Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The nine remaining High Rollers are on a 15-minute break.
2017 Poker King Cup Macau
HK$80,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The nine remaining High Rollers are now on a 15-minute break. There would have been ten but Yuan Li has just fallen at the hands of Phanlert Sukonthachartnant on the very last hand of level 15.
Play became a cagey affair once the ten-handed table started and while there was a bit of blind and ante swapping there were no major pots until the very last second.
Pre-flop it was Li who orchestrated his own demise with a raise to 14,000 from middle position with neighbor Sukonthachartnant making the call.
Li led the 
flop for 16,000 and Sukonthachartnant made the call once more to bring in the 
turn. Li did not look like he was all that keen on getting called and checked the action over to Sukonthachartnant who, perhaps sensing weakness, moved all-in.
Li tanked for what felt like an eternity but was realistically only a couple of minutes before making the call for the last of his chips and the cards were turned over.
Yuan Li: 
Phanlert Sukonthachartnant: 
While Li had a pair it was not as big as Sukonthachartnant’s and the 
river was of no help meaning we lose another and are just 3 spots off the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
449,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
|
350,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
223,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
216,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
|
171,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
134,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
||
|
|
110,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
105,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
43,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Here's how the final 10 are stacking up:
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Wang Zuo | China | 60000 |
| 1 | 2 | Liang Yu | China | 120000 |
| 1 | 3 | Tang Tian Yuan | China | 250000 |
| 1 | 4 | Qiang Lin | China | 270000 |
| 1 | 5 | Chung Yuan Yu | Taiwan | 212000 |
| 1 | 6 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 67000 |
| 1 | 7 | Luo Xi | China | 180000 |
| 1 | 8 | Yuan Li | China | 85000 |
| 1 | 9 | Phanlert Sukonthachartnant | Thailand | 290000 |
| 1 | 10 | Huidong Gu | Macau | 158000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
|
270,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
250,000 | |
|
|
212,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
180,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
158,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
120,000
31,500
|
31,500 |
|
|
85,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
60,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
We have just lost another three with Peter Chan the first to fall at the hands of Tang Tian Yuan. Pre-flop it was Qiang Lin who was the instigator, opening the action with a raise and Chan looked down to find pocket fives and moved the last of his chips in.
Unfortunately for Chan, Yuan woke up behind him with pocket jacks and Chan could not find the five he needed to survive. While this was happening we also lost Winfred Yu, but were unable to catch his exit hand.
Shortly afterward, Huidong Gu and Fabian Quoss got all the chips in, although we are not sure exactly when this happened. We arrived in time to see the stacks being counted down with the community cards reading 
.
Quoss had 
face up on the felt while Gu had 
for top pair to send the German to the rail. That brings us down to 10 meaning play has paused for a redraw and we are now down to just a single table. We will try and get a full count of the remaining stacks shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
155,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Chung Yuan Yu has been busy since last we checked and had run his stack up to close to 180,000 and although his current hot streak was temporarily halted by Weizhou Zha – who earned himself a timely double at Yu’s expense – the latter collected the bill with interest a scant few hands later.
Down to his last 28,000, Zha moved all-in from middle position with and Yu made the call from the small blind with 
.
Already in the lead Zha seemed happy enough with the monochrome 
flop and improved to the nut flush on the turn to climb to 59,500 while Yu dropped to around 150,000 or so.
However, a scant few hands later Zha’s tournament was over after the two players tangled again with all the chips going in pre-flop.
This time it was Yu with the dominating hand, his two red kings leading Zha’s pocket queens and remaining in front to send the Chinese player to the rail in 14th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
We have just had two more casualties to bring the total number of players down to 14, and while we are not sure who the first was we do know that the second was James Chen, who was kind enough to tell us his tale of woe for posterity.
Down to a little over 30,000 with blinds at 2,000/4,000, Chen moved the last of his chips in from late position with five-six offsuit and was looked up from the blinds by Chung Yuan Yu in the big blind who woke up with ace-jack, which held.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Quan Zhou’s hopes of winning a second High Roller title in the space of a month have just been dashed with Qiang Lin the man to crush Zhou’s dreams.
Down to just over 12 big blinds, Zhou moved his last 37,000 into the middle from the hi-jack and Huidong Gu made the call from the button before Lin squeezed all-in for an additional 93,500 from the small blind.
Zhou looked happy about the protection and Gu hit the think tank hard. There was some banter (in Mandarin, so we couldn’t understand much of it) before Gu grudgingly folded telling the table he had ace-king.
Zhou turned over 
and found himself racing for his tournament life against the 
of Lin.
The 
gave Zhou a meaningless gutshot Broadway straight draw, as should he hit it Lin would make the full house. Ironically, that is exactly what happened with the 
hitting the turn to leave Zhou drawing dead. The 
river was just a formality and Zhou hit the rail while Lin stacked up to over 170,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
105,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
Busted |