2019 Poker King Cup Taiwan

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2019 Poker King Cup Taiwan
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
87
Prize
1,639,000 TWD
Event Info
Buy-in
27,500 TWD
Total Entries
306
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Players Left 1 / 306
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Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Break Time

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The 38 remaining Main Event players are on their last scheduled break of the day, with play just two spots off the money bubble when they return.

Argyle Cripples Park, Fung Sends Him Packing

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Alejandria Argyle
Alejandria Argyle

Jongjun 'Jimmy' Park has just played his last two hands in the Main Event, losing both to bring his tournament to a close.

In the first hand, it was Park who opened the action, with a raise to 11,000 with Alejandria Argyle shoving from late position for 59,000 in total. Park made the call and the two turned over their cards.

Alejandria Argyle: {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Jongjun Park: {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}

The runout came {3-Spades}{j-Spades}{6-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} to give Argyle the double and drop Park down to 45,500, which all went in the very next hand with {3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}, with Ping Cheong Fung looking up the South Korean player with {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}.

There was no three to be seen on the {10-Clubs}{4-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{2-Spades} runout and Park's tournament is now over, while Fung stacked up to 140,000. That brings the feild down to 38 players, one more elimination and play will be hand-for-hand on the bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ping Cheong Fung hk
Ping Cheong Fung
140,000
62,600
62,600
Profile photo of Alejandria Argyle us
Alejandria Argyle
135,000
8,300
8,300
Profile photo of Jongjun Park kr
Jongjun Park
Busted

Tags: Alejandria ArgyleJongjun ParkPing Cheong Fung

Lin Doubles Through Shih

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Yu Sheng Lin
Yu Sheng Lin

Action folded around to Wei En Shih in the small blind, who peeked at his hole cards one by one before announcing he was all-in and was quickly called by big blind Yu Sheng Lin.

Wei En Shih: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Yu Sheng Lin: {a-Clubs}{9-Spades}

Shih was in front with the ladies, but the {4-Spades}{k-Clubs}{a-Hearts} flop saw Lin seize a lead he would not relinquish, with the turn and river running out {5-Hearts} and {10-Diamonds} respectively to give Lin a double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Wei En Shih tw
Wei En Shih
310,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Yu Sheng Lin tw
Yu Sheng Lin
200,000

Tags: Yu Sheng LinWei En Shih

He Ousts Menzel and Tong in Huge Pot

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Ling He
Ling He

A sizable pot played out that resulted in the elimination of two players, with Ling He the man wielding the executioner's axe. Preflop it was Germany's Max Menzel who opened the action from middle position, with He making the call from one seat over as well as a player on the button and Tsz Fai Tong from the blinds.

Menzel bet close to pot on the {2-Spades}{8-Hearts}{j-Hearts} flop, which was close to 34,000, with He making the call, the button folding, Tong shoving and both Menzel and He making the call.

Tsz Fai Tong: {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Max Menzel: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
Ling He: {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}

All three players had hit a piece of the car crash flop, with He in front with a set of eights, though Tong was drawing live with the nut flush draw. The {j-Clubs} turn took Tong out of the running, with Menzel needing either an ace or a jack to survive. The {5-Spades} river was neither, and He sent both Tong and Menzel to the rail, stacking up to a little over 400,000 in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ling He cn
Ling He
400,000
354,400
354,400
Profile photo of Tsz Fai Tong hk
Tsz Fai Tong
Busted
Profile photo of Max Menzel de
Max Menzel
Busted

Tags: Ling HeMax MenzelTsz Fai Tong

Chip Counts

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Play has resumed after the break with 53 players still in contention, 36 of whom will be making the money, meaning a further 17 will be leaving empty-handed. While we have yet to catch him in a hand today, Chou Chien Fa has climbed back into the chip lead and is sitting pretty on a stack of 490,000 with some of the field stacking up as follows:

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chou Chien Fa tw
Chou Chien Fa
490,000
95,000
95,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Richard Lim sg
Richard Lim
440,000
240,000
240,000
Profile photo of Yu You Ci Tsai tw
Yu You Ci Tsai
400,000
125,000
125,000
Profile photo of Wei En Shih tw
Wei En Shih
400,000
158,800
158,800
Profile photo of Howard Sun hk
Howard Sun
370,000
170,000
170,000
Profile photo of Lee Kuan Wee my
Lee Kuan Wee
360,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Jia Tang cn
Jia Tang
340,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of David Erquiaga ph
David Erquiaga
330,000
60,000
60,000
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Wing Kei Chan hk
Wing Kei Chan
280,000
124,000
124,000
Profile photo of Wai King Cheung hk
Wai King Cheung
265,000
40,000
40,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Edwin Gerard us
Edwin Gerard
250,000
15,000
15,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Profile photo of Kun Han Lee tw
Kun Han Lee
200,000
98,000
98,000
Profile photo of Alex Lindop gb
Alex Lindop
200,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jeffrey Lo hk
Jeffrey Lo
180,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Chunsan Fan cn
Chunsan Fan
170,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Jae Wook Shin kr
Jae Wook Shin
165,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of Chen An Lin tw
Chen An Lin
160,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Pete Chen tw
Pete Chen
145,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
WPT Global
Profile photo of Justin Chu tw
Justin Chu
110,000
Profile photo of Henry Hou sg
Henry Hou
110,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Cheng-How Pan tw
Cheng-How Pan
90,000
105,000
105,000
Profile photo of Michael Huang ca
Michael Huang
80,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Soon Lee Toh sg
Soon Lee Toh
80,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Shao-Hung Lee tw
Shao-Hung Lee
70,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Ben Andrews gb
Ben Andrews
45,000
41,500
41,500

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Hou Coolers Tang

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Henry Hoo
Henry Hoo

Running pocket kings into pocket aces is never a fun experience, though fortunately for Jia Tang his opponent in the hand, Henry Hou, was short so it didn't prove overly expensive.

All the chips went in preflop, with Tang opening with a raise and Hou moving all-in from the blinds for close to 80,000, with Tang looking him up extremely quickly.

Jai Tang: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Henry Hou: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}

Both players hit a set on the flop to add some extra spice, which still kept Hou in the lead, where he remained with the board running out {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{9-Spades}{q-Clubs}.

Hou stacked up to 175,000 after the hand, and was promptly moved to another table, giving Tang no chance to win any of his chips back, and he dropped to 255,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jia Tang cn
Jia Tang
255,000
199,400
199,400
Profile photo of Henry Hou sg
Henry Hou
175,000
127,800
127,800

Tags: Henry HouJia Tang

Huang Busts Gruendemann

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Mark Gruendemann
Mark Gruendemann

The legendary luck of the Irish was not with Mark Gruendemann today, and he has become one of the more recent casualties. Down to around 68,000 or so (around 17 big blinds), Gruendemann found {a-}{j-} with which to make a stand. Unfortunately, China's Jun Zhu Huang woke up with pocket queens in mid-position and looked him up and there was not an ace to be seen on the runout. Gruendemann headed out of the tournament area, while Huang stack up to 110,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jun Zhu Huang cn
Jun Zhu Huang
110,000
48,400
48,400
Profile photo of Mark Gruendemann ie
Mark Gruendemann
Busted

Tags: Mark GruendemannJun Zhu Huang