Main Event
Day 1c Started
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
Day 1C of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale, Macau Ready to Go
Welcome back poker fans to the PokerNews live coverage of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau, brought to you from the Poker King poker room at the Venetian Macau.
The ten-day festival, running Nov 23 – Dec 2, boasts a host of events including an HK$12,000 buy-in side event with an HK$1 million guarantee, an HK$80,000 buy-in High Roller event and an HK$20,000 buy-in deep-stacked tournament.
You can view the full schedule here
However, it is the $8M GTD Suncity Cup Main Event that will be attracting the most attention and this will be the only event with PokerNews live coverage.
Boasting an affordable HK$6,600 (~US$845) buy-in the tournament looks primed to attract an eclectic mix of keen recreational players and seasoned professionals, all eager to win a share of the HK$8M (~US$1M) guaranteed prize pool.
There are eight starting flights to chose from, including two with turbo structures, giving players the ultimate in flexibility when it comes to choosing when and how to begin their quest for glory.
Players buying into any of the Day 1 Main Event flights sit down with 15,000 chips and play eighteen 40-minute levels with blinds starting at 25/50. Late registration is open until the start of the level 10 and multiple re-entries are permitted while late registration is available.
Players are allowed to play more than one Day 1, but should they progress to Day 2 more than once, only their largest stack is taken through with them. Play continues on Day 1 until only 15 percent of the field remains, with these players making it to Day 2.
In a small twist, it is possible to buy into the HK$8 million guaranteed Main Event on Day 2A or Day 2B for HK$38,000 (US$4,850). Anyone taking this route will receive a 100,000-chip starting stack.
You can check out the full structure here
Everything you should know about the upcoming Suncity Cup
A total of 24 players have already locked up their Day 2 seat in the four prior legs that have already played out; the first in Jeju, Korea, running September 24-30, the second at the Poker King Club, Manila, Philippines, running October 13-16, the third at CLBC The Flagship, Taipei, Taiwan, running November 3-5 and the fourth taking place at Paradise City, Incheon, Korea, running November 10-12. A further 6 players have made it through from Days 1A and 1B of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau to bring the total number of Day 2 entrants to 30:
2017 Suncity Cup Main Event Day 2 Qualifiers
| Position | Name | Country | Chip Count | 2A Table/Seat | 2B Table/Seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sahashi Hideki | Japan | 374,200 | 2-3 | - |
| 2 | Hsiao Jialing | China | 245,800 | - | 4-3 |
| 3 | Asakura Yasuyuki | Japan | 189,400 | - | 1-9 |
| 4 | Sam Cheong | Macau | 168,800 | 7-6 | - |
| 5 | Hsieh Chi Han | Taiwan | 164,000 | - | 10-8 |
| 6 | Kuo Ting Wei | Taiwan | 130,200 | - | 3-4 |
| 7 | Thomas Lee | Canada | 120,000 | - | 5-1 |
| 8 | Kilian Loeffler | Germany | 108,600 | 9-4 | - |
| 9 | Chan Shin Hung | Taiwan | 105,500 | - | 4-8 |
| 10 | Trifie D. Montebon II | Philippines | 105,000 | 5-8 | - |
| 11 | Chang Tian Lin | Taiwan | 102,500 | 3-8 | - |
| 12 | Sio Fat Lau | Macau | 97,700 | - | 9-5 |
| 13 | Chen Sheng Wen | Taiwan | 93,000 | - | 2-6 |
| 14 | Chen Wen Kai | Taiwan | 92,000 | 7-4 | - |
| 15 | Keisuke Hikosaka | Japan | 91,000 | - | 8-1 |
| 16 | Hung Yu Shin | Taiwan | 85,000 | - | 9-3 |
| 17 | Liao Po Hao | Taiwan | 80,800 | - | 8-2 |
| 18 | Tsai Du Ming | Taiwan | 77,800 | 6-1 | - |
| 19 | Chien Jen Yen | Taiwan | 67,800 | 4-1 | - |
| 20 | Yao Jin Chen | China | 64,500 | 10-4 | - |
| 21 | Wu Chia Yun | Taiwan | 63,500 | 10-2 | - |
| 22 | Zhou Qiangbo | China | 60,000 | 2-2 | - |
| 23 | Lin Chin An | Taiwan | 53,000 | 1-3 | - |
| 24 | Hong Cheng Han | Taiwan | 50,800 | 6-6 | - |
| 25 | Yueh Ko-Chiang | Taiwan | 45,200 | - | 5-6 |
| 26 | Tsuyoshi Ishibashi | Japan | 44,900 | 6-2 | - |
| 27 | Chen Yazhou | China | 39,400 | 8-10 | - |
| 28 | Yoshinori Sugie | Japan | 35,600 | 3-1 | - |
| 29 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 26,200 | - | 6-3 |
| 30 | Wang Yong Siang | Taiwan | 19,800 | - | 7-9 |
Day 2 begins at 1pm on Wednesday, 29 November, and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to cover all the Main Event tournament thrills and spills, with Day 1C kicking off at 1pm local time (GMT+8) so stay tuned and we’ll bring you all the action as it happens.
