2018 Oriental Poker Championship

HK$16,500 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2018 Oriental Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
1,451,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
16,500 HKD
Entries
513
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Huang's Hanging Around

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Xiao Ruo Huang has just found a double up through Peng Yeng, leaving the latter very short. On a {7-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{4-Spades} flop and with around 50,000 in the middle already, Yeng checked and Huang led for 26,000. Yeng then clicked it back, making it 56,000 to go, and after some time in the tank Huang moved all-in for 145,000 total. Call.

Yeng was drawing with {k-Clubs}{9-Clubs}[ and would need a club, while Huang was in front with {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}. There was no danger on the {j-Spades} turn or {7-Spades} river, and Huang dragged this one. Yeng is down to just 60,000 now.

Player Chips Progress
Xiao Ruo Huang cn
Xiao Ruo Huang
350,000
142,000
142,000
Peng Yeng
Peng Yeng
60,000

Tags: Xiao Ruo HuangPeng Yeng

Double for Yan, No Customers for Ning, Xiao Lead Takes It

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

He Yu Jiao opened the action with a raise to 16,000 from early position and the short-stacked Pei Yan moved all-in for 34,000. Being as it was not that much more Jiao quickly tossed in the extras and the cards went on their backs.

He Yu Jiao: {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Pei Yan: {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

The flop came down {3-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{10-Spades} to keep Jiao in front, but Yan spiked top pair on the {k-Spades} turn to seize the lead in the hand, with the {9-Hearts} river doubling him up to 90,000 while Jiao dropped to 295,000.

The next table over the short-stacked Wu Yuan Ning moved all-in pre-flop and looked disappointed to find no customers, showing the table {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs} when all folded, leaving Ning to rake in the pot and pad out his stack a little to 119,000.

Over on table three, Wei Guo Liang tried to get something going on the button with a raise to 20,000 and Shi Zi Xiao (big blind) ummed and ahhed over the call, eventually making it to take play heads-up to a monochrome flop of {k-Spades}{4-Spades}{10-Spades}. Xiao led out for a tickly little 15,000 and Liang folded immediately.

Player Chips Progress
He Yu Jiao cn
He Yu Jiao
295,000
-8,000
-8,000
Shi Zi Xiao cn
Shi Zi Xiao
280,000
82,000
82,000
Wei Guo Liang cn
Wei Guo Liang
250,000
-60,000
-60,000
Wu Yuan Ning cn
Wu Yuan Ning
119,000
119,000
119,000
Pei Yan cn
Pei Yan
90,000
-64,000
-64,000

Tags: Pei YanHe Yu JiaoWu Yuan NingShi Zi XiaoWei Guo Liang

Lucky Eights! Quads for Paik Sends Chen Out The Door

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Albert Paik
Albert Paik

Albert Paik may have turned up late today, but the player from USA-via-South-Korea has certainly made up for lost time.

There was a {j-Spades}{10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} flop out there when we arrived and Paik had checked it to Hao Chen who then led for 25,000. Paik made the call to see an {8-Spades} turn, and he quickly checked again. Chen continued to fire for 50,000, leaving himself around 80,000 behind. Paik then set him all-in, and Chen was happy to call quickly.

If only he knew what Paik held. Unfortunately for Chen, his {k-Spades}{k-Hearts} had been outdrawn by Paik's {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}, and to rub salt into the wound the case {8-Hearts} landed on the river to give Paik quads.

Chen said his goodbyes, and Paik stacks up 620,000 after that one.

Hao Chen
Hao Chen
Player Chips Progress
Albert Paik us
Albert Paik
620,000
141,000
141,000
Hao Chen cn
Hao Chen
Busted

Tags: Albert PaikHao Chen

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Nuts For Zhang, New Chip Leader

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Wayne Zhang
Wayne Zhang

"Flop the nuts!" said Wayne Zhang, prompting us to investigate.

He wasn't lying. In what was clearly a huge pot against Zhong Qiang Chen, Zhang had flopped a queen-high straight holding {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}, while Chen had hit top pair with {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}. All of Chen's chips were being shipped towards Zhang, and by the time he managed to neatly stack them up, we could see he now has 886,000.

Right now, that's good for the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Wei Yi Zhang cn
Wei Yi Zhang
886,000
406,000
406,000
Zhong Qiang Chen cn
Zhong Qiang Chen
Busted

Tags: Wei Yi ZhangZhong Qiang Chen

Park Finds a Double

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Korea's Sung Chang Park moved all-in for his last 69,000 from the hi-jack and was looked up by Hong Kong's Kin Fai Chung one seat over.

Sung Chang Park: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Kin Fai Chung {q-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

Park was the at-risk player but had the best hand, and while sometimes that doesn't help on this occasion the man with the best hand won when the board ran out {2-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{4-Hearts} to give the field's sole remaining Korean player a much-needed double up.

Player Chips Progress
Kin Fai Chung hk
Kin Fai Chung
265,000
-44,000
-44,000
Sung Chang Park kr
Sung Chang Park
162,000
86,900
86,900

Tags: Sung Chang ParkKin Fai Chung

Pan's Now The Man

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Wayne Zhang's chip lead didn't last long. He's just been pipped to the post by Yue Fang Pan, who now holds the chip lead after a double knockout.

Liu Wei Gao shoved from under the gun for 100,000, and action folded to the button of Yang Yang. She then moved all-in for 110,000, and Pan woke up in the small blind with a dream hand: {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}.

Naturally that was way ahead of Gao's {a-Clubs}{10-Spades} and Yang's {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}, and it would remain so after the {7-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{9-Clubs} runout. Those two said goodbye, and Pan increases to 900,000.

Player Chips Progress
Yue Feng Pan
Yue Feng Pan
900,000
Yang Yang cn
Yang Yang
Busted
Liu Wei Gao cn
Liu Wei Gao
Busted

Tags: Yue Feng PanYang YangLiu Wei Gao

Chang Bo Feng>Duan Shan Jun

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Players are dropping like flies presently and there has been another elimination to bring the field down to 34. The man to fall was China's Duan Shan Jun, who got the last of his chips in the middle with ace-ten from the cutoff.

Big blind Sun Bin made the call before big blind Chang Bo Feng clicked it back with a min-raise, which was enough to take the hand heads-up. Unfortunately for Jun, Feng had woken up with pocket aces and there was not a ten to be seen on the run-out and we lose one more.

Only 24 more bust outs to go to reach the final table.

Player Chips Progress
Chang Bo Feng cn
Chang Bo Feng
395,000
31,000
31,000
Duan Shan Jun cn
Duan Shan Jun
Busted

Tags: Chang Bo FengDuan Shan Jun

Three In A Row For Ji

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Xia Qing Ji has more than doubled his stack in the past three hands without ever doubling up.

First, it folded to Wayne Zhang on the button and he opened to 23,000. Ji then moved all-in from the small blind for 144,000, and when it folded back to Zhang he let it go.

Then Sangjun Lee min-opened the lojack to 20,000 and it folded to Ji, now on the button. He jammed again, this time for 185,000, and Lee gave it up.

Finally, it folded to Ji in the cutoff and he opened the pot to 23,000. Jiayu Ruan called on the button, and the two went heads-up to a {j-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} flop. Ji continued for 25,000, and Ruan snap-called to see the {9-Hearts} turn. This slowed things down with both checking.

The {4-Diamonds} river completed the board, and Ji began counting out chips. He slid out a bet of 65,000, and Ruan folded pretty quickly, dropping his stack down to 160,000.

Ji has gone from 144,000 up to 349,000 after those.

Player Chips Progress
Wei Yi Zhang cn
Wei Yi Zhang
880,000
-6,000
-6,000
Xia Qing Ji cn
Xia Qing Ji
349,000
97,000
97,000
Sangjun Lee kr
Sangjun Lee
283,000
130,000
130,000
Jiayu Ruan cn
Jiayu Ruan
160,000
-190,000
-190,000

Tags: Jiayu RuanSangjun LeeWei Yi ZhangXia Qing Ji

Day 3 Eliminations So Far

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Yang Zhang cn
Yang Zhang
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Hao Chen cn
Hao Chen
Busted
Ping Chen cn
Ping Chen
Busted
Lin Zhou cn
Lin Zhou
Busted
Bo Ouyang cn
Bo Ouyang
Busted
Shi Qiang Lin cn
Shi Qiang Lin
Busted
Hao Tian cn
Hao Tian
Busted
Jackson Kai Tai Chan hk
Jackson Kai Tai Chan
Busted
Jason Park Lun Wong
Jason Park Lun Wong
Busted
Yan Hui Li cn
Yan Hui Li
Busted
Tianyou Liu cn
Tianyou Liu
Busted
Sangjun Lee kr
Sangjun Lee
Busted
Duan Shan Jun cn
Duan Shan Jun
Busted
Guo Liang Wei cn
Guo Liang Wei
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Peng Zhou cn
Peng Zhou
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Ho Chi Chung cn
Ho Chi Chung
Busted
Zhong Qiang Chen cn
Zhong Qiang Chen
Busted
Liu Wei Gao cn
Liu Wei Gao
Busted
Yang Yang cn
Yang Yang
Busted
Jin Tiang cn
Jin Tiang
Busted
Shi Zi Xiao cn
Shi Zi Xiao
Busted
Lang Yi cn
Lang Yi
Busted
Yuan Ning Wu
Yuan Ning Wu
Busted