Welcome to the Poker King Cup Macau 2018
Greetings poker fans, and welcome to the PokerNews live coverage of the Poker King Cup Macau 2018 brought to you from the Poker King poker room at the luxurious Venetian Macau Resort & Hotel.
The six-day festival boasts six action-packed events – which you can find the full schedule for on the Poker King Club website or on PokerNews – with the highlight being the HK$16,500 Poker King Cup Macau Main Event.
With three opening Day 1 flights (including a Turbo flight) running from September 21-22 there is a further three days of poker action to follow when all surviving players from the three flights return to battle it out for the hallowed money spots from Sept 23-25 until a champion is crowned.
It was China’s Longyun Li who emerged triumphant back in May 2017, taking down the 490-strong Poker King Cup Main Event for a HKD 1,101,000 ($141,282) payday after cutting an ICM deal with runner-up finisher, Malaysia's Michael Soyza.
Poker King Cup 2018 Schedule
| Date | Time | Event # | Tournament | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday Sept-20 | 1pm | 1 | PKC Opening Event | HKD 2,700+300 |
| - | 3pm | 2 | PKC High Roller | HKD 76,000+4,000 |
| - | 6pm | - | Main Event Satellite | HKD 1,800+200 |
| Friday Sept-21 | 1pm | - | PKC Main Event Day 1a | HKD 15,000+1,500 |
| - | 2pm | 2 | PKC High Roller Final Day | HKD 76,000+4,000 |
| - | 3pm | 3 | No Limit Hold’em 1 | HKD 3,600+400 |
| - | 6pm | - | Main Event Satellite | HKD 1,800+200 |
| Saturday 22-Sept | 1pm | - | PKC Main Event Day 1b | HKD 15,000+1,500 |
| - | 6pm | - | PKC Main Event Day 1c (Turbo) | HKD 15,000+1,500 |
| Sunday 23-Sept | 1pm | - | PKC Main Event Day 2 | - |
| - | 2pm | 4 | No Limit Hold’em 2 | HKD 4,500+500 |
| - | 5pm | 5 | NLH Turbo 1 | HKD 1,800+200 |
| - | 7pm | - | PKC Super High Roller Satellite | HKD 23,000+2,000 |
| Monday 24-Sept | 1pm | - | PKC Main Event Day 3 | - |
| - | 1.30pm | 6 | Deep Stack Day 1 | HKD 6,300+700 |
| - | 2pm | 7 | PKC Super High Roller Day 1 | HKD 190,000+10,000 |
| - | 5pm | 8 | NLH Turbo 2 | HKD 1,800+200 |
| Tuesday 25-Sept | 1pm | - | PKC Main Event Final Day | - |
| - | 1.30pm | 6 | Deep Stack Final Day | - |
| - | 2pm | 7 | PKC Super High Roller Final Day | HKD 190,000+10,000 |
| - | 2.30pm | 9 | NLH Hyper Turbo | HKD 1,800+200 |
Poker King Cup Highlights
The PKC High Roller features an HKD 80,000 buy-in with players starting off with 50,000 in chips and blinds increasing every 40-minutes throughout the event. Players can re-enter an unlimited amount of times until late registration ends at the start of Level 13, which is the fourth blind level of Day 2 on Sunday, 23 September.
The PKC Main Event boasts an HKD 16,500 buy-in. Players kick off the action with a 30,000 stack during the three opening flights running Sept. 21-22. The first two flights feature 40-minute blind levels while the final Turbo opening flight features 30-minute blind levels.
Players will have plenty of chances to build a big stack in the Main Event with all three opening flights allowing for unlimited reentries. The final three days of the tournament will also feature a deeper structure with 60-minute blind levels.
The PKC Super High Roller features an amazing structure for those ponying up the massive HKD 200,000 buy-in, with 250,000 in chips and blinds increasing every 50 minutes. Unlimited reentries are allowed until the start of Level 12, which is the third blind level of Day 2, running Tuesday, 25 September.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be reporting the biggest hands from start to finish for the Poker King Cup High Roller, Main Event and the Poker King Cup Super High Roller.
PKC High Roller Action
However, today is for the High Rollers and we will be bringing you all the high-octane big buy-in tournament action from the two-day HK$80,000 Poker King Cup High Roller, which begins at 3pm local time (GMT+7) on Thursday, 20 September.
It was Taiwan’s Chung Yuan Yu who took this very event down for an HKD 1,020,700 ($131,076) payday back in May 2017.
Whether Yu will be returning to defend his title remains to be seen, but there should be some scintillating poker on display for the next few days.
Players start with 50,000 in chips and have the option to reenter should the cards not fall their way, and have 40-minute levels in which to use them, with antes coming into play from level 2 onwards with Day 1 finishing at the end of level 9.
PKC High Roller Day 1 Level Structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 200 | - |
| 2 | 100 | 200 | 25 |
| 3 | 150 | 300 | 25 |
| 4 | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 5 | 250 | 500 | 50 |
| 6 | 300 | 600 | 75 |
| 7 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
| 8 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
| 9 | 600 | 1,200 | 200 |
Stay tuned as we bring you all the tournament thrills and spills as Macau’s High Rollers and visiting international poker professional’s battle it out at the baize for vast sums of cold hard cash and a chance at fortune and glory.