MPC20: Bold Victory for Mongolia at Red Dragon
The 20th anniversary celebrations of the Macau Poker Cup have come to an end with the Red Dragon trophy heading to a new destination as Mongolia’s Buyanjargal Bold (pictured) claimed an impressive victory overnight.
The record-setting HK$11,000 Red Dragon Main Event was down to the final nine with Australian Victor Teng holding the chip lead entering a diverse final table. Jianhong Liu was first to go in 9th place before Terry Fan’s quest for a second Red Dragon title came to an end in 8th place. Fan jammed his short stack with pocket fours but couldn’t win the race against the ace-king of Percy Yung. It would’ve been a remarkable achievement to win the two largest MPC events in history, but it wasn’t to be for Fan.
Victor Teng continued to lead and his advantage was extended when he woke up with pocket kings after Xiao Lin had shoved with
. There were no miracles for Lin as six players remained.
Fei Xie pushed a dominated ace into Percy Yung’s ace-queen to bow out in 6th place before India’s last hope, Akash Malik, fell in 5th place. Malik was a little unlucky after flopping a set only to see Victor Teng make a flush to send him to the rail.
Percy Yung was starting to chip up, but it was four-handed that Buyanjargal Bold started to make his move with the elimination of Richard Hu. Bold made the preflop call with pocket fours to be ahead of Hu’s
and despite a flush draw scare, the pocket pair held to see Hu out in 4th place.
At this point, the three remaing players were happy to lock up a deal based on chip counts as follows:
Victor Teng (6,825,000 in chips) - HK$1,498,000
Buyanjargal Bold (4,385,000 in chips) - HK$1,244,000
Percy Yung (3,505,000 in chips) - HK$1,159,000
With the money out of the way, the title and the gorgeous Red Dragon trophy were left to play for, and despite holding the lead at the deal, it would be Victor Teng who was next to fall. It was a bit of a three-handed cooler as Teng four-bet
into Percy Yung’s 
. The board bricked out and, just like that, Teng was out in 3rd place.
Percy Yung (pictured right) took an advantage into heads-up play against Buyanjargal Bold, but on one of the first heads-up pots, both players would flop two pair on a
flop. Yung’s 
was no match for Bold’s 
for a full double up.
From that blow, Yung was unable to recover. A short time later she moved all in with
and Bold made the call with . The board would read 
to give Bold a memorable victory.
It was a tremendous run by Percy Yung who narrowly misses the title, but this poker starlet is certainly one to watch for in future. Meanwhile Bold gives Mongolia arguably it’s greatest ever poker achievement with his victory worth an impressive HK$1,244,000.
Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon - Final Table Results
1st Buyanjargal Bold (Mongolia) - HK$1,492,000* (Includes HK$100,000 ACOP seat)
2nd Percy Yung (Hong Kong) - HK$1,159,000*
3rd Victor Teng (Australia) - HK$1,498,000*
4th Richard Hu (China) - HK$597,000
5th Akash Malik (India) - HK$430,000
6th Fei Xie (China) - HK$334,000
7th Xiao Yu Lin (China) - HK$263,000
8th Terry Fan (Chinese Taipei) - HK$191,000
9th Jianhong Liu (China) - HK$143,000
* denotes three-handed chip chop deal
Congratulations to Danny McDonagh, Fred Leung and all of the PokerStars Macau team on another hugely successful event. The next event on the Macau poker calendar is the ACOP Platinum Series III which runs from February 20-23.
Make sure to keep your browser locked to Poker Asia Pacific and like our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter, or join our Asia-Pacific and Australian poker forum to stay up to date with all the latest news and results from poker in Australia, the Asia Pacific and the world.
The record-setting HK$11,000 Red Dragon Main Event was down to the final nine with Australian Victor Teng holding the chip lead entering a diverse final table. Jianhong Liu was first to go in 9th place before Terry Fan’s quest for a second Red Dragon title came to an end in 8th place. Fan jammed his short stack with pocket fours but couldn’t win the race against the ace-king of Percy Yung. It would’ve been a remarkable achievement to win the two largest MPC events in history, but it wasn’t to be for Fan.
Victor Teng continued to lead and his advantage was extended when he woke up with pocket kings after Xiao Lin had shoved with
. There were no miracles for Lin as six players remained. Fei Xie pushed a dominated ace into Percy Yung’s ace-queen to bow out in 6th place before India’s last hope, Akash Malik, fell in 5th place. Malik was a little unlucky after flopping a set only to see Victor Teng make a flush to send him to the rail.
Percy Yung was starting to chip up, but it was four-handed that Buyanjargal Bold started to make his move with the elimination of Richard Hu. Bold made the preflop call with pocket fours to be ahead of Hu’s
and despite a flush draw scare, the pocket pair held to see Hu out in 4th place. At this point, the three remaing players were happy to lock up a deal based on chip counts as follows:
Victor Teng (6,825,000 in chips) - HK$1,498,000
Buyanjargal Bold (4,385,000 in chips) - HK$1,244,000
Percy Yung (3,505,000 in chips) - HK$1,159,000
With the money out of the way, the title and the gorgeous Red Dragon trophy were left to play for, and despite holding the lead at the deal, it would be Victor Teng who was next to fall. It was a bit of a three-handed cooler as Teng four-bet
into Percy Yung’s . The board bricked out and, just like that, Teng was out in 3rd place. Percy Yung (pictured right) took an advantage into heads-up play against Buyanjargal Bold, but on one of the first heads-up pots, both players would flop two pair on a
flop. Yung’s was no match for Bold’s for a full double up. From that blow, Yung was unable to recover. A short time later she moved all in with
and Bold made the call with . The board would read to give Bold a memorable victory. It was a tremendous run by Percy Yung who narrowly misses the title, but this poker starlet is certainly one to watch for in future. Meanwhile Bold gives Mongolia arguably it’s greatest ever poker achievement with his victory worth an impressive HK$1,244,000.
Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon - Final Table Results
1st Buyanjargal Bold (Mongolia) - HK$1,492,000* (Includes HK$100,000 ACOP seat)
2nd Percy Yung (Hong Kong) - HK$1,159,000*
3rd Victor Teng (Australia) - HK$1,498,000*
4th Richard Hu (China) - HK$597,000
5th Akash Malik (India) - HK$430,000
6th Fei Xie (China) - HK$334,000
7th Xiao Yu Lin (China) - HK$263,000
8th Terry Fan (Chinese Taipei) - HK$191,000
9th Jianhong Liu (China) - HK$143,000
* denotes three-handed chip chop deal
Congratulations to Danny McDonagh, Fred Leung and all of the PokerStars Macau team on another hugely successful event. The next event on the Macau poker calendar is the ACOP Platinum Series III which runs from February 20-23.
Make sure to keep your browser locked to Poker Asia Pacific and like our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter, or join our Asia-Pacific and Australian poker forum to stay up to date with all the latest news and results from poker in Australia, the Asia Pacific and the world.
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