HK$16,500 Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2018 Oriental Poker Championship
HK$16,500 Main Event
Day: 3
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
High Roller Champ Ivan Leow Enters OPC 2018 Main Event Final Table As Chipleader
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Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Day 3 of the Oriental Poker Championship Main Event has now come to a close, and we’ve reached our final table of eight.
Had we asked you, back when the action kicked off at 1pm local time with 58 players, to put money on a player you thought would end the day as chip leader, the smart money would have been on Malaysia’s Ivan Leow. After all, Leow is a man who seems to have the Midas touch here in Macau. He won the HK$100K High Roller on Thursday night for HK$1.44 million, and started this penultimate day as chip leader. The lead switched around a bunch today, but Leow always had at least a top three stack.
Now, amazingly, not only is he in with a shot of winning the Main Event too, but he’s the final table chip leader. Leow finished the day with 3.94 million, headlining his second final table of the OPC.
The pace of play on Day 3 was relentless throughout. Elimination after elimination, big pot after big pot, by the time we got down to a final table of ten it was Chang Bo Feng who topped the counts. His hot streak began when he busted Paul Teoh in 14th place right before the dinner break, flopping a straight when Teoh flopped two pair. Feng then took the chip lead when he eliminated Thailand’s all-time money winner Phanlert Sukonthachartnant in 12th, winning a flip with pocket sevens against ace-queen.
Feng would end the day with 3.025 million, second in chips, after busting Wing Kei Chan in ninth. Spare a thought for Chan; he found a great spot to double up at the bitter end - his pocket aces versus the short stack Yazhou Chen’s pocket queens - but unluckily for him the hand was rendered a misdeal (scroll down through our coverage to read about that). He’d bust shortly after when he ran his pocket nines into Feng’s pocket queens.
Who else is through then? For one, there’s the guy who’s 14th on China’s all-time money list, Wayne Zhang, who enters tomorrow with 1.99 million. He has $1.13 million in cashes on his poker CV, with his biggest score coming from a runner-up finish in the 2016 APPT Red Dragon, good for $168,071. If he takes this event down, he’ll have a new career-best cash.
Here’s a look at the final table chip counts:
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan Leow | Malaysia | 3,940,000 |
| 2 | Chang Bo Feng | China | 3,025,000 |
| 3 | Austin Walton | USA | 2,125,000 |
| 4 | Wei Yi Zhang | China | 1,990,000 |
| 5 | Xiaobo Zhou | China | 1,390,000 |
| 6 | Sang Hwang | Hong Kong | 1,265,000 |
| 7 | Yuefeng Pan | China | 1,250,000 |
| 8 | Yazhou Chen | China | 375,000 |
One player you might have expected to see is missing from that list. Shun Yan Feng came into the day with the second biggest stack behind only Leow, but a huge bluff cost him almost his entire stack. Chuanshu Chen had three-bet pre-flop, which original raiser Feng called to see a 
flop. Feng then checked and Chen led for 125,000, only for Feng to check-raise all-in for 558,000. Chen made the call with 
for top pair, while Feng had 
for a gutshot and flush draw which failed to improve. He was ousted shortly after.
Another player you might have expected to final table was the ever-dangerous Albert Paik. Earlier in the day Paik shot up the counts when he made quads with his pocket eights to crack Hao Chen’s pocket kings. But after losing a big hand to Leow (who showed him a bluff), Paik was eliminated a hand or two later when he jammed into Sang Hwang who had flopped a full house.
Other players we lost today include last female standing Jia Feng Wang, final table bubble boy Xu Ya Hui, as well as Chuanshu Chen, Sen Mu, Wei Guo Liang, Terrence Wu, He Yu Jiao, Yang Zhang, Sun Bin, and Qiu Han Wei.
Here’s a reminder of what the finalists are playing for when they return tomorrow at 1pm for the fourth and final day (with blinds rolling back to Level 26, 20K/40K/5K):
OPC Main Event Top Eight Payouts
| Place | Prize (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 |
PokerNews will be here with exclusive blow-by-blow action, so join us tomorrow to find out who will become the inaugural OPC Main Event champ.
OPC Official Final Table Chip Counts (full)
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,940,000 | -160,000 |
|
3,025,000 | |
|
2,125,000 | 205,000 |
|
|
1,990,000 | 10,000 |
|
1,390,000 | -10,000 |
|
1,265,000 | -85,000 |
|
1,250,000 | |
|
375,000 | 375,000 |
Wing Kei Chan Eliminated in 9th Place (HKD $145,600/$18,558)
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
You can't help but feel sorry for Wing Kei Chan; first, there was the misdeal when he had pocket aces, then Yuefeng Pan got it in behind and doubled up. Then came the following hand, which was the last Chan would be dealt in the OPC Main Event.
Action folded around to Chan in the hi-jack and he moved all-in for around 600,000 and was beaten into the pot by Chang Bo Feng.
