Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
2017 Poker King Cup Macau
Main Event
Day: 1c
Pics From the Poker King Cup Macau 2017 Main Event Day 1C
Suri Still Top Dog
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Bobbie Suri is in the Jesus seat at present and can do no wrong and has just won a 100k pot from 2015 Red Dragon Champion Tony Cheng just before the close of level 10.
Suri called Cheng’s late position raise from the small blind, flopped top pair, improved to a gutshot on the turn and got there on the river to win the monster pot, with Cheng mucking without showdown. That further cements Suri’s status as chip leader and he now has 210,000 in chips. Cheng is still very much in the running though and has a stack of 67,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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210,000
63,000
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63,000 |
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67,000
67,000
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67,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Last Level of the Day
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
There are 156 players still in contention out of the 290-strong field and with entry now closed, we have recently been informed that the prize pool is coming in at over HK$7 million, smashing the HK$5 million guarantee. We will update the numbers as soon as we get the official figures.
Play has just entered the last level of the day and unless we lose a lot of players in the next 40-minutes it looks like there will be well over 200 returning Day 2 runners.
Zhou Halts Suri Express
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
For a while there it looked like Bobbie Suri was going to run over his table but High Roller Quan Zhou had not long been moved to the same table and he has managed to halt the Suri express, at least for now.
It all started when a player opened the action to 3,000 from middle position with Suri making the call from the cutoff and Zhou coming along for the ride from the big blind.
The flop fell a rainbow 
and first to act, Zhou led out for a ½ pot sized bet. While this was enough to fold out the original raiser Suri had other plans and re-raised big.
Zhou thought it over and threw in the extras and it was off to the 
turn. Zhou checked it over to Suri, who checked it back and the dealer slid out the river.
While the 
was an innocuous enough looking card it brought a pot-sized 18,000 bet from Zhou and action was on Suri, who thought it over before thowing in a single black 100 chip to represent the call.
Zhou proudly slapped 
face up on the table to a rather rude exclamation of dismay from Suri who disgustedly threw his cards into the muck.
While Suri had taken a bit of a hit he still has a sizable stack of 188,000 while Zhou now has close to 150,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
188,000
-22,000
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-22,000 |
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150,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Last Five Hands
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The tournament clock has been paused and there will be just five more hands before play concludes for the day.
Oh Dear; Xiaoyi Wins Three-way
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The last five hands had not long been announced and we were lurking near Wang Yuexin’s table to see how the former frontrunner had been getting on. Yuexin’s stack had dwindled a little though he still looked to have in the region of 100,000.
We were in the process of just double-checking this when a massive three-way pot played out, though Yuexin was not involved, with all the chips finding their way into the middle pre-flop.
The man to shove first was Xiaoyi He who moved in for a little over 30,000 from the hi-jack only to see Singapore’s Clarence Oh re-shove from the button for 83,000 with a player in the big blind also deciding that the chance for a triple-up was too good to pass up on and he called off his last 25,000 and the cards were turned over.
Big blind: 
Xiaoyi He: 
Clarence Oh: 
Xiaoyi had by far the worst of it and Oh looked primed to bust both players with his pocket queens but the 
flop gave the big blind a faint glimmer of hope. Oh’s hopes, on the other hand, were quickly dashed with the appearance of the 
turn card, which gave Xiaoyi the lead.
The big blind was on his feet calling for the straight but the hit the river instead to give Xiaoyi trips and the pot. Never underestimate the power of runner, runner…
The big blind headed to the rail, Xiaoyi tripled to 95,000 and Oh took the hit stoically and was left with 53,000 when the dust settled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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100,000
-26,500
|
-26,500 |
|
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95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
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53,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
Kwok Doubles Through Suri
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
It’s all starting to go wrong for Bobbie Suri this level and the Indian player has just doubled up Danny Kwok. All the chips went in pre-flop with Kwok moving all-in from early position for his last 22,000 with 
and with chips to spare Suri made the call with 
.
The board ran out 
and while he did not need it to win the hand Kwok spiked a set of jacks on the river to lock in the double and climb to 45,000 while Suri dropped to 170,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
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45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Lai Falls at Last Hurdle
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
We had not seen Kwok Chun ‘Derx’ Lai in action for a while and it seemed his fortune was on the wane since the last time we checked and we arrived at his table just in time for the last hand of the day.
Unfortunately for Lai, it would also prove to be his last hand of the Poker King Cup Main Event. Pre-flop it was Richard Jin who was the man in the driver’s seat, opening the action with a raise to 3,200 from the cutoff. The player on the button made the call and the action folded around to Lai in the small blind.
Down to his last 12,300 Lai moved the last of this into the middle and after thinking it over Jin made the call, as did the player on the button.
Both Jin and the button check down the 
board the whole way and while Lai rolled over 
that was not enough to beat Jin’s 
and he scooped the pot, climbed to 150,000 and sent Lai to the rail all in one fell swoop after the other player in the hand mucked. All that excitement concludes the level and the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
Busted |