2018 Oriental Poker Championship

HK$16,500 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 Oriental Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
1,451,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
16,500 HKD
Entries
513
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Updated Counts And Eliminations

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ivan Leow my
Ivan Leow
410,000 123,000
Yang Zhang cn
Yang Zhang
WSOP 1X Winner
310,000 163,400
Albert Paik us
Albert Paik
240,000 149,300
Shi Qiang Lin cn
Shi Qiang Lin
220,000 36,000
Phanlert Sukonthachartnant th
Phanlert Sukonthachartnant
176,000 81,800
Wayne Zhang cn
Wayne Zhang
140,000 140,000
Kimi Dong cn
Kimi Dong
140,000 -72,500
Andy Ying Kit Chan hk
Andy Ying Kit Chan
99,000 -5,200
Terrence Wu hk
Terrence Wu
78,000 78,000
Victor Chong my
Victor Chong
60,000 18,000
Jeho Lee kr
Jeho Lee
50,000 -5,000
Alvan Zheng cn
Alvan Zheng
42,000 3,500
Wenling Gao cn
Wenling Gao
36,000
Benjamin Hamnett us
Benjamin Hamnett
WPT 1X Winner
24,000 24,000
Carson Ka Shing Wong hk
Carson Ka Shing Wong
Busted
Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
Busted
Jen Chen Chiu
Jen Chen Chiu
Busted
Dzmitry Rabotkin
Dzmitry Rabotkin
Busted

Gao Not Getting Good Start

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Wenling Gao
Wenling Gao

Wenling Gao is not getting the start she wanted to her Day 2 and has dropped down the counts. One of the beneficiaries of Gao's fall is Xiabo Zhou who ha just padded out his stack some at the former's expense.

It was Zhou driving the action with a pre-flop raise to 6,000 from early position, with Gao defending from the big blind. The {a-Clubs}{6-Spades}{6-Clubs} flop saw Gao check the action over to Zhou, who really looked like he hated the ace.

There was no action on the {4-Hearts} turn either. The {5-Diamonds} river saw Zhou eke out a little bit of value with a 4,000 bet after Gao checked for the third time, and then made the call.

Zhou rolled over {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}, which were good with Gao mucking and Zhou raking in the pot to climb to 98,000 while Gao fell to 36,000. However, she is doing better than Carson Wong and Dmitry Rabotkin, who are both bust and are on the waiting list for the cash games.

Player Chips Progress
Xiabo Zhou cn
Xiabo Zhou
98,000 7,000
Wenling Gao cn
Wenling Gao
36,000 -27,100
Dmitry Rabotkin by
Dmitry Rabotkin
Busted
Carson Ka Shing Wong hk
Carson Ka Shing Wong
Busted

Tags: Wenling GaoXiabo Zhou

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Jun Takes Out Chu

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The field is shrinking rapidly, with Yung-Bin Chu the latest man to hit the rail. With the community cards spread {4-Spades}{5-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{k-Hearts} Chu was all-in on the turn after raising pre-flop and finding a caller in tablemate Duan Shan Jun in the blinds.

After asking for the count (Chu was all-in for 47,600) Jun made the call and Chu discovered his fate; his {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds} had been out flopped by Jun's {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} and there was no seven on the river, meaning we lose one more, while Jun stacked up to 222,000.

Player Chips Progress
Duan Shan Jun cn
Duan Shan Jun
222,000 133,200
Yung Bing Chu tw
Yung Bing Chu
Busted

Tags: Duan Shan JunYung Bing Chu

100 Fall In Opening Two Levels

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

We're now down to just 170 players remaining after an action-packed two levels saw more than 100 players bust. That means we're now 107 eliminations away from the money.

The Final Countdown

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Anson Tsang
Anson Tsang

An interesting pot just played out between Anson Tsang, Feng Jiao Wang, and Sen Mu. With a {2-Clubs}{5-Spades}{8-Spades} flop out there, Mu had led for 7,000 and Wang had called. Tsang then moved all-in for around 55,000 and with the action on Mu, he went deep into the tank. Eventually the clock was called, and Mu pondered his decision with his roughly 20,000 stack in his hands.

Finally, he slammed down a call.

Or did he? It turned out Mu was told his minute was up, and therefore his hand was dead. The table (notably Wing Kei Chan and Hung Sheng Lin) began to argue on Mu's behalf that a final ten or five second countdown should have been made by the floor staff, and therefore Mu should get an extra ten seconds to decide. A ruling was made that Mu should indeed get extra time, and he let another eight or nine seconds of his final countdown tick before making the call for the second time.

Wang now let her hand go quickly, and Mu saw that his {9-Clubs}{8-Hearts} for top pair was in bad shape against Tsang's {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}. The poker gods were looking down on Mu though and gifted him a {9-Diamonds} on the turn for two pair, which got "Ohhhhh!"s from around the table. Mu's hand held up after the {6-Diamonds} river, doubling him up to 75,000 and bringing Tsang's stack down to 24,000.

Player Chips Progress
Sen Mu cn
Sen Mu
75,000 18,000
Anson Tsang hk
Anson Tsang
WSOP 3X Winner
24,000 -35,100

Tags: Anson TsangFeng Jiao WangSen Mu

Prize Pool Announced; Beats HKD $5-Million Guarantee

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The numbers are in and the 513 OPC Main Event entries have smashed the HKD $5-million guarantee, generating a prize pool of HKD $7,464,200 (~US$951,400) with the top 63 places paying out and a min-cash good for HK$27,600.

Nobody will be aiming for that though, and all remaining players will have their eye on the HKD $1,451,000 (~US$185,000) top prize, which the winner will be walking away with, in addition to the trophy and title, plus bragging rights for becoming the first-ever Oriental Poker Championship Champion, which is priceless. You can see the full payouts under the 'Payouts' tab at the top of the page.

OPC Main Event Top Ten Payouts

PlacePrize (HKD)Prize (USD)
1$1,451,000$184,946
2$1,016,700$129,589
3$653,900$83,346
4$483,700$61652
5$362,800$46,242
6$291,100$37,103
7$242,600$30,922
8$193,300$24,638
9$145,600$18,558
10$106,700$13,600

Double for Wei

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Guo Liang Wei is keeping his OPC Main Event dream alive and has just doubled through tablemate Zhong Qiang Chen to improve his chances.

It was Chen who was the man driving the action, at least at first, opening to 5,000 from middle position before Wei shoved from the button for 27,100. Wei asked for a count and ummed and ahhed over the decision for a minute or so before making the call.

Guo Liang Wei: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Zhong Qiang Chen: {a-Spades}{7-Spades}

The {6-Hearts}{6-Spades}{7-Diamonds} flop was a good one for Wei's pocket nines, though he did have a bit of a sweat on the {5-Spades} turn, which gave Chen some backdoor flush outs to go with his seven and ace outs. The {j-Clubs} river saw Wei double and Chen drop some chips.

Player Chips Progress
Kimi Dong cn
Kimi Dong
212,500 -5,700
Zhong Qiang Chen cn
Zhong Qiang Chen
140,000 79,800
Wei Guo Liang cn
Wei Guo Liang
58,300 24,500

Tags: Kimi DongZhong Qiang ChenGuo Liang Wei