Day 1C Almost Ready to Go
So far we have four early birds already registered, which is the minimum number required to get the cards in the air so we will be starting on time today. So far there are four nations represented with China’s Hongyu Su, Korea’s Soo Young Kim, Taiwan’s Kuo Chen Wang and Italy’s Francesco Vitali adding a little international flair. Stick around and we’ll bring you all the action as it plays out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
|
15,000 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Cards in the Air
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
And we're off. Hong Kong's Wingkei Chan has just registered and taken his seat and will be attempting to improve on his Day 1B performance were he made the final five but came up just short after his pocket kings were outdrawn by the ace-queen suited of Justin Chan. Chan too was unable to make it through to Day 2 so we also expect to see him at some point this week as he attempts to lock up a day 2 berth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
Feng Squeezes for Victory
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Another familiar face has registered with China’s Yue Feng, who played Day 1A, returning to win himself a Day 2 seat. While it’s still too early to tell whether Feng will be successful in his quest he’s certainly got off to the right start.
It was Wingkei Chan opening the action in this particular hand, making it 150 to go from under-the-gun. Soo Young Kim made the call from the small blind before Feng squeezed to 550 from the big blind. This deterred no one and both Chan and Kim called to take the action three-way to a monochrome flop of 
.
Kim checked the action over to Feng, who fired for 850 and while this was enough to get Chan to give it up Kim made the call to bring the action heads-up to the 
turn.
Kim checked for the second time and Feng bet big, leading out for 2,150, which was enough to fold out Kim and win Feng the hand.
Four more players have now registered to bring the total number of entries up to 10 with China’s Lu Zou and Hong Kong’s Yu Fai Wu, Joey Ho and Wayne Heung all joining the action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,950 | 16,950 |
|
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15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
|
14,450 | -550 |
|
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13,600 | -1,400 |
Wang Wins One
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The field has now grown to 13 and is up to two tables with Hong Kong’s Chun Kit Chan, Chow Hung Ching and Ho Yin Tai joining the action.
One of the new arrivals, we’re not sure which yet as still have to put names to faces, jumped straight into the action over on table three (table one is not open yet) and opened for 125 from under-the-gun.
Italy’s Francesco Vitali made the call before Taiwan’s Kuo Chen Wang made it 650 to go from the cutoff with both opponents making the call to take the action three-way to a flop of 
. Both players checked to the aggressor and Wang fired for 1,000, which was enough to get it done and get on the scoreboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,300 | 1,300 |
|
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15,000 | 15,000 |
|
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15,000 | 15,000 |
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Field Grows and Ching Pushes Off Wu
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
The field has now grown to 17 players with the arrival of Joshua Zimmerman, Tsunchi Yu, Percy Chao and his better half Christina Lai.
However, it was Hong Kong’s Yu Fai Wu and fellow countryman Chow Hung Ching who we caught in action in this particular hand. It was Wu who was the initial aggressor, opening the action to 350 from early position with Francesco Vitali (button) and Ching (big blind) both making the call to take the action three-way to a flop of 
.
Ching checked the action over to Wu, who continuation bet 600 and while this was enough to deter Vitali, Ching made the call and the 
hit the turn, completing a possible straight.
Ching now led for 600 and Wu made a quick call to bring in the 
river. This doesn’t look like it changed anything and Ching continued to sell a believable story, leading out for 2,000.
This was enough to get Wu to give it up and he folded to drop down to 13,900 leaving Ching free to rake in the pot and climb to 16,600.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,600 | 1,600 |
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15,000 | 15,000 |
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|
15,000 | |
|
|
15,000 | |
|
|
15,000 | |
|
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13,900 | -1,100 |
Three Tables in Action
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
There have been a slew of new arrivals with Tin Lam Wong, Chun Ming Lee, Ka Meng Ho, Wei Tso, Bing Wang and Jun Zhong Loo all signing up to bring the number of entries up to 21, spread over three tables.
By far the most accomplished of all these new arrivals is Malaysia’s Junzhong Loo, who is the field’s sole World Series bracelet winner. Loo took down the 2014 WSOP Asia Pacific A$2,200 event for a cool US$94,019 payday and is a regular face here in Macau.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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15,000 | 15,000 |
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15,000 | 15,000 |
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15,000 | 15,000 |
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15,000 | 15,000 |
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15,000 | 15,000 |
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15,000 | 15,000 |