Main Event Day 1c | 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau

11-25-2017 19:19 UTC+8

Three More Depart; Nick Wong Doubles; Wu Doubles Through Joey Wong

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Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The action is coming to the boil here at the Venetian Macau and we have lost three more players to take the field down to 19 with Christina Lai falling at the hands of Ho Yin Sau. We missed the hand unfortunately but turned around in time to see Sau counting up his new chips to climb to 53,000 while Lai headed for the rail.

Nick Wong has managed to double up and has climbed to 25,000 in chips. Another Wong who has taken a little bit of a set back in Joey Wong, who has not long doubled up Yu Fai Wu.

We arrived on the flop with the community cards spread and 6,000 already in the pot just as Wu (hi-jack) fired out a bet of 2,800. Joey Wong (cutoff) re-raised to 6,000 in total and Wu quickly moved all-in for 22,600 in total.

With chips to spare Wong decided to make the call and the cards were turned over.

Yu Fai Wu:
Joey Wong:

Wu was the at-risk player and would need to fade a diamond or an ace to survive and did so when the turn and river completed the hand and locked in his double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Wong	71,000	-9,000
Ho Yin Sau	53,000	24,900
Yu Fai Wu	46,000	27,000
Christina Lai	Busted

Tags: Joey Wong Nick Wong Yu Fai Wu Christina Lai

11-25-2017 18:58 UTC+8

Stack Check

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Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

This is the last level before re-entry closes and is already the largest of the starting flights so far with 44 total entries, 22 of whom are still in the fight with the field stacking up as follows:

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Meng Ho	84,000	-8,500
Joey Wong	80,000	-5,000
Percy Chao	47,200	11,200
Francesco Vitali	44,500	17,200
Ho Yin Sau	28,100	13,100
Lu Zou	28,000	13,000
Wai Kiat Lee	28,000	-7,000
Henry Li	27,000	12,000
Jeffrey Lo	25,700	-1,300
Michael Soyza	24,000	1,000
Phachara Wongwichit	23,500	-14,500
Chin Sun Tan	21,500	6,500
Wingkei Chan	20,000	-6,000
Yu Fai Wu	19,000	9,400
Ka Ho Sun	17,600	2,600
Christina Lai	15,500	1,500
Wei Tso	15,000	8,500
Chun Ming Lee	14,500	-500
Nick Wong	13,000	-4,500
Bing Wang	12,300	-2,700
Wayne Heung	10,300	-4,700
Chin Weng Lai	6,400	-8,600

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

11-25-2017 18:40 UTC+8

No Chop for Ching

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Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

We are not sure when all the chips went in as we arrived when the hands were being turned over and the stacks counted down. Chow Hung Ching was on his feet with face up on the felt in front of him, while Phachara Wongwichit had face up in front of him.

With the board reading there was some confusion about whether or not it was a chop - it wasn't. While Ching might very much have wanted it to be one, Wongwichit’s queen kicker played and he took down the pot while Ching headed for the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phachara Wongwichit	38,000	3,800
Chow Hung Ching	Busted

Tags: Chow Hung Ching Phachara Wongwichit

11-25-2017 18:30 UTC+8

Gun Shy Chan Takes it Down

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Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Wingkei Chan opened the action from under-the-gun with a raise to 1,800 and picked up two callers with Nick Wong (button) and Yu Fai Wu )big blind) both coming along for the ride.

While there was potential for a decent sized pot the flop saw no betting, nor did the turn or the river as the hand was checked all the way.

Wu turned over but this was not enough to beat Chan’s and he scooped the pot after Nick Wong threw his hand away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wingkei Chan	26,000	18,900
Nick Wong	17,500	-8,400
Yu Fai Wu	9,600	-7,400

Tags: Nick Wong Wingkei Chan Yu Fai Wu

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

11-25-2017 18:03 UTC+8

Wong Busts One

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Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Even though they are sitting on separate tables the field’s two largest stacks seem to have a spooky awareness of where they stand in the pecking order and while he had just been pipped for the chip lead Hong Kong’s Joey Wong looked determined to get back up there.

We caught Wong involved in a hand against an unfortunate tablemate that brought the latter’s tournament to an end. The player in question was on the button in this particular hand and raised it up to 1,300 and small blind Wong re-raised to 3,300 to go.

The button called and it was heads-up to a flop of , on which Wong led out for 4,000. The player on the button quickly moved all-in for close to 16,000 and after thinking it over for a few seconds Wong announced the call.

Button:
Joey Wong:

Wong held the lead, but his opponent had a heap of outs with top pair and the nut flush draw. However, none of them appeared on the turn and the river saw Wong send his adversary to the rail and stack up to 85,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Wong	85,000

Tags: Joey Wong

11-25-2017 17:58 UTC+8

Ho Picks Off Wu to Take Lead

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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
Ka Meng Ho	92,500	37,500
Yu Fai Wu	17,000	-14,000

Tags: Ka Meng Ho Yu Fai Wu

11-25-2017 17:45 UTC+8

Wong Leads

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Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Yue Feng (left) in action against current frontrunner Joey Wong (right)

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
Joey Wong	70,000	41,000
Ka Meng Ho	55,000	26,000
Percy Chao	36,000	21,500
Wai Kiat Lee	35,000	9,650
Phachara Wongwichit	34,200	19,200
Yu Fai Wu	31,000	17,100
Francesco Vitali	27,300	5,300
Nick Wong	25,900	10,900
Ong Jun Yi	23,500	10,000
Michael Soyza	23,000	8,000
Christina Lai	14,000	-1,000
Chow Hung Ching	12,500	350
Yue Feng	10,000	-19,500
Hiromitsu Katsumi	10,000	3,600
Wingkei Chan	7,100	-7,225
Hon Cheong Lee	6,700	-3,325
Wei Tso	6,500	-52,500
Kuo Chen Wang	5,800	-10,500

Tags: Joey Wong

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 100