2018 Poker King Cup Macau

HK$200,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 Poker King Cup Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
1,720,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
200,000 HKD
Prize Pool
3,910,000 HKD
Entries
21
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Chen Shoves on Wu

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
James Chen
James Chen

James Chen raised to 5,000 from under the gun and Kui Song Wu three-bet to 16,000 from the cutoff. The rest folded and Chen called.

The flop brought them the {8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{4-Spades}, Chen check-raised the 20,000 bet of Wu to 55,000. Wu called.

The turn came with the {3-Clubs}, 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.

In the meanwhile, on the other table, the board read {7-Clubs}{q-Spades}{7-Spades}{j-Hearts} and Mikita Badziakouski had shoved in the small blind and Phachara Wongwichit was considering his options. In the end, Wongwichit decided to fold so Badziakouski could add even more chips to his already enormous stack.

Player Chips Progress
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
WSOP 1X Winner
699,000 52,000
James Chen tw
James Chen
WSOP 1X Winner
306,000 136,000
Kui Song Wu cn
Kui Song Wu
195,000 -100,000
Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
170,000 -108,000

Tags: James ChenKui Song WuMikita BadziakouskiPhachara Wongwichit

Huang Busts Main Event and Joins

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Shan Huang busted the Main Event in 27th place for HK$52,000 and had been shouting over for a while that he would be joining soon, even before he was eliminated. Well... Huang is now in and seems very happy to be joining everyone, the chatty Chinese player is shaking hands with them and having a quick catch-up before going back to the usual business of playing poker.

Player Chips Progress
Shan Huang cn
Shan Huang
250,000

Tags: Shan Huang

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Badziakouski and Rasmussen Win Before the Break

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Mikita Badziakouski raised to 5,500 from the button and was called by Wenling Gao in the big blind. The flop came {5-Spades}{a-Spades}{q-Hearts}, Gao check-called the 3,500 continuation-bet of Badziakouski. The turn brought them the {K-Clubs}, Gao cautiously checked again. Badziakouski bet once more for 17,000. Gao called again. The river completed the board with the {4-Clubs} and they both checked. Gao showed {10-Spades}{5-Diamonds} but flipped them over again once she saw Badziakouski held {A-Hearts}{6-Spades} for the flopped top pair.

On the other table, Jacob Rasmussen raised to 5,000 from the button. Kui Song Qu three-bet to 13,500 in the small blind. Gui Fei Zhang folded his big blind and Rasmussen called. They both checked through the {k-Spades}{q-Spades}{9-Clubs} on the flop to the {3-Spades} on the turn. Wu bet 11,000 and Rasmussen called. The river completed the board with the {a-Diamonds}, Wu continued with a bet of 16,000. Rasmussen considered his options and decided to raise to 60,000 which sent Wu deep into the tank. Some of the other players left for their ten-minute break while Wu was trying to make up his mind. About five minutes into the break, Wu folded.

Player Chips Progress
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
WSOP 1X Winner
647,000 96,000
Ye Wang cn
Ye Wang
Day 1 Chip Leader
376,000 236,000
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
WSOP 4X Winner
321,000 31,000
Jacob Rasmussen dk
Jacob Rasmussen
315,000 40,000
Kui Song Wu cn
Kui Song Wu
295,000 -75,000
Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
278,000 -4,000
William Fasano gb
William Fasano
245,000 54,000
Takashi Ogura jp
Takashi Ogura
234,000 -121,000
James Chen tw
James Chen
WSOP 1X Winner
170,000 -40,000
Wenling Gao cn
Wenling Gao
131,000 -119,000
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
120,000 -115,000
Gui Fei Zhang cn
Gui Fei Zhang
90,000 -17,000

Tags: Gui Fei ZhangJacob RasmussenMikita BadziakouskiWenling Gao

Wu and Rasmussen Win Some

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Kui Song Wu raised to 4,500 from under the gun and was called by both William Fasano on the button and Jacob Rasmussen in the big blind.

They all checked through the {6-Spades}{2-Hearts}{5-Clubs} on the flop to the {k-Hearts} on the turn. Rasmussen checked, Wu bet 7,000 and both Fasano and Rasmussen folded quickly.

The hand after that, Gui Fei Zhang raised to 6,000 from under the gun, Fasano called in the cutoff. Rasmussen three-bet to 25,000 from the small blind. Zhang looked at his cards once more and hesitated. Zhang looked at Rasmussen and then decided to fold. Fasano called.

The flop brought them the {3-Hearts}{2-Spades}{6-Diamonds}, Rasmussen barreled another 30,000 over the line and Fasano called.

The turn gave them the {K-Diamonds}, Rasmussen counted out his red 10,000-value chips and put four of them in as a bet. Fasano snap-folded.

Player Chips Progress
Kui Song Wu cn
Kui Song Wu
370,000 20,000
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
WSOP 4X Winner
290,000 -22,000
Jacob Rasmussen dk
Jacob Rasmussen
275,000 25,000
James Chen tw
James Chen
WSOP 1X Winner
210,000 20,000
William Fasano gb
William Fasano
191,000 -49,000
Gui Fei Zhang cn
Gui Fei Zhang
107,000 -3,000

Tags: Gui Fei ZhangJacob RasmussenKui Song WuWilliam Fasano

Addamo Doubles Through Zhang

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Michael Addamo
Michael Addamo

The board read {10-Spades}{q-Spades}{k-Spades}{a-Hearts} with about 60,000 in the middle already. Gui Fei Zhang bet 45,000 from the hijack and Michael Addamo took some time and then called in the cutoff.

The river completed the board with the {5-Diamonds}, Zhang glanced at Addamo and decided to put him all-in. Addamo snap-called and Zhang tried to throw his cards into the muck. James Chen told the dealer that Zhang had to show and Zhang's hole cards were turned around: {3-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for the failed bluff. Addamo tabled {8-Spades}{7-Spades} for the flopped flush to double up. Addamo had 79,700 behind and is now back to over 300,000.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
WSOP 4X Winner
312,000 112,000
Gui Fei Zhang cn
Gui Fei Zhang
110,000 -110,000

Tags: Gui Fei ZhangJames ChenMichael Addamo

Level: 4

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Wongwichit Over Aido

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Takashi Ogura raised to 4,000 from the cutoff and Phachara Wongwichit three-bet to 18,000 from the small blind. Sergio Aido called in the big blind. Ogura gave his hand up.

The flop came {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{3-Spades} and they both checked through to the {7-Clubs} on the turn. Wongwichit check-called the 11,000 bet of Aido.

The river completed the board with the {a-Clubs} and they both checked again. Wongwichit tabled {a-Hearts}{k-Spades} and that was enough to make Aido muck.

Player Chips Progress
Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
282,000 31,000
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
235,000 -15,000

Tags: Phachara WongwichitSergio AidoTakashi Ogura