Michael Soyza Eliminated in 2nd Place (HK$1,135,000)

While he played a great tournament to get this far Michael Soyza did not recover from losing that first big pot against Longyun Li and was on the back foot for the rest of the heads-up match.

With Li holding nearly a 2-1 chip lead he continued to pressure Soyza, winning the next hand with some aggressive pre-flop re-raising to take down the pot without showdown to further extend his lead and drop Soyza down to 4.2 million to Li’s 10.5 million.

While Soyza took down the next pot with a pre-flop all-in this was the last hand he would win, with Li turning the screws to whittle Soyza down, winning successive pots in a row and taking another big bite out of Soyza’s stack after hitting top pair on a king-high board in a limped pot to reduce the Malaysian player down to 1.35 million.

On the 15th hand of heads-up it was all over. Li limped from the button and Soyza committed his last 1.3 million from the small blind and sensing that the end was near Li made a speedy call.

Michael Soyza:
Longyun Li:

Li held the lead with king-high and pulled further in front on the flop. The turn gave Soyza a faint glimmer of hope and a few more outs but the sounded the death knell for the Malaysian player and brought his Poker King Cup Macau Main Event to a close.

After the deal the two players made Soyza earned an impressive HK$1,135,000 (~$145,619) for his second place finish and headed to the cash desk to collect his winnings, while China’s Longyun Li posed for the winners photo with his shiny new trophy before celebrating his first major tournament title with his watching rail.

All that action concludes the PokerNews Live coverage of the Poker King Cup Macau but there will be a full write up to follow shortly so watch this space.