2018 Oriental Poker Championship

HK$16,500 Main Event
Day: 3
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

Day 3 of the OPC Main Event; The Road to the Final Table

Yan Shun Feng will be returning as one of the larger stacks
Yan Shun Feng will be returning as one of the larger stacks

Welcome back to the PokerNews live coverage of the penultimate day of the Oriental Poker Championship Macau Main Event. The 513-strong field has been whittled down to a more manageable 58, and these survivors will be returning to the poker tables of the Venetian Resort & Hotel all set on reaching the 10-handed final table, which the field will be playing down until.

The money bubble was reached and breached at the close of Day 2, and all remaining players are guaranteed a payday of at least HKD $27,600 (~$3,520). However, it is the HKD $1,451,000 (~$185,000) top prize that all will have their eye on.

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

The man leading the charge is Ivan Leow, who bagged up an impressive 739,000 to top the Day 2 chip counts. The Malaysian player also topped the Day 1C counts, having already taken down the HKD $100,000 OPC High Roller for HKD $1,442,300 (~US$183,740) and Leow will be eager to add yet another trophy to his cabinet.

Leow seized an early Day 2 lead before China's Yan Shun Feng made a play for the top of the table. However, Leow remained near the top of the counts and re-seized the lead before the close of play to return for Day 3 with a stack of 739,000.

Ivan Leow
Ivan Leow holds the chip lead

China's Chuanshu Chen is returning second in the counts after bursting the money bubble and sending Iceland's Adalsteinn Karlsson to the rail empty-handed and will be coming back with a stack of 712,000.

Feng still remains one of the larger stacks, and will be returning with 625,000 in chips. Other notables still in the running include China's Dong Liang Cheng (598,000), Thailand's most successful tournament player Phanlert Sukonthachartnant (584,000), China's Yuefeng Pan (530,000) and High Roller third place finalist Albert Paik (479,000).

Day 3 kicks off at 1pm local time (GMT+7) and blinds will be re-commencing at 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 running ante, with the average stack in the region of 265,000 so there is still plenty of play left.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor to bring you all the action as it happens so let's see who has what it takes to successfully traverse the road to the final table.

OPC Main Event Day 3 Seat Draw

TableSeatNameCountryChip Count
11Wei Yi ZhangChina522,000
12Tianyou LiuChina370,000
13Jiayu RuanChina191,000
14Ivan LeowMalaysia739,000
15Terence WuHong Kong264,000
16Jiang Ling YunChina338,000
17Zhong Qiang ChenChina218,000
18Sangjun LeeKorea153,000
19Peng Cheng CaiChina245,000
     
21Xu Ya HuiChina337,000
22Yuan Chao LiChina322,000
23Hao ChenChina210,000
24Jason WongUK255,000
24Yang ZhangChina195,000
25Yue Peng ChengChina179,000
26Austin WaltonUSA135,000
27Lin ZhouChina60,000
28Albert PaikUSA479,000
29Ho Chi ChungHong Kong90,000
     
31Sun BinChina139,000
32Chang Bo FengChina235,000
33Qiu Shun YangChina514,000
35Wei Guo LiangChina308,000
36Jin TiangChina76,000
37Shi Zi XiaoChina198,000
38Xiao Ruo HuangChina208,000
     
41Peng ZhouChina75,000
42Sen MuChina157,000
44Chuanshu ChenChina712,000
45Jianwen MaoChina510,000
46Xiaobo ZhouChina485,000
47Wing Kei ChanHong Kong96,000
48Yang YangChina163,000
49Phanlert SukonthachartnantThailand584,000
     
61Ming HuangChina115,000
62Duan Shan JunChina62,000
63Ming Juen TeohMalaysia380,000
64Hao TianChina148,000
65Jia Feng WangChina273,000
66Qiu Han WeiChina134,000
67Shun Yan FengChina625,000
68Wu Yuan NingChina101,000
     
71Yazhou ChenChina161,000
72Jackson Kai Tai ChanHong Kong104,000
73Pei YanChina154,000
74Yue Feng PanChina530,000
75Yanlun LiChina87,000
76Sang HuangHong Kong300,000
77Ou Yang BoChina87,000
78He Yu JiaoChina303,000
     
81Lang YiChina165,000
82Dong Liang ChengChina598,000
83Peng ChenChina197,000
84Kin Fai ChungHong Kong309,000
85Shi Qiang LinChina247,000
86Sung Chang ParkKorea75,000
87Liu Wei GaoChina178,000
88Xia Qing JiChina252,000

Tags: Albert PaikChuanshu ChenDong Liang ChengIvan LeowPhanlert SukonthachartnantYuefeng Pan