Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau
Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
6,600 HKD
Entries
221
Level
28
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
75,000
Players Left 1 / 221
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Level 11
: 800/1,600, 300 ante
We have lost three more players in quick succession and Yu Fai Wu, Lu Zou and Wingkei Chan have all bitten the dust to bring the field down to the final ten.
Ka Meng Ho is no longer the frontrunner, that honor now belongs to Percy Chao though Phachara Wongwichit and Joey Wong are not all that far behind, although Wong just dropped back a little after folding out a hand to Nick Wong.
We picked up the action on the turn with over 34,000 already in the pot and the community cards spread 
just as Joey Wong (small blind) checked the action over to Nick Wong (big blind).
Nick shoved for 19,000 and while he looked tempted Joey eventually let it go. Nick climbed to 53,000 while Joey dropped down to 81,000.
Ho Yin Sau and Wei Tso played a big pot shortly after this, with Sau moving all-in on the flop on a board of 
for 19,100 with 
. Tso looked him up from the blinds with 
and while the 
turn was a good one for Sau the 
river resulted in a rather anti-climatic chop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
103,300
21,700
|
21,700 |
|
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81,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
53,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
50,000
6,400
|
6,400 |
|
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Level 11
: 800/1,600, 300 ante
The field is now down to 13 with the departures of the short-stacked Bing Wang and Henry Li. We missed Wang’s demise but Phachara Wongwichit was kind enough to tell us the details of Li’s departure.
It was Wongwichit who was the man to show Li the door, moving all-in pre-flop with 
into Li’s big blind and the Hong Kong player chose to make a stand with 
.
Unfortunately for Li, Wongwichit hit and had him covered and the remaining players are just six spots away from locking up a Day 2 seat. Well, just over 50 percent of them are at any rate.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 300
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
We came running when we heard Ka Meng Ho say ‘all-in’ but were not rewarded with any action as Ho’s opponent, Yu Fai Wu, folded so fast that the dealer swept up the community cards so fast we did not get to see what most of them were, though we do know the turn card was the .
Ho is still the chip leader by a long way but Ho Yin Sau has just taken a few off him to pad out his short stack. It was the next hand and Michael Soyza was the aggressor, opening the action to 2,500 from the cutoff. Ho made the call from the button and Sau called from the big blind and it was three-way to a monochrome flop of 
.
Sau and Soyza checked and Ho took a stab for 4,500. The action was back on Sau and he check-raised all-in for 11,900 in total. With all the chips Ho has this is not that much more, but then Ho can’t have had all that much as, after a little posturing Ho let it go to surprised gasps from the rest of the table. Soyza did not look too impressed but Sau seemed happy enough to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
43,600
19,600
|
19,600 |
|
|
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|
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25,600
27,400
|
27,400 |
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
We missed the 16th place bust out but know that it was Italy's Francesco Vitali and the field is now short one Italian. We did catch the next bust out though and arrived at Phachara Wongwichit’s table in time to see the Thai player send Hong Kong’s Jeffery Lo packing.
It was Wongwichit who was the initial aggressor, opening to 2,500 from the hi-jack and Lo peeked down at his cards in the cutoff and ripped in the lot for a shove of close to 25,000. Wongwichit made the call and the cards were turned over.
Jeffery Lo: 
Phachara Wongwichit: 
It did not look good for Lo as not only was his pair dominated but Wongwichit had his suits covered too. The 
flop was of no help and the 
turn was the final nail in Lo’s coffin, giving Wongwichit and unbeatable full house. Wongwichit climbed to 70,000 while Lo will have to try his luck on one of the other starting flights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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70,000
46,500
|
46,500 |
|
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||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
There has been a quick elimination and the two 9-handed tables have now become one 8-handed table and one 9-handed table. The man thinning the field was none other than Wei Tso, who opened the action with a raise to 2,500 from middle position. Action folded around to Chin Sun Tan in the big blind and he quickly moved all-in and was beaten into the pot by Tso.
Chin Sun Tan: 
Wei Tso:
Tso made a super speedy call with pocket threes, but then he obviously knew they were going to hold and the 
run out saw him win the pot and send Tan to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Registration for Day 1C of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau is now closed and the final number of entrants remains at 44, 18 of whom are still in the running.
The top seven places will be making it through to Day 2 and earning themselves HK$6,000 the other 11 players will have to either try their luck again on one of the five other starting flights (this includes the two turbo flights) or buy-in direct for HK$38,000 on either Day 2A or Day 2B on the 29 November and the 30 November respectively.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The field has shrunk by one more, and we will endeavor to find out who has departed when we get some post-break chip counts in around 40 minutes as the 18 remaining Day 1C players are now on a 40-minute dinner break.
Nick Wong was busy before the break, running his 12,000 stack up to the giddy heights of 45,000 and Wei Tso has made a stellar recovery, running his short stack up to a much more respectable amount.
We caught Tso in action in a hand against Joey Wong and Percy Chao just before play paused. It was Wong who opened the action with a raise to 2,300 from the hi-jack, with Chao calling from the cutoff before Tso squeezed to 7,600 from the big blind, leaving himself close to 24,000 behind.
That was enough to get both Wong and Chao to give it up and Tso climbed back up to roughly 40,000 in chips. However, the man to catch is still Ka Meng Ho, who holds the chip lead still with a stack of 108,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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108,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
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70,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
45,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
40,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
39,000
8,200
|
8,200 |
