Main Event
Day 1c Started
2017 Poker King Cup Macau
Main Event
Day: 1c
Poker King Cup Macau 2017 Day 1C
The third and final starting flight of the Poker King Cup Macau 2017 Main Event begins shortly at 1pm local time (GMT+7) at the Poker King Club in the cavernous Venetian Macau.
So far a total of 200 players have anted up the HK$15,500+1,500 entry fee in an attempt to lock their Day 2 seat up with a total of 92 players making it through so far – 34 from Day 1A and 58 from Day 1B. You can read a full recap of the Day 1A action here, and the 1B action here.
With the format supporting unlimited re-entry some of those 200 players have tried more than once to make it through, and while Xixiang Luo is one of those who has fired two bullets the Chinese player has yet to make it through the Day 1 tournament minefield.
Hong Kong’s Sparrow Cheung and China’s Guo Dong are two more who have fired twice, though both of them bagged up chips on Day 1B, though Cheung is quite short after a brutal kings versus kings pre-flop confrontation saw his opponent run out a flush to take a big bite out of his stack.
Day 2 begins on Wednesday, May 24 at 1pm local time with the final concluding on Friday, May 26 at 1:30pm.
So far the man leading the charge is Day 1A chip leader Alex Lee from Singapore, who bagged up 191,500 at the close of the first starting flight with the USA’s Benjamin Hamnett (180,900) and China’s Wei Guoliang (179,100) rounding out the top three.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor all day to bring you all the action as it happens so stay tuned as we find out who will rise and who will fall as Day 1C gets underway.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Familiar Faces Abound
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
There are several familiar faces already seated with 62 entries so far including Xixiang Luo, who is firing his third bullet. Another who is trying his luck for the third time is Sparrow Cheung, and while the Hong Kong player has made the Day 2 cut already it was only with a stack of 24,200. Cheung will be hoping to run a little better today than yesterday.
India’s Bobbie Surie is in attendance and is taking his second shot at fortune and glory, as is Vietnam number one All Time Money List leader Linh Tran. We have also spotted Doaxing Bobo Chen in the field for the first time so it looks as though Day 1C is shaping up to be an action-packed one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 5,800 |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | -1,500 |
Tang Wins Early
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The majority of the players are easing into the action slowly and while we did see a sizable pot developing over on Nick Wong and Justin Chan's table it was all over by the time we got there with a player making a 15,000 re-raise to shut down the action.
Xhihong Huang tried to get something going with a 300 raise from under-the-gun only to see Australia’s David Tang come over the top from UTG+1 for 825. Action folded around to the small blind who looked sorely tempted, so tempted in fact that he made the call, as did Huang to take the action three-way to a flop of 
.
Anti-climatically this brought checks from all three players and the dealer burned and turned the 
. This brought a second check from Huang and a delayed continuation bet from Tang who fired for a pot-sized 2,600.
That was enough to deter any callers and both Tang’s opponent’s folded to award the Aussie the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,650 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
29,175 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Queens for Luyckx, Lai Shoves on An
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
We caught a couple of interesting hands early on in level two, one of which was a big shove, but more on that later. In the first hand, it was Belgium’s Bart Luyckx in action in a four-way hand with a player in middle position opening for 400 and picking up two callers.
Luyckx made the call from the small blind and the flop fell 
. Luyckx checked to the raiser who continuation bet around ½ the pot for 800 with Luyckx the only caller.
The 
landed on the turn and now Luyckx decided to lead and fired out for 1,500, which his opponent called and the river came down the 
. That killed the action with neither player keen to bet and Luyckx rolled over 
, which was enough to take down the hand.
While this was going on a big pot was brewing between China’s Pmame An and Hong Kong’s Kwok Chun ‘Derx’ Lai and while we missed the early betting we arrived in time to see some fireworks on the turn.
There was already 4,000 in the pot with the board reading 
and An, sitting in middle position, had led out for over a pot-sized bet of 4,800 and had just been shoved on by Lai, who had moved all-in for 29,200.
That’s a big bet and An did not look particularly happy about it. Eventually, she declared the fold, opening 
for bottom two pair. Lai did not show and raked in the pot to climb to 39,000 while An finished with 26,200.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | 39,000 |
|
32,700 | 32,700 |
|
|
26,200 | 26,200 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Big Pot for Feng
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Day 1C of the Poker King Cup Macau is now up to 175 entries, 171 of whom remain though we have not seen any of the bust outs. Our timing appears to be a little off today and we are arriving midway through all the big hands we have seen so far, with this next one being no exception.
We caught the action on the river in a big hand between Hong Kong’s Edward Ho and China’s Houju Feng that looked like a battle of the blinds. With the board reading 
and over 17,800 in the pot Ho had led out for 12,000 and Feng had a decision to make.
The Chinese player tanked long and hard, as with just 17,075 left behind, should he call and lose Feng would be down to just 5,000 in chips. However, the fact that there is re-entry means he can always fire a second bullet and he did choose to make the call.
Ho turned over 
for bottom pair and a missed diamond draw and Feng had 
for top pair, which was enough to win the hand.
Ho raised from the button the very next hand with small blind Feng and the big blind making the call to take the action three-way to a flop of 
, which was checked by all three players.
Feng opened for 800 on the 
turn and that was enough to get the big blind and Ho to fold out and the Chinese player makes it two from two.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,600 | |
|
|
15,900 |
Jianpeng Wins From Lau
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
We are now up to 204 entries, 200 of whom are still in the running. Some of the more recent arrivals include High Roller champion Chung Yuan Yu, who had obviously been busy as he is sitting on a stack of 40,000, and Red Dragon Main Event champion and former Asia Player of the Year Alan Lau.
While we did not catch Yu in action in this particular hand it was at his table, with a player in the hi-jack making it 450 to go pre-flop. The cut off called, Yu folded the button and small blind Zhao Jianpeng and big blind Lau both came along for the ride to take the action four-way to a flop of 
, which is checked all round.
The 
landed on the turn and Jianpeng checked once more, with Lau deciding to take a stab for 1,000. While this was enough to fold out the original raiser and the player in the cutoff, Jianpeng did not appear to be going anywhere and he check-raised to 3,000.
Lau thought it over for a few seconds but decided to fold and Jianpeng wins a small pot without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,500 | 32,500 |
|
28,000 | 28,000 |