Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
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
Dong Building
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 300 ante
We are now down to 23 players spread over three tables and while it looks as though Bobby Zhang still holds the lead the gap is narrowing and the Australian has just been moved to an interesting table with two other chunky stacks – Yu Dong and Youngee Park.
Park is on his third bullet but it looks like the third time’s the charm as they say and the Korean looks to have close to 95,000 in his stack.
We caught Dong in action in a three-way hand between Guangrui Meng (under-the-gun) and Gab Yong Kim (button) with the flop spread 
and 13,000 in the pot just as Dong led out from the small blind for 6,700.
While that was enough to get Meng to bow out Kim made the call and the action went heads up to the 
turn. The was no betting on this particular street and the 
river completed the hand and saw Dong lead for 8,000.
After thinking it over Kim threw in the call, only to see Dong roll over 
for two pairs, which was enough to take down the hand.
It looks as though Justin Chan has become one of the more recent casualties as he has just wandered past the media desk and here’s how some of the other players are stacking up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
108,000 | 18,000 |
|
100,000 | 30,000 |
|
96,000 | 81,000 |
|
82,000 | 36,000 |
|
48,000 | -27,000 |
|
41,000 | -12,000 |
|
40,000 | -12,000 |
|
37,000 | -3,000 |
|
27,000 | -18,000 |
|
Busted |
Zhang Pads Out Stack
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 300 ante
Bobby Zhang is still flying high and holds the chip lead. Zhang has already taken down the HK$12,000 $1M GTD this week and is playing his rush and it appears to be working out for him just fine.
We caught Zhang in action against two other opponents in a three-way hand with close to 6,000 already in the pot on a flop of 
. The big blind had just checked the action over to the Australian, who was under-the-gun, and he led out for 2,700.
The button was the only caller to take the action heads-up to the 
turn. Zhang fired a second barrel of 6,000 and that was enough to take down the hand and he stacked up to 90,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 300
Chan Cracks Chens Kings
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Justin Chan has been all-in the last two times we walked past his table, the first time he found no customers but on the second it looked like he found one in the form of Canlin Chen.
We are not sure when all the chips went in, but we do know that Chan, holding 
, had just rivered a flush on a board reading 
. Stacks were being counted down and Chen did not look too impressed and had 
face-up in the felt in front of him.
Chan looked pretty happy though and stacked up to close to 30,000 while Chen dropped to around 28,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | 8,300 |
|
28,000 | -22,000 |
Action Abounds
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
There have been a few bust outs in the last 20 minutes, one of whom was Gao Xing who started off strong but could not go the distance, though we missed her exit hand.
Another of the recent bust outs is Chung Chuen Co who got the last of his chips in from the button with 
. Unfortunately for Co big blind Nevan Cheng (our mystery man from earlier) woke up with 
and made the call.
The monochrome 
flop gave Co a faint glimmer of hope, but it was quickly dashed with the appearance of the 
turn meaning Co needed to hit one of the deck’s two remaining sevens. The river was too little too late and Co headed for the exit while Cheng stacked up to 30,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Back to the Action, Registration Closed
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The 29 remaining Day 1D players are now back in action and registration is now officially closed. A total of 72 players (this includes re-entries) have bought in today, making this the largest of the Day 1 flights so far.
That mean that 11 of the field will be securing themselves a Day 2 berth and a payout of HK$6,000, the other 18 will be leaving with nothing.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Zhang Leads Heading into Dinner Break
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The 31 remaining Day 1D players are about to head off on a 40-minute dinner break with registration closing once play resumes.
The current frontrunner is Bobby Zhang, and it appears that the Australian is the man to have finally put a halt to Gao Xing’s rapid ascension through the ranks and while she still has a sizable stack at least 50 percent of her chips are now sitting in front of Zhang.
Gab Yong Kim is a close second after taking down that massive pot earlier and still has close to 80,000 with the next largest stacks belonging to Ping Cheong Fung, Jack Wu and Canlin Chen.
Wu has just shipped a few chips in the direction of Carson Wong in what turned out to be quite an amusing hand. Wong, sitting in the small blind, had not noticed the fact that Wu had opened the action to 3,500 from early position and had moved all-in in an attempt to steal the big blind. After the initial confusion was sorted out Wu made the call and the cards were turned over.
Carson Wong:
Jack Wu: 
Wong was not in good shape but he went from zero to hero extremely quickly when the 
hit the window with the rest of the board running out 
to give the Hong Kong player a timely double and he climbed to 33,000 while Wu dropped a little down to around 52,000.
Here’s how some of the other players are stacking up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
82,000 | 82,000 |
|
|
75,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
70,000 | 41,000 |
|
|
53,000 | 18,800 |
|
|
52,000 | -8,000 |
|
|
50,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
46,000 | -4,000 |
|
|
45,000 | 31,800 |
|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
40,000 | -35,000 |
|
36,000 | 11,000 |
|
33,000 | -22,000 |
|
33,000 | 20,800 |
|
|
24,000 | 3,000 |
|
12,000 | -3,500 |
Kim Almost Scores Double KO
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
An absolutely massive hand has not long played out that brought Hazel Chui’s tournament, or at least her first buy-in in said tournament, to a close. Unfortunately for Malaysia’s Victor Chong he was caught in the crossfire with Gab Yong Kim the man to put the beat down on both.
We missed all the fireworks but both Chong and Kim were kind enough to give us all the gory details. According to the pair, it was Chui who was the initial aggressor, opening the action from middle position with a raise to 2,500 and both Chong and Kim made the call from the small and big blinds respectively.
The flop came down 
with two spades and this is where the fireworks happened. Chong and Kim both checked and Chui continuation bet 3,200.
Chong then check-raised all-in, Kim re-raised all-in and Chui had a decision on her hands. Poker is no fun if you fold though and Chui made the call with 
.
Chong had for the nut flush draw and Kim had flopped bottom two with 
.
The turn and river saw Kim’s hand hold, and he took down the monster pot to climb to 80,000, Chui busted and Chong was left with just 400 chips and was all in and busted the following hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000 | 47,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |