2018 Poker King Cup Macau

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2018 Poker King Cup Macau
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
1,464,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
16,500 HKD
Prize Pool
7,536,900 HKD
Total Entries
518
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 518
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Bin Tests Luyckx

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

According to Bart Luyckx, China's Sun Bin had not long picked off one of his bluffs before the following hand played out. It was Luyckx who was the instigator, limping from under-the-gun and the action folded around to Bin in the big blind who decided to raise to 5,500 in total. Luyckx made the call and it was off to a monochrome flop of {6-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{8-Clubs}.

Bin checked it over to Luyckx, who took a stab for 5,500, leaving himself around 15,000 behind. Bin immediately check-raised all-in to send the Belgium player deep into thought, where he remained for a minute or so before grudgingly folding.

Bin raked in the pot and flashed the {a-Clubs} as he did so.

"I thought you had something like that," mused Luyckx, "I still can't call though," he said as he counted up his much-reduced stack, while Bin padded out his to the tune of 49,000 in total.

Player Chips Progress
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Sun Bin
49,000
Profile photo of Bart Luyckx be
Bart Luyckx
15,000
25,000
25,000

Tags: Sun BinBart Luyckx

Chen Cracks Wongwichit's Ladies

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Phachara Wongwichit
Phachara Wongwichit

Phachara Wongwichit's Main Event has taken a small step backward, with the Thai player losing a hand to China's Chuanshu Chen. However, some canny pot control saw Wongwichit lose the minimum.

It was Wongwichit who was the pre-flop raiser, making it 1,800 to go from early position with Chen (hijack) and a player on the button making the call to take play three-way to a flop of {10-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{4-Clubs}.

Wongwichit checked, Chen chose to take a stab for 2,600, the button folded and Wongwichit called to take the action heads-up to the {5-Diamonds} turn. This saw no betting and the {7-Clubs} river card completed the hand. Wongwichit checked once more and after a few minutes in the tank, Chen checked behind.

Wongwichit turned over {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} , but this was not enough to beat Chen's {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} flopped top pair and the Chinese player pulled in the pot to climb to 65,000 while Wongwichit dropped to 43,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Chuanshu Chen
65,000
Profile photo of Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
43,000
Natural8

Tags: Chuanshu ChenPhachara Wongwichit

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Double For Alex Lee

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Alex Lee (from a previous event)
Alex Lee (from a previous event)

Singapore's Alex Lee has not long earned a double up at the expense of a tablemate to get above starting stack. Following a raise to 2,200 from a player in middle position, Lee flat called from the button to take the hand heads-up.

The raiser fired out a continuation bet of 4,000 on the {7-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} flop, which Lee called to keep the pair in action. The {10-Diamonds} turn saw the wet board get wetter still and Lee's opponent, who had the Singaporean easily covered, quickly moved all-in.

Lee did not take long to make the call, with his opponent proudly turning over {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for bottom pair, backdoor flush draw and a gutshot straight draw. Lee was in front with {a-Spades}{4-Spades} and despite his opponent having a ton of outs, the Singaporean's hand held with the {8-Clubs} river locking up the double up and Lee climbed to 48,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alex Lee sg
Alex Lee
48,000

Tags: Alex Lee

Stack Check

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Play has resumed after the dinner break and with late registration remaining open until level 11 (the last level of the day) the number of entries has increased. There have now been 156 Main Event entries, with 121 players still in action.

The man leading the charge is Hong Kong's Winson Yau, who has padded out his stack still further and is sitting pretty on a stack of 155,000. Yau's next closest rival is one-time frontrunner Zhongcai Peng, who has a stack of 132,000 with the rest of the field some way behind and not that many other players over the six-figure stack mark.

Korea's Jeho Lee has dropped some and is sitting on a stack of 45,000, and Hong Kong's Ben Lai has also given some back and is sitting with 40,000. Lai's fellow countryman and tablemate Carson Wong has stacked up and is sitting with 70,000.

