQiang LiuQuan Zhou

More Late Arrivals

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

There are now 12 entrants and two six-handed tables in the High Roller with the arrival of Qi Xinag, Chung Yuan Yu, Yu Liang, Daniel Tang and Quan Zhou and the similarly named Qiang Liu and Qiang Lin and Poker King’s Winfred Yu looks poised to join the action shortly.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Xiang Qi cn
Xiang Qi
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Chung Yuan Yu tw
Chung Yuan Yu
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Liang Yu cn
Liang Yu
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
50,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Qiang Liu cn
Qiang Liu
50,000
Profile photo of Qiang Lin cn
Qiang Lin
50,000