The Inaugural PKC HK$200,000 Super High Roller Set to Start at 2 PM
At 2 PM local time, the 2018 Poker King Cup Super High Roller is set to start for the players willing to cough up the HK$200,000 buy-in. This is the first time that the tournament is featured during the PKC so it will be interesting to see who will win the inaugural title here in the magnificent Venetian Macau Resort Hotel.
This two-day event gives players 250,000 in chips to start with. Nine levels of 50 minutes each are to be played on Day 1 today and a Super High Roller Champion will be crowned tomorrow. A 10-minute break will take place after every two levels with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 6. Players can reenter an unlimited number of times if they want and the late registration period will remain open until the start of Level 12 tomorrow, Tuesday, September 25, at approximately 15:50 PM.
Day 1 Structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
| 2 | 600 | 1,200 | 200 |
| Break | 10 minutes | ||
| 3 | 800 | 1,600 | 200 |
| 4 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 300 |
| Break | 10 minutes | ||
| 5 | 1,200 | 2,400 | 400 |
| 6 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 500 |
| Break | 60 minutes | ||
| 7 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 500 |
| 8 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 500 |
| Break | 10 minutes | ||
| 9 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 1000 |
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on the flop. Badziakouski continued with a bet of 12,000 which Wang called.
, Badziakouski barreled another 37,000 over the line. Wang pondered for a bit and then raised to 85,000. Badziakouski glanced at Wang and decided to call.
, Badziakouski checked with a bit of despair showing on his face. Wang looked at the board once more, sighed, and checked too. Badziakouski quickly tabled 
and Wang threw his cards into the muck for Badziakouski to rake in the first substantial pot of the day.
was spread out on the flop by the dealer and Ogura continued with a bet of 10,000 which Badziakouski called.
. Ogura lead out again with a bet of 22,000 and Badziakouski called again.
, Ogura took a glimpse at the board, counted out 80,000 in red 10,000-value chips and put them over the line. Badziakouski stared alternating between Ogura and the board. Badziakouski then put in a chip for the call. Ogura flipped over 
for the turned straight and Badziakouski continued putting more chips in to complete the call.
with about 10,000 in the middle already. Mikita Badziakouski had a bet of 35,000 of him in the small blind and Duan Chao had raised. Badziakouski responded with a shove and Chao snap-called.
and after counting Chao's stack, Badziakouski was determined to have more and Chao was sent away from the tables as the first elimination.
, Chen check-raised the 20,000 bet of Wu to 55,000. Wu called.
, Chen checked again. Wu now bet 50,000. Chen shoved for 107,800 in total and Wu tanked. After about three minutes, Wu decided to give the hand up for Chen to rake in the pot.
, Zhang checked again. Addamo glimpsed at Zhang and put in another bet but now for 25,000. Zhang counted out his stack and had about 148,000 left. He cut out calling chips and riffled them for a bit and then threw them into the pot for the call.
on the flop to the 
and was called by Rasmussen who is sitting on her direct left.
, Gao check-called the 9,000 bet of Rasmussen.
, now Gao check-called the 24,000 continuation-bet of Rasmussen.
, Gao checked again. Rasmussen now put her all-in and she called for the 103,000 she had behind. The pocket nines were good enough to double up.