Other notables with chips include Thailand's Phachara Wongwichit (50,000) and Phanlert Sukonthachartnant (35,000) and both Mauro Francolini and Bart Luyckx are running well on their second bullets, with stacks of 57,000 and 40,000 respectively.

OPC champion Xiaobo Zhou has run his small stack up slightly to close to 27,200 with fellow OPC final tablist Chuanshu Chen also still in action with 49,000 and World Series bracelet winner Preston Lee has around 46,600.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Winson Yau hk
Winson Yau
155,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Zhong Cai Peng cn
Zhong Cai Peng
132,000
9,000
9,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Profile photo of Carson Ka Shing Wong hk
Carson Ka Shing Wong
70,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Mauro Francolini it
Mauro Francolini
57,000
23,500
23,500
Profile photo of Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
50,000
5,000
5,000
Natural8
Profile photo of Chuanshu Chen cn
Chuanshu Chen
49,000
14,500
14,500
Profile photo of Preston Lee us
Preston Lee
46,600
15,600
15,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jeho Lee kr
Jeho Lee
45,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Ben Lai hk
Ben Lai
40,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Bart Luyckx be
Bart Luyckx
40,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Phanlert Sukonthachartnant th
Phanlert Sukonthachartnant
36,000
8,500
8,500
Profile photo of Xiaobo Zhou cn
Xiaobo Zhou
27,200
14,700
14,700
Profile photo of Kwok Chun Lai hk
Kwok Chun Lai
15,000
15,000
15,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Dinner Break

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

The 117 remaining Day 1a Main Event players are off on a 60-minute dinner break while the green 25-chips are removed from play.

When the action resumes there are three more 40-minute levels scheduled before play concludes for the day so stick around and see who makes it though to Day 2.

Yau Loses to Tse But Still Leads, Cohen Out, Wongwichit, Lee and Lai In

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

It's all change at the top, with Hong Kong's Winson Yau climbing into the chip lead. We did not see how Yau got the majority of his sizable stack as he lost the hand we caught him in action in, but still held a stack of 142,000 after doubling up fellow countryman Kevin Tse.

It was Yau who was the initial raiser from middle position, with Tse moving all-in for 6,300 from the small blind. It was Oriental Poker Championship Main Event winner Xiaobo Zhou the man sitting in the big blind and he looked keen, but after rechecking his cards and seeing the eager look on Yau's face, Zhou elected to fold. Zhou's read was spot on and Yau called quickly, with both players revealing their hands.

Kevin Tse: {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Winson Yau: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

Tse was at-risk and behind, but not all that far behind and while the {2-Spades}{3-Hearts}{j-Clubs} flop was of no help, the {10-Clubs} turn gave Tse top pair, which held when the river bricked out {5-Diamonds} to grant Tse a much needed double and he pulled in the pot to climb to 13,000.

It appears that Samantha Cohen was unable to get anything going on Day 1a and the US player's seat is now occupied by recent arrival Alex Lee from Singapore, who is sitting with the starting stack of 30,000.

More recent arrivals include Hong Kong's Kwok Chun Lai (30,000) and Thailand's Phachara Wongwichit. While Wongwichit was unable to gain any traction in the High Roller he was playing earlier, he seems to be faring much better in the Main Event and has run his stack up to 45,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Winson Yau hk
Winson Yau
142,000
142,000
142,000
Profile photo of Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
45,000
45,000
45,000
Natural8
Profile photo of Alex Lee sg
Alex Lee
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Kwok Chun Lai hk
Kwok Chun Lai
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Kevin Tse hk
Kevin Tse
13,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Xiaobo Zhou cn
Xiaobo Zhou
12,500
17,500
17,500
Profile photo of Samantha Cohen us
Samantha Cohen
Busted

Tags: Alex LeeKwok Chun LaiPhachara WongwichitSamantha CohenXiaobo Zhou

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75