Wing Kei Chan: 
Chang Bo Feng:
Chan looked understandably disappointed to be at risk and behind, taking to his feet as his fate was decided by the poker gods, who are fickle deities at the best of times. The flop came down 
, bringing Chan no help.
The 
saw the Hong Kong player teeter on the brink of elimination and the 
river was the final nail in the coffin. Chan made HKD $145,600 (~$18,558) for his ninth-place finish and will rue what might have been, while Feng stacked up to 3.02-million. All that action concluded the day, with the eight remaining finalists returning to action on Monday, 27 May at 1pm sharp, so join us then.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,025,000 | 725,000 |
|
Busted |
Double for Pan
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Yuefeng Pan came within a whisker of busting but hit the flop to double through Chang Bo Feng. It was Feng who raised first, making it 125,000 to go from the hi-jack before Pan shipped in the lot for a shove of 605,000 and was quickly called.
Yuefeng Pan: 
Chang Bo Feng, 
Fortunately for Pan, the flop came king-high with the cards running out 
to see him double to 1.25-million, while Feng dropped down to 2.3-million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,300,000 | -565,000 |
|
|
1,250,000 | 600,000 |
Breaktime and Stacks
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
The nine finalists are on a 10-minute break, here's how they are stacking up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,100,000 | 550,000 |
|
|
2,865,000 | -585,000 |
|
|
1,980,000 | 355,000 |
|
|
1,920,000 | -130,000 |
|
|
1,400,000 | -150,000 |
|
|
1,350,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
650,000 | -50,000 |
|
|
650,000 | -300,000 |
|
|
385,000 | -330,000 |
A Strange Turn of Events
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Something most unusual has gone down on the final table and the clock was paused while things were sorted out. It all started when Yazhou Chen shoved for 395,000 from the hi-jack and big blind Wing Kei Chan made an immediate call in the big blind.
So far, pretty normal, and this is where things got a bit weird. Chan triumphantly tabled 
and Chen revealed his hand, turning over what he thought was pocket queens.
However, sandwiched between the two ladies was another card and Li revealed 
. Things were in a state of flux while the tournament directors checked the cameras for potential foul play, but it was ruled to be an honest mistake and declared a misdeal. Cards are now back in the air with 4-minutes remaining on the level.
Walton Up, Zhang Down
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Things are going pretty well for the USA's Austin Walton, but not so swimmingly for Wayne Zhang. The two have tangled in quite a few pots recently, none of which have made it to showdown, but Walton seemed to have had the best of it so far.
That trend continued in a blind on blind battle between the two, with Zhang limping the small blind. Last time this happened Walton checked it back and Zhang won with a min-bet on the flop. However, things played out a little differently this time around and Walton raised it up to 105,000 with Zhang making the call.
The monochrome 
flop saw no betting, so Zhang decided to take a stab on the turn for 155,000. Walton remained motionless for a minute before springing into action and cutting out a raise to 400,000. Zhang sighed, re-checked his cards and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,050,000 | |
|
|
1,625,000 |
Leow Edges Ahead
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
It's tight at the top, but Ivan Leow has edged into the chip lead, but only just. There was some more pushing and shoving, but nothing came of it. Finally, there was a flop, with Xiaobo Zhou raising the button to 90,000 and Chang Bo Feng made the call from the big blind to take play heads-up. Feng led the 
flop and Zhou made a quick fold.
The next hand it was Sang Hwang the man doing the raising, making it 90,000 from early position and receiving no respect for doing so, with Wayne Zhang (middle position), and Ivan Leow (small blind) making the call to take play three-way to a flop of .
There was no betting and the came in on the turn. Leow took a stab for roughly half pot and both other players folded, leaving Leow to rake in the pot and edge into a slender lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,550,000 | 350,000 |
|
|
3,450,000 | 350,000 |
|
|
2,000,000 | -150,000 |
|
|
1,550,000 | -170,000 |
|
|
1,250,000 | 150,000 |
Dong Liang Cheng Eliminated in 10th Place (HKD $106,700/$13,600)
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Ten-handed final tables are a tight affair and there was quite a bit of blind and ante-swapping before finally some action. It was China's Xiaobo Zhou who was the driver, accelerating to 80,000 from the lo-jack. Action folded around to Dong Liang Cheng on the button who had but one move remaining in his arsenal and moved all-in for 335,000 (just over 8 big blinds).
Zhou sat back and took off his sunglasses, asked how much more, counted out the chips, shrugged, and the casually tossed in the call.
Xiaobo Zhou:
Dong Liang Cheng:
Cheng was racing for his tournament life and the 
was not a good flop for a man with two over cards. The 
brought paint, but not of the variety Cheng was looking for and the 
river brought the final table down to nine. Cheng headed off to collect his winnings, while Zhou stacked up to 1.72-million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,720,000 | 470,000 |
|
Busted |