Pics From the Poker King Cup Macau 2017 Main Event Final Table
2017 Poker King Cup Macau
Main Event
Day: 3
Main Event
Day 3 Completed
Tsang Falls to Set Up Official Poker King Cup Macau Final Table; Hang Leads
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Just eight players now remain in contention for the trophy, title and lion’s share of the HK$7.129 million (~$915,295) prize pool in the Poker King Cup Macau 2017 Main Event.
The 490 initial entries had been reduced to 63 when play resumed for Day 3 at 1pm local time (GMT+7) on Thursday, May 26, all of whom were guaranteed a payday of at least HK$26,000 (~$3,338).
The action was fast and frantic from the get-go and there was a slew of early eliminations with Alex Lee, Wei Guoliang and Yah Loon Lim – former Day 1A, 1B and 1C frontrunners respectively – all falling by the wayside as play progressed.
Other notables who could not go the distance included Denmark’s Frederik Farrington, Macau’s Sam Cheong and Hong Kong’s Justin Chan, with the elimination of the latter setting up a redraw for the last three tables.
It took ten grueling 1-hour levels to whittle the 63-strong field down to the final eight and set up the official 8-handed Poker King Cup Macau Main Event Final Table, with former Day 2 frontrunner Anson Tsang falling at the final hurdle to close out the day.
Tsang began play with a sizable chip lead of 1.1 million – 210,000 more than next closest rival Weizhou Zha. The Hong Kong player increased this still further with the elimination of Lim Yohwan after the Korean player made an ill-timed bluff in a battle of the blinds with ten-high midway through the day.
Unfortunately for Yohwan, Tsang had flopped trip eights and made the call to send the Korean to the rail in 39th place. That massive pot saw Tsang climb to 2 million in chips; more than double that of next closest rival Longyun Li. Tsang increased this still further to climb to the giddy heights of 3.1 million as play came down to the final three tables.
However, a misstep against China’s Zhong Yuan Hang when there were two tables left saw Tsang get all the chips in on the flop with a king-high flush draw on an ace-high board in a three-bet pot. Hang made the call with ace-queen, which held to take a big bite out of Tsang’s stack and blow the game wide open and see China’s Longyun Li seize the lead.
Two tables quickly became one with the exits of Japan’s Yuhei Sanada, China’s Zhou Jia, Korea’s SJ Kim, China’s Zhao Jia, Zhao Ting Ting and Jun Wang in quick succession.
Wang’s exit was by far the most spectacular, with the Chinese player moving all-in for the last of his chips with pocket fives and running into Longyun Li’s pocket sixes. Li spiked a set on the flop and improved to quads on the river to send Wang to the rail in 11th for an HK$102,000 payday and set up the unofficial 10-handed final table.
The first casualty of the unofficial final table was the unfortunate Alex Shen Zheng, who ran his pocket jacks into the pocket aces of Li – who was sitting in the hot seat for a large part of the day – to further extend the Chinese player’s lead.
It took a nearly a further 3-hours of play before Tsang’s departure, with Li holding the lead throughout until the final hand. Tsang’s fortunes had waned as the day progressed and he had become the second shortest stack.
When the end came it was sudden and after the action folded around to Tsang on the button he got the last of his chips in with ace-ten and was beaten into the pot by small blind Zhong Yuan Hang holding ace-jack. Hang paired his jack to send Tsang crashing out of the tournament, snag the chip lead and close the day in one fell swoop.
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 |
When play resumes at 1:30pm on Friday, May 26 for the official 8-handed final table 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 so join us then.
End of Day 3 Chip Counts (full)
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,280,000 | |
|
4,150,000 | -200,000 |
|
1,585,000 | 185,000 |
|
1,400,000 | -460,000 |
|
1,130,000 | 230,000 |
|
870,000 | -230,000 |
|
725,000 | -365,000 |
|
555,000 | -475,000 |
Anson Tsang Eliminated in 9th Place (HK$139,000)
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
It took exactly 17 minutes of level 29 – over two and a half hours after the elimination of Shen Zheng – before the final table lost another player, with Day 2 frontrunner Anson Tsang the man to fall to close out the day.
