Main Event Day 1d | 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau

11-26-2017 20:50 UTC+8

Zhang Pads Out Stack

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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
Bobby Zhang	90,000

Tags: Bobby Zhang

11-26-2017 21:10 UTC+8

Dong Building

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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
Bobby Zhang	108,000 18,000	18,000
Yu Dong Yang	100,000 30,000	30,000
Youngee Park	96,000 81,000	81,000
Felix Lee	82,000 36,000	36,000
Gab Yong Kim	48,000 -27,000	-27,000
Ping Cheong Fung	41,000 -12,000	-12,000
Jack Wu	40,000 -12,000	-12,000
Hon Cheong Lee	37,000 -3,000	-3,000
Andrew An	27,000 -18,000	-18,000
Justin Chan	Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

11-26-2017 21:31 UTC+8

Zhang and Meng Tangle, Dong Profits

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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
Yu Dong Yang	110,000 10,000	10,000
Guangrui Meng	88,000 73,000	73,000
Bobby Zhang	77,000 -31,000	-31,000

Tags: Guangrui Meng Bobby Zhang Yu Dong

11-26-2017 21:45 UTC+8

Wu Triples

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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
Canlin Chen	95,000 67,000	67,000
Jack Wu	60,000 20,000	20,000
Laiheng Tse	Busted

Tags: Canlin Chen Jack Wu Laiheng Tse

11-26-2017 21:55 UTC+8

Meng Coolers Wong

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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
Guangrui Meng	90,000 2,000	2,000
Carson Wong	Busted

11-26-2017 22:05 UTC+8

Break Time

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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.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

11-26-2017 22:17 UTC+8

Four Quick Bust Outs Brings in the Bubble

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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
Yu Dong Yang	163,000 53,000	53,000
Felix Lee	155,000 73,000	73,000
Andrew An	135,000 108,000	108,000
Youngee Park	134,000 38,000	38,000
Canlin Chen	121,000 26,000	26,000
Jack Wu	80,000 20,000	20,000
Ping Cheong Fung	75,000 34,000	34,000
Guangrui Meng	62,000 -28,000	-28,000
Hai Yong Ma	49,000 49,000	49,000
Ye Wang	35,000 20,000	20,000
Gab Yong Kim	35,000 -13,000	-13,000
Jackie Chang	Busted

Tags: Andrew An Bobby Zhang Jackie Chang Yu Dong

11-26-2017 22:35 UTC+8

Double Double for Kim

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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 .