Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau
Main Event
Day: 1e
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
Huangfu Shows Alberto the Door
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
The field is now up to 75 runners, 69 of whom are still in action with one of the more recent eliminations Mario Alberto meaning the tournament is now shy one Spaniard.
Alberto had not got his starting flight off to the best of starts and had just 3,100 of his 15,000 starting stack left, which he moved all-in from the cutoff. Action folded around to Fengwei Huangfu in the big blind and the Chinese player made a quick call.
Mario Alberto: 
Fengwei Huangfu: 
While Alberto had got it in with Chinese aces (eights are considered lucky in the part of the world) they were not as good as Huanfu’s fish hooks and the 
flop was of no help to the Spanish player.
It was all over with the arrival of the 
turn and should Alberto want to make it through to Day 2 he’ll have to re-enter and Huangfu stacked up to 25,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
Busted |
Chan Picks off Jia
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Hong Kong’s Andy Yingkit Chan is one of the more recent arrivals and appears to be setting into the tournament just fine. We caught Chan in action against tablemate Tang Jia with Chan the initial aggressor, making a cheeky under-the-gun min raise.
Surprisingly Chan only found the one caller in Jia, who threw in the extras from the big blind and it was heads-up to a flop of 
.
Jia checked, Chan bet 500 and was quickly called to bring in the 
turn. The wet board got a little wetter and Jia now decided to lead for 500. Chan thought it over for a minute or so and then threw in the call and the dealer peeled off the 
river.
And that was it for the betting in the hand with Jia checking and Chan checking it right back. Jia rolled over 
for a missed gutshot and backdoor diamond draw meaning Chan’s 
ace-high was enough to take down the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
12,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Break Time
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
The field has now grown to 82 entrants, with the 75 remaining competitors on their first 10-minute break of the day.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Post-break Stacks
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
We had a chance to get a quick look at how some of the field is stacking up during the break at it appears the early frontrunner is Yu Zhou who has a little over 30,000 with some of the other notables as follows:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,700
8,700
|
8,700 |
|
22,500
500
|
500 |
|
21,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
|
18,525
-2,475
|
-2,475 |
|
|
16,050 | |
|
16,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
14,900
14,900
|
14,900 |
|
14,300 | |
|
14,025 | |
|
13,750
13,750
|
13,750 |
|
||
|
13,200
1,975
|
1,975 |
|
9,525 | |
|
|
7,800
-1,600
|
-1,600 |
|
|
30 | |
|
9 | |
Pics from Day 1E of the Suncity Cup Finale Macau
Jinqiang takes from Yeung
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
Shi Jinqiang is enjoying the rub of the green presently as we arrived in time to see him scoop a big pot. This came at the expense of Calvin Yeung and stacks were being counted down as we arrived.
With the community cards spread 
and over 13,000 in bets, blinds and antes in the middle already Yeung had pulled the trigger on the river for close to 15,000 and been looked up by Jinqiang.
Unfortunately for Yeung however, bluff with 
did not work out the way he wanted (guess he should have asked Cheng Dong) and Jinqiang had looked him up with the pretty looking 
, which was good for a 38,000 pot and Yueng dropped down to 5,300.
Yeung padded this out a little the next hand after a Soo Joo Kim open to 700, with Yeung coming over the top for 2,200. Though the Korean didn’t look as though he liked it Kim eventually let it go and Yeung got a small rebate to climb to 6,450.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000
21,700
|
21,700 |
|
|
6,450 |
Chan and Zhao Play Another Round
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
We caught Justin Chan and his nemesis Zhao Yanchao embroiled in another pot together, though this time they had some company with Luo Xixiang coming along as well.
It was Chan who was the initial aggressor, making it 700 to go from the hi-jack, Zhao decided to make the call from the button and Xixiang made the call from the big blind to take play three-way to a flop of 
.
While two’s company, three’s a crowd and after the action was checked to Chan he decided to thin the field with a continuation bet of 1,000.
Zhao evidently had plans for the hand and re-raised to 2,200 making Xixiang realize he wanted nothing to do with it and he folded out with Chan tossing in the extras to take play heads-up to the turn.
There would be no more cards dealt. Chan checked the action over to Zhao and the Chinese player fired out a bet of 4,100 which was enough to get Chan to lay it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
15,000
1,800
|
1,800 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50