2018 Poker King Cup Macau

Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info

2018 Poker King Cup Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
6♠6♥
Prize
1,464,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
16,500 HKD
Prize Pool
7,536,900 HKD
Entries
518
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
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Feng and Lai Chop, Lau Exits and Reenters

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Things have not been going Hua Huan Feng's way since returning from the dinner break and his once majestic stack is shrinking steadily, though Feng just dodged a bullet to chop a pot with tablemate Ben Lai.

The board was spread {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{x-} and chips were being counted, but only to chop up the pot with Feng {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} up against the {a-Clubs}{k-Spades} of Lai, with both players making a boat. Feng has slipped to 84,000 while Lai has been busy since last we caught him in action, running his stack up to 105,000.

Alan Lau got into bother over on the action table and while we missed his exit hand the Hong Kong poker professional busted and immediately bought back in, opting for the regular flight over the Day 1c Turbo.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Lai hk
Ben Lai 		105,000 53,000
Hua Huan Feng cn
Hua Huan Feng
84,000 -36,000
Alan Lau hk
Alan Lau 		30,000 -8,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Chao Back In Front, Lai Wins a Flip

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RazorSharpPro
Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Zhang Chao has been busy since the dinner break and has edged back into the lead with a stack of 125,000, while Hua Huan Feng has dropped some chips, but not all that many, to fall to 120,000.

Shan Huang's stock has also fallen, but not by much and he still has an extremely playable 65,000. Another High Roller in the mix is China's Ye Wang, though things have evidently not been going his way as Wang only has 12,000 in front of him.

Player's whose stacks are trending in the upward trajectory include Portugal's Antonio Martins (50,000), Ireland's Mark Gruendemann (41,000) andHong Kong's Alan Lau (38,000) and all are close to average or above with the average stack coming in at 44,500 and change.

Another player who's stack is moving in the right direction after a less than stellar Day 1a is Hong Kong's Ben Lai whom we caught scooping in a pot with {3-Hearts}{3-Spades} with his opponent's cards already in the muck. That pot puts Lai on 52,000.

Player Chips Progress
Zhang Chao cn
Zhang Chao
Day 1B Chip Leader
125,000 35,000
Hua Huan Feng cn
Hua Huan Feng
120,000 -5,000
Shan Huang cn
Shan Huang 		65,000 -7,000
Ben Lai hk
Ben Lai 		52,000 24,000
Antonio Martins pt
Antonio Martins 		50,000
Mark Gruendemann ie
Mark Gruendemann
41,000 12,000
Alan Lau hk
Alan Lau 		38,000 11,800
Wing Kei Chan hk
Wing Kei Chan 		27,000 11,000
Hong Jun Zhao cn
Hong Jun Zhao 		26,000 -4,000
Ye Wang cn
Ye Wang 		12,000 12,000

Tags: Ben LaiHua Huan FengZhang Chao

Cheung In, Zhou Out, Bin Up, Hamnett Down

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RazorSharpPro
Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Sparrow Cheung is in the building having flown in from playing another tournament series in Korea and has not long taken his Day 1b seat.

Quan Zhou could not recover from losing that earlier pot to Bin Xu and is now out of the running, but Xu is doing just fine with a stack of 95,000.

The USA's Benjamin Hamnett has not long joined the field and we caught him in action in the big blind on a flop of {10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} with close to 3,000 in the pot. Hamnett checked the action over to the pre-flop raiser, who checked it back and the {3-Clubs} came in on the turn.

The action went check, check, and repeated on the {8-Diamonds} river. Hamnett's opponent turned over {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs} and that was enough for the pot when the US player folded.

Player Chips Progress
Bin Xu cn
Bin Xu
95,000 95,000
Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung 		30,000 30,000
Benjamin Hamnett us
Benjamin Hamnett
WPT 1X Winner
23,000 23,000
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou 		Busted

Tags: Benjamin HamnettPing BinQuan ZhouSparrow Cheung

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Game On

RazorSharpPro
RazorSharpPro
Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Players have returned from dinner and have got right back into the action. There are two more 40-minute levels, then a 10-minute break, then a final 40-minute level and then the PKC second starting flight is in the books.

There have been some more late arrivals, with High Roller Liang Xu joining the field, along with the USA's Benjamin Hamnett and China's Nan Li, Kyung Sik Jung, Minjie Li, Seo Jeong Won and Yuefeng Tang. This brings the total number of Day 1b entrants up to 244, with all 180 Day 1b seats in use.

Player Chips Progress
Nan Li us
Nan Li 		30,000 30,000
Kyung Sik Jung kr
Kyung Sik Jung 		30,000 30,000
Minjie Li cn
Minjie Li
30,000 30,000
Seo Jeong Won cn
Seo Jeong Won
30,000 30,000
Yuefeng Tang cn
Yuefeng Tang
30,000 30,000

Dinner Break

RazorSharpPro
RazorSharpPro
Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

The tournament clock reads 180 out of 235 entries, but this is no indication of how many players are actually left in the field. Hopefully, we'll have a better idea about who's still in when play resumes after the 60-minute dinner break, which all current Day 1b competitors are off on.

Feng is Flying High

RazorSharpPro
RazorSharpPro
Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Hua Huan Feng
Hua Huan Feng

Stacks are rising and falling with increasing frequency as the action heats up here in the second starting flight of the Poker King Cup Main Event. All the high-octane action means that it is all change at the top, with China's Hua Huan Feng winning a gigantic pot from a tablemate to edge into the chip lead.

We arrived in the aftermath of all the carnage with cards and chips scattered all over the place just as stacks were being counted down. The board was an ace-high one, reading {a-}{5-}{10-}{q-}{9-} and Feng's opponent revealed {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}.

However, top pair top kicker was nowhere near enough to best Feng's {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} flopped set and the massive pot was shipped his way as his opponent headed for the exit, possibly to try his luck in the Turbo flight, while Feng stacked up to 125,000.

Player Chips Progress
Hua Huan Feng cn
Hua Huan Feng
125,000 125,000

Tags: Hua Huan Feng

Huang and Gao Get Going

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Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Despite the Turbo flight running at the same time, players are still coming into Day 1b with High Roller finalist Wenling Gao coming in on the feature table, and garrulous businessman Shan Huang also taking part in the action.

Of the two, it is Huang who has got off to the best start, running his 30,000 start stack up to the giddy heights of 72,000 in the space of the last level, while Gao is still on close to starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Shan Huang cn
Shan Huang 		72,000
Wenling Gao cn
Wenling Gao 		30,000 30,000

Tags: Shan HuangWenling Gao

Turbo Flight Underway

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Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

The third starting flight of the Main Event is now underway. This is a Turbo flight, with 30-minute levels, as opposed to the 40-minute levels playing out here on Days 1a and 1b. This will be running concurrently with Day 1b so any player who busts the second starting flight can try their chances in the third flight should they so desire. You can follow all the Turbo action here.

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