Main Event Day 2 | 2019 Poker King Cup Taiwan

08-18-2019 17:33 UTC+8

Chip Counts

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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
Chou Chien Fa	490,000 95,000	95,000

Richard Lim	440,000 240,000	240,000
Yu You Ci Tsai	400,000 125,000	125,000
Wei En Shih	400,000 158,800	158,800
Howard Sun	370,000 170,000	170,000
Lee Kuan Wee	360,000 -85,000	-85,000
Jia Tang	340,000 85,000	85,000
David Erquiaga	330,000 -60,000	-60,000
Wing Kei Chan	280,000 124,000	124,000
Wai King Cheung	265,000 40,000	40,000

Edwin Gerard	250,000 15,000	15,000

Kun Han Lee	200,000 98,000	98,000
Alex Lindop	200,000 20,000	20,000

Jeffrey Lo	180,000 5,000	5,000
Chunsan Fan	170,000 40,000	40,000
Jae Wook Shin	165,000 23,000	23,000
Chen An Lin	160,000 90,000	90,000
Pete Chen	145,000 50,000	50,000

Justin Chu	110,000
Henry Hou	110,000 -65,000	-65,000
Cheng-How Pan	90,000 -105,000	-105,000
Michael Huang	80,000 -20,000	-20,000
Soon Lee Toh	80,000 -45,000	-45,000
Shao-Hung Lee	70,000 -60,000	-60,000
Ben Andrews	45,000 -41,500	-41,500

08-18-2019 17:49 UTC+8

He Ousts Menzel and Tong in Huge Pot

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

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 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:
Max Menzel:
Ling He:

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 turn took Tong out of the running, with Menzel needing either an ace or a jack to survive. The 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
Ling He	400,000 354,400	354,400
Tsz Fai Tong	Busted
Max Menzel	Busted

Tags: Ling He Max Menzel Tsz Fai Tong

08-18-2019 18:07 UTC+8

Lin Doubles Through Shih

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

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:
Yu Sheng Lin:

Shih was in front with the ladies, but the flop saw Lin seize a lead he would not relinquish, with the turn and river running out and respectively to give Lin a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wei En Shih	310,000 -90,000	-90,000
Yu Sheng Lin	200,000

Tags: Yu Sheng Lin Wei En Shih

08-18-2019 18:20 UTC+8

Argyle Cripples Park, Fung Sends Him Packing

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

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:
Jongjun Park:

The runout came to give Argyle the double and drop Park down to 45,500, which all went in the very next hand with , with Ping Cheong Fung looking up the South Korean player with .

There was no three to be seen on the 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
Ping Cheong Fung	140,000 62,600	62,600
Alejandria Argyle	135,000 8,300	8,300
Jongjun Park	Busted

Tags: Alejandria Argyle Jongjun Park Ping Cheong Fung

08-18-2019 18:25 UTC+8

Break Time

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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.

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

08-18-2019 18:50 UTC+8

Chen's Departure Brings in the Bubble

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Pete Chen came agonizingly close to the money but has become the latest casualty to bring play to hand-for-hand. It was a battle of the blinds that left Chen crippled, with the Taiwanese player moving all-in from the small blind for around 85,000 with Zong-Ping Yang making the call for his tournament life from the big blind with just 2,000 less.

Pete Chen:
Zong-Ping Yang:

It proved to be the right move at the wrong time for Chen, with Yang waking up with pocket jacks, which held on the runout to leave Chen with a paltry 2,000 and shoot Yang up to 160,000.

Chen managed to stall for a couple of hands after, but eventually decided to make a stand and tossed in his last two chips three hands later, with Wei En Shih (small blind) and Zong-Ping Yang (big blind) content to check the board down the whole way.

Chen rolled over , Zong-Ping Yang showed and Wei En Shih won the hand with the mighty to bring the 37 remaining players to the bubble. The clock is now paused as hand-for-hand play commences.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wei En Shih	340,000 30,000	30,000
Zong-Ping Yang	160,000 138,600	138,600
Pete Chen	Busted

Tags: Pete Chen Wei En Shih Zong Ping Yang

08-18-2019 19:00 UTC+8

Shin Doubles Through Tang

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Jia Tang was cruising along with a decent-sized stack, but that is no longer the case after tangling with Jae Wook Shin in a hand. It was Tang who was the initial aggressor, raising on the button with Shin defending from the big blind.

The flop came down , Shin checked the action over to Tang, who made a continuation bet, and Shin busted out the check-raise, which Tang called to bring the pair to the turn.

Now he had seized the betting lead Shin was loath to lose it, and came out firing, with Tang making the call to keep the duo in action to the river. Shin shoved for 190,000 into the already sizable pot and Tang hit the think tank hard. Eventually, he reached a decision and slammed down the call.

Jae Wook Shin:
Jia Tang:

Given the heavy nature of the betting both pre and post-flop, it came of something of a surprise to see the hands both players turned over, but it was Shin who had the best of it with a straight, which was good for a chunky pot and he powered into the chip lead with a stack of 600,000, while Tang was left with a 27,000 bowl of rice.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jae Wook Shin	600,000 435,000	435,000
Jia Tang	27,000 -313,000	-313,000

Tags: Jia Tang Jae Wook Shin

08-18-2019 19:09 UTC+8

Shih Gives Toh a Sweat

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

A relieved Soon Lee Toh survives shoving on the bubble

Soon Lee Toh was getting short, and the bubble is the worst time to be a short-stack. Eventually, Toh elected to make his stand, moving all-in preflop for ~60,000, and with chips to spare, big blind Wei En Shih made the call and the cards were turned over.

Wei En Shih:
Soon Lee Toh:

Toh looked to be in great shape for a double-up until the flop came down to gasps from the rest of the field, who had all crowded around the table to watch the action play out.

The turn gave Toh some additional flush outs, though the Singaporean was teetering on the brink of elimination. Fortuitously, the river was just what the doctor ordered, counterfeiting Shih's two pair and giving a relieved looking Toh the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wei En Shih	280,000 -60,000	-60,000
Soon Lee Toh	120,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Soon Lee Toh Wei En Shih

08-18-2019 19:19 UTC+8

Jia Tang's Departure Bursts the Bubble

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Jia Tang (hat) departs on the money bubble

The bubble has burst, guaranteeing all 36 remaining players a TWD 50,500 (~$1,610) payday. The last man to depart empty-handed was the unfortunate Jia Tang, who was unable to recover from losing that huge pot to Jae Wook Shin just minutes earlier.

Although Tang found with which to make a stand, he was unable to best the of Kun Han Lee, with Tang's final board in the Poker King Cup Taiwan Main Event running out .