Who Will Be Crowned the PKC HK$80,000 High Roller Champion Tonight?

Welcome back to Day 2 of the 2018 Poker King Cup Macau HK$80,000 High Roller where at least 36 players will be taking their seats at 2 PM local time here in the amazing Venetian Macau Resort & Hotel. As the registration period is still open for another two hours, more entries are expected to be added to the 54 entries Day 1 attracted yesterday.

Duan Chao took the top spot in the chip counts last night when he bagged 181,500 in chips. Trailing behind him in second and third place are Ming Qin Liu (160,300) and Xiaqing Ji (137,600). Chao and Ji have actually been drawn onto the same table for today which also includes Phachara Wongwichit, Hoaran Liu, Quan Zhou, Kok Soon Tay, and recent WSOP bracelet winner Preston Lee.

Liu also has a tough table as his table includes the defending champion Chung Yuan Yu, Tony Cheng, Bixin Gao, Spanish poker star Sergio Aido, Aaron Lim, and Kuisong Wu. Last year’s runner-up Phanlert Sukonthachartnant has one of the shortest stacks of the day but will be looking to run that up. His fellow Thai player, Wongwichit is in a similar situation so he’s got some work to do too.

With most of the field hailing from Asia, there are some more European players in the mix besides Aido. The United Kingdom is represented by three players which are William Fasano, Dennis Rubba, and Mark Hammond. All three are sporting a below average stack though, so they will all be striving to build those up.

Play commences on Level 10 with a small blind of 800, big blind of 1,600 and running ante of 200. The late registration and reentry period will remain open until the start of Level 13 which should be around 4:10 PM local time. Levels will once again last 40 minutes each and a 10-minute break should take place after every 3 levels. There is no dinner break scheduled but could be planned in at the tournament director’s discretion.

Follow all the live updates right here as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the action from the first card off the deck until the final pot has been awarded to the PKC High Roller Champion!

Day 2 Seat Draw

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Peter Chan	Hong Kong	80,400	50
1	2	Takashi Ogura	Japan	90,800	57
1	3	Phanlert Sukonthachartnant	Thailand	28,200	18
1	4	Liang Xu	China	43,900	27
1	5	Ye Wang	China	77,400	48
1	6	Xiang Zhu	China	106,000	66
1	7	Tokuho Yoshinaga	Japan	79,000	49
1	8	Yuan Li	China	53,600	34

2	1	Dong Chen	China	65,000	41
2	2	Wang Zhi Li	China	118,500	74
2	3	Lin Wu	China	40,300	25
2	4	Qing Zhao	China	22,200	14
2	5	William Fasano	United Kingdom	67,600	42
2	6	Xinyong Kong	China	44,800	28
2	7	Yang Li	China	77,800	49

4	1	Jun Da Yu	China	118,300	74
4	2	Hua Huan Feng	China	135,300	85
4	3	Hui Dong Gu	Macau	50,300	31
4	4	Dennis Rubba	United Kingdom	23,500	15
4	5	He Chang	China	45,200	28
4	6	Yi Fan Yang	China	84,300	53
4	7	Mark Hammond	United Kingdom	37,000	23

6	1	Phachara Wongwichit	Thailand	26,900	17
6	2	Haoran Liu	China	112,700	70
6	3	Quan Zhou	China	63,400	40
6	4	Xiaqing Ji	China	137,600	86
6	5	Kok Soon Tay	Singapore	98,400	62
6	6	Duan Chao	China	181,500	113
6	7	Preston Lee	United States	14,900	9

7	1	Tony Cheng	Hong Kong	94,900	59
7	2	Bixin Gao	China	58,500	37
7	3	Sergio Aido	Spain	95,200	60
7	4	Aaron Lim	Australia	52,500	33
7	5	Chung Yuan Yu	Taiwan	40,200	25
7	6	Kuisong Wu	China	68,300	43
7	7	Ming Qin Liu	China	160,300	100