Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2018 Poker King Cup Macau
Main Event
Day: 1c
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
Na Takes the Chip Lead Honors for Day 1c of the Poker King Cup Macau Main Event
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Day 1c of the 2018 Poker King Cup Macau HK$16,500 Main Event is in the books and attracted 84 players in total. Combined with the Day 1a (166) and Day 1b (268) entries, the total number of entries for the Main Event tallies up to 518. At the end of the night, 42 of them tagged a bag and Ke Fei Na took the chip lead honors for Day 1c with 139,600 in chips.
Trailing by only one big blind in second place is Yue Feng Tang with 137,100. Tang has a few recorded tournament cashes in comparison to Na who seems to have none. But none of Tang’s cashes have been huge in any way, and after bricking the High Roller this week, he will be looking to change this. Hong Bing Li closes the all-Chinese podium for Day 1c with 130,900.
Even though Day 1c was a turbo, it seemed most players were cautious to put their chips over the line. Knowing this was their last chance to make it through to Day 2, players were taking it a bit slower to make sure they would all make it to the finish line in the end. Some of the notable players failing at the final hurdle include Quan Zhou, Aaron Lim, and Jason Lo.
Of the 42 players through to Day 2, only one of them had bagged on Day 1a already. As Bart Luyckx's stack of 29,200 is shorter than his day 1a stack of 32,200. His Day 1c stack has been taken out of play.
As there is limited space, the 206 Day 1a and Day 1b survivors will return tomorrow, Sunday, September 23, at 1 PM local time and play one level of 60 minutes. They will then be sent on a break for an hour while the 41 Day 1c survivors will commence their Day 2 at 2 PM local time. Once the first level has been played for both groups, they will combine to continue the battle into the money stages of the Main Event.
The chip counts of all remaining players and the seat draw for Day 2 will be posted as soon as PokerNews receives them from the organization. The live reporting team will be on the floor from the first ante that needs to be paid until the final chip has been bagged for Day 3 so make sure to follow all the updates right here!
Seat Draw By Tables
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 1 | Ling Kay Yip | Hong Kong | 101,300 | 63 |
| 18 | 2 | Yue Feng Tang | China | 137,100 | 86 |
| 18 | 3 | Ho Long Wong | Hong Kong | 41,700 | 26 |
| 18 | 4 | Qiang Wang | China | 62,100 | 39 |
| 18 | 5 | Yan Hui Li | China | 19,800 | 12 |
| 18 | 6 | Hao Tian | China | 43,500 | 27 |
| 18 | 7 | Xiao Yin He | China | 74,300 | 46 |
| 18 | 8 | Ming Wei Li | China | 113,000 | 71 |
| 18 | 9 | Jian Qiang Yu | China | 104,000 | 65 |
| 19 | 1 | Wen Xiong Luo | China | 30,700 | 19 |
| 19 | 2 | Xiao Sheng Zheng | China | 18,100 | 11 |
| 19 | 3 | Hui Dong Gu | Macau | 58,000 | 36 |
| 19 | 5 | Tin Yan Yin | Hong Kong | 101,400 | 63 |
| 19 | 6 | Dong Zhao | China | 49,900 | 31 |
| 19 | 7 | Jiang Ho Huang | Singapore | 26,600 | 17 |
| 19 | 8 | He Le Liu | China | 117,100 | 73 |
| 19 | 9 | Ke Fei Na | China | 139,600 | 87 |
| 20 | 1 | Yang Xu | China | 98,700 | 62 |
| 20 | 2 | Yee Lap Lai | China | 57,100 | 36 |
| 20 | 3 | Tzu Wei Wang | Taiwan | 68,900 | 43 |
| 20 | 4 | Zhen Shan Wu | China | 23,800 | 15 |
| 20 | 5 | Qi Luo | China | 73,000 | 46 |
| 20 | 6 | Alan Arbos | Spain | 17,000 | 11 |
| 20 | 7 | Hong Bing Li | China | 130,900 | 82 |
| 20 | 8 | Zheng Shan Hao | China | 33,000 | 21 |
| 20 | 9 | Mei Xin Huang | China | 21,500 | 13 |
