Main Event
Day 1d Completed
2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau
Main Event
Day: 1d
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
Gab Yong Kim Leads Day 1D of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
In what proved to be an action-packed day, the fourth of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau starting flights is now in the books. Day 1D saw 51 runners ante up the HK$6,600 buy-in and with the format offering unlimited re-entry 21 players fired extra bullets to bring the total number of entries up to 72.
With 15 percent of the field securing themselves a Day 2 seat it took thirteen 40-minute levels to thin the field down to the last eleven. The man who bagged up the most was Korea’s Gab Yong Kim, although it took him until his second bullet to find the form he needed.
Kim was in the thick of the action for the majority of the day and climbed up to the top of the chip counts after winning a huge three-way all-in against the pocket aces of Hong Kong’s Hazel Chui and the nut flush draw of Malaysia’s Victor Chong. The Korean player had flopped bottom two pair, which held to shoot him to the top of the leaderboard, bust Chui and cripple Chong, all in one blow.
As it was, Kim still found himself one of the shorter stacks as the bubble approached, with just under 15 big blinds. However, he managed to catch the cards he needed at just the right time and earned two quick back-to-back double ups to power into the chip lead.
The first came at the expense of then-frontrunner Yu Dong when Kim shoved with pocket twos and Dong looked him up with ace-nine suited. Kim’s ducks held to bring him out of the danger zone before he woke up with pocket aces a scant few hands later and moved all-in again.
This time it was fellow countryman Youngee Park who looked Kim up, though Park’s queen-jack suited was unable to crack Kim’s aces and he finished the day with a monstrous 185,500 in chips.
Dong finished a close second, bagging up an impressive 179,000 with Hong Kong’s Felix Lee rounding out the top three with a stack of 147,000 with the final eleven finishing as follows:
2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau Day 1D Survivors and Day 2 Draw
| Position | Name | Country | Chip Count | 2A Table/Seat | 2B Table/Seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gab Yong Kim | Korea | 185,500 | - | 2-3 |
| 2 | Yu Dong | China | 179,000 | - | 4-7 |
| 3 | Felix Lee | Hong Kong | 147,800 | 4-2 | - |
| 4 | Andrew An | USA | 139,700 | 2-5 | - |
| 5 | Canlin Chen | China | 112,300 | - | 9-9 |
| 6 | Jack Wu | Taiwan | 76,500 | - | 3-3 |
| 7 | Ye Wang | China | 61,900 | 9-5 | - |
| 8 | Ping Cheong Fung | China | 55,800 | - | 7-1 |
| 9 | Youngee Park | Korea | 46,000 | - | 9-6 |
| 10 | Guangrui Meng | China | 45,900 | 7-5 | - |
| 11 | Hei Yong Ma | China | 33,300 | 5-7 | - |
Notables who ran deep but came up short included Hong Kong’s Justin Chan, and Carson Wong and 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific bracelet winner Junzhong Loo.
HK$1M GTD Side Event champion Bobby Zhang was another who could not go the distance, though not for want of trying. Zhang flirted with the chip lead for the latter part of the day before losing a huge pot against Dong when play was down to 13-handed.
Zhang and Dong got all the chips in on a jack-high double diamond flop with both players looking to make a flush, though it was Zhang who had the better draw with king-deuce suited against Dong’s speculative four-five suited. Unfortunately for Zhang, while both players missed the flush Dong paired his five to send Zhang to the rail and climb into a lead he only lost when Kim powered into pole position at the close of the day.
Dong was the man to conclude the Day 1D action, waking up with pocket aces when the short-stacked Jianfeng Xu moved all-in pre-flop with king-queen. Dong’s bullets shot down Xu’s Day 2 dreams to guarantee the remaining players a Day 2 seat worth HK$38,000, in addition to HK$6,000 in cash.
Day 2A begins at 1pm on Wednesday, 29 November, with Day 2B playing out at the same time on Thursday, 30 November and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to cover all the Main Event tournament thrills and spills.
Day 1E kicks off at 1pm local time (GMT+8) on Monday, 27 November so join us then as we see who else has what it takes to secure a Day 2 seat.
Dong Busts Xu to Close out Day 1D (full)
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Canlin Chan and Andrew An looked all set to play a massive pot with the two starting a pre-flop raising war. An had had 17,000 in front of him on the button when we arrived and Chen had just re-raised a rather hefty 55,000 but An let it go as soon as there was a cry of ‘all-in’ and ‘call’ on the other table.
We came running and discovered that the short-stacked Jianfeng Xu ha moved all-in for his last 24,000 from under-the-gun and Yu Dong had re-raised to isolate. As soon as the action concluded between Chan and An the cards were turned over and Xu discovered the bad news.
Jianfeng Xu: 
Yu Dong: 
The 
meant Xu either needed running cards to either win or chop and the 
turn left him drawing dead. The 
river concluded the hand, Xu’s tournament, and Day 1D.
The 11 survivors all earned themselves an HK$6,000 payday and a Day 2 seat worth HK$38,000 and here’s how they are stacking up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,500 | 150,500 |
|
179,000 | 41,000 |
|
147,800 | -7,200 |
|
139,700 | 4,700 |
|
112,300 | -8,700 |
|
76,500 | -3,500 |
|
61,900 | 26,900 |
|
55,800 | -19,200 |
|
|
46,000 | -6,000 |
|
|
45,900 | -16,100 |
|
|
33,300 | 33,300 |
|
|
Busted |
Double Double for Kim
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Gab Yong Kim was one of the shorter stacks but that is no longer the case and the Korean player has doubled up twice in quick succession. The first came at the expense of Yu Dong after Kim moved the last of his chips in with 
pre-flop and Dong made the call with 
. The 
run out saw Ki climb to 80,000 while Dong dropped to 138,000.
