Main Event
Day 1d Started
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
Day 1D of the Suncity Cup Finale Macau Starting Soon
Welcome back poker fans to the PokerNews live coverage of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau, brought to you from the Poker King poker room at the Venetian Macau.
The ten-day festival, running Nov 23 – Dec 2, boasts a host of events including an HK$12,000 buy-in side event with an HK$1 million guarantee, an HK$80,000 buy-in High Roller event and an HK$20,000 buy-in deep-stacked tournament.
You can view the full schedule here
However, it is the $8M GTD Suncity Cup Main Event that will be attracting the most attention and this will be the only event with PokerNews live coverage.
Boasting an affordable HK$6,600 (~US$845) buy-in the tournament looks primed to attract an eclectic mix of keen recreational players and seasoned professionals, all eager to win a share of the HK$8M (~US$1M) guaranteed prize pool.
There are eight starting flights to chose from, including two with turbo structures, giving players the ultimate in flexibility when it comes to choosing when and how to begin their quest for glory.
Players buying into any of the Day 1 Main Event flights sit down with 15,000 chips and play eighteen 40-minute levels with blinds starting at 25/50. Late registration is open until the start of the level 10 and multiple re-entries are permitted while late registration is available.
Players are allowed to play more than one Day 1, but should they progress to Day 2 more than once, only their largest stack is taken through with them. Play continues on Day 1 until only 15 percent of the field remains, with these players making it to Day 2.
In a small twist, it is possible to buy into the HK$8 million guaranteed Main Event on Day 2A or Day 2B for HK$38,000 (US$4,850). Anyone taking this route will receive a 100,000-chip starting stack.
You can check out the full structure here
Everything you should know about the upcoming Suncity Cup
A total of 24 players have already locked up their Day 2 seat with four prior legs already having played out; the first in Jeju, Korea, running September 24-30, the second at the Poker King Club, Manila, Philippines, running October 13-16, the third at CLBC The Flagship, Taipei, Taiwan, running November 3-5 and the fourth taking place at Paradise City, Incheon, Korea, running November 10-12. A further 13 players have made it through from Days 1A, 1B and 1C of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau to bring the total number of Day 2 players up to 37:
2017 Suncity Cup Main Event Day 2 Qualifiers
| Position | Name | Country | Chip Count | 2A Table/Seat | 2B Table/Seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sahashi Hideki | Japan | 374,200 | 2-3 | - |
| 2 | Hsiao Jialing | China | 245,800 | - | 4-3 |
| 3 | Asakura Yasuyuki | Japan | 189,400 | - | 1-9 |
| 4 | Michael Soyza | Malaysia | 174,500 | - | 2-9 |
| 5 | Sam Cheong | Macau | 168,800 | 7-6 | - |
| 6 | Hsieh Chi Han | Taiwan | 164,000 | - | 10-8 |
| 7 | Wai Kiat Lee | Malaysia | 150,000 | 10-9 | - |
| 8 | Kuo Ting Wei | Taiwan | 130,200 | - | 3-4 |
| 9 | Thomas Lee | Canada | 120,000 | - | 5-1 |
| 10 | Percy Chao | Hong Kong | 114,900 | - | 7-5 |
| 11 | Kilian Loeffler | Germany | 108,600 | 9-4 | - |
| 12 | Chan Shin Hung | Taiwan | 105,500 | - | 4-8 |
| 13 | Trifie D. Montebon II | Philippines | 105,000 | 5-8 | - |
| 14 | Chang Tian Lin | Taiwan | 102,500 | 3-8 | - |
| 15 | Sio Fat Lau | Macau | 97,700 | - | 9-5 |
| 16 | Chen Sheng Wen | Taiwan | 93,000 | - | 2-6 |
| 17 | Chen Wen Kai | Taiwan | 92,000 | 7-4 | - |
| 18 | Keisuke Hikosaka | Japan | 91,000 | - | 8-1 |
| 19 | Hung Yu Shin | Taiwan | 85,000 | - | 9-3 |
| 20 | Liao Po Hao | Taiwan | 80,800 | - | 8-2 |
| 21 | Tsai Du Ming | Taiwan | 77,800 | 6-1 | - |
| 22 | Chien Jen Yen | Taiwan | 67,800 | 4-1 | - |
| 23 | Phachara Wongwichit | Thailand | 66,900 | 2-7 | - |
| 24 | Yao Jin Chen | China | 64,500 | 10-4 | - |
| 25 | Wu Chia Yun | Taiwan | 63,500 | 10-2 | - |
| 26 | Zhou Qiangbo | China | 60,000 | 2-2 | - |
| 27 | Joey Wong | Hong Kong | 59,300 | 8-7 | - |
| 28 | Ho Yin Sau | Macau | 54,200 | 1-4 | - |
| 29 | Lin Chin An | Taiwan | 53,000 | 1-3 | - |
| 30 | Hong Cheng Han | Taiwan | 50,800 | 6-6 | - |
| 31 | Yueh Ko-Chiang | Taiwan | 45,200 | - | 5-6 |
| 32 | Tsuyoshi Ishibashi | Japan | 44,900 | 6-2 | - |
| 33 | Chen Yazhou | China | 39,400 | 8-10 | - |
| 34 | Ka Ho Sun | Hong Kong | 37,400 | - | 9-2 |
| 35 | Yoshinori Sugie | Japan | 35,600 | 3-1 | - |
| 36 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 26,200 | - | 6-3 |
| 37 | Wang Yong Siang | Taiwan | 19,800 | - | 7-9 |
Day 2A begins at 1pm on Wednesday, 29 November, and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to cover all the Main Event tournament thrills and spills, with Day 1D kicking off at 1pm local time (GMT+8) so stay tuned and we’ll bring you all the action as it happens.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Cards in the Air (full)
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Chai Picks off Park; Up to Two Tables
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
17,800
2,800
|
2,800 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
13,500 |
More New Faces
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Kim, An, Chan and Loo Join
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Chan Does Requests; An Takes Early Lead
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,200
12,200
|
12,200 |
|
|
16,400
-1,400
|
-1,400 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
15,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
15,000 | |
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|
15,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25