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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
, 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.
turn and the 
river saw Wong send his adversary to the rail and stack up to 85,000.
river as the hand was checked all the way.
but this was not enough to beat Chan’s 
and he scooped the pot after Nick Wong threw his hand away.
face up on the felt in front of him, while Phachara Wongwichit had 
face up in front of him.
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.
river completed the hand and locked in his double up.