Main Event Day 3 | 2017 Poker King Cup Macau

05-25-2017 14:55 UTC+8

Lim Flies Straight

Ben Wilson

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Former Day 1C chip leader Yah Loon Lim was getting short so when Zhu Qi raised his big blind he decided to take a gamble and moved all-in with Qi calling instantly – usually never a good sign if you have just shoved…

Lim, holding the speculative would need some help against Qi’s and picked up a gutshot draw when the flop fell .

While the turn was a blank the river sure wasn’t and the rest of the table burst into hysterical laughter.

“What?” asked Lim, “I have like, 2 big blinds left there if I fold…”

So there you have it, folks, sometimes taking a gamble pays off. Lim climbed to 200,000 while Qi took the hit good-naturedly and dropped to 500,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhu Qi	500,000 164,000	164,000
Yah Loon Lim	200,000 165,000	165,000

Tags: Yah Loon Lim Zhu Qi

05-25-2017 15:01 UTC+8

Post Break Stacks

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Ben Wilson

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

We had time to survey the tournament landscape while players were on the break and here's how some of the 35-strong field is stacking up:

Player	Chips	Progress
Anson Tsang	2,200,000 200,000	200,000

Longyun Li	850,000 50,000	50,000
Weizhou Zha	680,000 213,000	213,000
Michael Soyza	638,000 242,000	242,000

Linh Tran	620,000 41,000	41,000
Zhong Yuan Hang	550,000 25,000	25,000
Zhu Qi	525,000 25,000	25,000
Zhang Tianchun	500,000 23,000	23,000
Sam Cheong	410,000 110,000	110,000
Liu Lifu	400,000 190,000	190,000
Soojo Kim	350,000 269,000	269,000
Xixiang Luo	320,000 22,000	22,000

Frederik Farrington	300,000 404,000	404,000
Justin Chan	203,000 83,000	83,000
Simon Burns	180,000 5,000	5,000
Zhao Ting Ting	167,000 325,000	325,000

05-25-2017 15:11 UTC+8

Soyza Takes From Cheong

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Ben Wilson

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

We caught the tail end of an interesting hand the recently played out between Sam Cheong (cutoff) and Michael Soyza (button), picking up the action on the turn with over 500,000 in blinds, antes and bets in the pot.

With the board reading the had just hit the turn and Cheong had fired out a bet of 60,000, leaving himself 100,000 behind. Soyza thought it over for a few seconds before sliding out the call and it was off to the river.

The dealer peeled off the and Cheong now checked the action over to Soyza. The Malaysian player did not take long to pull the trigger, moving all-in for over 350,000 and Cheong folded instantly, to disbelieving gasps from the rest of the table. Of course, if he was bluffing there then there was no way Cheong could call, so it’s not really all that crazy…

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Soyza	950,000 312,000	312,000

Sam Cheong	100,000 310,000	310,000

Tags: Sam Cheong Michael Soyza

05-25-2017 15:19 UTC+8

Zhi Busts Cheong

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Ben Wilson

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Sam Cheong’s Main Event is now over and he has become our most recent casualty. Down to his last 100,000 in chips Cheong moved all-in from under-the-gun with ace-queen and big blind Lin Zhi woke up with pocket fives and made the call. Cheong failed to pair either his ace or his queen and that shrinks the field down to 33.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lin Zhi	275,000 75,000	75,000
Sam Cheong	Busted

05-25-2017 15:34 UTC+8

Farrington Folds Out Weiyi

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Ben Wilson

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Denmark’s Frederik Farrington is holding on to his tournament life with a firm grip and has just emerged triumphant in a battle of the blinds against tablemate Zhang Weiyi.

We picked up the action on the turn with the community cards spread just as Farrington fired for 40,000 into the 80,000 pot. Weiyi thought long and hard about his decision and did not seem to find Farrington all that believable apparently as he made the call to grow the pot to 160,000.

The river saw Farrington think things over for a minute or so before reaching for chips and the Danish player bet big, leading out for 135,000 leaving himself just 60,000 behind.

That looks pretty believable to us and Weiyi evidently thought so too as he grudgingly folded, leaving Farrington to scoop the pot without showdown and he climbed to around 375,000 while Weiyi dropped to 400,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhang Weiyi	400,000 230,000	230,000
Frederik Farrington	375,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Frederik Farrington Zhang Weiyi

Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

05-25-2017 15:53 UTC+8

Wang Pressures Qi

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Ben Wilson

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Zhu Qi kick-started the action with a raise to 27,000 from the hi-jack with the UK’s Simon Burns making the call from the button before Jun Wang fired out a tickly little re-raise to 56,000.

The action was back on Qi and he thought long and hard about his decision, tanking for a good 2-3 minutes before deciding to raise again, making it 136,000 in total.

