Main Event Day 3 | 2019 Poker King Cup Taiwan

08-19-2019 16:20 UTC+8

Erquiaga Busts Lee

Ben Wilson

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Soon Lee Toh is no longer in the running after defending his big blind against a David Erquiaga mid-position open.

According to Toh, he shoved the flop with six-seven suited and Erguiaga made a quick call with king-ten, which held up to thin the field by one. Lee departs in 21st place for a TWD 73,500 payday.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Erquiaga	820,000 100,000	100,000
Soon Lee Toh	Busted

Tags: David Erquiaga Soon Lee Toh

Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

08-19-2019 16:05 UTC+8

Cheng Chops Down Chan

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Ben Wilson

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Hong Kong's Wing Kei Chan has just taken a hit at the hands of Sheng-Chien Cheng, who has been in the hot seat all day, despite a table move. Action was picked up on the river with over 150,000 already in the pot with the community cards spread .

It was Cheng the man first to act in the small blind, and after some deliberation, he led out for a tickly 58,000 bet. This sent Chan deep into thought, as should he call and lose he would be left with just 115,000. Eventually, he elected to call, tabling and discovered that he had just been rivered, with Cheng rolling over for two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sheng-Chien Cheng	720,000 45,000	45,000
Wing Kei Chan	115,000 155,000	155,000

Tags: Wing Kei Chan Sheng-Chien Cheng

08-19-2019 15:50 UTC+8

Shih Falls to Wee Who Seizes Lead

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Ben Wilson

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Shih Wei En and Lee Kuan Wee clashed in a hand that saw the former hit the rail and the latter climb to the top of the counts, with all the chips finding their way into the middle preflop.

It was Wee who was the initial aggressor, opening from late position and calling a Shih shove from the blinds and the two players tabled their cards.

Shih Wei En:
Lee Kuan Wee:

While Shih held the lead with jacks and staying in front on the flop, the appearance of the on the turn saw Wee edge in front, with the river bringing Shih's Main Event to a close, while Wee stacked up to 832,000, which makes him the current chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lee Kuan Wee	832,000 252,000	252,000
Shih Wei En	Busted

Tags: Lee Kuan Wee Shih Wei En

08-19-2019 15:45 UTC+8

Fan on Fan Action Results in Bust

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Ben Wilson

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The field has gone from two Fans to one, with Chunsan Fan and Terry Fan clashing in a pot that saw the former depart and the latter stack up to 400,000 and was kind enough to fill us in on the details after the fact.

Terry Fan was holding and was up against Chunsan Fan, holding with the chips going in on a flop of with two spades. Terry made a straight on the turn, improving to a flush on the river to win the battle of the Fans and stack up to 400,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Fan	400,000 110,000	110,000
Chunsan Fan	Busted

08-19-2019 15:35 UTC+8

Erquiaga Takes From Fan, Wee Squeezes

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Ben Wilson

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

David Erguiaga won a big flip against Terry Fan that saw the two switch places in the counts, with Erquiaga now sitting pretty on a chunky 720,000 stack, while Fan has slumped to 290,000.

Over on table 21, Ping Hsien Chan opened the action from under-the-gun with a raise to 24,000, picking up a caller in the form of Yu You Ci Tsai, before neighbor Lee Kuan Wee squeezed to 105,000 in total. After the action folded to the blinds, they both bowed out and Chan had a decision to make.

Eventually, he elected to fold, as did Tsai, leaving Wee to pad out his stack for an additional 62,000, all without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Erquiaga	720,000 550,000	550,000
Lee Kuan Wee	580,000 62,000	62,000
Yu You Ci Tsai	306,000 25,000	25,000
Terry Fan	290,000 310,000	310,000
Ping Hsien Chan	254,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: David Erquiaga Terry Fan Ping Hsien Chan Yu You Ci Tsai

08-19-2019 15:20 UTC+8

Post Break Counts

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Ben Wilson

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jae Wook Shin is still in the lead after overtaking Chou Chien Fa earlier, with the remaining field stacking up as follows:

Player	Chips	Progress
Jae Wook Shin	760,000
Chi Hang	725,000

Chou Chien Fa	680,000

Sheng-Chien Cheng	675,000
Michael Huang	650,000
Terry Fan	600,000
Lee Kuan Wee	518,000
Ling He	445,000
Alex Lindop	340,000

Howard Sun	340,000
Yu You Ci Tsai	331,000
Dicky Tsang	280,000
Ping Hsien Chan	275,000
Wing Kei Chan	270,000
Kuang Hung Lee	270,000
Henry Hou	230,000
Shih Wei En	220,000
Toh Soon Lee	220,000
Cliff Chou	185,000
David Erquiaga	170,000
Ping Cheong Fung	140,000
Chunsan Fan	130,000

Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

08-19-2019 15:02 UTC+8

Break Time

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Ben Wilson

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The 23 remaining Main Event players are on a 10-minute break.

08-19-2019 14:53 UTC+8

Lindop Takes From Erquiaga

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Ben Wilson

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alex Lindop won a decent sized pot from David Erquiaga after opening to 18,000 in late position, with Erguiaga defending from the big blind.

Lindop continuation bet on the flop for another 18,000 into the 55,000 pot, only to see Erquiaga re-raise to 45,000 in total. After some time in the tank, Lindop called and the dealer burned and turned the with the action going check, check.

The river saw Erquiaga shove, putting Lindop in a tough spot for his tournament life, with the Brit eventually calling with which was good as Erquiaga mucked his hand.

Tags: Alex Lindop David Erquiaga