Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau
Main Event
Day: 1c
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
Lee Squeezes, Then Gets There
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
A player lit the blue touch paper with an under-the-gun open to 900 with Japan’s Hiromitsu Katsumi making the call from the hi-jack and Malaysia's Wai Kiat Lee coming along from the small blind to take the action three-way to a flop of 
.
Lee checked the action over to the original raiser, who didn’t seem all that keen on it and checked it over to Katsumi. The Japanese player liked it fine and fired for 1,200, only to see Lee check-raise squeeze to 3,700 in total.
That was enough to get the original raiser to give it up, but not Katsumi, who made the call to take the action heads-up to the 
turn, completing a possible straight.
Lee took his time about it before deciding the right amount to bet was a tickly little 2,800 and action was on Katsumi, who quickly announced raise and made it 5,600 to go.
Lee was a lot quicker to act this time, immediately jamming for 12,450 in total and Katsumi now had a decision to make. He chose to call and the cards were turned over.
Wai Kiat Lee: 
Hiromitsu Katsumi: 
While Lee was making a cheeky squeeze play with second pair on the flop he had improved to two pairs and was now leading Katsumi’s ace-queen and the 
river improved Lee’s hand further. Lee climbed to 25,350 after that timely catch while Katsumi dropped down to 6,400.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,350
10,350
|
10,350 |
|
6,400
-8,600
|
-8,600 |
Stack Check
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Malaysia’s Michael Soyza has recently joined the action to bring the total number of Day 1C entrants (including re-entries) up to 43 with 34 players still left in the hunt for a Day 2 Seat.
Here’s how some of the field is stacking up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000 | |
|
29,500
12,550
|
12,550 |
|
29,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
23,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
22,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
|
14,500
-500
|
-500 |
|
|
14,325
-1,875
|
-1,875 |
|
13,500
4,600
|
4,600 |
|
13,025
-1,975
|
-1,975 |
|
|
12,150
-4,450
|
-4,450 |
|
5,000
-20,100
|
-20,100 |
|
||
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
Wong Refuses to Budge
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Joey Wong’s tournament appears to be working out the way he wants it at present, and the Hong Kong player has just padded out his stack a little further at the expense of Hon Cheong Lee.
It was Wong who was the initial aggressor, making it 1,250 to go from early position and action folded around to Lee in the cutoff, who decided he wanted to up the stakes and re-raised to 3,200.
Wong made the call and it was heads-up to a flop of 
, which was checked over to Lee, who continuation-bet 2,500. It did not take Ho long to make the call and the turn saw the action go check, check.
Needing no further prompting Ho led the 
river for 6,000, which brought a swift fold from Lee who dropped down to 10,025 while Wong climbed to around 29,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
10,025
10,025
|
10,025 |
Lo Goes High
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Thailand’s Phachara Wongwichit opened the action with an under-the-gun min-raise to 1,000 and Hong Kong’s Jeffery Lo, sitting under-the-gun plus one made the call, which encouraged a neighboring player to make the call and the big blind chose to come along for the ride as well.
So, four-way to a flop of 
which was checked over to Lo. While he took his time about it Lo was not checking and fired out a bet of 1,750 with the big blind the only caller.
The action went heads-up to the 
turn with the big blind checking once more. Lo showed no such restraint and barrelled again, this time for 2,600, which the big blind again called.
The 
river brought in a possible backdoor diamond draw and completed a possible straight so when the big blind checked again Lo checked it back and the cards were turned over. The big blind was evidently not a believer and rolled over 
for top pair, but this was not enough to best Lo’s 
and he climbed to 27,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Break Time
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Japan's Yasuhiro Sasaki has recently joined the action to bring the total number of entries up to 44, though with the recent departure of Hong Kong's Ho Yin Tai only 32 of these are still in action and the remaining Day 1C players are on their second break of the day, this time for 15-minutes while the green 25-chips are taken out of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
Wong Leads
Level 7
: 300/600, 100 ante
There have been some shifts up top with Wei Tso dropping all the way to the bottom of the chip stack counts and the beneficiary of this appears to be tablemate Joey Wong who is sitting pretty with close to 70,000. Here’s how some of the rest of the field is stacking up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
|
55,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
36,000
21,500
|
21,500 |
|
|
35,000
9,650
|
9,650 |
|
34,200
19,200
|
19,200 |
|
|
||
|
31,000
17,100
|
17,100 |
|
|
27,300
5,300
|
5,300 |
|
25,900
10,900
|
10,900 |
|
|
23,500
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
23,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
14,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
12,500
350
|
350 |
|
|
10,000
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
|
|
10,000
3,600
|
3,600 |
|
|
7,100
-7,225
|
-7,225 |
|
|
6,700
-3,325
|
-3,325 |
|
|
6,500
-52,500
|
-52,500 |
|
5,800
-10,500
|
-10,500 |
Ho Picks Off Wu to Take Lead
Level 7
: 300/600, 100 ante
We caught the tail end of a big pot between Yu Fai Wu and Ka Meng Ho that saw the latter climb to the top of the chip counts.
With over 10,000 in bets, blinds, and antes in the pot, the community cards were spread 
and Wu had just checked the action over to Ho, who bet close to half-pot.
Wu thought it over and slid in the call and the 
river completed the hand, but not the betting. Wu checked it over to Ho once more and the Macanese player decided the right amount to bet was 6,500.
Now Wu chose to spring into action and check-raised to 13,000 in total. Ho thought it over and tossed in the call and Wu seemed reluctant to show his hand. After some prompting from the dealer and the rest of the table, Wu finally slid his cards into the muck without showdown, leaving Ho free to rake in a tasty pot.
Ho obligingly flashed his opponent the 
before stacking up his new chips and edging into the chip lead with a stack of 92,500 while Wu dropped to 17,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
92,500
37,500
|
37,500 |
|
|
17,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |