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
Entries
306
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000

Post-Break Counts

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

There are 72 players remaining and it looks as though Day 1C frontrunner Chou Chien Fa has edged into the chip lead with a stack of 395,000, closely followed by David Erquiaga, who has 390,000, with the tournament landscape shaping up as follows:

Player Chips Progress
Chou Chien Fa tw
Chou Chien Fa
395,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
David Erquiaga ph
David Erquiaga
390,000
Yu Fai Wu hk
Yu Fai Wu
350,000
Edwin Gerard us
Edwin Gerard
235,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Lee Kuan Wee my
Lee Kuan Wee
225,000
Wai King Cheung hk
Wai King Cheung
225,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Richard Lim sg
Richard Lim
200,000
Howard Sun hk
Howard Sun
200,000
Alex Lindop gb
Alex Lindop
180,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Choy Wing Ho hk
Choy Wing Ho
175,000
Jeffrey Lo hk
Jeffrey Lo
175,000
Wing Kei Chan hk
Wing Kei Chan
156,000
Jae Wook Shin kr
Jae Wook Shin
142,000
Tsz Fai Tong hk
Tsz Fai Tong
140,000
Shao-Hung Lee tw
Shao-Hung Lee
130,000
Chunsan Fan cn
Chunsan Fan
130,000
Soon Lee Toh sg
Soon Lee Toh
125,000
Ben Andrews gb
Ben Andrews
120,000
Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung
115,000
Justin Chu tw
Justin Chu
110,000
Mark Gruendemann ie
Mark Gruendemann
105,000
Michael Huang ca
Michael Huang
100,000
Pete Chen hk
Pete Chen
95,000
Chen An Lin tw
Chen An Lin
70,000
Max Menzel de
Max Menzel
55,000

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Wee Spikes Set to Take Lead

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Lee Kuan Wee
Lee Kuan Wee

An absolutely huge hand has gone down between Jieming Xu, Chang Yu Chung and Lee Kuan Wee that saw the latter shoot straight to the top of the chip counts.

It was Chung who lit the fuse with an open to 7,000 from middle position, with a short-stacked Xu moving all-in for ~45,000 or so from the button. Sitting in the small blind, Wee announced raise and cut out a sizable stack of blue 5k chips for another 100,000 on top and action was back on Chung, who wasted little time in moving all-in for over 160,000. Wee tossed in the extras and the trio revealed their hands, with all of them holding premium pairs.

Jieming Xu: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Lee Kuan Wee: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Chang Yu Chung: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

While Xu looked to be in great shape for a triple up, the window card was the {j-Clubs}, which brought an anguished cry of "Oh my god!" from Xu.

The rest of the runout came down {6-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{3-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} to give Wee a boat and the monster pot, while Xu and Chung took some pictures of the board to commemorate the occasion before heading for the rail, while Wee stacked up to 445,000, which is good for the chip lead presently.

Player Chips Progress
Lee Kuan Wee my
Lee Kuan Wee
445,000
220,000
220,000
Jieming Xu cn
Jieming Xu
Busted
Chang Yu Chung tw
Chang Yu Chung
Busted

Tags: Chang Yu ChungJieming XuLee Kuan Wee

Pan Outdraws Andrews

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Cheng-How Pan,
Cheng-How Pan,

The UK's Ben Andrews and Taiwan's Cheng-How Pan tangled in a pot that saw the latter take some chips from the former thanks to a bit of help from the board.

Action was picked up on a flop o f{6-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{8-Hearts} with close to 11,000 in the pot just as Pan led out for 7,000, only to see Andrew's come over the top from late position with a re-raise to 27,000 in total. While Pan did not look all that thrilled to get re-raised he made the call and the dealer burned and turned the {10-Clubs} turn.

With four to a straight out, that killed all the action and there was no more betting in the hand, with both players checking and then checking again on the {10-Diamonds} turn.

Andrews rolled over {8-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a flopped two pair, but Pan had {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds} and the pair up on the river saw him claim the pot and climb to 195,000, while Andrews dropped to 86,500.

Player Chips Progress
Cheng-How Pan tw
Cheng-How Pan
195,000
120,400
120,400
Ben Andrews gb
Ben Andrews
86,500
-33,500
-33,500

Tags: Ben AndrewsCheng-How Pan

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Cheung Getting Short, Tsai Wins One

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

Sparrow Cheung started reasonably well but is going through a bit of a slump over the course of the level. Down to 40,000 (10 big blinds), Cheung moved all-in from early position but found no customers to claim the blinds and antes.

While Yu You Ci Tsai was able to find himself a customer preflop after raising from mid-position and becoming embroiled in a raising war with a tablemate, the hand fizzled out after the flop. There was close to 100,000 in the pot with the flop reading {8-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{q-Spades} when the action was picked up, just as Tsai fired out a chunky 117,000 bet.

Tsai's opponent in the hand tanked long and hard, but being as the bet represented everything he had in front of him, the player in question elected to give it up, leaving Tsai free to rake in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Yu You Ci Tsai tw
Yu You Ci Tsai
275,000
172,500
172,500
Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung
45,000
-70,000
-70,000

Tags: Sparrow CheungYu You Ci Tsai

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
Jun Zhu Huang cn
Jun Zhu Huang
110,000
48,400
48,400
Mark Gruendemann ie
Mark Gruendemann
Busted

Tags: Mark GruendemannJun Zhu Huang

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
Jia Tang cn
Jia Tang
255,000
199,400
199,400
Henry Hou sg
Henry Hou
175,000
127,800
127,800

Tags: Henry HouJia Tang

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000