Main Event
Day 1a Started
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
2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau Day 1A begins
Greetings poker fans and welcome to the PokerNews live coverage of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau, brought to you from the Poker King poker room at the Venetian Macau.
The ten-day festival, running Nov 23 – Dec 2, boasts a host of events including an HK$12,000 buy-in side event with an HK$1 million guarantee, an HK$80,000 buy-in High Roller event and an HK$20,000 buy-in deep-stacked tournament.
You can view the full schedule here
However, it is the $8M GTD Suncity Cup Main Event that will be attracting the most attention when it kicks off at 1pm local time (GMT+8) on Thursday, 23 November, and this will be the only event with PokerNews live coverage.
Boasting an affordable HK$6,600 (~US$845) buy-in the tournament looks primed to attract an eclectic mix of keen recreational players and seasoned professionals, all eager to win a share of the HK$8M (~US$1M) guaranteed prize pool.
There are eight starting flights to chose from, including two with turbo structures, giving players the ultimate in flexibility when it comes to choosing when and how to begin their quest for glory, although the PokerNews live coverage will only be for the six non-turbo flights.
Players buying into any of the Day 1 Main Event flights sit down with 15,000 chips and play eighteen 40-minute levels with blinds starting at 25/50. Late registration is open until the start of the level 10 and multiple re-entries are permitted while late registration is available.
Players are allowed to play more than one Day 1, but should they progress to Day 2 more than once, only their largest stack is taken through with them. Play continues on Day 1 until only 15 percent of the field remains, with these players making it to Day 2.
In a small twist, it is possible to buy into the HK$8 million guaranteed Main Event on Day 2A or Day 2B for HK$38,000 (US$4,850). Anyone taking this route will receive a 100,000-chip starting stack.
You can check out the full structure here
Everything you should know about the upcoming Suncity Cup
With four prior legs already having played out; the first in Jeju, Korea, running September 24-30, the second at the Poker King Club, Manila, Philippines, running October 13-16, the third at CLBC The Flagship, Taipei, Taiwan, running November 3-5 and the fourth taking place at Paradise City, Incheon, Korea, running November 10-12 a total of 24 players have already locked up their Day 2 seat:
2017 Suncity Cup Main Event Day 2 Qualifiers
| Position | Name | Country | Chip Count | 2A Table/Seat | 2B Table/Seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sahashi Hideki | Japan | 374,200 | 2-3 | - |
| 2 | Hsiao Jialing | China | 245,800 | - | 4-3 |
| 3 | Asakura Yasuyuki | Japan | 189,400 | - | 1-9 |
| 4 | Hsieh Chi Han | Taiwan | 164,000 | - | 10-8 |
| 5 | Kuo Ting Wei | Taiwan | 130,200 | - | 3-4 |
| 6 | Thomas Lee | Canada | 120,000 | - | 5-1 |
| 7 | Chan Shin Hung | Taiwan | 105,500 | - | 4-8 |
| 8 | Trifie D. Montebon II | Philippines | 105,000 | 5-8 | - |
| 9 | Chang Tian Lin | Taiwan | 102,500 | 3-8 | - |
| 10 | Chen Sheng Wen | Taiwan | 93,000 | - | 2-6 |
| 11 | Chen Wen Kai | Taiwan | 92,000 | 7-4 | - |
| 12 | Hung Yu Shin | Taiwan | 85,000 | - | 9-3 |
| 13 | Liao Po Hao | Taiwan | 80,800 | - | 8-2 |
| 14 | Tsai Du Ming | Taiwan | 77,800 | 6-1 | - |
| 15 | Chien Jen Yen | Taiwan | 67,800 | 4-1 | - |
| 16 | Wu Chia Yun | Taiwan | 63,500 | 10-2 | - |
| 17 | Zhou Qiangbo | China | 60,000 | 2-2 | - |
| 18 | Lin Chin An | Taiwan | 53,000 | 1-3 | - |
| 19 | Hong Cheng Han | Taiwan | 50,800 | 6-6 | - |
| 20 | Yueh Ko-Chiang | Taiwan | 45,200 | - | 5-6 |
| 21 | Tsuyoshi Ishibashi | Japan | 44,900 | 6-2 | - |
| 22 | Chen Yazhou | China | 39,400 | 8-10 | - |
| 23 | Yoshinori Sugie | Japan | 35,600 | 3-1 | - |
| 24 | Wang Yong Siang | Taiwan | 19,800 | - | 7-9 |
Day 2A begins at 1pm on Wednesday, 29 November and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to cover all the Main Event tournament thrills and spills, starting today as Day 1A kicks off at 1pm local time (GMT+8) so stay tuned and we’ll bring you all the action as it happens.
Almost Game Time
The 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau will be underway shortly so watch this space...
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Cards in the air
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
It’s game time, the four most exciting words in poker have been uttered – that would be 'shuffle up and deal' folks – and the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau is now underway.
Who’s here
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
There are nine registered hopefuls in the hunt for their Day 2 seat so far, all seated on a single table. One more player and then it’ll be an MTT.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
Duong on the scoreboard
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The action is starting slowly, but then poker is a marathon, not a sprint, and there are a further seven starting flights (including the two turbo flights) left to play so there is plenty of time for the action to heat up.
Hong Kong’s Thin Tin Duong has just taken down his first pot of the tournament, though it was not a particularly big one as the nine entrants seem happy to ease into the action slowly.
Adrian Yang kicked things off with an under-the-gun limp, with Duong, Xiao Ming Liang (cutoff) and a player on the button all coming along for the ride, in addition to the two blinds for a six-way limped pot.
The flop fell 
, both blinds checked, as did Yang and Duong decided to lead for 250 with Liang the only caller.
The 
turn brought in all sort of draws and checks from both players and the 
river completed the board. Duong fired for 500 and that was enough to get it done.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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15,550
550
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550 |
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14,700
-300
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-300 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Up to two tables
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
The arrival of Bulgaria’s Atanas Kavrakov and China’s Guangli Liu has brought the number of entrants up to eleven and means there are now two tables on the go.
Liu appears to be a poker newbie but has 11 results on his Hendon Mob resume for a little over US$55,000 in tournament winnings, all cashes coming in the last three months, nine of which are final tables so he is evidently a quick study.
By contrast Kavrakov is a seasoned professional, currently sitting in fifth on Bulgaria’s All-Time Money List with over US$1.1 million in career tournament earnings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
More new faces
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Day 1A is now up to 17 players with the arrival of Japan’s Keisuke Hikosaka, Ireland’s Oliver Cartwright, Taiwan’s Chi Jen Chen, China's Kaijuan Zhan and Germany's Kilian Loeffler.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 |