Main Event Day 1b | 2017 Poker King Cup Macau

05-22-2017 17:22 UTC+8

Stacks

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Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Here's how some of the field is stacking up:

Player	Chips	Progress
Haoyu Hu	100,000	100,000
Huidong Gu	92,500	12,500
Richard Ma	85,000	85,000
Wei Mian	82,700	82,700
Zhang Dian Lei	72,150	15,150
Yang Duo	60,000	60,000
Sam Cheong	56,500	51,200
Weizhu Zha	55,000	29,500
Hongdi Zhao	53,100	-5,900
An Lin	46,700	13,700
Raiden Kan	39,500	5,500
Ben Lai	36,700	-21,300
Guo Dong	33,500	-18,500
Xixiang Luo	31,500	18,500
Pete Chen	26,550	26,550

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

05-22-2017 17:17 UTC+8

Break Time

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

The Poker King Cup Macau Main Event Day 1B is now up to 121 entries, 98 of whom still remain. We are now over the halfway point and play has paused for the second break of the day.

05-22-2017 17:09 UTC+8

Gu Gets Busy, Zhi Yu Dong Doubles

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Huidong Gu is getting busy building a stack and has just taken down a hand three-way against fellow high roller Liang Xu and another tablemate.

Pre-flop Gu was the initial aggressor, making it 1,100 to go from middle position before an opponent in the cutoff re-raised to 2,500. Liang Xu made the call from the big blind, as did Gu and the action went three-way to a flop of .

Xu checked it over to Gu, who did not seem perturbed at getting re-raised pre-flop and he led for 5,100. The cutoff looked sorely tempted but eventually gave it up, as did Xu after a little bit of deliberation, leaving Gu to rake in the pot and climb to 80,000.

Over on one of the other tournament tables, a short-stacked Zhi Yu Dong moved all-in for his last 9,350 on the river with the board reading with over 30,000 already in the pot. His opponent in the hand, sitting on the button tanked for a good two minutes before throwing in the call, only to muck instantly when Dong turned over for the rivered nut flush, though he had also made top pair on the turn. That timely catch saw Dong climb to 50,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huidong Gu	80,000	7,950
Zhi Yu Dong	50,000
Liang Fu	27,000

Tags: Huidong Gu Liang xu Zhi Yu Dong

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

05-22-2017 16:32 UTC+8

Chi Doubles Through Pu

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

It looked like Vietnam’s Thinh Nguyen Chi and China’s Gui Dong were all set to battle it out once again, but then Wei Ran Pu had to get in the way and spoil all the fun. However, being as Chi has just earned himself a double up at Pu’s expense we are sure he was not unhappy with the result.

Pre-flop there had been an under-the-gun limp before Dong popped it up to 650 to go from middle position. Pu made the call from the button, as did the small blind, before Chi re-popped to 2,225 in total, leaving himself 13,775 behind.

The limper folded but Dong looked like he wanted to tango and threw in the call, as did Pu and it was three-way to a flop of .

Chi did not look happy about the ace and checked the action over to Dong, who checked behind. Pu however, seemed to like the flop just fine and fired out a two-thirds pot bet of 4,200.

Chi mulled it over as this represented a significant proportion of his remaining chips, but eventually decided to call a slid a single blue 5k chip over the line. Dong looked perplexed and said something to that effect, eventually throwing his cards into the muck to take the action heads-up to the turn.

This brought a second check from Chi, who now had just 9,575 remaining and Pu decided to test his mettle, moving all-in for 48,275, though in reality he was only risking what Chi had left.

The Vietnamese player thought long and hard, but being as a flush draw was most definitely in Pu’s range he eventually decided to make the call.

It was the right one, and Pu rolled over , which was trailing to Chi’s and the latter thumped the table in appreciation of the fact he had just made a good call.

Chi’s tenacity was rewarded when the river bricked out and came down to grant the Vietnamese player the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wei Run Pu	38,700	38,700
Thinh Nguyen Chi	35,000	5,500

Tags: Gui Dong Thinh Nguyen Chi Wei Run Pu

05-22-2017 16:09 UTC+8

Hong Stifles Luo’s Return

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Xixiang Luo is another player who is returning for a second attempt at fortune and glory here on Day 1B of the Poker King Cup Macau Main Event, though he has not had the best of starts so far.

It did not get any better for Luo after tangling in a hand against China’s Hong Zhu. Pre-flop it was Luo who was the initial aggressor, opening the action with a min-raise to 600 from the hi-jack with Zhu making the call from the cutoff.

Both blinds bowed out to take the action heads-up to a flop of , which Luo led for 450. Zhu did not take long to make the call and the dealer burned and turned the .

Luo slowed down and checked, opening the door for Zhu who decided to up the stakes and made it 1,675 to go. Luo folded swiftly and dropped down to 13,000 and will need to hit that run good soon if he wants to make Day 2, while Zhu climbed to 41,200.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hong Zhu	41,200
Xixiang Luo	13,000	-37,000

Tags: Fixing Luo Hong Zhu

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

05-22-2017 15:52 UTC+8

Chip Counts

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

We have just scouted the poker room to see how the tournament landscape is shaping up:

Player	Chips	Progress
Han Wang	73,000
Huidong Gu	72,050
Wei Ran Pu	58,500
Ben Lai	58,000	28,700
Xueru Chen	57,000
Zhang Dian Lei	57,000
Guo Dong	52,000	4,500
Sparrow Cheung	41,025	-2,975
Raiden Kan	34,000	4,000
An Lin	33,000

Tags: Huidong Gu Han Wang Xueru Chen Wei Ran Pu Gui Dong Ben Lai Zhang Dian Lei An Lin Raiden Kan Sparrow Cheung

05-22-2017 15:38 UTC+8

Peng Breaks Record for Worlds Longest Hand, Liu Wins

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Actually, that first part isn’t true, but it was a lengthy hand that took 15-minutes to play out from start to finish and there was so much tanking involved that the Chinese army had to send out a request for more armor.

It all started when Zhonglai Peng opened to 550 from the cutoff and Li Fu Liu re-raised to 1,300 from the button. Peng played with his chips a little and only took around a minute or so before deciding to three-bet to 3,700 and it was Liu’s turn to tank.

Liu thought for around 30-seconds before choosing to four-bet, making it 7,300 to go, leaving himself 11,500 behind. An indecisive Peng battened down the hatches and tanked for a further five minutes (we know because we were watching the tournament clock tick down) before grudgingly tossing in the call.

The extremely wet flop saw Peng tank some more, only for around minute or so this time, before checking the action over to Liu.

With less than a pot-sized bet left Liu had two moves available and picked the more aggressive of the two options, moving all-in for 11,500.

This is when the real tanking started and the tournament clock ticked down to 25 minutes as Peng tanked for what felt like an eternity, but was probably closer to nine minutes or so before anti-climatically folding, to a huge sigh from the rest of the table. Liu climbed to 27,000 after that lengthy hand while Peng still has plenty of chips and is sitting on 44,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhonglai Peng	44,500
Liu Lifu	27,000

Tags: Li Fu Liu Zhonglai Peng