Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau
Buy-in
6,600 HKD
Entries
221
Level
28
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
75,000
Martins and Cartwright Battle over Blinds
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
We picked up the action on a flop of 
with close to 1,900 in blinds and antes in the pot in a battle of the blinds between Antonio Martins and Oliver Cartwright.
First to act in the small blind, Martins led out for 700 and Cartwright quickly raised to 2,700. Martins looked tempted, re-checked his cards, then decided to let it go. Martins dropped to 17,300 while Cartwright climbed to 43,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
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17,300
2,275
|
2,275 |
Lau Busts Dong to Take Lead
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Cheng Dong and Sio Fat Lat became involved in a raising war that saw all the chips find their way into the middle pre-flop, with Lau the man to pull the trigger first.
We turned up just as Dong moved all-in as a three-bet over the top of a Lau big blind re-raise with the Macanese player making a quick call and the cards were turned over.
Cheng Dong: 
Sio Fat Lau: 
Dong was the at-risk player and would need some help, which he duly received when the flop fell 
to give him top pair. Unfortunately, the 
turn put Lau firmly in front and left Dong drawing dead. The 
river was merely a formality and the field is now down to 12. That pot saw Lau edge into the chip lead with a stack of 57,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
Busted |
More Pics from Day 1A of the Suncity Cup Finale Macau
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
More Casualties, Lau Strengthens Lead
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Players are dropping like flies and we are now down to a single nine-handed table with Andrew An and Guangli Liu hitting the rail.
They won’t get lonely though as Keng Po Wong has recently joined them and it was Sio Fat Lau who was wielding the executioner’s axe once more, defending his big blind against Wong’s pre-flop button shove.
Keng Po Wong: 
Sio Fat Lau: 
Both players missed the flop by miles and with no paint in sight, Lau’s ace-high was enough to send Wong to the rail and Lau stacked up to a sizable 109,000 further cementing his lead and making him the man to catch.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
109,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Hikosaka Overtakes Lau and Busts Cartwright
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Nine quickly became eight with Oliver Cartwright and Keisuke Hikosaka duking it out in a hand that saw the former’s tournament come to an abrupt end.
It was Hikosaka who was the initial aggressor, opening the action from the cut off before Cartwright moved all-in from the big blind with the Japanese player making a speedy call.
Oliver Cartwright: 
Keisuke Hikosaka: 
Cartwright may have pulled the trigger first but was also the at-risk player and would need to hit to survive. As you can clearly tell from the title of this post, that did not happen with the board running out 
meaning Hikosaka’s pair of fours was enough to win a huge pot and snag the chip lead.
The Japanese player edges slightly in front of Sio Fat Lau with a stack of 108,000 with the remaining players stacking up as follows:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
108,000
80,800
|
80,800 |
|
|
106,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
45,500
-200
|
-200 |
|
|
42,500
25,425
|
25,425 |
|
19,700
-11,800
|
-11,800 |
|
18,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
15,200
-2,100
|
-2,100 |
|
9,000
-10,300
|
-10,300 |
|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
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Busted |
Martins Out
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We are not sure how it happened, but Antonio Martins has become the latest casualty to bring the field down to seven.
"The field is amazing, I just couldn't get the luck today," said Martins, who seemed upbeat on his way to the exit.
"Maybe I'll have better luck tomorrow..."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Wim Out, Chen Busts Kavrakov
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
There have been two more quick eliminations with Bos Wim and Atanas Kavrakov both hitting the rail in quick succession.
While we missed the Dutchman’s bust out we caught Kavrakov’s with the Bulgarian player moving the last of his chips in from the big blind pre-flop over the top of a Yao Jin Chen button raise. The Chinese player made a quick call and the cards were turned over.
Yao Jin Chen: 
Atanas Kavrakov: 
Unfortunately for Kavrakov, the board ran out 
and he hit the rail for the second time today and did not seem keen on firing a third bullet. Chen stacked up to 55,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
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Busted |
Chen Doubles Before Break
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The five remaining players are now on a 40-minute dinner break, but not before Yao Jin Chen managed to earn himself at double up at the expense of Sio Fat Lau.
We picked up the action on the river in a battle of the blinds between the two players with the community cards spread 
and over 50,000 in blinds and antes in the middle.
Lau, sitting in the small blind, decided to put Chen to the test and moved all-in, with the Chinese player calling immediately. Lau flashed a jack with a king kicker, but could not best Chen’s 
rivered two pair.
Chen climbed to 75,500 while Lau dropped to 68,500 with the rest of the field stacking up as follows:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
123,600
15,600
|
15,600 |
|
|
76,700
31,200
|
31,200 |
|
|
75,500
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
|
68,500
-37,500
|
-37,500 |
|
|
31,000
13,000
|
13,000 |