2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau

Main Event
Event Info

2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
1,605,472 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
6,600 HKD
Entries
221
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
75,000

Tang Edges into Early Lead

Level 20 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Danny Tang
Danny Tang

With the elimination of Sahashi Hideki, Hong Kong’s Danny Tang is the biggest stack with 5.7 million, though Lim Chin Wei is not all that far behind with 5 million.

Tang is now starting to target some of the shorter stacks and we caught him in action against the final tables’ now shortest stack Kosei Ichinose. We picked up the action on a flop of {3-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{8-Hearts} with over 400,000 already in the pot just as Ichinose checked the action over to Tang, who leveraged his huge stack to apply the pressure with a bet of 160,000. After some time spent thinking things over Ichinose slid in the call and the {4-Diamonds} turn came in.

This was the last card of the hand though, as once Ichinose checked the action over to Tang he fired for 315,000, which represented more than 50 percent of the Japanese pro’s remaining chips and Ichinose reluctantly let it go.

Here’s how the final seven are stacking up:

Player Chips Progress
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
5,700,000 -48,300,000
Lim Chin Wei my
Lim Chin Wei
5,000,000 -500,000
Eugene Co ph
Eugene Co
3,350,000 1,050,000
Chien Jenyen tw
Chien Jenyen
2,100,000 -90,000
Je Ho Lee kr
Je Ho Lee
1,800,000 -630,000
Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung
1,700,000 335,000
Kosei Ichinose jp
Kosei Ichinose
600,000 -1,235,000

Tags: Danny TangKosei Ichinose

Sahashi Hideki Eliminated in 8th (HK$174,400)

Level 20 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Japan's Sahashi Hideki
Japan's Sahashi Hideki

The first casualty of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau Final Table was the shortest stack and despite coming into the day with a little over 22 big blinds Japan’s Sahashi Hideki could not find the cards for that all elusive double up.

Down to his last 10 big blinds, Hideki moved all-in from the button over the top of a Danny Tang cutoff open and the Hong Kong player made a quick call.

Sahashi Hideki: {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
Danny Tang: {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

Hideki was the at-risk player and Tang’s ace-high was leading, though the Japanese player’s cards were live. The {10-}{3-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} flop was exactly the sort of board that Hideki was after, but unfortunately the {6-} turn and {5-} river were not the diamonds (or jack or queen) that he need to survive and he exited in 8th place for an HK$174,400 (~$22,325) payday while Tang stacked up to 5.4 million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
54,000,000 48,785,000
Sahashi Hideki jp
Sahashi Hideki
Busted

Tags: Danny TangSahashi Hideki

Level: 20

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

The 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau Final Table is Here

(l-r) Lim Chin Wei, Chien Jenyen, Je Ho Lee, Eugene Co, Danny Tang, Sahashi Hideki, Sparrow Cheung, Kosei Ichinose
(l-r) Lim Chin Wei, Chien Jenyen, Je Ho Lee, Eugene Co, Danny Tang, Sahashi Hideki, Sparrow Cheung, Kosei Ichinose

It’s final table time at the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau and it has taken a lot of poker, played out over five starting legs in four different countries to whittle the 928-strong field to the final eight.

All eight players are guaranteed a payday of at least HK$174,400 (~$22,325) but it is the HK$HK$1,925,000 first prize that all will have their eye on and the man best positioned to take that down is Lim Chin Wei, who is coming back with the chip lead and a stack of 5,500,000 – 91 big blinds.

The Malaysian player dominated a great deal of the Day 3 action, waking up with pocket Kings to bust Poland’s Karol Janiszewski at the start of the play to seize the chip lead before dropping down the pecking order.

However, a last-gasp burst of form saw Wei set up the unofficial ten-handed final, with pocket kings once again helping Wei in his climb to the top of the leaderboard, eliminating China’s Yuefeng Pan shortly before the end of play. Wei is in the hunt for his first major title and a fifth-place finish or higher will see the Malaysian cash for a career best.

It won’t be easy though as the last eight still has plenty of talent remaining. Danny Tang is sitting second in chips with a stack of 5,215,000 (86 big blinds) and with over US$757,061 in career tournament earnings victory here will see him reach and breach the $1 million mark and the Hong Kong player has the stack, and the skills to go the distance

Korea’s Je Ho Lee will also fancy his chances, and held the chip lead for a great deal of Day 3 before an ill-timed bluff against fellow final tablist Chien Jenyen when play was two tables out saw Lee drop back down into the pack. Lee is returning as the third largest stack with 2,430,000 in chips.

Another player who is no stranger to making the final table is Hong Kong Poker Player Association president Sparrow Cheung, who is making his 34th final table appearance of 2017. Cheung has cashed an impressive 62 times (63 including this event) in 2017 and currently holds the number one spot for most 2017 cashes worldwide.

While Kosei Ichinose may be nursing one of the shorter stacks, the Japanese poker professional cannot be counted out and already has two high roller titles under his belt, as well as over US$527,799 in career tournament earnings.

The final table’s other Japanese player, Sahashi Hideki, has also impressed this series. Hideki came in to the event with the overall chiplead with a stack of 374,200 after crushing the Suncity Cup Taipei leg and has remained one of the larger stacks all series. It’s not often that the man who holds the early chip lead goes the distance, but Hideki has showcased all the necessary skills to take this event down. In short, there is still some scintillating poker to be played and here’s how the final table is stacking up:

2017 Suncity Cup Main Event Final Table

SeatNameCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Lim Chin WeiMalaysia5,500,00091
2Chien JenyenTaiwan2,190,00036
3Je Ho LeeKorea2,430,00040
4Eugene CoPhilippines2,300,00038
5Danny TangHong Kong5,215,00086
6Sahashi HidekiJapan1,250,00022
7Sparrow CheungHong Kong1,365,00022
8Kosei IchinoseJapan1,835,00030

The final table will resume at 1:30pm on Saturday, 2 December and blinds will be starting at 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 running ante. Join us then to see who has the drive and desire to emerge as the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau Main Event champion.

Tags: Chien JenyenDanny TangEugene CoJe Ho LeeKosei IchinoseLim Chin WeiSahashi HidekiSparrow Cheung

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