Break Time
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The 10 remaining Day 1C players are on a 10-minute break.
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
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Post-break Stacks (full)
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
The 10 remaining Day 1C players are back from the break and here’s how they are stacking up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
97,600
10,600
|
10,600 |
|
||
|
97,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
|
||
|
95,600
-19,400
|
-19,400 |
|
77,000
-26,300
|
-26,300 |
|
66,000
-19,300
|
-19,300 |
|
|
63,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
|
50,000
32,400
|
32,400 |
|
45,000
25,700
|
25,700 |
|
|
36,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
31,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Another Double for Lee
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Wai Kiat Lee is holding on to his tournament life with a firm grip, a fact that Nick Wong has recently discovered, to his cost. Wong was the initial aggressor in this particular hand, making it 5,300 to go on the button and Lee moved all-in for 35,200 in total. Wong made a quick call and the hands were turned over.
Wai Kiat Lee: 
Nick Wong: 
Lee immediately paired his ace on the 
flop and the 
turn and 
river kept him in the lead, though Nick Wong scared the hell out of him on the river by jokingly declaring he had a flush. The look on Lee's face was priceless and when Wong was done laughing his ass off he shipped Lee the double-up and play resumed. Unfortunately for Wong he could not recover from this setback and departed shortly afterward to bring play down to a single 9-handed table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,200
41,200
|
41,200 |
|
|
Busted |
Tight at the Top
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
It’s pretty tight at the top of the chip counts at present with the chip lead changing hands at least once an orbit. It looks like it is Malaysia’s Michael Soyza who currently holds it at present, though Percy Chao is not all that far behind.
We caught the two in action with Soyza the initial aggressor in this particular hand, making it 5,200 to go from middle position, with Chao choosing to defend his big blind.
Chao checked the 
flop over to Soyza, who continuation bet 6,000, which Chao called. The 
turn brought checks from both players and after the 
river completed the hand Chao opened for 22,000 and Soyza folded immediately. Chao climbed to 97,000 after the hand while Soyza looked to have around 120,000.
Chao pushed Ka Ho Sun off a hand not long afterward to pad his stack out a little more, before passing some chips the way of Wai Kiat Lee a couple of hands later. It was Chao who was the pre-flop raiser this time around, making it 5,500 to go from middle position and Lee made the call from the cutoff to take the action heads-up to a flop of 
.
Both players slowed it down and the action went check, check and the dealer burned and turned the . After Chao checked again Lee led for 7,500 and after a little time in the tank, Chao made the call.
The 
river is a blank if ever we saw one and Chao checked again, opening the door for Lee to bet big and he duly did so, making it 19,500, which was enough to get Chao to give it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
117,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
104,000
8,400
|
8,400 |
|
|
76,000
3,800
|
3,800 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Wongwichit and Sau Chop; Soyza Wins from Chao; Ho Shoves on Wongwichit
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Phachara Wongwichit opened the action with a raise to 6,500 from the cutoff and Ho Yin Sau moved all-in from the small blind for 32,000 in total. After asking for a count Wongwichit made the call and the cards were turned over.
Ho Yin Sau: 
Phachara Wongwichit: 
Sau was the at-risk player, but being as both he and Wongwichit held the same hand the result was more likely than not to be a chop and that’s exactly what happened when the board ran out 
and the pot was divvied up.
There was a bit of blind and ante stealing for an orbit and then Percy Chao opened the action with a raise to 7,000 on Michael Soyza’s big blind, and the two are two of the bigger stacks so it came as no surprise to see the Malaysian make the call and it was heads-up to a flop of 
.
Soyza checked the action over to Chao, who checked it back and the came off on the turn. This brought a bet of 15,000 from Soyza and Chao immediately released his hand.
It was Wongwichit who was the next aggressor, and the Thai player opened to 6,000 from middle position the following hand. Action folded round to Ka Meng Ho who did not take long to move all-in for 52,500 in total.
Wonwichit asked for a count but decided to let this one go leaving Ho free to rake in the pot and pad out his stack a little.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
132,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
98,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
80,000
-17,600
|
-17,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
63,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
Tso Wins Then Chops; Sun Finds No Callers
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
There has been no change at the top and Michael Soyza is still the current chip leader, with Percy Chao, Phachara Wongwichit, and Wai Kiat Lee all very close in stacks while the short stack is Ka Ho Sun.
Wei Tso was getting a little short but managed to win a small pot with pocket kings against Joey Wong to pad out his stack a little. Wong called Tso’s pre-flop raise but there was no further betting in the hand as the flop came down ace-high and both players seemed content to check it down. Wong mucked as soon as Tso turned over the Cowboys.
Tso and Percy Chao played a pot immediately afterward that had the potential for fireworks but anti-climatically fizzled out. It was Tso who was the pre-flop aggressor again, making it 6,000 to go from middle position and Wongwichit (button), Percy Chao (small blind) and Ho Yin Sau (big blind) all called to take the action four-way to a flop of 
.
The action was checked to Tso, who fired for 8,500 with Chao the only caller and the came in on the turn. That was it for the betting and the 
river completed the hand. Michael Soyza was as surprised as us when the hands were turned over.
Chao held 
for top pair and a missed nut flush draw and Tso had turned two pairs with but been counterfeited by the pair up on the river.
“How do you both not get it in on the flop or turn?” mused Soyza – but then being as the tournament is just two off the money it is understandable.
Ka Ho Sun moved all-in from middle position the next hand but found no customers and took down the blinds and antes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
138,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
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|
|
95,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
83,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
80,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
70,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
55,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
33,500
-16,500
|
-16,500 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Sau Doubles Through Tso
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Wei Tso opened the action with a raise to 5,500 and Ho Yin Sau moved all-in for 27,800. Tso asked for a count and made the call and the cards were turned over.
Ho Yin Sau:
Wei Tso:
Sau was the at-risk player but held the lead and the best hand in poker and the board ran out 
. While there was a sweaty moment on the turn when Tso picked up a flush draw to go with his pair of queens the river bricked out to grant Sau the double and he climbed to 57,000 while Tso dropped to 34,000.