2018 Poker King Cup Macau

Main Event
Day: 2
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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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Yan Busts Wang

RazorSharpPro
RazorSharpPro
Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Ye Wang's Main Event has come to a close courtesy of Pei Yan to thin the field by one. Wang went out swinging, moving all-in pre-flop for close to 30,000 or so, with Yan making the call from one seat over.

Ye Wang: {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}
Pei Yan: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

While Wang's hand looked pretty, it was behind to Yan's suited big chick and stayed that way on the {8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{9-Spades}{a-Spades} runout. Wang hit the rail, while Yan stacked up to 95,000.

Player Chips Progress
Pei Yan cn
Pei Yan 		95,000
17,600
 17,600
Ye Wang cn
Ye Wang 		Busted

Tags: Pei YanYe Wang

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Yim and Lai Up, Gruendemann and Lau Out

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Timothy Yim is on the move with the breaking of his table, which the Hong Kong player will be sad about as he has more than doubled his holdings and chipped up to 215,000.

Other players flying high include Yue Wang (190,000), Duan Chao (180,000), Kwok Chun 'Derx' Lai (176,000) and Antonio Martins (125,000).

Hong Kong's Ben Lai is also building, pushing a tablemate off a hand pre-flop to win without showdown and climb to 83,000 shortly before the break.

However, for Mark Gruendemann and Alan Lau the dream is over, with both players departing within minutes of each other, and both on bluffs.

Player Chips Progress
Timothy Yim hk
Timothy Yim 		215,000
215,000
 215,000
Yue Wang cn
Yue Wang 		190,000
24,300
 24,300
Duan Chao cn
Duan Chao
180,000
52,900
 52,900
Kwok Chun Lai hk
Kwok Chun Lai 		176,000
144,200
 144,200
Antonio Martins pt
Antonio Martins 		125,000
85,000
 85,000
Ben Lai hk
Ben Lai 		83,000
13,000
 13,000
Mark Gruendemann ie
Mark Gruendemann
Busted
Alan Lau hk
Alan Lau 		Busted

Tags: Alan LauAntonio MartinsBen LaiDuan ChaoMark GruendemannTimothy YimYue Wang

Double for Francolini

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RazorSharpPro
Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Mauro Francolini
Mauro Francolini

The action is fast paced and just 172 players remain in contention out of the 247 who began the day. As a result, some players have improved their standing in the pecking order significantly, while for some it's all over already.

One of the players climbing is Italy's Mauro Francolini, who doubled up at the expense of China's Jing Xuan Zhu. It was Zhu the man driving the action with an early position open to 4,400, with Francolini applying pressure in position with a three-bet to 13,200 from the cutoff. Zhu responded with a four-bet shove, which Francolini called immediately and the cards were turned over.

Mauro Francolini: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Jing Xuan Zhu: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The Italian found himself in great shape and the {3-Spades}{8-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{2-Spades} runout was a good one for the ladies, doubling Francolini up to 145,000 while Zhu took a hit, dropping to 35,000.

Player Chips Progress
Mauro Francolini it
Mauro Francolini 		145,000
30,700
 30,700
Jing Xuan Zhu cn
Jing Xuan Zhu
35,000
-67,900
 -67,900

Tags: Jing Xuan ZhuMauro Francolini

Yim Takes One Out

Shirley Ang
Shirley Ang
Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Timothy Yim
Timothy Yim

Timothy Yim raised to 5,000 from the button and was called by the player in the big blind.

The flop came {7-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{8-Spades} and Yim's opponent check-called the 4,500 continuation-bet of Yim.

The turn brought them the {4-Diamonds} and Yim's opponent check-called again but now Yim's bet was 9,500.

The river completed the board with the {8-Diamonds}, the big blind checked for the last time. Yim now put his opponent all-in for around 31,000. The player in the big blind went deep into the tank, so deep that another player on the table decided to call the clock on him. The floor came over and gave him 30 seconds to take a decision. Just when the floor announced his hand would be dead, the big blind threw in a chip for the call.

Yim tabled {10-Hearts}{6-Clubs} for the flopped straight, his opponent was reluctant to show but was forced to. The big blind showed {J-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for the flopped top pair which improved to two pair by the time the board was completed.

Yim is now sporting one of the bigger stacks in the tournament room.

Player Chips Progress
Timothy Yim hk
Timothy Yim
201,000
56,000
 56,000
Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung 		134,000
112,000
 112,000

Tags: Timothy Yim

Prize Pool Announced

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RazorSharpPro
Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The numbers are in, with the 518 combined Day 1 Main Event players generating an HKD 7,536,900 (~$963,909) prize pool.

The top 63 places will be paying out, with first place taking home a sizable HKD 1,464,000 (~$187,239), in addition to the trophy and title. All finalists who make the 10-handed final table are guaranteed an HKD 147,000 (~$18,800) payday.

PKC Main Event Payouts

PlacePrize (HKD)Prize (US)
11,464,000187,239
21,026,500131,284
3660,20084,436
4488,40062,464
5366,30046,848
6293,90037,588
7244,90031,321
8195,20024,965
9147,00018,800
10-1210780013787
13-1587,40011,178
16-1875,4009,643
19-2165,6008,389
22-2458,8007,520
25-2752,0006,650
28-3645,2005,780
37-4539,2005,013
46-5433,2004,246
55-6327, 9003,568

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

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