HK$100,000 High Roller Day 1 | 2018 Oriental Poker Championship

HK$100,000 High Roller

Day 1 Completed

05-24-2018 00:14 UTC+8

Hao Su Tops 26 Day 1a Survivors In HK$100K OPC 2018 High Roller

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Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

It was a slightly shorter day than expected on Day 1a of the Oriental Poker Championship (OPC) HK$100K High Roller, but it didn’t prevent seeing plenty of action in the Venetian Macau Resort & Hotel poker room.

A total of 31 entries throughout today’s seven 40-minute levels (nine levels were scheduled, but the decision was made to shave off two late in the day). The player leading the way after an abrupt end to the day is China's Hao Su, who surged up the chip counts just before the dinner break. When players returned Su continued to increase his stack thanks to some manic last-minute action, ultimately bagging up 157,200 to top the 26 Day 1A survivors.

Su is most closely followed by Chung Yuan Yu (115,000), Dmitry Rabotkin (113,000), and Ivan Leow (107,500). Tony Yat Wai Cheng was the only player to re-enter today, while everyone who busted can still re-enter with registration open until the start of Level 13 tomorrow. That message mainly goes out to Fabian Spielmann, who exited around the midway point and didn’t return, and Yue Feng Pan, Devan Tang, and Yia Qing Ji - the other players to bust and not fire a second bullet.

There are plenty of familiar faces who will definitely return to action tomorrow at 2pm though. The likes of High Roller James Chen (70,800), Matthew Moss (44,300), Albert Paik (78,800), and Thailand’s all-time money winner Phanlert Sukonthachartnant (48,300) all made it through.

You can see the full end-of-day chip counts and Day 2 draw below:

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
9	1	Phanlert Sukonthachartnant	Thailand	48,300
9	2	Chung Yuan Yu	Taiwan	115,000
9	3	Peng Zhongcai	China	50,000
9	4	Canlin Chen	China	41,800
9	5	Wenling Gao	China	93,600
9	7	Matthew Moss	UK	44,300

10	2	Hongjun Zhao	China	52,600
10	3	Phachara Wongwichit	Australia	22,400
10	4	Ye Wang	China	36,300
10	5	Ying Jinghui	China	14,900
10	6	Albert Paik	USA	78,800
10	7	James Chen	Taiwan	70,800
10	8	Ivan Leow	Malaysia	107,500

14	1	Cyril Andre	France	39,400
14	2	Chihwen Chen	Taiwan	46,100
14	3	Jiaming Zhang	China	102,300
14	5	Hao Su	China	157,200
14	6	Xia Qing Ji	China	13,300
14	8	Tony Yat Wai Cheng	Hong Kong	28,300

15	1	Dmitry Rabotkin	Belarus	113,000
15	2	Anson Tsang	Hong Kong	7,700
15	3	Lim Chin Wei	Malaysia	37,900
15	4	Steven Zhou	Australia	58,800
15	6	Yang Wang	China	103,100
15	7	Jichong Lei	China	32,200
15	8	Yunsheng Sun	China	86,500

PokerNews will be back for the second and final day of this High Roller tomorrow at 2 p.m.. But that’s not all we’ll be covering, as Day 1a of the HK$16,00 OPC 2018 Main Event kicks off at 1 p.m. Until tomorrow, enjoy the rest of your day.

Tags: Albert Paik Chung Yuan Yu Dzmitry Rabotkin Fabian Spielmann Hao Su Ivan Leow James Chen Matthew Moss Phanlert Sukonthachartnant Yue Feng Pan

05-24-2018 00:12 UTC+8

End of Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

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Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hao Su	157,200	58,200
Chung Yuan Yu	115,000	50,000
Dmitry Rabotkin	113,000	36,000
Ivan Leow	107,500	25,500
Yang Wang	103,100	-16,900
Jiaming Zhang	102,300	42,300
Wenling Gao	93,600	18,600
Yunsheng Sun	86,500	25,500
Albert Paik	78,800	8,800
James Chen	70,800	13,800
Steven Zhou	58,800	300
Hongjun Zhao	52,600	26,600
Zhongcai Peng	50,000
Phanlert Sukonthachartnant	48,300	5,300
Chihwen Chen	46,100	-7,900
Matthew Moss	44,300	-3,700
Canlin Chen	41,800	-3,200
Cyril Andre	39,400	-48,600
Lim Chin Wei	37,900	-9,200
Ye Wang	36,300	-51,700
Jichong Lei	32,200	13,000
Tony Yat Wai Cheng	28,300	2,200
Phachara Wongwichit	22,400	-6,600
Ying Jinghui	14,900	-2,900
Xia Qing Ji	13,300	-71,700

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05-23-2018 23:01 UTC+8

Chen Pays Off Wang

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Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

As news of the shorter day spread around the four High Roller tables, James Chen and Ye Wang were getting busy with the short time they had left on Day 1A.

