Main Event | 2018 Poker King Cup Macau

09-25-2018 13:40 UTC+8

Qi Cheng Du Eliminated in 8th Place for HKD 195,200 ($24,965)

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Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Cang Sheng Ni won the first hand back after the break, moving all-in from the small blind with Liang Song folding in the big blind.

The next hand however, was a bit more exciting and brought Qi Cheng Du's Final Table to a close. Du ran pretty bad at the end of play yesterday, getting kings cracked by Liang Song's ace-jack and also running pocket jacks into the pocket aces of Li Yu.

Du's poor form continued after Jian Dong Yu min-raised from under-the-gun and Du shoved from the small blind for his last 400,000 or so. Yu made the call and the cards were turned over.

Qi Cheng Du:
Jian Dong Yu:

Once again Du found himself in great shape, and once more the poker gods crushed his dreams, this time for good, with the flop falling to give Yu top pair. The turn and the river completed the hand, and Du's Main Event and he headed off to collect his HKD 195,200 eighth prize money, while Yu stacked up to 2,700,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jian Dong Yu	2,700,000 650,000	650,000
Qi Cheng Du	Busted

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Level: 29

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

09-25-2018 13:25 UTC+8

Wang Wins On First Flop

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Finally, a flop! It all started with a Yang Wang button min-raise, with Wei Ran Pu defending from the big blind to take play heads-up to a flop of .

Pu checked it over to Wang, who slid out a bet of 100,000, which was quickly called. There was no betting on the turn, nor the river.

Pu rolled over , and while he had started out with the best hand pre-flop, Wang's had caught the flop, and that was enough to win the pot. All that excitement brought play to the end of the level and players are off on a short ten-minute break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Wang	3,600,000 260,000	260,000
Wei Ran Pu	1,450,000 -200,000	-200,000

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09-25-2018 13:20 UTC+8

Ni Folds Out Pu

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There have still been no flops, with either a raise enough to take it down pre-flop, or a three-bet shove enough to get the job done. There have even been a couple of walks.

Wei Ran Pu is one of the more active players, and he tried to get something going from under-the-gun with a raise to 150,000. Neighbor Cang Sheng Ni moved all-in for 770,000 from one seat over and Pu hit the think tank. After about five minutes Pu open-folded face up, leaving Ni free to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wei Ran Pu	1,650,000 -250,000	-250,000
Cang Sheng Ni	950,000 240,000	240,000

09-25-2018 13:10 UTC+8

Push or Fold

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With five players above 2 million and the other three below a million, the table dynamics are interesting. It is push or fold at present, and we have yet to see a flop dealt.

Jian Dong Yu tried to get something going with a mid-position raise to 150,000, but was shut down by Jun Fang on the button, who three-bet to 450,000. Yu folded and Fang scooped the blinds and antes.

The next hand played out much the same. This time it was Wei Ran Pu the opener, making it 150,000 to go on the button, but folding to a Liang Song big blind shove.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jun Fang	2,200,000 30,000	30,000
Jian Dong Yu	2,050,000 -30,000	-30,000
Wei Ran Pu	1,900,000 -515,000	-515,000
Liang Song	900,000 160,000	160,000

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09-25-2018 13:02 UTC+8

Go Time

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The final eight players are in their seats and have unbagged the chips. Cards will be in the air shortly, as all remaining competitors focus on taking down the HKD 1,464,000 top prize.

Blinds will be 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 running ante for the next 25-minutes.

09-25-2018 12:14 UTC+8

Final Table Time in the Poker King Cup Macau 2018 Main Event

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The Poker King Cup Macau 2018 Main Event Final Table. (Back row l-r: Liang Song, Wei Ran Pu, Cang Sheng Ni. Front row l-r: Qi Cheng Du, Li Yu, Jian Dong Yu, Yang Wang, Jun Fang).

This is it folks, the grand finale, with the 518-strong Poker King Cup Main Event field whittled down to the final eight players.

It’s an all-Chinese line-up, and the eight returning finalists are guaranteed a payday of at least HKD 195,200 (~$25,000), but it is the HKD 1,464,000 top prize that will be their goal.

Only one of them can walk away with that, as well as the all-important title and trophy, and the man best positioned to do so is Li Yu, who will be returning atop the counts with a stack of 3,445,000 (57 big blinds).

With close to $90,000 in live tournament earnings, Yu is playing for his first major title and a sixth-place finish or better will see him make a career-high score.

Yu rose to prominence two tables out after busting Lin Zhe Chen, coming into the ten-handed unofficial final table with the chip lead, before bluffing it off to Yang Wang. Yu recovered by snaring Qi Cheng Du in a monster hand, setting a trap with pocket aces to earn a full double-up and wrestle back the top spot.

It’s close though, with next closest rival Wang already proving he can sniff out a bluff and returning second in the counts with just a stack of 3,340,000 – just a single big blind less than Yu.

It is Wei Ran Pu who poses the next biggest threat, dominating a great deal of the late game action by sending both Ke Wang and Chi Hi Fang to the rail in 11th and 10th respectively to set up the unofficial final table action. Pu will be returning with a stack of 2,415,000 and already boasts a title on his poker resume having taken down the PKC 2017 No Limit Hold’em Event #3, though he too is also guaranteed a career-high score.

Jun Fang (2,170,000) and Jian Dong Yu (2,080,000) are the only other players with seven-figure stacks, with the rest of the field some way behind and stacking up as follows:

Poker King Cup Macau 2018 Main Event Official Final Table

Table	Seat	Player Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Yang Wang	China	3,340,000	56
1	2	Jun Fang	China	2,170,000	36
1	3	Wei Ran Pu	China	2,415,000	40
1	4	Cang Sheng Ni	China	710,000	12
1	5	Liang Song	China	740,000	12
1	6	Qi Cheng Du	China	605,000	10
1	7	Jian Dong Yu	China	2,080,000	35
1	8	Li Yu	China	3,445,000	57

Play gets underway at 1pm local time (GMT+7) on Tuesday, 25 September, with blinds staying on level 28 and recommencing at 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 running ante. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor until a champion is crowned so let’s see who has what it takes to become the PKC Macau 2018 Main Event champion.

Tags: Chi Hi Fang Jian Dong Yu Jun Fang Ke Wang Li Yu Lin Zhe Chen Poker King Cup Macau 2018 Qi Cheng Du Wei Ran Pu Yang Wang

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