Duan Chao Takes Chip Lead into Day 2 of the PKC HK$80,000 High Roller; Aido Also Through
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.
to give Zhao quad nines on the flop to eliminate Yu from the tournament. Yu still has time to reenter as the registration period is open until the end of Level 12 which is until approximately 3 PM local time.
with about 20,000 in the middle. William Fasano had the all-in button in front of him while he was sitting in the small blind. Both Quan Zhou (cutoff) and Chung Yuan Yu (button) both had a bet of 12,800 in front of them. Fasano was all-in for 29,125 in total. Zhou considered it for a while but opted to fold. Yu called.
to further improve Fasano's set to a full house for the double-up, leaving the defending champ behind with around 6,000 in chips.
. Both players seemed a little gun shy and checked, leaving the dealer to burn and turn the 
river paired the board and there was no more betting. Wang tabled 
and he pulled in a decent sized pot to climb to 71,000 while Gao took a hit and is now short on 10,700.
and there was around 11,000 in the middle already. Yilu Yuan checked from under the gun and Preston lee bet 5,000 which Yuan called.
for two pair, aces and tens with the king-kicker. Yuan got up from his seat and left the table. The dealer turned around [ahjc[ for Yuan to show Yuan's cards and it was an all-in situation and cards had to be shown.
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river completed the hand, and Cheng's first buy-in in this tournament as the Chinese player became the first official casualty, which Chan stacked up to 101,000 to take the chip lead.
