HK$16,500 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2018 Oriental Poker Championship
HK$16,500 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Oriental Poker Championship
Buy-in
16,500 HKD
Entries
513
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Shun Yan Feng Bags Day 1a Chip Lead of OPC 2018 Main Event
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Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Day 1a of the Oriental Poker Championship (OPC) 2018 Main Event is in the books. A total of 142 players took a shot today, and after 11 40-minute levels that field was more than halved down to 66 survivors. They’ve all now got Friday off, for Day 2 isn’t until Saturday, May 26.
The player who can relax the most out of all of them is Shun Yan Feng, who won a few big pots late in the day to rocket up the counts, ending the day with 186,300. Had Feng not enjoyed some end-of-day run good, it would have been Yang Zhang we’d crown chipleader. Zhang won a huge pot when his ace-king beat Qi Luo’s pocket kings, doubling him up. He ended the day with 146,600 - good for second place.
Li Cheng Bei had a solid day, bagging up 133,000 when all was said and done. Others who ended well include Yongbin Wang - an early chipleader today - with 132,300, Shu Zhang with 116,600, and Andy Chan with 104,200.
Other notable chip counts to make it through include former chip leader Ning Sun (84,300), Phanlert Sukonthachartnant (84,200), Dong Guo (68,600), Sam Cheong (52,000), and down near the bottom of the counts, Dzmitry Rabotkin (14,500).
As for those who didn't make it through - including Joshua Zimmerman, Shiqiang Lin, Hongjun Zhao, and Zhao Yanchao - they can take another shot as this tournament has unlimited re-entries.
All 66 survivors will return on Saturday at 1 p.m. (check out the full chip counts below), but for now, our attention turns to tomorrow’s Day 1b. That kicks off at 1 p.m. on Friday, and at the end of it, we’ll know our entire Day 2 field. See you back here tomorrow.
End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
186,300 | 186,300 |
|
146,600 | 26,600 |
|
|
133,000 | 133,000 |
|
|
132,300 | 40,300 |
|
|
116,600 | 116,600 |
|
112,600 | 50,600 |
|
110,600 | 110,600 |
|
110,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
105,600 | 105,600 |
|
104,200 | 27,200 |
|
100,000 | 64,000 |
|
94,200 | 32,200 |
|
|
91,400 | 91,400 |
|
|
91,000 | 91,000 |
|
|
90,900 | 90,900 |
|
88,000 | 88,000 |
|
|
86,700 | 86,700 |
|
86,300 | 86,300 |
|
|
84,300 | -3,700 |
|
83,000 | 83,000 |
|
|
74,900 | 74,900 |
|
|
72,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
70,800 | 70,800 |
|
69,500 | 69,500 |
|
|
69,200 | 69,200 |
Final Four Hands
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The clock has now been paused for the final four hands of the night. The hunt for the chip leader begins.
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Huge Pot Goes To Zhang
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Yang Zhang is a happy man right now.
After a preflop raising war, Zhang found himself all-in from the small blind holding 
. Qi Luo was in the big blind and was Zhang's opponent holding 
.
However, fortunately for Zhang the 
runout paired his ace and secured him the double up. Zhang is up to 120,000 now, while Luo's stack falls to 28,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000 | 120,000 |
|
|
28,000 | 28,000 |
Final Level
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The clock is already ticking on the final level of Day 1a. Who will survive? Who will be chipleader? Stay tuned.
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Take A Break
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
It wasn't on the schedule, but the players are now taking one last ten-minute break. When the final 80 return, they'll play one more 40-minute level and then we're done for the day.
Qien Finds A Double
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Sometimes you find yourself having to work backwards in a hand to figure things out. In this one, Chuanshu Chen had a bet of 19,000 in front of him from middle position, while Huang Qien had an all-in bet of 35,900 in front of him from the small blind. It would be a safe bet to assume then that Chen had opened, Qien had three-bet, Chen's 19,000 was a four-bet, and Qien's shove was a five-bet.
Whatever the action prior to our arrival, Chen would end up making the call.
Chen: 
Qien: 
They say that deuces never loses, but it did this time after an 
runout. That takes Chen down to 62,000, and doubles Qien up to 74,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
74,000 | |
|
|
62,000 |