Main Event Day 1c | 2017 Poker King Cup Macau

05-23-2017 14:57 UTC+8

Liu Shoves on Suri

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Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Once again our timing is a little off and we arrived in time to see the tail end of a big pot that had developed between High Roller Qiang Liu and India’s Bobbie Suri.

We picked up the action on the turn with the board reading and over 28,000 in blinds and antes in the pot just begging for a new owner. Liu was hoping that the pot had his name on it and had just shoved for 10,500 and the action was on Suri, who was in the tank.

Eventually he decided to let it go and Liu flashed him the , telling Suri that he just had an ace. Liu was then kind enough to flash his other hole card, which was the , so he actually held the pocket rockets so Suri dodged a couple of bullets there.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Liu	38,500 38,500	38,500
Bobbie Suri	23,000 -7,000	-7,000

Tags: Bobbie Suri Qiang Liu

05-23-2017 15:02 UTC+8

Break Time

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Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

The field has grown to 220 and while the tournament clock says 200 of these are still in the running we are not 100% sure of the accuracy. Of course, with re-entry still open until the start of level nine the field can still get bigger but for now the remaining players are on their first 10-minute break of the day.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

05-23-2017 15:25 UTC+8

Jianpeng Flushes Out Rockets

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

While it’s still too early to tell which of the 200 remaining players has the chip lead one of the early frontrunners is Zhao Jiangpeng, who has just sent an unfortunate opponent to the rail.

We arrived in time to see the dealer peeling off the river on a board reading but both Jiangpeng and his opponent are already all-in, or at least Jianpeng’s opponent is all in as the Chinese player has him covered and has face up on the felt in front of him for the turned flush.

Jianpeng’s opponent still had not turned over his hand, but the dealer peeled off the river anyway to give Jianpeng an un-needed trip sevens. The all-in player disgustedly flipped over and stalked off sulkily, and we can’t say we blame him, while Jianpeng climbed to 65,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhao Jianpeng	65,000 32,500	32,500

Tags: Zhao Jianpeng

05-23-2017 15:31 UTC+8

Notable Stacks

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhao Jianpeng	65,000
Bart Luyckx	48,300 15,600	15,600
Chung Yuan Yu	45,500
Kwok Chun Lai	44,500 5,500	5,500
Qiang Liu	38,400 -100	-100
Quan Zhou	38,200 38,200	38,200
Linh Tran	35,500 5,500	5,500
Justin Chan	34,000 4,000	4,000
An Lin	33,600 8,600	8,600
Ben Lai	30,000 3,000	3,000
Sparrow Cheung	30,000
Alan Lau	28,600 600	600
Yunsheng Sun	27,300 17,100	17,100
Nick Wong	27,075 -2,925	-2,925
Daoxing Bobo Chen	26,000 -4,000	-4,000
Xixiang Luo	25,700 -4,300	-4,300
Bobbie Suri	23,600 600	600
Kosei Ichinose	20,200

05-23-2017 15:46 UTC+8

Tang and Yu Tangle

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Two of the High Rollers, Terry Tian Yuan Tang and Chung Yuan Yu are both seated at the same table and we caught the pair of them in action.

Pre-flop it was Tang who kick-started the action with a raise to 525 from early position and he received no respect whatsoever for this with three players making the call in total, including Chung Yuan Yu (hi-jack) and Zhao Jianpeng (cutoff) to take the action four-way to a flop of .

With so many customers Tang chose to check, as did the player in middle position before Chung Yuan Yu decided to take a stab for 1,125 with Tang the only caller.

The hit the turn and now Tang sprang into action and led for 2,500. Yu seemed a little taken aback at this strange turn of events and sat back in his chair to think things over. Eventually, he decided to call and it was off to the river, completing the hand and a possible gutshot straight and a backdoor diamond draw.

Tang could well have been worried about some of these hands and chose to check and Yu checked it right back. Tang turned over for top set and Yu quickly mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tian Yuan Tang	41,500 41,500	41,500
Chung Yuan Yu	33,500 -12,000	-12,000

Tags: Chung Yuan Yu Tian Yuan Tang

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

05-23-2017 16:09 UTC+8

Huang Busts Wong

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

We finally managed to catch one of the early bust outs with Nick Wong departing in one of the most interesting poker hands we have seen in quite some time.

Pre-flop it was Nick Wong who was the instigator, making it 750 to go from middle position, with neighboring Shi Dong Huang making the call along with another player in the cutoff.

This induced the player in the big blind to try a squeeze play and he re-raised to 3,300 in total. A skeptical Wong made the call, only to see Huang reach for raising chips and he three-bet to a sizable 12,050.

This folded out everyone except Wong, who looked extremely puzzled by this turn of events. It looked like it could be a re-steal attempt, what with so much dead money in the pot already, and this is exactly what was going through Wong’s mind as well, and he told us as much after the hand.

Wong eventually decided to go for it and shoved for 20,550 in total and Huang re-checked his cards and thought it over for a few seconds before making the call.

Wong turned over and Huang did, in fact, have a hand, turning over .

“Wow!” exclaimed Wong, “I didn’t see that one coming.”

Neither did we, but Huang looked reasonably happy about it all.

“No ace!” pleaded Huang and the dealer obligingly spread the flop. That was not the flop Wong was looking for and he was left drawing to the decks three remaining aces. Unfortunately for the Hong Kong player the turn and river were of no help and he hit the rail while Huang stacked up to 61,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shi Dong Huang	61,500 61,500	61,500
Nick Wong	Busted

Tags: Nick Wong Shi Dong Huang

05-23-2017 16:31 UTC+8

Mistake Proves Profitable for Wu

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

There are some crazy things happening in the Poker King cardroom at present and we have just caught a most amusing hand that played out recently. A player sitting under-the-gun opened the action with a raise to 1,200 and picked up two callers and the action was on the button.

The player in question wished to remain nameless, and we can’t say we blame him after what happened next. The button squeezed to 5,200 in total sending the original raiser deep into the think tank and he did not look thrilled at being re-raised. Eventually, the original raiser let it go, as did one of the callers and the button delightedly flipped over for a stone cold bluff squeeze.

Unfortunately, however, Chao Wu had yet to act and had not yet folded. The button swore in Cantonese, and Wu declared that he was now all in bringing a speedy fold from the button and Wu won 7,600 just by acting in turn. Priceless.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chao Wu	40,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Chao Wu

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50