Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
2018 Oriental Poker Championship
HK$16,500 Main Event
Day: 2
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
Break Time, Seven Away From Bubble
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Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The 70 remaining players have gone on a 15-minute break. When they return, we'll play one more 60-minute level, during which it's very possible the bubble will burst. Stay tuned.
Huge Pot For Leow
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Former chip leader Ivan Leow's stack had taken a few hits, but he's just won a large pot to bring his stack back to almost 400,000.
The action had already reached the river of a 
board and there was around 150,000 in the pot when we arrived. Cun Zhang had checked it, and Leow slid out a bet of 140,000, leaving himself 100,000 behind. Zhang had to think long and hard about it; he had 210,000 behind, so it was for the vast majority of his chips.
Ultimately Zhang decided to live and fight another day, and he laid it down to give Leow 390,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000 | 85,000 |
|
210,000 | 158,300 |
Liu Rails One, Zhang Rails Another
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
There have been two more quick bust outs to bring the field down to 76 meaning players are now 13 bustouts away from making the business end of the tournament.
While we do not know the names of the two unfortunates to his the rail, being as their day is done it makes more sense to tell you who the victors were, being as they'll be sticking around for a while longer.
Tianyou Liu is keeping his Main Event hopes alive, winning a race with 
against an adversary's pocket fives to send his opponent to the exit and chip up to 165,000 after hitting an ace on the river when the board ran out 
.
Wayne Zhang is another player who will be sticking around for a while longer, having just spiked a set of nines to bust another player who headed for the rail in a hurry. That pot brought Zhang's stack up to 345,000.
However, the man to catch is still China's Yan Shun Feng, who has over 900,000 in chips. Feng always seems to be scooping pots when we wander by, but we are always too late to catch him in action.
Feng's next closest rival looks to be Shuai Yang Qia who has 475,000 and with the average stack coming in at just over 200,000, that gives Feng quite the chip lead. Other notables with decent sized stacks include Phanlert Sukonthachartnant (425,000), China's Hao Chen (365,000) and Ivan Leow is still up there, but has dropped down to 310,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000 | 140,000 |
|
425,000 | 123,000 |
|
365,000 | -45,000 |
|
|
345,000 | 170,000 |
|
|
310,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
165,000 | -65,000 |
Liu Loses It All Thanks To Mao's Lucky River
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Jianwen Mao can't believe his luck right now, and neither can his table mates.
The hand that resulted in disbelief started with a button open to 10,000 from Mao. The big blind player Jian Liu then three-bet it to 30,000, and Mao just called to see a 
flop. Liu would make a continuation bet of 20,000, but again Mao didn't budge.
The dealer then burned and turned the 
and this time Liu slowed down and checked. Mao took the betting lead for 45,000, only for Liu to then move all-in for 130,000. Call.
Liu: 
Mao: 
Mao had flopped best, but Liu had turned trips and was in excellent shape to double up. At least he was, until the 
river landed. Mao had hit a two-outer and that prompted Liu to get up and go. Mao's stack now counts up as 405,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
405,000 | 346,100 |
|
|
Busted |
Teoh on the Rise
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Malaysia's Paul Ming Juen Teoh is on the rise at the moment and has spun his 80,000 stack up to 185,000, with the majority of this coming from China's Zhong Qiang Chen.
We caught Toeh shoving into big stack Shuai Yang Qia, who peeked at his cards before folding 
face up and leaving Toeh to collect the blinds and antes.
A decent sized pot played out on the next table over immediately after this, and we caught Yahui Xu putting a short-stacked opponent to the test for all his chips on a board of 
. There was over 100,000 already in the pot and Xu had moved all-in. His opponent only had 90,000 behind and thought long and hard, but eventually decided to wait for either a better spot, or a better hand, and folded leaving Xu to climb to 260,000 without having to showdown.
By the time we turned back around Toeh had got all the chips in against Zhong Qiang Chen and we just caught the aftermath as stacks were being counted down. The board had run out 
and Chen had 
face up on the table beside his chip stack. While Toeh too only had ace-high the Malaysian player's kicker was better and he won the pot with . He also had Chen covered and the latter headed off while Toeh climbed to 185,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 | 60,000 |
|
185,000 | 185,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Biggest Stacks
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
With just two hours left on Day 2, here's a look at the biggest stacks in the room. Yan Shun Feng, who ended Day 1a as chip leader, is comfortably out in front with 760,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
760,000 | 260,000 |
|
|
480,000 | 46,000 |
|
|
360,000 | -50,000 |
|
|
305,000 | -159,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Breaktime
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The 87 remaining OCP Main Event players are on a 10-minute break. There are just two more 60-minute levels remaining when play resumes and we are just 23 bust outs away from the bubble, and 24 bustouts away from the hallowed money spots.
Lin Rails Chao
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Hu Chao's tournament is now over, courtesy of Dante Lin after the two went to war pre-flop. We arrived in time to see Lin three-bet to 80,000 from the small blind after Chao had raised from the cutoff. The Chinese player pulled the trigger immediately, moving all-in for 144,000 in total. Lin asked how much more, then realized he was probably priced in anyway, and eventually slid out the call.
Dante Lin:
Hu Chao:
Chao was at risk and racing for his tournament life, but the 
runout was only good for Lin, who stacked up to 375,000 while Chao headed for the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
375,000 | 155,000 |
|
|
Busted |