Main Event Day 1a | 2018 Poker King Cup Macau

09-21-2018 21:24 UTC+8

Peng and Yau Tied at the Top

Ben Wilson

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

There is just half a level left before play concludes for the day, and the clock currently shows 25-minutes remaining, meaning that in 10-minutes it will be paused and the last number of hands will be drawn for the day.

At present, it appears to be a tie for the top, with both Winson Yau and Zhongcai Peng sitting on very similarly sized stacks - both close to 160,000 and change.

Other notable stacks include Korea's Daero Lee (130,000), China's Zhang Gui Fei (130,000), Macau's Gary Lam (145,000).

It appears that Hong Kong's Ben Lai has come a cropper and his seat is now empty - according to a social media post he ran pocket aces into pocket jacks pre-flop and was brutally two-outed - though fellow countryman Carson Wong is still in the running with a stack of 40,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Winson Yau	160,000 12,000	12,000
Zhong Cai Peng	160,000 28,000	28,000

Gary Lam	145,000 145,000	145,000
Daero Lee	130,000 100,000	100,000
Zhang Gui Fei	130,000 130,000	130,000
Carson Ka Shing Wong	40,000 30,000	30,000
Ben Lai	Busted

Tags: Ben Lai Carson Wong Daero Lee Gary Lam Zhongcai Peng

09-21-2018 21:38 UTC+8

Yang Takes From Lee as Last Five Hands Announced

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Ben Wilson

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Preston Lee and Dongzhe Yang played a bunch yesterday in the High Roller, and by a strange quirk of fate have found themselves seating at the same table in the Main Event as the opening flight enters the closing stages.

The two played a sizable pot that was all decided pre-flop, with Yang opening the action from the hijack with a raise to 3,000. Lee gave Yang little credit for a hand and opted to three-bet to 8,500, only to see Yang respond with a four-bet and the Chinese player casually tossed out a handful of blue 5k chips to make it 25,000 to go in total.

Lee looked unimpressed at this turn of events, reconsidered Yang's hand range and thew his cards away, leaving the Chinese player free to rake in the pot and climb to 67,000 while Lee dropped to 45,000. The last five hands were announced right as the pair finished the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dongzhe Yang	67,000
Preston Lee	45,000 1,600	1,600

Tags: Preston Lee Dongzhe Yang

09-21-2018 22:00 UTC+8

Some Luck for Luyckx at the Close

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Ben Wilson

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Bart Luyckx has ridden the poker rollercoaster today and decided he wanted to come back with a playable stack so got a bit frisky to win the last two hands played on his table.

In the first Luyckx went all-in from the small blind to steal the big blind and promised the table he would go all-in blind the next hand. Proving true to his work, Luyckx moved all-in blind on the button out of turn for 14,300.

Hong Kong's Darwin Lai then decided to open the action from middle position with a raise to 20,000, which chased out all other customers and the pair flipped over their hands.

Bart Luyckx:
Darwin Lai:

Luyckx was in need of some luck and duly received it on the flop with the rest of the runout coming on the turn and on the river to give the Belgium a much-needed double. Luyckx will be returning for Day 2 with a stack of 32,200 while Lai will be coming back with 39,600. All that excitement concludes play for the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darwin Lai	39,600 48,400	48,400
Bart Luyckx	32,200 17,200	17,200

09-21-2018 22:16 UTC+8

Assorted End of Day Counts

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Ben Wilson

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

It appears that China's Zhongcai Peng won the chip lead race, bagging up a stack of 198,200 to edge in front of Hong Kong's Winson Yau, who concluded play with a stack of 185,000. There will be full end of day chip counts and a wrap to follow so watch this space.

Other notables are as follows:

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhong Cai Peng	198,200 38,200	38,200

Winson Yau	185,000 25,000	25,000
Gary Lam	168,700 23,700	23,700
Xiao Tiao Yang	132,400 132,400	132,400
Chuanshu Chen	130,000 65,000	65,000
Mauro Francolini	114,300 57,300	57,300
Diego Sarmiento	106,100 76,100	76,100
Chao Li	96,200 96,200	96,200
Carson Ka Shing Wong	58,600 18,600	18,600
Alex Lee	50,600 2,600	2,600
Phachara Wongwichit	41,600 1,400	1,400

Kwok Chun Lai	31,800 16,800	16,800

09-21-2018 23:35 UTC+8

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

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Ben Wilson

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhong Cai Peng	198,200

Winson Yau	185,000
Gary Lam	168,500 200	200
Hsuan Chao Chen	152,500 152,500	152,500
Liang Tong	143,300 113,300	113,300
Zhao Fu Xu	132,900 132,900	132,900
Xiao Tian Yang	132,400 132,400	132,400
Chuanshu Chen	130,000
Mauro Francolini	114,300
Qing Zhao	112,300 112,300	112,300
Diego Sarmiento	106,100
Jing Xuan Zhu	102,900 102,900	102,900
Anthony Mak	102,600 102,600	102,600
Nan Wei	102,000 72,000	72,000
Meng Dian Peng	100,000 100,000	100,000
Fan Zheng	99,100 99,100	99,100
Rong Long	97,000 67,000	67,000
Chao Li	96,200
Gui Fei Zhang	95,000 95,000	95,000
Daero Lee	85,500 44,500	44,500
Chung Chuen Co	81,000 81,000	81,000
Steven Siu	79,500 79,500	79,500
Feng Xie	79,000 79,000	79,000
Shu Hao Xu	74,900 74,900	74,900
Yong Cheng	70,300 40,300	40,300

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09-21-2018 23:39 UTC+8

Zhong Cai Peng Tops Opening Flight of Poker King Cup Macau 2018 Main Event

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Ben Wilson

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Zhong Cai Peng tops Day 1a of the PKC Main Event

The opening flight of the Poker King Cup Macau 2018 Main Event is done and dusted, with an impressive 166 players anteing up the HKD 16,500 entry fee and battling it out at the baize.

A total of 76 players successfully circumnavigated the tournament minefield to bag up chips, with China’s Zhong Cai Peng the man to top the counts after concluding play with a stack of 198,200.

Peng began his climb to the top midway through the day after sending Belgium’s Bart Luyckx to the rail after the pair tangled on an ace-high flop, with Peng’s ace king outkicking Luyckx’s ace four to take the Chinese player over the six-figure stack mark.

Peng continued to chip up and claimed another scalp in the form of Italy’s Mauro Francolini when the two clashed in a big pot, Francolini’s flopped nut straight getting rivered by Peng’s backdoor nut flush, with all the chips going in on the river to cement Peng’s pole position.

While Hong Kong’s Winson Yau made a spirited attempt to take the top spot and enjoyed a stint out in front, Peng turned it on during the last level of play to lock up the lead, with Yau finishing in second with a stack of 185,000.

Macau’s Gary Lam (168,700) rounds out the top of the podium. Taiwan's Hsuan Chao Chen (152,500) also finished the day on a high with China’s Liang Tong (143,300) completing the top five.

Despite clashing with Peng, both Francolini (114,300) and Luyckx (32,200) made it though to Day 2. Other notables to make it through include China’s Dongzhe Yang (67,300), Korea's Jeho Lee (49,300), World Series bracelet winner Preston Lee (47,800), and Thailand’s Phanlert Sukonthachartnant (25,600).

Players who were less fortunate in their endeavours to lock up a Day 2 berth included the USA’s Samantha Cohen and Hong Kong’s Ben Lai, though with unlimited re-entries allowed for the duration of the three Main Event starting flights any player who failed to make the cut can try again on Day 1b and Day 1c which both run tomorrow, Saturday 22 September, at 1pm and 6pm respectively.

Play began at 1pm local time (GMT+7) with eleven 40-minute levels on the schedule, concluding a little after 10pm and will follow the same pattern tomorrow for Day 1b so join us then for more thrilling tournament action.

Tags: Bart Luyckx Ben Lai Chuanshu Chen Daero Lee Dongzhe Yang Gary Lam Mauro Francolini Phanlert Sukonthachartnant Poker King Cup Macau 2018 Preston Lee Samantha Cohen Zhongcai Peng