The eight remaining players have been sent for a 10-minute break.
2018 Poker King Cup Macau
Tokuho Yoshinaga raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and Dennis Rubba shoved for a bit more than 300,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Yoshinaga snap-called.
Dennis Rubba:
Tokuho Yoshinaga:
The board ran out for Yoshinaga's aces to hold and eliminate Rubba in 9th place for HK$164,500.
Yoshinaga is now sporting a stack of more than a million and nobody seems to be able to stop his amazing run up till now.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tokuho Yoshinaga |
1,370,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
Dennis Rubba | Busted |
Dennis Rubba shoved all in for 139,000 from the hijack and was called by Wenling Gao in the small blind.
Dennis Rubba:
Wenling Gao:
The board ran out for Rubba's jack to come into play as the kicker to double up against Gao.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dennis Rubba |
312,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
Wenling Gao |
310,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tokuho Yoshinaga |
900,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
Takashi Ogura |
525,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
Hong Jun Zhao |
360,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Wenling Gao |
350,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
William Fasano |
300,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Hon Cheong Lee | 270,000 | |
He Chang |
255,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
Wang Zhi Li |
235,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
Dennis Rubba |
200,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Seat | Player | Country |
---|---|---|
1 | Tokuho Yoshinaga | Japan |
2 | Dennis Rubba | United Kingdom |
3 | Takashi Ogura | Japan |
4 | Hon Cheong Lee | Hong Kong |
5 | Wenling Gao | China |
6 | Wang Zhi Li | China |
7 | Hong Jun Zhao | China |
8 | William Fasano | United Kingdom |
9 | He Chang | China |
The board read and Yang Li shoved for his last chips and was called by Wenling Gao who had him covered.
Yang Li:
Wenling Gao:
Kings and eights for Li and nines and eights for Gao.
The river completed the board with the to give Gao the full house to take Li out of the tournament for HK$158,300.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Wenling Gao |
400,000
223,000
|
223,000 |
Yang Li | Busted |
Yi Fan Yang shoved for his last chips from under the gun and was called by He Chang and Tokuho Yoshinaga in the blinds.
Both Chang and Yoshinaga checked through the whole board.
Yi Fan Yang:
He Chang:
Tokuho Yoshinaga:
Chang won the pot with the turned pair of aces and Yang was sent to the rail in 11th place without cashing.
The ten remaining players are now all guaranteed at least HK$158,300 ($20,259) and have been sent for a short break.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tokuho Yoshinaga |
822,000
-59,000
|
-59,000 |
He Chang |
345,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Yi Fan Yang
|
Busted |
Yi Fan Yang shoved for his last 6,000 after having paid the ante from the cutoff. Hon Cheong Lee also shoved from the small blind. He Chang quickly folded his big blind.
Yi Fan Yang:
Hon Cheong Lee:
The board ran out to give Yang a pair of deuces on the flop to win the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yi Fan Yang
|
28,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Yi Fan Yang shoved for 129,000 from the button and was called by Hon Cheong Lee in the big blind with a similar stack.
Hon Cheong Lee:
Yi Fan Yang:
The board ran out to give Lee the higher two pair on the flop and those held throughout the rest of the board. After counting Lee's stack, it was determined that Lee had 121,000 in total and Yang would be left behind with 8,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hon Cheong Lee |
270,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
Yi Fan Yang
|
8,000
-224,000
|
-224,000 |