Main Event Day 2 | 2018 Poker King Cup Macau

09-23-2018 17:36 UTC+8

Lee Takes Out Yau, Luyckx Surfing the Short Stack

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Hong Kong's Winson Yau came into Day 2 as one of the larger stacks with 185,000 but these chips have all been frittered away over the last four levels. The man who got the majority of them is none other than World Series bracelet winner Preston Lee.

Lee was the initial aggressor, opening to 6,500 from middle position, with Yau three-betting to 20,000 on the button. Lee did not take long to shove and Yau tossed in a single blue 5k chip to represent the call and put himself at risk for his last 70,000 or so.

Preston Lee:
Winson Yau:

While Yau had a hand, Lee's was better and there was no ace or jack to be seen on the run out, meaning Lee's full house was enough to bust Yau and stack up to 160,000.

Belgium's Bart Luyckx is on the other end of the chip spectrum but is holding onto his tournament life with a firm grip and managed to spin his three big blind stack up to close to what he began the day with.

Following some early action, Luyckx got his last three big blinds in from the button with nine-deuce, beating two players holding ace-king and ace-queen respectively after pairing his deuce and is sitting on a stack of 31,000 presently.

Player	Chips	Progress
Preston Lee	160,000 67,000	67,000

Bart Luyckx	31,000 -37,000	-37,000
Winson Yau	Busted

Tags: Bart Luyckx Preston Lee Winson Yau

09-23-2018 17:38 UTC+8

Latest Eliminations

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Qing Zhang	Busted
Fang Xing	Busted
Bin Zhang	Busted
Fuk On Wong	Busted
Jacky Wong	Busted
Yi Song Sheng	Busted
Zi Gao Yu	Busted
Xian Ling Chen	Busted
Jia Qi Chen	Busted
Jing Xuan Zhu	Busted
Hon Cheong Lee	Busted
Dong Qi Lin	Busted
Alex Lee	Busted
Dong Zhe Yang	Busted

09-23-2018 17:56 UTC+8

Selection of Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Lim	320,000 228,900	228,900
Wenling Gao	220,000 34,000	34,000
Yang Xu	163,000 64,300	64,300
Carson Ka Shing Wong	145,000 86,400	86,400
Alan Arbos	105,000 88,000	88,000
Michael Woo	85,000 34,000	34,000
Benjamin Hamnett	51,000 28,200	28,200

Phachara Wongwichit	Busted

Chao Wei Li	Busted
Lin Xia	Busted
Peng Li	Busted
Bin Bin Xu	Busted
Jing Han Yan	Busted
Austin Walton	Busted

09-23-2018 18:11 UTC+8

Yan Eliminates One

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Pei Yan raised to 7,000 from the hijack and the player on the button shoved for 37,500 in total. The blinds folded and Yan asked for a count. The dealer confirmed the amount and Yan called.

Button:
Pei Yan:

The board ran out to not provide any danger to Yan as he took out his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liang Song	328,000 28,000	28,000
Jian Han	285,000 71,800	71,800
Pei Yan	145,000 50,000	50,000
Sparrow Cheung	138,000 4,000	4,000
Preston Lee	128,000 -32,000	-32,000

Ling Kay Yip	94,000 -7,300	-7,300

Tags: Pei Yan

09-23-2018 18:15 UTC+8

Lin Zhe Chen Takes Out Yu Zhang, Hsuan Chao Chen and Luyckx Depart

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

We came running after a piercing scream rang out to discover Lin Zhe Chen and Yu Zhang embroiled in a big pot, with Chen hitting the river to bring Zhang's tournament to a close.

With face up on the felt in front of him, Zhang looked pretty unimpressed at the run out as it had given Chen, holding the Broadway straight. Chen celebrated happily, while a not so happy Zhang headed for the rail.

Timothy Yim is continuing to grow his stack, railing the unfortunate Hsuan Chao Chen with the two getting all the chips in pre-flop, Yim's winning a race against the of Chen, who headed for the exit while Yim stacked up to 230,000.

Pocket tens did not fare as well for Bart Luyckx, who was kind enough to pop by the media desk and give us his elimination tale. Luyckx got his last 19 big blinds in with from the button over the top of a Pei Yan open raise, with the Chinese player making the call with .

Unfortunately for Luyckx, the runout favored the man with overcards, coming to give Yan the straight on the river and stack him up to 135,000 while Luyckx is out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Yim	230,000 15,000	15,000
Lin Zhe Chen	160,000 87,200	87,200
Pei Yan	135,000 -10,000	-10,000
Yu Zhang	Busted
Hsuan Chao Chen	Busted
Bart Luyckx	Busted

Tags: Bart Luyckx Hsuan Chao Chen Lin Zhe Chen Pei Yan Timothy Yim Yu Zhang

09-23-2018 18:28 UTC+8

Sze Shoves and Gets a Fold

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The board read with about 80,000 in the middle already. Chi Fu Sze shoved for 118,500 in total from the big blind and his opponent in mid-position tanked. After about four minutes, another player at the table called the clock on him. The floor came over and gave him 30 seconds.

A 20-second warning and a 10-second warning were given. The floor started counting down from five and then declared the hand dead. The dealer pushed the pot to Sze and while he was stacking up his chips, the rest of the table relentlessly questioned him about the hand he held but Sze stayed vague about what he had.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chi Fu Sze	200,000 164,000	164,000
Yi Lu Yuan	Busted

Tags: Chi Fu Sze

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

09-23-2018 18:38 UTC+8

More Pics From Day 2 of the PKC Main Event

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09-23-2018 18:51 UTC+8

Ho Eliminates a Player

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Chi Chung Ho has just eliminated a player who was sitting in mid-position while Ho himself was in the early position.

Middle Position:
Chi Chung Ho:

The board ran out for Ho's pocket kings to hold up and take the other player out of the running for the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chi Chung Ho	221,000 198,400	198,400

Tags: Chi Chung Ho

09-23-2018 19:00 UTC+8

Chip Counts

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Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

There are currently 108 players still in contention, with the field stacking up as follows:

Player	Chips	Progress
Wen Yao Bao	375,000 55,000	55,000
Liang Song	330,000 2,000	2,000
Qing Zhao	300,000 175,000	175,000
Chi Fu Sze	250,000 50,000	50,000
Ka Kiu Fung	220,000 75,000	75,000
Kwok Chun Lai	220,000 44,000	44,000
Mauro Francolini	220,000 75,000	75,000
Lin Zhe Chen	210,000 50,000	50,000
Ke Fei Na	200,000 -37,000	-37,000

Yue Wang	200,000 10,000	10,000
Wenling Gao	195,000 -25,000	-25,000
Anthony Mak	182,000 27,000	27,000
Timothy Yim	170,000 -60,000	-60,000
Yang Xu	165,000 2,000	2,000
Diego Sarmiento	160,000 53,900	53,900
Gary Lam	160,000 -20,000	-20,000
Xiao Tian Yang	130,000 -2,400	-2,400
Sparrow Cheung	126,000 -12,000	-12,000
Preston Lee	115,000 -13,000	-13,000

Pei Yan	114,000 -21,000	-21,000
Hong Yin Lin	110,000 65,100	65,100
Sun Bin	110,000 58,900	58,900
Alan Arbos	70,000 -35,000	-35,000
Ben Lai	50,000 -33,000	-33,000
Ling Kay Yip	45,000 -49,000	-49,000