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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Peng Rails Luyckx

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Bart Luyckx
Bart Luyckx

We have only caught Bart Luyckx in two hands so far today with the Belgium player losing both - not that we're bad luck or anything...

Luyckx will have to reenter if he wants to make some waves in the Main Event, as the second hand we caught him involved in saw him hit the rail, with China's Zhongcai Peng the man to send him there.

We picked up the action on a flop of {j-Hearts}{a-Spades}{6-Clubs} with 2,000 in bets, blinds and antes in the pot, just as Peng led out for an enticing bet of 600. Luyckx wanted to play for more and moved all-in for 5,000 in total, sending Peng into the tank, where he remained for several minutes. Eventually, a decision was reached and Peng threw in the calling chips.

"How do you take so long to call there with ace king?" asked a perplexed Luyckx after Peng revealed his {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}, with Luyckx rolling over {a-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}.

Peng did not reply and the rest of the board ran out {10-Diamonds} and {5-Clubs} respectively to bring Luyckx's first Main Event attempt to an end, while Peng stacked up to 51,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Zhong Cai Peng
51,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
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Bart Luyckx
Busted

Lee and Sukonthachartnant Enter, Morales on the Scoreboard

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Francesco Morales
Francesco Morales

Play has resumed after the first break and there are now 116 total entries in the Main Event, with 110 of them still in action spread over 12 tables.

Some of the new arrivals post-break are the USA's Preston Lee and Thailand's most successful tournament player Phanlert Sukonthachartnant, both of whom failed to get anything going in the High Roller so have decided to try their luck in the main.

Another player who is trying his luck is Chilean Francesco Morales, whom we caught in action in the following hand. It was Morales the man driving the action with a hijack raise to 900. A player on the button called and big blind Jeho Lee looked briefly interested but eventually elected to fold to take play heads-up.

The flop fell {4-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} and Morales flicked a yellow 1k chip off the top of his stack for a 1,000 continuation bet, which his opponent called.

The {k-Clubs} turn was the last card dealt in the hand, with a 2,000-chip second barrel from Morales enough to take down the pot and see Morales climb up to 33,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Francesco Morales
33,000
3,000
3,000
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Phanlert Sukonthachartnant
30,000
30,000
30,000
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Preston Lee
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Francesco MoralesPhanlert SukonthachartnantPreston Lee

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Break Time

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

The Main Event players are on their first 10-minute break of the day. With a lengthy queue of alternates mobbing the registration desk and the player numbers on the tournament clock fluctuating wildly it is tough to gauge exactly how many players are currently in the running, but as soon as everything settles down we will update you accordingly.

Easy Squeezy

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Chuanshu Chen
Chuanshu Chen

A well-timed squeeze play is a great way to pick up chips in a tournament setting, and we have seen several players utilize this move with success so far today to pad out their stack without a showdown.

In the first we caught Oriental Poker Championship final tablist Chuanshu Chen opening the action with an early position raise to 500, picking up two callers before big blind Xie Feng squeezed to 2,500. With the action back on Chen, he took an age to make a decision but eventually decided to give it up with the rest of the table following suit quickly afterward, leaving Feng to scoop in the pot unopposed.

The next sizable pot that we witnessed play out also followed this trend. We picked up the action pre-flop after some heavy betting, with 1,000 in blinds and antes already pulled into the pot. A player in the cutoff had re-raised to 1,200 with Dai Li making the call on the button and the action was on big blind Jiajing Hu.

Hu reached for chips, but not for calling with, and squeezed to 4,200 in total. Only Li made the call, taking the action heads-up to a flop of {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{j-Spades}.

This saw Hu flick a 6,000 continuation bet off the top of his stack, which was enough to take down the pot when Li made the fold. Li dropped to 20,000 after the hand, while Hu climbed to 40,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Jiajing Hu
40,000
10,000
10,000
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Chuanshu Chen
34,500
4,500
4,500
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Xie Feng
31,000
1,000
1,000
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Dai Li
20,000
7,000
7,000

Tags: Chuanshu ChenJiajing HuXie FengDai Li

Main Event Opening Flight Starting Strong

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

There are currently 80 players in action in the Poker King Cup Main Event, spread out over 12 tables. There have been 84 initial entries, four of which have hit the rail already bringing the total number of entrants up to 84 with a further 27 alternates waiting to get in on the action.

Li Surprises Luyckx

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

An interesting hand played out between Belgium's Bart Luyckx and China's Dai Li that we caught the tail end of, with Lyckx kind enough to fill us in on the details after the fact.

It was Luyckx the man driving the action with a preflop raise to 450 with Li the only caller. The flop was of the rainbow variety, falling {k-}{7-}{2-}, with Luyckx continuation betting close to half-pot.

Li made the call to keep the pair in action and the board paired when another {2-} hit the turn. This saw Luyckx fire again for another half-pot sized bet, with Li again making the call.

The river was a {4-}, and this saw Luyckx fire a third barrel, this time for 2,500. Li ummed and ahhed over the call, but eventually made it. Luyckx rolled over {k-}{j-} and was rather surprised to see Li roll over {4-}{2-} for a rivered boat to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Dai Li
27,000
3,000
3,000
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Bart Luyckx
23,000
7,000
7,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

A Full House

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

It's a full house here at the tables of the Venetian Hotel & Resort, with Day 1a of the Main Event capped out at 80 players and alternates are now waiting in the wings for a seat to open up.

Player Chips Progress
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Cheng Zhen Hong
30,000
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Man Hin Siu
30,000
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Diego Sarmiento
30,000
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Nan Wei
30,000
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Kenji Fong
30,000
Profile photo of Yau Chak Fung cn
Yau Chak Fung
30,000
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Xiaoliang Zhao
30,000
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Yanzhong Tong
30,000
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Guifei Zhang
30,000
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Mengdian Peng
30,000
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Xie Feng
30,000
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Daero Lee
30,000
Profile photo of Mauro Francolini it
Mauro Francolini
27,000