Poker King Cup Macau 2017 High Roller Final Day
At least 22 players will be returning out of 34 initial entries for the second and final day of the Poker King Cup Macau 2017 High Roller when play recommences at 2pm local time (GMT+7). You can read a full recap of the Day 1 action here.
With late entry open until the start of play and re-entry allowed for any player who busted their first buy-in on Day 1 this figure could well increase further. There have been two extra bullets fired so far with Xixiang Luo and Weizhou Zha both opting for a second shot at fortune and glory.
Blinds will be starting at 800/1,600 with a 200 running ante so the initial 50,000-chip starting stack comes in at a little over 31 big blinds, meaning there is still plenty of play before a champion is crowned.
The man best positioned to seize that crown is Thailand’s Phanlert Sukonthachartnant, who cemented his chip lead midway through Day 1 and has yet to relinquish it.
The Thai player already boasts over US$1 million in career tournament earnings and is no stranger to High Roller triumph having previously taken down the 2015 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) HK$250,000 (~US$32,124) High Roller for an HK$4.89 million ($630,941) payday.
Sukonthachartnant will be starting play with an impressive 195,000 in chips (a little over 121 big blinds) with the next largest stack belonging to China’s Luo Xi who has 149,400 – just over 93 big blinds.
China’s Wang Zuo (135,800) Qiang Lin (115,100) and Hong Kong’s Winfred Yu (107,700) round out the top five largest stacks and you can see the full seat draw and other remaining entrants below:
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Qiang Liu | China | 23500 |
| 1 | 3 | Luo Xi | China | 149400 |
| 1 | 4 | James Chen | Taiwan | 86000 |
| 1 | 5 | Winfred Yu | Hong Kong | 107700 |
| 1 | 6 | Raymond Dye | New Zealand | 20000 |
| 1 | 7 | Chung Yuan Yu | Taiwan | 98900 |
| 1 | 8 | Phanlert Sukonthachartnant | Thailand | 195000 |
| 2 | 1 | Tang Tian Yuan | China | 87100 |
| 2 | 2 | Quan Zhou | China | 99100 |
| 2 | 3 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 48000 |
| 2 | 4 | Zhong Wang | China | 48600 |
| 2 | 5 | Liang Yu | China | 88500 |
| 2 | 6 | Bingjian Wu | China | 36600 |
| 2 | 7 | Xixiang Luo | China | 72200 |
| 2 | 8 | YunSheng Sun | China | 19900 |
| 3 | 2 | Peter Chan | Hong Kong | 94800 |
| 3 | 3 | Qiang Lin | China | 115100 |
| 3 | 4 | Huidong Gu | Macau | 37200 |
| 3 | 5 | Wang Zuo | China | 135800 |
| 3 | 6 | Weizhou Zha | China | 66500 |
| 3 | 7 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | 23600 |
| 3 | 8 | Xiang Qi | China | 47000 |
Stick around as we see whether Sukonthachartnant can maintain his lead or is struck down by the fickle gods of poker with a new chip messiah rising to take his place and snatch the High Roller’s crown as the tournament plays down to its conclusion.