Play Restarts
Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
The eight finalists are back in their seats and cards are back in the air.
2019 Poker King Cup Taiwan
Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 Poker King Cup Taiwan
Buy-in
27,500 TWD
Entries
306
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Jae Wook Shin Eliminated in 8th Place (TWD 218,800/$6,980)
Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
The first hand back after the break saw Lee Kuan Wee raise to 75,000 from middle position and take the blinds and ante. The second hand however, saw more fireworks and Jae Wook Shin and Yu You Ci Tsai clashed again, with Shin coming off second best once more, hitting the rail in 8th place.
Shin moved all-in for 450,000 from middle position, and action folded around to small blind Tsai, who made the call to put the South Korean player at risk and the cards were turned over.
Yu You Ci Tsai: 
Jae Wook Shin: 
It was a coin flip to decide Shin's fate, and while the 
flop was a good one for his mid-sized pair, Tsai binked the 
turn to take the lead. The 
river sealed the deal and Shin departed in 8th place for a TWD 218,800 ($6,980) payday, while Tsai extended his lead to 2.75 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,750,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
Busted |
Erquiaga Tests He
Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
After a couple of raise-fold hands, a sizable pot played out between Ling He and David Erquiaga that saw the two switch places in the counts and leave Erquiaga as the short-stack.
It was Erquiaga the man driving the action with a 75,000 open from the hijack, with He the only caller in the big blind. The 
flop saw He seize the initiative with a lead for 60,000 and Erquiaga spent quite some time mulling over his options before deciding to call.
The 
turn brought another bet from He, this one for 125,000, leaving himself roughly 430,000 or so behind. After another lengthy visit to the think tank, the Filipino player called once more and the 
river double paired the board and completed a possible spade flush.
He did not seem thrilled about the pair up, tank-checking to Erquiaga, who put the Chinese player to the test with a bet of 250,000 - over half of He's remaining chips. He really thought long and hard about it before deciding to roll the dice and making the call.
Erquiaga turned over 
and seemed surprised when He rolled over 
for the flush to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
434,000
|
434,000 |
|
300,000
-650,000
|
-650,000 |
Lindop Doubles Through Tsai
Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Now he has chips, Yu You Ci Tsai is adopting the role of table sheriff, and when ALex Lindop moved all-in from early position for 950,000, Tsai made a quick call and the two players tabled their hands.
Yu You Ci Tsai: 
Alex Lindop: 
Lindop had Tsai crushed but was the man at-risk. The poker gods were feeling magnanimous and the best hand held on the 
runout and Lindop doubled, while Tsai dropped out of pole position.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000
-750,000
|
-750,000 |
|
1,915,000
1,261,000
|
1,261,000 |
|
||
Three in a Row for Fa
Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Wai King Chung made it 65,000 to go from the hijack and Chou Chien Fa called on the button to take play heads-up.
We missed the betting amounts on the flop, which came , but there was some, with Cheung checking it over to Fa, who bet and was called. The turn saw the same check, bet, call pattern to swell the pot to 910,000 and the 
river saw Cheung check and Fa bet 350,000 which was enough to win the hand.
Fa won the next two pots also, though these were both taken down with pre-flop raises from the cutoff and hijack respectively.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,300,000
1,066,000
|
1,066,000 |
|
||
|
1,300,000
-835,000
|
-835,000 |
|
||
Double for Erquiaga
Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
The Philippines' David Erquiaga is the short-stack and moved all-in two hands in a row. The first resulted in an anti-climatic chop as both Erquiaga and big blind Wai King Cheung held ace-three, and while Erquiaga's was suited it made no difference and Erquiaga made 20,000 on the hand by chopping the blinds and ante with Cheung.
On the next hand, Erquiaga moved all-in preflop once more, this time for 95,000 and Ling He looking him up from the big blind.
Ling He: 
David Erquiaga: 
While He had the lead preflop, Erquiaga edged in front postflop with the board running out 
to give the Filipino two pair and a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
225,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Erquiaga vs. He Round Two
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
David Erquiaga has earned another double at the expense of Ling He. It was He the man to open the action with an under-the-gun open to 105,000, which Yu You Ci Tsai called, before David Erquiaga moved all-in for 385,000 in total.
He re-shoved for 880,000 and Tsai got out of the way, with the two players flipping over their hole cards.
Ling He:
David Erquiaga: 
Erquiaga paired his jack on the 
flop, improving to trips on the turn and a boat on the river to double through He once more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000
775,000
|
775,000 |
|
|
500,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
Two Shoves, No Calls
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Ling He is one of the shorter stacks after losing that previous big hand to David Erquiaga and He moved all-in over the top of an 80,000 Yu You Ci Tsai open to take down the blinds and antes.
The next hand it was Alex Lindop the man raising, making it 80,000 to go from the hijack, but folding to a Wai King Cheung button shove.
Wai King Cheung Eliminated in 7th Place for (TWD 273,000/$8,710)
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
After a few hands of pushing and shoving, with just two of them making it to a flop and no further, a big hand played out that saw start-of-day chip leader Wai King Cheung depart at the hands of the new table captain, Chou Chien Fa.
It was David Erquiaga who was the instigator, making it 100,000 to go from early position, before Cheung moved all-in from the button for 695,000 in total. Sitting in the big blind, Chou Chien Fa asked for a count, and then announced the call, with Erquiaga getting out of the way.
Chou Chien Fa:
Wai King Cheung:
Cheung looked crestfallen to be in such bad shape, and his dreams of a first major title went up in smoke on the runout. Cheung departed in 7th Place for TWD 273,000 ($8,710), while Fa now has a commanding lead of 3.3 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,300,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |