Main Event Day 1d | 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau

11-26-2017 16:52 UTC+8

Up to 61 Entrants

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Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

There have been more new arrivals and some old ones as several players are on their second (or third in some cases) buy-in to bring the number of entrants up to 61, of whom 41 are still in the running.

The returning players include Hong Kong’s Carson Wong, Jeffrey Lo and Justin Chan and Youngee Park is now on his third bullet.

New arrivals include Poker King Cup High Roller Champion Chung Yuan Yu, fellow countryman Yu Chung Chang, China’s Ye Wang and Jianfeng Xu and Hong Kong’s Yiu Man Lee.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chung Yuan Yu	15,000	15,000
Ye Wang	15,000	15,000
Justin Chan	15,000	15,000
Jeffrey Lo	15,000
Yu Chung Chang	15,000
Yiu Man Lee	15,000
Jianfeng Xu	15,000
Carson Wong	15,000
Youngee Park	15,000
Victor Chong	14,000

11-26-2017 16:45 UTC+8

Kim straightens Out Yim

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Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

The last hand we caught was certainly an interesting one and we think Timothy Yim will remember it for quite some time, though probably for all the wrong reasons.

It was Gab Yong Kim who sparked the fuse with an under-the-gun plus one open to 1,000. It appears Kim has been fairly active and his early position raises apparently do not command much respect as Kim was called in four spots with a neighboring player making the call as well as recent arrival Victor Chong (cutoff) Timothy Yim (hi-jack) and Hazel Chui (small blind).

The action went five-way to a flop of and with so many players in the hand, no one seemed keen to bet and the action checked around to Yim who decided to take a stab for 6,500.

Chui folded and the action was back on Kim who now check-raised all-in for 12,675 in total. That was enough to fold out all but Yim, who threw in the extras and the cards we turned over.

Gab Yong Kim:
Timothy Yim:

Yim had been playing a dangerous game taking aces multi-way but it looked like it might all work out swimmingly until the completed Kim’s open-ended straight draw. The river saw the Korean player rewarded for his speculative early raise and he climbed to 36,500 while nothing is going Yim’s way today and he dropped to 8,600.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gab Yong Kim	36,500	19,150
Victor Chong	14,000	14,000
Timothy Yim	8,600	-6,400

Tags: Gab Yong Kim Timothy Yim

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

11-26-2017 16:13 UTC+8

Chan Doubles Pan

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Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Michael Chan’s stack is yo-yoing up and down wildly and he did not get to hold on to his newly won chips for very long. Chan and Yuefeng Pan got into a pre-flop raising war that saw both players get all the chips in pre-flop with Pan the man to pull the trigger first for a shove of roughly 32,500.

Chan made the call with pocket jacks and was trailing to Pan’s pocket aces and there was no jack to be see meaning Chan drops back down to 10,700 while Pan now has around 48,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuefeng Pan	48,000	33,000
Michael Chan	10,700	-39,300

11-26-2017 16:00 UTC+8

Chan and Liu Chop Up Opponent’s Chips

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Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Two interesting back-to-back hands have just played out that have seen Michael Chan and Zhouxin Liu chip up, at the expense of an unfortunate opponent.

We are not sure of the identity of the mystery player, but then he is also no longer in the running unless of course, he chooses to re-enter.

The first of the hands was by far the biggest with our mysterious challenger opening the action to 800 from early position with a player on the button making the call before action was on Chan in the big blind.

The Malaysian looked down at his hole cards and slid out a chunky raise, making it 3,200 to go. Chan received no respect for his raise and both opponents called to keep the action three-way to a flop of .

First to act, Chan moved all-in for 10,700 and our international man of mystery called and the button quickly got out of the way. Chan, holding found himself up against his opponent’s and needed to fade a club and an ace, and duly did so to win a pot close to 50,000.

Chan’s opponent was all in for the last of his chips with the very next hand with Zhuoxin Liu making the call with and the board ran out to award Liu the pot and send his opponent out the door.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Chan	50,000	33,000
Zhuoxin Liu	38,000

Tags: Michael Chan Zhuoxin Liu

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

11-26-2017 15:46 UTC+8

Field Grows

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Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

The arrivals of Singapore’s Stanley Ko, China’s Yuefeng Pan, Korea’s Soojo Kim and Hong Kong’s Zhuxin Liu and Yui Wah Kwok have brought the number of entries up to 50 making this the largest of the starting flights so far.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanley Ko	15,000
Yuefeng Pan	15,000
Soojo Kim	15,000
Zhuxin Liu	15,000
Yui Wah Kwok	15,000

11-26-2017 15:41 UTC+8

Tse Busts Chan

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Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Hong Kong’s Justin Chan is going to have to fire another bullet if he wants to lock up a Day 2 seat as he has recently busted to tablemate Laiheng Tse.

Chan was already short before the break and his fortunes had not improved since then and he was down to his last 4,025, which he moved into the middle from middle position. Tse (cutoff) was the only caller and the cards were turned over.

Justin Chan:
Laiheng Tse:

Tse had Chan’s smaller pair dominated and while it looked like Chan might actually get a chop when the board ran out the river saw Tse take down the pot and send Chan to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laiheng Tse	21,000	6,000
Justin Chan	Busted

Tags: Justin Chan Laiheng Tse

11-26-2017 15:23 UTC+8

Chai Takes From An

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Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Several decent sized stacks are beginning to emerge and one of them is Andrew An, though the US player has just passed a few chips the way of tablemate Kok Cheng Chai.

It was Chai who was the initial aggressor, making it 700 to from the button with An the only caller in the small blind. An checked the flop over to Chai, who c-bet 1,050, which An called.

The turn slowed both players down and the action went check, check with An checking for a third time when the river completed the hand. Chai showed no such restraint and fired for 2,500, which was enough to take it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew An	34,500	-2,500
Kok Cheng Chai	15,500	-900

Tags: Kok Cheng Chai Andrew An

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25