HK$100,000 High Roller | 2018 Oriental Poker Championship

05-24-2018 17:30 UTC+8

Breaktime, Entry Closing Soon

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Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The break is fast approaching, meaning the end of late registration and re-entry. Belarus' Dmitry Rabotkin and Malaysia's Lim Chin Wei have become two of the more recent casualties, while the short-stacked Ye Wang is holding on to his tournament life with a firm grip. The number of entries currently stands at 43, with 21 of these still in action so here's how they are stacking up:

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Wang	261,000 -3,000	-3,000
Chihwen Chen	230,000
Chung Yuan Yu	202,000 12,000	12,000
Devan Tang	160,000 29,000	29,000
Jimmy Pan	142,000 92,000	92,000
Albert Paik	140,000 62,000	62,000
Ivan Leow	138,000 95,000	95,000
Yunsheng Sun	125,000 32,000	32,000
Bryan Huang	121,000 -4,000	-4,000
Victor Chong	105,000 47,600	47,600
Tony Yat Wai Cheng	105,000 53,000	53,000
Cyril Andre	83,000 33,000	33,000
Zhongcai Peng	75,000 12,000	12,000
Danny Tang	60,000 -37,000	-37,000

Wenling Gao	57,000 24,500	24,500
Hao Su	52,000 -41,100	-41,100

Ying Jinghui	51,000 33,000	33,000
Thomas Ward	42,300 -43,700	-43,700
James Chen	42,000 -8,000	-8,000

Matthew Moss	29,500 -20,500	-20,500
Ye Wang	23,000 11,000	11,000

05-24-2018 17:25 UTC+8

Pics From Day 2 of the OPC High Roller

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05-24-2018 17:03 UTC+8

Moss Back, Pan Enters

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Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The UK's Matt Moss is back in action and has been reseated next to Hong Kong's Danny Tang over on table 10. Moss' old seat has been filled by a new face with Jimmy Pan coming into the OPC High Roller action for this first time to bring the total number of entries up to 43.

Pan is a seasoned Macau hand who has been absent from the tournament scene for this past couple of years, so it is nice to see the Dutch-Macanese player back in action and he'll be looking to add to his $323,299 in live tournament winnings with a score at the OPC.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Pan	50,000
Matthew Moss	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Jim Sue Pan Matthew Moss

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

05-24-2018 16:47 UTC+8

Chen and Wongwichit Out and In, Huang Gets Moss

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Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Both James Chen and Phachara Wongwichit have busted and re-entered to bring the number of entries up to 41 with 23 of these players still in action.

China's Yang Wang continues to lead the field with a stack of 264,000 with his next closest rival Taiwan's Chihwen Chen (230,000) with fellow countryman Chung Yuan Yu (190,000) the man who looks to have the most after that.

Singapore's Bryan Huang has been busy and has chipped up to 125,000, though this has come at the expense of the UK's Matt Moss, whom Huang has not long sent to the rail. It was a battle of the blinds between the pair with Huang (small blind) waking up with ace-king and Moss queen-jack suited. The ace-king prevailed and Moss will have to fire another bullet if he wants to come back in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Wang	264,000 65,000	65,000
Chihwen Chen	230,000 19,000	19,000
Chung Yuan Yu	190,000 30,000	30,000
Bryan Huang	125,000 53,000	53,000
James Chen	50,000 -46,000	-46,000

Phachara Wongwichit	50,000 11,000	11,000

Matthew Moss	Busted

Tags: Bryan Huang Matthew Moss

05-24-2018 16:27 UTC+8

A Tangy Pot

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Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

A tangy hand just went down, with Devan Tang opening the button for 4,500 and Hong Kong's Danny Tang re-popping him from the big blind to the tune of 19,300.

Devan elected to call and the pair went heads-up to a flop of . Danny Tang can look quite intimidating at the tables when he chooses to, and turned it on now, shooting Devan the deathstare as he fired out a c-bet of 13,300.

Devan didn't seem fazed by the stare, but clearly wasn't keen on the flop either, eventually folding after a minute or so in the tank leaving Danny to rake in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Devan Tang	131,000 81,000	81,000
Danny Tang	97,000 34,500	34,500

Tags: Devan Tang Danny Tang

05-24-2018 16:20 UTC+8

Paik Back in and Climbing

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Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The OPC High Roller has now grown to 40 entries with the USA's Albert Paik coming back in, and he has wasted no time at all in chipping up.

We caught Paik and Victor Chong involved in a hand, with the two getting into it pre-flop as there was already 26,000 in the pot when we arrived on a flop of .

Chong was under-the-gun and checked the action over to Paik, who bet 8,500, which was called after several minutes of careful contemplation on Chong's part. The turn slowed the action, with Chong checking and Paik checking right back.

The river completed the hand, and there was no more betting. Chong turned over but discovered that he had just been rivered by Paik's .

Player	Chips	Progress
Albert Paik	78,000 78,000	78,000
Victor Chong	57,400 -17,600	-17,600

Tags: Albet Paik Victor Chong

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

05-24-2018 16:01 UTC+8

Chong Takes From Wang and Gives to Lei

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

It was a case of pass the chips as opposed to pass the parcel over on chip leader Yang Wang's table. We caught the tail end of a hand playing out between Wang and Malaysia's Victor Chong, picking up the action on the river with the community cards spread .

Chong was the man out of position but had checked the action over to Wang, who was inmid-position and had led for 17,500 into a pot of close to 22,000. Chong thought it over but made the call. Wang rolled over for a missed gutter, meaning Chong's was good for the pot.

The very next hand the short-stacked Jichong Lei earned himself a little breathing room, moving all-in for 14,200 in middle position and the action folded around to Chong in the big blind.

"I like my hand," said Chong after peeking at his cards, "Ok, I call."

Jichong Lei:
Victor Chong:

Lei was ahead but at-risk, but the flop was a kind one for the man with ace-five. The turn was a sweaty card, giving Chong the flush draw to go with his two overs, but the river granted Lei the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Wang	199,000 -16,000	-16,000
Victor Chong	75,000 26,400	26,400
Jichong Lei	20,000 -61,000	-61,000

Tags: Victor Chong Jichong Lei Yang Wang

05-24-2018 15:46 UTC+8

Ye Wang Shoves on Jinghui, Yang Wang Folds Out Wei, Devan Tang Busts Paik, Zhao Out

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Players have moved up through the gears and there are a lot of chips changing hands presently. The short-stacked Ye Wang shoved on one of the few players on his table he has fold equity against, namely Ying Jinghui, with the two battling it out in the blinds. Jinghui looked as though he might make the call to put Wang at risk, but eventually opted to wait for a better spot.

Another Wang who is doing slightly better is Yang Wang, who has edged into a slender lead. We caught Yang Wang in action against Lim Chin Wei, but the hand did not last long. Wei had won the previous hand with a 3,500 under-the-gun open and found no customers, and was in the big blind the next hand.

It was Wang who was under-the-gun in this one, and he made it 3,500 to go, with Wei choosing to defend to take the action heads-up to a flop of . Wei checked it over to Wang, who c-bet 3,500, which was enough to take it down and he climbed to 215,000.

There have been two recent casualties, but we missed both. Hongjun Zhao is no longer in the High Roller and is now playing the Main Event, so we guess he's not coming back in to this one.

The other casualty is Albert Paik, who fell at the hands of Devan Tang. All the cards were being swept into the muck as we arrived so we only got to see Tang's winning hand, but that was clearly enough for all of Paik's chips and he is now out as well, while Tang now has 100,000.