Burns quickly folded and the action was back on Wang, who gestured at Qi to lift his arms so he could get a gander at his remaining chips – Qi had 450,000 behind. Seemingly satisfied that he had Qi covered Wang made the standard Macau all-in triangle motion with his hands and shoved for 550,000.

This sent Qi deep into the think tank, where he remained for a good five minutes as level 21 ticked over into level 22. It was a big decision for his tournament life so Qi was given some leeway by the rest of the table, who waited patiently for the Chinese player to make his decision.

Eventually, Qi chose to wait for a better spot and slid his hand face down into the muck and Wang won 170,000 without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jun Wang	730,000 634,000	634,000
Zhu Qi	450,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Zhu Qi Jun Wang

05-25-2017 16:04 UTC+8

Chan Departs in 28th Place to Set Up Redraw

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Ben Wilson

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Hong Kong’s Justin Chan has just narrowly missed out on the money ladder, departing in 28th place for HK$43,000. All remaining 27 players are now guaranteed at least HK$49,000.

It was chip leader Anson Tsang who was applying the pressure pre-flop with a raise to 35,000 from the cutoff. Chan, sitting on the button, looked down at his hole cards and moved all-in for 103,000 in total and action folded to Weizhou Zha in the big blind.

Zha glanced over at Tsang, who easily had him covered, and decided to flat call. Tsang gave a little chuckle and threw in the extras and the flop fell . Both Zha and Tsang checked the whole way with the turn and river running out and respectively.

Chan turned over but could not beat Zha’s , Tsang mucked and we lose another. Play has paused for a redraw now we are down to three tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anson Tsang	1,950,000 250,000	250,000

Weizhou Zha	850,000 170,000	170,000
Justin Chan	Busted

Tags: Anson Tsang Wenzhou Zha Justin Chan

05-25-2017 16:38 UTC+8

Table Redraw and Stacks

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Ben Wilson

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chips
1	1	Huang Qien	China	340,000
1	2	Anson Tsang	Hong Kong	1,950,000
1	3	Xhenyu Gu	China	200,000
1	4	John Chu	Australia	150,000
1	5	Lin Zhi	China	420,000
1	6	Longyun Li	China	850,000
1	7	Yuehi	Japan	350,000
1	8	Frederik Farrington	Denmark	400,000

2	1	Michael Soyza	Malaysia	1,050,000
2	2	Wei Guoliang	China	285,000
2	3	Zhao Ting Ting	China	300,000
2	4	Simon Burns	UK	800,000
2	5	Alex Shen Zheng	China	520,000
2	6	SJ Kim	Korea	500,000
2	7	Zhou Jia	China	500,000
2	8	Yah Loon Lim	Singapore	160,000
2	9	Zhou Jie	China	250,000

3	1	Xixiang Luo	China	280,000
3	2	Zhang Yuan Hang	China	700,000
3	3	Linh Tran	Vietnam	670,000
3	4	Zhang Tianchun	China	370,000
3	5	Zhu Qi	China	400,000
3	6	Zhang Weiyi	China	250,000
3	7	Liu Lifu	China	950,000
3	8	Jiong Li	China	250,000
3	8	Jun Wang	China	750,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Anson Tsang	1,950,000

Michael Soyza	1,050,000 100,000	100,000

Liu Lifu	950,000 550,000	550,000
Longyun Li	850,000
Simon Burns	800,000 620,000	620,000
Jun Wang	750,000 20,000	20,000
Zhong Yuan Hang	700,000 150,000	150,000
Linh Tran	670,000 50,000	50,000
Zhao Jie	500,000 351,000	351,000
Soojo Kim	500,000 150,000	150,000
Lin Zhi	420,000 145,000	145,000
Frederik Farrington	400,000 25,000	25,000
Zhu Qi	400,000 50,000	50,000
Zhang Tianchun	370,000 130,000	130,000
Yuhei Sanada	350,000 158,000	158,000
Huang Qien	340,000 179,000	179,000
Wei Guoliang	285,000 141,000	141,000
Xixiang Luo	280,000 40,000	40,000

Zhang Weiyi	250,000 150,000	150,000
Jiong Li	250,000 250,000	250,000
Zhenyu Gu	200,000 138,000	138,000
Yah Loon Lim	160,000 40,000	40,000
John Chu	150,000 5,000	5,000

05-25-2017 16:45 UTC+8

Six Depart

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Ben Wilson

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

We have just lost six players in quick succession with Zhang Tianchun and Australia’s John Chi just two of those who have recently departed. Fortunately, we managed to catch Chu’s exit hand.

It was not long after the redraw and action folded around to Chu in the small blind. With only 150,000 left Chu moved all of this into the middle pre-flop with big blind Lin Zhi making the call and the cards were turned over.

John Chu:
Lin Zhi: