Main Event Day 1bc | 2019 Poker King Cup Taiwan

08-17-2019 19:30 UTC+8

Dinner Break

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Level 9 : 400/800, 800 ante

The tournament clock has been paused, and the 124 remaining Day 1B players are on a 40-minute dinner break.

However, there is no dinner break for Day 1C, which is still running and has increased to 16 entries. Graeme Siow was unable to get anything going on Day 1B and is the most recent entry, joining Shi Xie, Yueming Cui, Kedong Liu, and Chia Ming Chen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kedong Liu	30,000 -34,000	-34,000
Chia Ming Chen	30,000
Graeme Siow	30,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

08-17-2019 20:12 UTC+8

Registration Closed

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Play has resumed for Day 1B of the Poker King Cup Taiwan Main Event and the 124 entrants still in action are now back in their seats are cards are back in the air. Registration is now closed, so any player that busts now will have to try their luck in the Day 1C turbo flight.

A total of 189 players (107 unique) have entered the second starting flight, easily making the TWD 5,000,000 guarantee, not taking into account any of the Day 1C entries.

08-17-2019 20:30 UTC+8

Assorted Chip Counts

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Fu Bang Huang is still in pole position, though has dropped some chips and is sitting on a stack of 138,000. Huang's next closest rival looks to be Wei En Shih, who has stacked up to 124,000 with Jae Wook Shin (122,000) appearing to be the only other player that sitting on over a six-figure stack.

Former Asia Player of the Year Jack Wu sneaked in just before the break and is sitting on close to starting stack. Both Jingzhi Wang and Singapore's Alex Lee are two of the latest casualties and twenty players have fallen in the 20-minutes that have elapsed since the break, with 104 players still in the running.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fu Bang Huang	138,000 -29,000	-29,000
Wei En Shih	124,000 124,000	124,000
Jae Wook Shin	122,000
Carson Wong	87,000 55,000	55,000
Yu Fai Wu	83,000 -5,000	-5,000
Kwok Chun Lai	70,000 30,000	30,000
Mark Gruendemann	70,000 -15,000	-15,000
Wing Kei Chan	65,000 23,000	23,000
Wai King Cheung	61,000 9,000	9,000

Tik Man Choi	60,000 30,000	30,000
Edward Yam	51,000 30,500	30,500
Richard Lim	50,000
Pete Chen	46,000 15,000	15,000

Hung Shen Lin	43,500
Anthony Abram	36,000 -2,000	-2,000
Jack Wu	29,000
Chin Jen Wang	28,500 19,500	19,500
Michael Huang	22,000 -33,000	-33,000
James Chen	20,000 -32,000	-32,000

Alex Lee	Busted
Jingzhi Wang	Busted

08-17-2019 20:40 UTC+8

Lee vs. Lo

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

We caught Hong Kong's Jeffrey Lo and Taiwan's Kun Han Lee involved in a sizable pot, picking up the action on the river with close to 20,000 in the middle of the table with the community cards spread .

First to act in the big blind, Lee had led out for 14,100, putting Lo to the test. Eventually, Lo elected to muck dropping down to 20,000 and leaving Lee to scoop the pot and climb to 62,000.

Tags: Jeffrey Lo Kun Han Lee

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

08-17-2019 20:54 UTC+8

Wang and Cheung Enter Day 1C

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Level 11 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Day 1C is up to 33 entries and is currently mid-way through level 5, meaning there are still a good two-hours before registration closes. Two of the more recent entries include Sparrow Cheung and Jingzhi Wang, who are both in their seats and sitting on close to starting stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sparrow Cheung	31,000 31,000	31,000
Jingzhi Wang	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Jingzhi Wang Sparrow Cheung

08-17-2019 21:11 UTC+8

All Change at the Top

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Level 11 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A sizable pot played out between Hong Kong's Ray Chiu and frontrunner Fu Bang Huang that saw the former counterfeit the latter to knock him from the top spot.

The action was picked up on the river, though Chiu was kind enough to relay us all the gory details after the hand had played out. According to Chiu, there was an under-the-gun open to 2,800, with a player in mid-position making the call, Huang calling from the cutoff and Chiu coming in from the small blind. The big blind folded to take the action four-way to a flop of , which Chiu led out on for 6,600 with Huang the only caller.

The turn saw Chiu fire a second barrel, making it 13,800 to go with Huang again making the call to swell the pot to over 54,000.

The river paired the board and was where we came into the hand, with Chiu checking the action over to Huang, who thought long and hard before checking it back.

Chiu revealed for two pair, seven kicker, which left Huang shaking his head. When he revealed his for a flopped two pair it was easy to see why with the running tens counterfeiting Huang's hand.

Huang dropped down to 121,000 after the hand, while Chiu climbed to 110,000. That means all change at the top, with Wee Lee Kuan - coincidently seated at the same table as the two - taking the top spot with a stack of 153,000 following Huang's slump, with Wei En Shih looking to be the next closest with a stack of 130,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wee Lee Kuan	153,000 123,000	123,000
Wei En Shih	130,000 6,000	6,000
Fu Bang Huang	121,000 -17,000	-17,000
Ray Chiu	110,000 80,000	80,000

08-17-2019 21:30 UTC+8

Lim Folds Out Wu

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Level 11 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Yu Fai Wu had been chipping up at a decent pace since managing to overcome an opponent's ace-king with ace-six earlier.

However, Singapore's Richard Lim has slowed him down some, winning a decent-sized pot from Wu just before the close of the level.

It was Lim the man initially driving the action with a button raise to 3,100, with Wu defending his big blind aggressively and responding with a three-bet to 9,200, which was called.

So it was heads-up to a flop of with Wu continuing to keep the betting lead, firing out another 9,000, with Lim again making the call.

The turn changed nothing board-wise, but slowed Wu down and he checked it over to Lim who wasted little time counting out some betting chips, making it 13,000 to go. This sent Wu deep into the think tank, where he remained for close to a minute before tossing in the call.

The river brought another check from Wu and Lim emptied the clip, moving all-in for close to 40,000, which was enough to fold out Wu. Lim stacked up to 97,000 after the hand, while Wu dropped to 80,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Lim	97,000 47,000	47,000
Yu Fai Wu	80,000 -3,000	-3,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600