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

05-24-2018 18:50 UTC+8

Tang Busts Peng

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Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

There has been another all-in and a call resulting in another elimination, with China's Zhongcai Peng the man to hit the rail and Hong Kong's Danny Tang the man to send him there.

We are not sure who pulled the trigger first as the cards were on their backs as we arrived, but Peng was the shorter of the two stacks.

Zhongcai Peng:
Danny Tang:

Peng celebrated the flop with a fist bump but went from happiness to hopelessness with the arrival of the turn. The river completed the hand, and Peng's tournament and the field is now down to 12. Tang stacked up to 215,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Tang	215,000 155,000	155,000

Zhongcai Peng	Busted

Tags: Danny Tang Zhongcai Peng

05-24-2018 18:55 UTC+8

Stack Check (full)

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Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Here's how the last 12 players are stacking up:

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Wang	560,000 299,000	299,000
Albert Paik	235,000 -10,000	-10,000
Danny Tang	210,000 -5,000	-5,000

Chihwen Chen	180,000 -50,000	-50,000
Ivan Leow	160,000 -90,000	-90,000
Chung Yuan Yu	155,000 -47,000	-47,000
Victor Chong	102,500 -2,500	-2,500
Tony Yat Wai Cheng	100,000 -5,000	-5,000
Wenling Gao	100,000 43,000	43,000
Thomas Ward	80,000
Bryan Huang	80,000 -41,000	-41,000
Cyril Andre	53,000 -30,000	-30,000

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05-24-2018 19:03 UTC+8

Huang Busts to Tang

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Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

There has been another elimination with Singapore's Bryan Huang falling at the hands of Danny Tang, who is running pretty hot right now.

All the chips went in on the flop after the two became embroiled in a raising war on a board reading with Huang the man to re-raise shove over the top of a Tang button bet.

Bryan Huang:
Danny Tang:

Unfortunately for Huang, he was at-risk and out-kicked and the turn and river provided no succor for the Singaporean who hit the rail, while Tang stacked up to 320,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Tang	320,000 110,000	110,000

Bryan Huang	Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

05-24-2018 19:10 UTC+8

Chong Shows Andre the Door

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Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

A battle of the blinds saw France's Cyril Andre depart at the hands of Malaysia's Victor Chong to thin the field by one more. Andre was the short stack, open shoving for close to 11 big blinds from the small blind and Chong woke up with a hand in the big blind. Andre had king-five offsuit and Chong had ace-queen and a queen-high flop brought Andre's tournament to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Chong	135,000 32,500	32,500
Cyril Andre	Busted

Tags: Cyril Andre Victor Chong

05-24-2018 19:14 UTC+8

Chen Busts Ward to Bring in Final Table

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Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

We arrived as stacks were being counted down in a hand between New Zealand's Thomas Ward and Taiwan's Chihwen Chen on a board reading .

Ward had on the felt but this could not best Chen's and the final nine is now set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Ward	Busted

Tags: Thomas Ward Chihwen Chen

05-24-2018 19:30 UTC+8

The Final Nine

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Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The inaugural OPC High Roller Final Table

There are just nine players remaining in the inaugural OPC High Roller, though only seven of them will be getting paid, with a min-cash good for HKD $160,000. However, it is the HKD $1,442,300 top prize all will have their eye on.

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	1	Chung Yuan Yu	Taiwan	125,000
1	2	Victor Chong	Malaysia	155,000
1	3	Albert Paik	USA	210,500
1	4	Wenling Gao	China	76,000
1	5	Chihwen Chen	Taiwan	244,000
1	6	Ivan Leow	Malaysia	262,000
1	7	Danny Tang	Hong Kong	336,000
1	8	Yang Wang	China	665,000
1	9	Tony Cheng	Hong Kong	134,500

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Wang	665,000 105,000	105,000
Danny Tang	336,000 16,000	16,000

Ivan Leow	262,000 102,000	102,000
Chihwen Chen	244,000 64,000	64,000
Albert Paik	210,500 -24,500	-24,500
Victor Chong	155,000 20,000	20,000
Tony Yat Wai Cheng	134,500 34,500	34,500
Wenling Gao	76,000 -24,000	-24,000

Tags: Albert PAik Chihwen Chen Chung Yuan Yu Danny Tang Ivan Leow Tony Cheng Victor Chong Wenling Gao Yang Wang

05-24-2018 19:47 UTC+8

Chong and Leow Tangle

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Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Ivan Leow has been fairly active at the final table so far and has been playing quite a few pots. The latest of these was against fellow countryman Victor Chong.

We missed the pre-flop betting amounts but picked up the action on the flop of . It appeared that the two had got into it pre-flop and there was close to 30,000 already in the pot and Leow (small blind) had first stab opportunity.

Leow fired for what looked to be a near pot-sized bet and Chong (cutoff) hit the tank for a spell, but eventually made the call and the came in on the turn to double pair the board. This saw both players check and the river was the .

Leow checked once more and Chong slid out a tower of orange 5k chips totaling close to 100,000. Leow folded and Chong took it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Leow	250,000 -12,000	-12,000
Victor Chong	200,000 45,000	45,000

05-24-2018 19:52 UTC+8

The Leow Show

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Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The Leow show continues on the final table, with the Malaysian player taking down a decent pot pre-flop with some well-timed aggression. It was Chung Yuan Yu the man to open the action, making it 11,000 to go from UTG, with UTG+1 Victor Chong re-raising to 27,000.

Action folded around to Leow in mid-position and he thought it over before sliding out a big stack of 5k chips for a three-bet of 63,000 and both opponents folded immediately.

Tags: Ivan Leow Victor Chong Chung Yuan Yu

05-24-2018 20:01 UTC+8

Bad Beat for Tang Before Dinner

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Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

A huge pot went down that saw Albert Paik dish out a nasty beat to Danny Tang. It was Paik who was the initial aggressor, making it 12,000 to go from early position, with Tang re-raising to 37,500 from the cutoff.

Tang had been active in a few pots from late position and this may have been going through Paik's mind when he opted to pull the trigger. Tang called immediately and the cards were turned over.

Albert Paik:
Danny Tang:

Paik was at risk and behind but the flop was just what he was looking for. The turn completed his flush and the river saw Paik double to 560,000. Tang took the hit stoically like the professional he is, but will have been happy to go on the 40-minute dinner break, which the final nine players headed off on not long after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Albert Paik	480,000 269,500	269,500
Danny Tang	115,000 -221,000	-221,000

Tags: Albert Paik Danny Tang