There were obviously some pots played before this, but none were particularly significant until action folded around to Tsang on the button, who had become one of the shorter stacks – with only Weizhou Zha on less.
Down to his last 625,000 Tsang moved all-in and was beaten into the pot by small blind Zhong Yuan Hang and the cards were turned over.
Anson Tsang: 
Zhong Yuan Hang: 
Tsang was the at-risk player and held the dominated hand and the 
flop saw Hang strengthen his lead. The 
turn saw Tsang pick up a gutshot straight draw but his hopes of a suck-out were dashed with the appearance of the 
river.
That pot saw Hang edge in front of Longyun Li for the chip lead and he stacked up to 4,280,000 as the remaining eight players bagged up their chips.
All that action concludes the day and play will resume at 1:30pm on Friday, May 26 as the official 8-handed final table plays down until a champion is crowned so join us then.
There will be a full end of day write up and chip counts to follow so watch this space.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,280,000 | 1,180,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 29
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Break
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
The 9 remaining Main Event players are on a 10-minute break.
Li Picks Off Lifu Before Break
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
There were several sizable pots that played out just before the break with Liu Lifu pushing Huang Qien off a decent sized pot without showdown to climb to 2.4 million while Qien dropped to 1.86 million.
Then Zhong Yuan Hang called a late position Linh Tran raise and c-bet on a flop of 
with Hang opening the 
turn and folding out Tran, who dropped to 1.1 million while Hang stacked up to 3.1 million.
Then an interesting hand played out between Liu Lifu and Longyun Li that took about 10-minutes to play out and ate up 8-minutes of both players break.
Pre-flop Lifu changed gears and limped from under-the-gun and the action folded around to Li, who threw out a bet of 180,000 from middle position with Lifu the only caller.
Lifu check the 
flop over to Li, who chose to c-bet 260,000, which Lifu called. Li evidently did not like this too much as when the 
hit the turn and Lifu checked it over to Li for the second time he spent a couple of minutes in the tank before checking it back.
The 
river saw Lifu reach for a sizable about of pink 25k chips and he now led for a chunky 415,000 bet to send Li deep into the tank, where he remained for several minutes, talking to himself under his breath.
Eventually though, he slapped down the call and Lifu turned over 
for an ace-high bluff. Li triumphantly turned over 
to take the hand and pull out in front just that little bit further, climbing to 4.35 million while Lifu dropped to 1.4 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,350,000 | 450,000 |
|
|
3,100,000 | 600,000 |
|
|
1,860,000 | -140,000 |
|
|
1,400,000 | |
|
|
1,100,000 | -200,000 |
Qien Picks Off Li
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Huang Qien made it 135,000 to go from the cutoff with both Liu Lifu (button) and Longyun Li (big blind) making the call to take the action three-way to a flop of 
.
This brought a check from Li and a c-bet of 155,000 from Qien. While this was enough to get Lifu to fold, with chips to spare Li made the call to take the action heads-up to the turn.
Li checked it over to Qien, who seemed skittish about bloating the pot and tanked for a couple of minutes before opting to check it back and the dealer turned over the river.
Li now led for 340,000, which put Qien in a tough spot as with around 800,000 behind this was nearly half of his remaining chips. Eventually, though Qien made up his mind and slammed down the call.
Li sheepishly turned over for the missed diamond draw, meaning Qien’s was enough to win him a decent sized pot and he climbed to just over 2 million while Li dropped to 3.9 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,900,000 | -500,000 |
|
|
2,000,000 | 600,000 |
Lifu Check-Raises Li
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
We missed the pre-flop action but caught chip leader Longyun Li, sitting in early position, involved in a heads-up hand against big blind Liu Lifu, who had just checked the action over to Li on a flop of 
.
Li fired for 135,000 and Lifu quickly check-raised to 435,000, which looked to be around half of his remaining chips. Le sat back in his chair and sighed, re-checked his cards and then threw them one at a time into the muck.
Li dropped to 4.4 million after the hand while Lifu stacked up to 1.4 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,400,000 | -750,000 |
|
|
1,400,000 | 200,000 |