There was an flop out there and Chen checked from the big blind position. Wang put out what was presumably a c-bet worth 2,000, and Chen came along to see the turn. He'd check it again, and Wang didn't slow down, leading for 3,500 this time. Chen called once more.

The completed the board and when Chen checked a third time Wang fired 11,500. Chen spent around a minute and a half thinking things over, all the while holding calling chips. He'd ultimately toss them in, but would muck his hand when Wang showed for trips.

There's only 15 minutes left on Day 1A now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ye Wang	88,000	10,400
James Chen	57,000	-19,200

Tags: James Chen Ye Wang

05-23-2018 22:46 UTC+8

Pushing And Shoving

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Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Steven Zhou was under the gun and opened to 2,000, which then folded around to Dmitry Rabotkin in the small blind. He made the call, and when the big blind folded it went heads-up to a flop. Rabotkin checked to the raiser and Zhou made a 2,500 c-bet which was quickly called.

The turn came the and that got checks from both, leading to the river. Rabotkin quickly checked a third time and Zhou sprung back into betting action, leading for 15,000 into the 10,400 pot. Rabotkin calmly and deliberately thought things through before pushing out a raise to 95,000 - enough to cover Zhou.

Zhou made things simple by shoving all-in himself, and Rabotkin called even though his bet was already covering the shove. Zhou turned over for an unlikely straight, but Rabotkin had one too with his for a floppped second pair which improved by the river. The two chopped it up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Rabotkin	77,000	-6,000
Steven Zhou	58,500	10,500

Tags: Dmitry Rabotkin Steven Zhou

05-23-2018 22:34 UTC+8

Post-Break Chip Counts

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Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Play has resumed after the dinner break and there is one level remaining of Day 1 of the OPC High Roller. Due to the late start two levels have been shaved off the day meaning Day 1 of the OPC High Roller will be done and dusted in 40-minutes. Here's how the remaining players are stacking up:

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Wang	120,000	25,000
Hao Su	99,000	41,000
Cyril Andre	88,000	-13,000
Xia Qing Ji	85,000	2,000
Ivan Leow	82,000	-6,000
Ye Wang	77,600	-400
Dmitry Rabotkin	76,200	-6,800
James Chen	76,200	-6,800
Wenling Gao	75,000	22,000
Albert Paik	70,000	45,550
Chung Yuan Yu	65,000	-9,000
Yunsheng Sun	61,000	11,000
Steven Zhou	60,000	12,000
Anson Tsang	54,500	54,500
Chihwen Chen	54,000	4,000
Zhongcai Peng	50,000	50,000
Matthew Moss	48,000	3,000
Canlin Chen	45,000	-5,000
Phanlert Sukonthachartnant	43,000	-1,050
Phachara Wongwichit	29,000	5,350
Devan Tang	27,000	-21,500
Tony Yat Wai Cheng	26,100	-15,100
Hongjun Zhao	26,000	-29,000
Jichong Lei	19,200	-10,900
Ying Jinghui	17,800	-27,200

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

05-23-2018 21:50 UTC+8

Dinner Break

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Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

The 28 remaining OPC High Rollers are on a 40-minute dinner break, with the action resuming shortly. When the action resumes there will be some up-to-date chip counts for your perusal.

05-23-2018 21:49 UTC+8

Moss and Yu Chop, While Spielmann's Chopped Down

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Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Matthew Moss and Chung Yuan Yu had reached a flop of , and Moss check-called a 5,500 bet. The turn was the which got checks from both, resulting in the on the river. Moss now led out for 6,500, and Yu made the call.

Yu -
Moss -

Both had rivered a gutshot, with neither having had much on the flop. The whole tabled had a laugh about it afterwards, presumably because another player had folded the best hand earlier in the pot.

While that pot was being chopped up, Fabian Spielmann was being chopped down over on his table. He only had 7,000 last time we saw him, and now he'll need to re-enter for us to see him again in this one.