The 38 Day 1D players are on their first 10-minute break of the day. It appears Andrew An is still the early frontrunner, but Canlin Chen has wasted no time in getting up there as well and also has a decent sized stack.
We caught Gab Yong Kim in thr thick of the action just before the break with the Korean player moving all-in for around 12,000 on the turn on a board of but his opponent folded quickly. Here’s how some of the field are stacking up:
Michael Chan’s has go his tournament off to a great start and has just sent an unfortunate opponent to the rail. It was Chan who was the instigator in this particular hand, opening the action from under-the-gun plus one for 525 and finding two customers with Timothy Yim (cutoff) and in the big blind making the call to take the action three-way to a flop of .
After the big blind checked, Chan continued to sell the story of a decent hand and continuation bet 750 with Yim the only caller. The turn saw Chan load up a second barrel and fire again, this time for 1,700 but this was not enough to deter Yim, who called once more to keep the action heads-up to the river.
Chan wanted to play for the maximum and ripped in the rest of his chips and Yim went deep into the tank for several minutes but did eventually make the call, but mucked his hand and headed for the rail when Chan turned over for a rivered top two pairs.
The field has grown some more with Taiwan's Jack Wu signing up, as well as Hong Kong's Tsunchin Yu, Fung Lin and Chun Ming Lee and China's Canlin Chen. Yu Fai Wu is now on his second bullet of the day and Timothy Yim is evidently having a torrid time of it as he has just re-entered for the third time today to bring the total number of entrants up to 44.
There are now 37 entries for Day 1D of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau with Macau’s Tik Man Choi, Hong Kong’s Fuk On Wong and Carson Wong, China's Wenling Gao and Taiwan’s Yu Chung Chang all entering and China’s Yudong Yang re-entering.
The field has grown to 31 players spread over four tables, though two of these are Korea's Youngee Park and Hong Kong's Timothy Yim, who are now both on their second bullet of the day.
Malaysia’s Michael Chan obligingly raised from late position as we were walking past his table after a player limped in early position, making it 400 to go and finding a customer.
However, that was as exciting as the hand got with Chan’s continuation bet on the flop of flop taking it down immediately.
Andrew An has got his tournament off to a decent start and has edged into an early lead and we caught the US player in action in a multi-way pot. It was Malaysia’s Kok Cheng Chai who was the instigator in this particular hand, making it 250 to go from the cut off with An (button) and both blinds coming along for the ride to take the action four-way to a flop of .
All four players checked the flop and took the free turn card, which the small blind led for 325. While that was enough to get the big blind to bow out both Chai and An made the call and the came in on the river, bringing with it the possibilities of a club flush.
The small blind checked, as did Chai and An decided to play his position aggressively and bet big, firing out a bet of 1,500. The small blind quickly folded but Chai chewed over the decision for several seconds before choosing to keep An honest and making the call.
An turned over and Chai quickly folded leaving An to rake in the pot and climb to 27,200 while Chai dropped to 16,400.
The field is now up to 22 with three tables now on the go with Korea’s Gab Yong Kim, the USA’s Andrew An, Hong Kong's Christina Lai and Malaysia’s Michael Chan, Junzhong Loo and Chin Sun Tan all signing up.
Of the six only Kim and Chan have not previously played with An, Loo, Tan and Lai having previously tried their luck with An playing Day 1A and Loo, Tan and Lai playing yesterday’s 1C.
Lai will definitely be invested in making it through to Day 2 as her partner Percy Chao made it though on 1C and bragging rights count for a lot.
Five more challengers have thrown their hats into the ring with China’s Hairong Ma, Guangrui Meng and Yudong Yang and Hong Kong’s Timothy Yim to bring the total number of entries up to 16, spread over two 8-handed tables. Of the five only Meng has tried his luck already and found it wanting on Day 1C so Meng will be hoping to get the rub of the green here today.
A player under-the-gun open limped and all six other players decided to follow suit so we had a seven-way family pot with the flop coming down .
The under-the-gun player took a stab for 350 and was called by Korea’s Youngee Park, Malaysia’s Kok Cheng Chai and another player on the button so it was four-way to the turn.
The first limper checked, Park decided to take a stab for 1,100 and Chai was the only caller. That was it for the betting and Park ambitiously rolled over for king-high and a missed flush draw meaning Chai’s is good and he gets on the scoreboard early.
Wu, Lo and Zou all played yesterday’s Day 1C and will be hoping that the second time is the charm and they win their Day 2 seats today. Justin Chan is another familiar face who came agonizingly close to making his Day 2 seat on Day 1B before a brutal beat at the hands of Macau’s Sam Cheong saw the Hong Kong player come up short and bubble and we expect Chan to be keen for that not to happen again.
Six eager beavers are already seated with China's Jing Luo and Jianfeng Xu, Hong Kong's Yi Zhang, Chun Wai Fung and Laiheng Tse and Malaysia's Kok Cheng Chai all ready to get into the action. Cards are now in the air and Day 1D of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau is underway.