OPC Main Event Final Table Live Coverage
Welcome ladies and gentlemen, to the grand finale of the inaugural Oriental Poker Championship Macau Main Event, playing out at the poker tables of the Venetian Macau Hotel & Resort.
This is it folks, we are playing for all the marbles here. Just eight players remain of the 513-strong field, all playing for the lions share of the HKD $7,46M (~$951,400) prize pool. The winner will walk away with the HKD $1.45M (~$185,000) top prize, in addition to the trophy, title and something money can't buy – the honor of becoming the first ever OPC Main Event Champion.
Currently, the favorite to achieve this prestigious accomplishment is someone who has done it already, with Malaysia's Ivan Leow the man coming in with the chip lead and a stack of 3,940,000.
Leow became the first-ever player to win an OPC High Roller, taking down the HKD $100,000 Event for an HKD $1,442,300 (~US$183,740) payday. The Malaysian player has dominated a great deal of the Main Event action, topping his 1c starting flight and the Day 2 chip counts, before doing it all over again on Day 3.
Whether Leow can close out what would be a record-setting double in the OPC's debut event remains to be seen, but should he do so it would surely become the stuff of Macau legend and folklore.
The next biggest stack belongs to Chang Bo Feng, and while the Chinese player cannot be found on the Hendonmob poker database, he can certainly play, a fact he proved by flirting with the chip lead already, before Leow snagged it back towards the end of Day 3. Feng will be returning with a stack of just over 3-million and has showcased all the skills necessary to hoist the trophy should the cards fall his way.
However, first he will have to get past Wayne Zhang, who sits at #14 on the China All Time Money List with live tournament winnings of over $1.1 million and five tournament titles on his poker resume. Zhang will be aiming for the top spot for the largest cash of his tournament career, as well as the prestige of the OPC title. Zhang is returning fourth in the counts with a stack of close to 2-million, sitting just behind the USA's Austin Walton (2,125,000). The rest of the final eight is stacking up as follows:
| Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Leow | Malaysia | 3,940,000 | 98.5 |
| Chang Bo Feng | China | 3,025,000 | 75.6 |
| Austin Walton | USA | 2,125,000 | 53.1 |
| Wei Yi Zhang | China | 1,990,000 | 49.7 |
| Xiaobo Zhou | China | 1,390,000 | 34.7 |
| Sang Hwang | Hong Kong | 1,265,000 | 31.6 |
| Yuefeng Pan | China | 1,250,000 | 31.2 |
| Yazhou Chen | China | 375,000 | 9.3 |
The exciting conclusion to this thrilling poker series plays out at 1pm local time (GMT+7) on Monday, 28 May with blinds being rolled back to Level 26, starting at 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 running ante. The PokerNews live reporting team will be here with exclusive blow-by-blow action, so stick with us as we make history and crown the inaugural OPC Main Event Champion.
OPC Macau Main Event Final Table
| Table | Seat | Player Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Yazhou Chen | China | 375,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Wei Yi Zhang | China | 1,990,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Austin Walton | USA | 2,125,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Xiaobo Zhou | China | 1,390,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Chang Bo Feng | China | 3,025,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Ivan Leow | Malaysia | 3,940,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Yuefeng Pan | China | 1,250,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Sang Hwang | Hong Kong | 1,265,000 |