| 21 | 1 | Sheng Hua Qian | China | 75,500 | 47 |
| 21 | 2 | Duan Chao | China | 127,100 | 79 |
| 21 | 4 | Xuan Qia | China | 19,800 | 12 |
| 21 | 5 | Jie Sun | China | 40,600 | 25 |
| 21 | 6 | Cheng Zhen Hong | China | 35,800 | 22 |
| 21 | 7 | Sparrow Cheung | Hong Kong | 22,000 | 14 |
| 21 | 8 | Dong Qi Lin | China | 47,400 | 30 |
| 22 | 1 | Jia Tang | China | 32,000 | 20 |
| 22 | 2 | Xing Yuan Ruan | China | 36,200 | 23 |
| 22 | 3 | Liang Song | China | 100,200 | 63 |
| 22 | 4 | Xu He | China | 20,600 | 13 |
| 22 | 5 | Qing Zhang | China | 28,900 | 18 |
| 22 | 6 | Xue Jian Li | China | 48,800 | 31 |
| 22 | 7 | Dong Sheng Peng | China | 63,500 | 40 |
| 22 | 8 | Thi Nguyen | France | 61,000 | 38 |
Play Ended (full)
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Play has ended for today. A recap, full chip counts and the seat draw for Day 2 are to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
139,600 | -400 |
|
137,100 | 33,100 |
|
130,900 | 900 |
|
|
127,100 | 33,100 |
|
|
117,100 | 82,100 |
|
|
113,000 | 83,000 |
|
|
104,000 | 43,000 |
|
101,400 | |
|
101,300 | -700 |
|
100,200 | 70,200 |
|
98,700 | -3,300 |
|
|
75,500 | 45,500 |
|
74,300 | -14,700 |
|
|
73,000 | 31,000 |
|
68,900 | 38,900 |
|
63,500 | 33,500 |
|
62,100 | 32,100 |
|
61,000 | 1,000 |
|
58,000 | 58,000 |
|
|
57,100 | 6,700 |
|
49,900 | 19,900 |
|
|
48,800 | 18,800 |
|
|
47,400 | 17,400 |
|
43,500 | 13,500 |
|
|
41,700 | 11,700 |
Nobody Can Crack Xu's Aces
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The player in the hijack raised to 5,000 and was called by Yang Xu in the cutoff. Aaron Lim three-bet to 10,200 in the small blind and the hijack tanked. After a while, he decided to shove for 22,100. Xu did the same with the bigger stack of 38,300. Lim snap-called.
Hijack: 
Yang Xu: 
Aaron Lim: 
The board ran out 
for Xu's aces to hold and eliminate the player in the hijack and get paid a full double-up by Lim. Lim was left behind with only 6,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
102,000 | 72,000 |
|
6,000 | -37,000 |
Last Five Hands
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The tournament clock has been stopped and the tournament director has instructed the dealers to deal five more hands before play ends for today.
Nguyen Doubles Up
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Thi Nguyen raised to 3,300 from the lojack and the player on the button shoved with the bigger stack. Nguyen called for the 28,000 she had in front of her.
Thi Nguyen: 
Button: 
The board ran out 
for Nguyen's queens to hold so she could double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 | 110,000 |
|
|
60,000 | 43,000 |
Four More To Close Registration
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
With four more players reentering, the registration has now been closed and the total number of entries for Day 1c was locked on 84. Of those 84, 51 of them are still seated at the tables with another 20 or so minutes left to play before they can bag their chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Yip Near the Top
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Ling Kay Yip raised to 2,200 from early position and was called by Aaron Lim in the big blind.
The flop came 
, Lim check-raised Yip's bet of 2,500 to 7,000. Yip responded with a reraise to 17,000 and Lim quickly folded.
The hand right after that, the lojack raised to 2,200 and the hijack called. Lim three-bet to 8,000 from the small blind and both of his opponents folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
102,000 | 72,000 |
|
|
43,000 | 13,000 |