HK$80,000 High Roller Day 1 | 2018 Poker King Cup Macau

HK$80,000 High Roller

Day 1 Completed

09-20-2018 23:03 UTC+8

Duan Chao Takes Chip Lead into Day 2 of the PKC HK$80,000 High Roller; Aido Also Through

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Day 1 of the 2018 Poker King Cup Macau HK$80,000 High Roller is in the books after nine levels of play. In total, 54 entries were collected over the day and 36 of them managed to find a bag to tag at the end. Taking the overnight chip lead is Duan Chao from China with 181,500 in chips.

Chao has just over $90,000 in recorded lifetime tournament winnings and will be looking to add a chunk to that tomorrow, right here at the Venetian Macau Resort & Hotel. But it won’t be easy. There are still some more players in contention for that title and trophy tomorrow. Trailing in second place in the chip counts is Mingqin Liu with 160,300. And closing the podium for today is another Chinese player, Xiaqing Ji with 137,600 in chips.

Some other notable names in the running include Ziang Zhu (106,000), Sergio Aido (95,200), Tony Chang (94,900), Peter Chan (80,400), and Ye Wang (77,700), and all have bagged an above average stack to start Day 2 with. Players like Aaron Lim (52,500), Mark Hammond (37,000), Phachara Wongwichit (26,900), and Preston Lee (14,900) have got some work to do with their stacks.

Defending champion Chung Yuan Yu had to use two bullets to make it through to Day 2 and takes 40,700 with him. 2017 Runner-up Phanlert Sukonthachartnant managed to double up in the last hand of the day and scraped through with 28,800 in the end.

Play will continue tomorrow, Friday 21 September, at 2pm local time with Level 10, featuring a small blind of 800, big blind of 1,600 and running ante of 200. The late registration and reentry period will still be open then and remain open until the start of Level 13 which should be around 3.10pm local time. Blinds will continue to be 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.

Make sure to come back to see who will be crowned the PKC High Roller Champion tomorrow as the PokerNews live reporting team will be there from start till end.

Tags: Aaron Lim Chung Yuan Yu Duan Chao Mark Hammond Mingqin Liu Peter Chan Phachara Wongwichit Phanlert Sukonthachartnant Preston Lee Sergio Aido Xiaqing Ji Ye Wang

09-20-2018 22:59 UTC+8

Seat Draw By Tables

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

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

09-20-2018 22:55 UTC+8

Seat Draw By Chip Count

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
6	6	Duan Chao	China	181,500	113
7	7	Ming Qin Liu	China	160,300	100
6	4	Xiaqing Ji	China	137,600	86
4	2	Hua Huan Feng	China	135,300	85
2	2	Wang Zhi Li	China	118,500	74
4	1	Jun Da Yu	China	118,300	74
6	2	Haoran Liu	China	112,700	70
1	6	Xiang Zhu	China	106,000	66
6	5	Kok Soon Tay	Singapore	98,400	62
7	3	Sergio Aido	Spain	95,200	60
7	1	Tony Cheng	Hong Kong	94,900	59
1	2	Takashi Ogura	Japan	90,800	57
4	6	Yi Fan Yang	China	84,300	53
1	1	Peter Chan	Hong Kong	80,400	50
1	7	Tokuho Yoshinaga	Japan	79,000	49
2	7	Yang Li	China	77,800	49
1	5	Ye Wang	China	77,400	48
7	6	Kuisong Wu	China	68,300	43
2	5	William Fasano	United Kingdom	67,600	42
2	1	Dong Chen	China	65,000	41
6	3	Quan Zhou	China	63,400	40
7	2	Bixin Gao	China	58,500	37
1	8	Yuan Li	China	53,600	34
7	4	Aaron Lim	Australia	52,500	33
4	3	Hui Dong Gu	Macau	50,300	31
4	5	He Chang	China	45,200	28
2	6	Xinyong Kong	China	44,800	28
1	4	Liang Xu	China	43,900	27
2	3	Lin Wu	China	40,300	25
7	5	Chung Yuan Yu	Taiwan	40,200	25
4	7	Mark Hammond	United Kingdom	37,000	23
1	3	Phanlert Sukonthachartnant	Thailand	28,200	18
6	1	Phachara Wongwichit	Thailand	26,900	17
4	4	Dennis Rubba	United Kingdom	23,500	15
2	4	Qing Zhao	China	22,200	14
6	7	Preston Lee	United States	14,900	9

09-20-2018 22:28 UTC+8

Play Ended

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

A full recap of today's action is to follow.

09-20-2018 22:20 UTC+8

End-of-day Chip Counts (full)

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Duan Chao	181,500	41,500
Ming Qin Liu	160,300	160,300
Xiaqing Ji	137,600	15,600
Hua Huan Feng	135,300	13,300
Jun Da Yu	118,300	35,300
Hoaran Liu	112,700	8,700
Xiang Zhu	106,000	65,000
Kok Soon Tay	98,400	48,900
Sergio Aido	95,200	8,200
Tony Cheng	94,900	13,900
Takashi Ogura	90,800	90,800
Yi Fan Yang	84,300	1,300
Peter Chan	80,400	-74,600
Tokuho Yoshinaga	79,000	13,000
Yang Li	77,800	22,800
Ye Wang	77,700	-28,600
Kuisong Wu	68,300	-51,700
William Fasano	67,600	-14,900
Dong Chen	65,000	19,000
Quan Zhou	63,400	2,400
Bixin Gao	55,800	-22,200
Yuan Li	53,600	20,000
Aaron Lim	52,500	2,500
Hui Dong Gu	50,300	6,900
He Chang	45,200	-3,400

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09-20-2018 22:17 UTC+8

Kong Busts Perrins at the Close

RazorSharpPro

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

With the clock ticking down Matt Perrins decided to try and get something going in an attempt to return for Day 2 with a decent-sized stack. Unfortunately for the Brit his all-in pre-flop late position shove of close to 30,000 was called by China's Xinyong Kong from the blinds and the cards were revealed.

Matt Perrins:
Xinyong Kong:

Perrins flashed Kong a cheeky grin after he was caught with his hand in the cookie jar and the runout provided no help. Perrins hit the rail before the conclusion of play while Kong stacked up to 112,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xinyong Kong	112,000	21,000
Matt Perrins	Busted

Tags: Matt Perrins Xinyong Kong

09-20-2018 22:06 UTC+8

Sukonthachartnant Doubles Through Xu

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Liang Xu raised to 3,000 from the hijack and Phanlert Sukonthachartnant shoved for 12,500 in total. Action folded back to Xu who hesitated for a while, counted out his stack and then called.

Phanlert Sukonthachartnant:
Liang Xu:

The board ran out to give them both two pair but with Sukonthachartnant having the higher ones to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liang Xu	44,000	-6,000
Phanlert Sukonthachartnant	28,400	-36,100

Tags: Liang Xu Phanlert Sukonthachartnant

09-20-2018 22:00 UTC+8

Last Five Hands

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The tournament clock has been stopped and the tournament director has announced that five more hands need to be played before they can all bag and tag their chips for Day 2 tomorrow.

09-20-2018 22:00 UTC+8

Zhou Tanks and Folds

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The board read with 19,600 in the middle already. Xiaqing Ji checked his big blind and Quan Zhou bet 24,500. Ji responded with a raise to 68,500 which sent Zhou into the tank. Zhou covered his eyes with a hand as the winner of this hand would take the chip lead probably. After a while, Zhou reluctantly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaqing Ji	122,000	54,000
Quan Zhou	61,000	-35,000

Tags: Quan Zhou Xiaqing Ji