Just one orbit later and Kim and Youngee Park got all the chips in pre-flop. Kim had a pair again, this time a much bigger one and held 
and was up against Park’s 
.
The run out again went the Korean’s way with the board coming down 
and Kim climbed to 165,000 while Park dropped to 52,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
138,000 | -25,000 |
|
|
52,000 | -82,000 |
Four Quick Bust Outs Brings in the Bubble
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
As we were getting counts four more players took their chances and came up short. The first of these was Jackie Chang who moved all in once and got no customers but when he tried it again a couple of hands later it all went horribly wrong.
Chang shoved for 32,800 in total and action folded around to Andrew An in the small blind who re-shoved to isolate. Big blind Jack Wu took the hint and bowed out and the cards were turned over.
Jackie Chang: 
Andrew An: 
The 
gave Chang some hope and a very sweaty 
turn gave him a backdoor flush draw and more outs but the river was the 
and Chang was out while An stacked up to 135,000.
While this was going on a massive hand played out on the other table that saw Bobby Zhang and Yu Dong get all the chips in on a flop. Zhang had but was the at-risk player and Dong had the dominated 
.
The 
turn kept Zhang’s nose in front before disaster struck on the 
river to give Dong a pair of fives and the winning hand and bring the field down to the bubble. The clock has been paused and the next man out will burst the bubble and conclude play for the day. Here’s how the 12 players are stacking up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
163,000 | 53,000 |
|
|
155,000 | 73,000 |
|
|
135,000 | 108,000 |
|
|
134,000 | 38,000 |
|
|
121,000 | 26,000 |
|
|
80,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
75,000 | 34,000 |
|
|
62,000 | -28,000 |
|
|
49,000 | 49,000 |
|
|
35,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
35,000 | -13,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Break Time
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The 15 remaining Day 1D players are on a 10-minute break and we will get you some counts when play resumes shortly. Just four more bust outs and play is done for the day.
Meng Coolers Wong
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Bobby Zhang opened the action from mid-position with a raise to 4,500 and it folded around to Carson Wong who moved all-in for his last 14,100.
Small blind Guangrui Meng made the call and Zhang now had a decision to make. Eventually, he decided to let it go, and was rewarded for making the correct decision when the cards were turned over.
Carson Wong:
Guangrui Meng:
Wong was in the unenviable spot of being the at-risk player and also had the misfortune to run kings into aces, which is never fun unless of course, you spike a king.
That did not happen this time around though and the board ran out 
to bring Wong’s tournament to a close and pad out Meng’s stack a little more and he climbed to around 90,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 | 2,000 |
|
Busted |
Wu Triples
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
It’s getting to that time in the tournament when everything goes nuts. Players are getting the chips in at every available opportunity attempting to go big or go home and for some, it has been the latter. We have witnessed a slew of bust outs as we were prowling the room getting some chip counts.
Seven players have departed in a flurry of cards and chips over the last level and while we couldn’t get all of the bust outs we did get one of the best.
The first saw the short-stacked Laiheng Tse commit his last 28,400 from early position and the action folded around to Canlin Chen. The Chinese player had been busy since the last time we caught him in action against Justin Chan and had made a full recovery from getting his pocket kings cracked.
Chen threw in a single yellow 1,000-chip to represent the call and it folded around to Jack Wu in the small blind who called off his last 18,800 and with no more live players in the hand, the cards were turned over.
Laiheng Tse: 
Canlin Chan: 
Jack Wu:
Tse’s pair of sevens was just out-pipped by Chen’s pocket eights, and Wu held the lead with queens. Chen easily had both players covered and won the 9,600 side pot when the board ran out 
.
Tse hit the rail and Wu tripled up to 60,000 while Chen took a small hit but still has plenty, with around 95,000 at his disposal.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000 | 67,000 |
|
|
60,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Zhang and Meng Tangle, Dong Profits
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
A big hand has recently played out to bring in the new level. It was Bobby Zhang who was the initial aggressor, making it 3,700 to go from mid-position and Vu Chau Doung (small blind) and Guangrui Meng (big blind) made the call to take the action three-way to a flop of .
Both Doung and Meng checked the action over to Zhang, who thought it over and then fired out a 5,700 c-bet. While this was enough to get Doung to fold out Meng min-raised the 11,400.
Zhang made the call and the 
hit the turn, bringing an all-in jam from Meng for 46,000, which sent Zhang into the tank.
“Do you have ace-jack with the ace of spades?” mused Zhang as he mulled over his options, but eventually he elected to let it go. Meng was kind enough to let Zhang pick a card – he chose the left one – and Meng turned over the .
“Hmmm, maybe I was ahead,” said Zhang, though we will never know for sure. The Aussie dropped down to 77,000 after the hand and Meng climbed to 88,000. This means that Yu Dong has now edged into the chip lead and has what looks to be close to 110,000 in his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
88,000 | 73,000 |
|
77,000 | -31,000 |