Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
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
Photos from Day 1a
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Sun Shines Brightest
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Action folded to the short stack of Sun Bin and he moved all-in on the button for 7,225. Hongjun Zhao was in the small blind, and with around half of his starting stack in front of him he moved all-in too. The big blind folded, and the cards were flipped.
Bin: 
Zhao: 
With Bin having just one overcard, Zhao's pocket sixes looked to be in good shape. They remained in front on the 
flop, but the 
turn put Bin in the lead. He stayed there after the 
turn, and that meant he locked up a double up to 15,350. Zhao is now the short stack at that table with 8,625.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,350 | 15,350 |
|
|
8,625 | -34,375 |
Back To Work
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
The players have return and action has resumed. The plan is to play two more levels, then take a 60-minute dinner break. After that, there will be three more levels before play ends for the night.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Break time
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
The remaining 119 players are now taking their second ten-minute of the break. You'll find some big and notable stacks below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
108,000 | 35,000 |
|
|
92,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
43,000 | -10,000 |
|
42,000 | 7,000 |
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
32,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
28,000 | -2,000 |
|
28,000 | -4,000 |
|
26,000 | -6,000 |
Wang Extends His Lead
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
As of right now the chip leader is still Yongbin Wang, who since eliminating Joshua Zimmerman earlier has only increased his stack.
He just took down a healthy pot from Shiaqing Lin, the player we saw being very active in the early levels. Picking up the action on a 
board, there was already a lot of chips in the centre and when Wang checked Lin fired for 12,000. Wang thought for a few moments before calling, and Lin was forced to show his 
for a busted straight draw. Wang had 
for a flopped two pair, which secured him the pot.
He's up to 95,000 now, while Lin's stack falls to 36,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
36,500 | 4,500 |
Xu Collects From Yanchao
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Zhao Yanchao is a player we've yet to mention, but he's definitely worth paying attention to. Yanchao first came to our attention when he enjoyed a deep run in last year's Suncity Cup Main Event, ultimately finishing 13th for HK$94,400 (~US$12,085) and his first ever cash.
We just caught him in a pot against Yahui Xu, where there was a 
board in the middle. Yanchao had led for 1,500, only for Xu to then raise it to 4,100. After a minute of thinking Yanchao made the call, but mucked with a sigh when Xu turned over for a rivered straight.
That puts on Xu on 36,000 and Yanchao on 34,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000 | 6,000 |
|
34,000 | 34,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
It's Guo Time
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
The latest player to take a seat as we near the midway point of Day 1a is none other than Dong Guo, a very familiar face to those who follow poker in Asia.
Guo has more than $1 million in cashes, placing him 16th on China's all-time money list. His biggest cash came back in 2014 when he finished 29th in the WSOP Main Event for $230,487. He followed that up in 2015 with an APPT title for HK$1,370,860 (~US$176,863), and continued his success in 2016 by taking down a WPT High Roller in Korea for KRW90,790,000 (~US$81,248).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |