Break Time
The final seven players are on their first 10-minute break of the day.
2017 Poker King Cup Macau
Main Event
Day: 4
Li Seizes Lead Before Break
Simon Burns was the instigator in this particular pot, making it 85,000 to got from middle position with both Zhong Yuan Hang (cutoff) and Longyun Li (big blind) making the call to take the action three-way to a flop of 
.
Li checked the action over to Burns, who continuation bet 110,000, which Hang called fairly swiftly and the action was back on Li who reached for chips and looked like he was thinking of raising, but eventually just called and the 
hit the turn.
This brought another check from Li and being as he had been called in two spots twice Burns checked right behind. Hang however, had a plan and reached for betting chips, making it 400,000 to go.
Li counted out the quick call while Burns got out of the way and the action went heads-up to the 
river. Li checked for a third time and Hang obviously thought something was up and checked it back.
Li turned over 
for a missed diamond draw but rivered backdoor two pair and Hang was not happy, slapping down 
face up onto the felt.
Li seized the lead after the hand climbing to 4.9 million while Hang dropped to 4.4 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,900,000 | 1,150,000 |
|
4,400,000 | -600,000 |
|
900,000 | -600,000 |
Hang Pressure Li
Huang Qien managed to win a pot with some aggressive positional re-raising pre-flop to take it down after a Li open and a Hang flat call before a decent sized pot took place between Longyun Li and Zhong Yuan Hang.
Hang is turning up the heat now we are down to seven and opened from the cutoff with a raise to 95,000 with Li making the call from the big blind to take play heads-up to a flop of 
.
Li checked the action over to Hang, who continuation bet 125,000 and after thinking it over a little Li threw in the call and the dealer burned and turned the 
.
This saw another check from Li and bigger second barrel from Hang, who fired for 275,000, which was enough to get Li to give it up.
Michael Soyza won the next had after shoving all-in for 800,000 in total over the top of a Liu Lifu pre-flop raise with the Chinese player folding instantly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,000,000 | 440,000 |
|
|
3,750,000 | -400,000 |
|
900,000 | -230,000 |
Linh Tran Elinimated in 8th Place (HK$189,000)
It took 20-minutes of play on the rolled back level 26 before the first significant pot played out, and it was a big one that saw Linh Tran end up with a bowl of rice.
Pre-flop it was Michael Soyza who opened the action with a raise to 90,000 from middle position, with Tran making the call from the cutoff before the UK’s Simon Burns pulled the trigger and moved all-in for 650,000 from the small blind.
Soyza quickly folded but Tran called immediately and the cards were turned over.
Simon Burns: 
Linh Tran: 
Burns was in bad shape, and would need some help and duly got it when the flop came down 
to exclamations from the rest of the table, though Tran just smiled wryly.
With Burns now firmly in front it was Tran who would need to hit, but unfortunately for the Vietnamese-Canadian the turn and 
river were of no help and he was left with just 65,000 in chips.
That’s a bit of a set up hand that’s impossible to get away from for these two similarly stacked players. Burns climbed to 1.5 million after that timely catch.
Tran was all-in for his last 60,000 the very next hand with blinds Zhong Yuan Hang and Huang Qien making the call and checking the 
board down the whole way.
Hang turned over the mighty 
and that was enough to win the hand and Tran headed for the rail in eight place for a HK$189,000 payday, becoming the first casualty of the official final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,560,000 | 280,000 |
|
|
1,500,000 | 775,000 |
|
Busted |
Cards in the Air
It's game time once again with the Final Table of the HK$15,000+$1,500 Poker King Cup Macau Main Event now underway. Blinds have been rolled back to level 26 and start at 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 rolling ante and the eight remaining players are now back in the thick of the action.
Main Event
Day 4 Started
Hang Leads Poker King Cup Macau 2017 Final Table
Just eight players now remain in contention from the 490-strong field in the Poker King Cup Macau 2017 Main Event.
These final eight will return at 1:30pm local time (GMT+7) to play for the trophy, title and lion’s share of the HK$7.129 million (~$915,295) prize pool, with the winner taking home a massive HK$1,389,500 (~$178,333) first prize.
The man currently leading the charge is China’s Zhong Yuan Hang, who edged into the chip lead on the very last hand of Day 3, eliminating Hong Kong’s Anson Tsang in ninth place to set up the official 8-handed final table and conclude play for the day. You can read a full recap of the Day 3 action here.
Hang finished the day with a huge 4,280,000 in chips, slightly ahead of Longyun Li, who bagged up a very respectable 4,155,000 with the rest of the field stacking up as follows:
Final Table Lineup
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Burns | 725,000 |
| 3 | Zhong Yuan Hang | 4,280,000 |
| 4 | Huang Qien | 1,400,000 |
| 5 | Liu Lifu | 1,585,000 |
| 6 | Michael Soyza | 1,130,000 |
| 7 | Longyun Li | 4,155,000 |
| 7 | Linh Tran | 870,000 |
| 7 | Weizhou Zha | 555,000 |
Play resumes at 1:30pm local time (GMT+7) for the official 8-handed final table and blinds will be rolled back to 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 running ante and will play down until a champion is crowned. The PokerNews live reporting team will bring you all the action as it happens as we see who has what it takes to emerge triumphant.