Main Event
Day 4 Started
2018 Poker King Cup Macau
Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Poker King Cup Macau
Buy-in
16,500 HKD
Prize Pool
7,536,900 HKD
Entries
518
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Final Table Time in the Poker King Cup Macau 2018 Main Event
This is it folks, the grand finale, with the 518-strong Poker King Cup Main Event field whittled down to the final eight players.
It’s an all-Chinese line-up, and the eight returning finalists are guaranteed a payday of at least HKD 195,200 (~$25,000), but it is the HKD 1,464,000 top prize that will be their goal.
Only one of them can walk away with that, as well as the all-important title and trophy, and the man best positioned to do so is Li Yu, who will be returning atop the counts with a stack of 3,445,000 (57 big blinds).
With close to $90,000 in live tournament earnings, Yu is playing for his first major title and a sixth-place finish or better will see him make a career-high score.
Yu rose to prominence two tables out after busting Lin Zhe Chen, coming into the ten-handed unofficial final table with the chip lead, before bluffing it off to Yang Wang. Yu recovered by snaring Qi Cheng Du in a monster hand, setting a trap with pocket aces to earn a full double-up and wrestle back the top spot.
It’s close though, with next closest rival Wang already proving he can sniff out a bluff and returning second in the counts with just a stack of 3,340,000 – just a single big blind less than Yu.
It is Wei Ran Pu who poses the next biggest threat, dominating a great deal of the late game action by sending both Ke Wang and Chi Hi Fang to the rail in 11th and 10th respectively to set up the unofficial final table action. Pu will be returning with a stack of 2,415,000 and already boasts a title on his poker resume having taken down the PKC 2017 No Limit Hold’em Event #3, though he too is also guaranteed a career-high score.
Jun Fang (2,170,000) and Jian Dong Yu (2,080,000) are the only other players with seven-figure stacks, with the rest of the field some way behind and stacking up as follows:
Poker King Cup Macau 2018 Main Event Official Final Table
| Table | Seat | Player Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Yang Wang | China | 3,340,000 | 56 |
| 1 | 2 | Jun Fang | China | 2,170,000 | 36 |
| 1 | 3 | Wei Ran Pu | China | 2,415,000 | 40 |
| 1 | 4 | Cang Sheng Ni | China | 710,000 | 12 |
| 1 | 5 | Liang Song | China | 740,000 | 12 |
| 1 | 6 | Qi Cheng Du | China | 605,000 | 10 |
| 1 | 7 | Jian Dong Yu | China | 2,080,000 | 35 |
| 1 | 8 | Li Yu | China | 3,445,000 | 57 |
Play gets underway at 1pm local time (GMT+7) on Tuesday, 25 September, with blinds staying on level 28 and recommencing at 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 running ante. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor until a champion is crowned so let’s see who has what it takes to become the PKC Macau 2018 Main Event champion.
Go Time
The final eight players are in their seats and have unbagged the chips. Cards will be in the air shortly, as all remaining competitors focus on taking down the HKD 1,464,000 top prize.
Blinds will be 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 running ante for the next 25-minutes.
Push or Fold
With five players above 2 million and the other three below a million, the table dynamics are interesting. It is push or fold at present, and we have yet to see a flop dealt.
Jian Dong Yu tried to get something going with a mid-position raise to 150,000, but was shut down by Jun Fang on the button, who three-bet to 450,000. Yu folded and Fang scooped the blinds and antes.
The next hand played out much the same. This time it was Wei Ran Pu the opener, making it 150,000 to go on the button, but folding to a Liang Song big blind shove.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,200,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
2,050,000 | -30,000 |
|
1,900,000 | -515,000 |
|
900,000 | 160,000 |
Ni Folds Out Pu
There have still been no flops, with either a raise enough to take it down pre-flop, or a three-bet shove enough to get the job done. There have even been a couple of walks.
Wei Ran Pu is one of the more active players, and he tried to get something going from under-the-gun with a raise to 150,000. Neighbor Cang Sheng Ni moved all-in for 770,000 from one seat over and Pu hit the think tank. After about five minutes Pu open-folded 
face up, leaving Ni free to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,650,000 | -250,000 |
|
|
950,000 | 240,000 |
Wang Wins On First Flop
Finally, a flop! It all started with a Yang Wang button min-raise, with Wei Ran Pu defending from the big blind to take play heads-up to a flop of 
.
Pu checked it over to Wang, who slid out a bet of 100,000, which was quickly called. There was no betting on the 
turn, nor the 
river.
Pu rolled over 
, and while he had started out with the best hand pre-flop, Wang's 
had caught the flop, and that was enough to win the pot. All that excitement brought play to the end of the level and players are off on a short ten-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,600,000 | 260,000 |
|
|
1,450,000 | -200,000 |
Level: 29
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Qi Cheng Du Eliminated in 8th Place for HKD 195,200 ($24,965)
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Cang Sheng Ni won the first hand back after the break, moving all-in from the small blind with Liang Song folding in the big blind.
The next hand however, was a bit more exciting and brought Qi Cheng Du's Final Table to a close. Du ran pretty bad at the end of play yesterday, getting kings cracked by Liang Song's ace-jack and also running pocket jacks into the pocket aces of Li Yu.
Du's poor form continued after Jian Dong Yu min-raised from under-the-gun and Du shoved from the small blind for his last 400,000 or so. Yu made the call and the cards were turned over.
Qi Cheng Du: 
Jian Dong Yu: 
Once again Du found himself in great shape, and once more the poker gods crushed his dreams, this time for good, with the flop falling 
to give Yu top pair. The turn and the 
river completed the hand, and Du's Main Event and he headed off to collect his HKD 195,200 eighth prize money, while Yu stacked up to 2,700,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,700,000 | 650,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Cang Sheng Ni Eliminated in 7th Place for HKD 244,900 ($31,321)
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
The elimination of Qi Cheng Du appears to have opened the floodgates and a gigantic three-way all-in played out shortly afterward that brought Cang Sheng Ni's tournament to an end.
As has been the case for a lot of the Final Table action so far, it was Wei Ran Pu who was the instigator, opening from middle position with a min-raise, which prompted a flurry of activity.
Ni moved all-in for close to a million, Li Yu re-shoved from the small blind and Pu beat him into the pot.
Li Yu: 
Wei Ran Pu: 
Cang Sheng Ni: 
It was a set-up hand, and was one that Pu scooped to bust Ni and take a big bite out of Li Yu's stack when the board ran out 
to give Pu the nut flush. Ni departed shaking his head at the variance of poker, while Yu took the hit quietly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,900,000 | 2,450,000 |
|
|
2,100,000 | -1,345,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Liang Song Eliminated in 6th Place for HKD 293,900 ($37,588)
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Just seconds after the crazy three-way all-in and there were more fireworks. This time it was Liang Song the man in the thick of the action, moving all-in pre-flop from mid position and getting looked up by Li Yu from the button.
Liang Song:
Li Yu:
Yu had woken up with pocket tens again and even had the same suits and Song was trailing, but hit his five on the flop. However, that was as good as it got, with the 
turn and river completing Song's tournament and bringing the field down to the final five. Yu stacked up to 3 million so recovered the majority of what he lost the previous hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000 | -1,800,000 |
|
|
Busted |