Level: 9
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau
Main Event
Day: 2a
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
Break Time
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The 41 remaining Day 2A players are on their final 10-minute break of the day before they go into the last level. Malaysia's Michael Soyza has just taken the lead, more to follow
Soyza Busts Yang Zhang
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Yang’s tournament has come to a close and it was Malaysia’s Michael Soyza the man to send him to the rail. Down to 181,000 in chips, Zhang opened the action with a raise to 11,000 from middle position with pocket tens and action folded around to Soyza in the big blind.
We have seen Soyza punish those who dare to attack his big blind and this time was no exception, with the Malaysian player re-popping it to 35,000. Zhang shoved and Soyza made a quick call with ace-king and it was off to the races.
Soyza paired his king on the flop and there was no ten to be seen so the field is now down to 41 players and it is Michael Soyza who is leading with a stack of 760,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
760,000 | 243,000 |
|
Busted |
Stacks
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Wai Kiat Lee is the man to catch with a gigantic stack of 715,000. Dong Luo did not recover after folding out that big hand earlier and is no longer in the running and neither did Zhisheng Su after losing his coin flip to Vincent Li.
There are currently 42 Day 1A players still in the running, spread out over five tables and here’s how the tournament landscape is shaping up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
715,000 | 110,000 |
|
|
517,000 | 142,000 |
|
510,000 | -45,000 |
|
|
490,000 | 320,000 |
|
475,000 | 90,000 |
|
475,000 | -20,000 |
|
385,000 | 215,000 |
|
|
360,000 | 148,000 |
|
355,000 | |
|
|
334,000 | 169,000 |
|
|
322,000 | 31,000 |
|
317,000 | 317,000 |
|
310,500 | 310,500 |
|
270,000 | |
|
|
270,000 | -53,000 |
|
263,000 | 3,000 |
|
225,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
190,000 | 190,000 |
|
|
168,000 | -12,000 |
|
145,000 | -35,000 |
|
136,000 | -159,000 |
|
125,000 | -230,000 |
|
110,000 | -15,000 |
|
75,000 | -28,000 |
|
70,000 |
Yang and Zhang Chop
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
For a moment there it looked like Bobby Zhang and Zhang ‘Sunny’ Yang were all set to play a big pot, but then those pesky poker gods had to go and spoil all the fun. It was Yang who opened the action with a raise to 10,500 from the cutoff and Bobby Zhang peeked at his cards and made it 37,500 to go from the small blind.
Yang moved all-in pretty quickly, and Zhang made the call just as quickly and the hands were turned over.
Bobby Zhang: 
Zhang Yang: 
The board ran out an anti-climatic 
to give both players a boat and the pot was divvied up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
355,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
180,000 | 179,889 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Kiat Lee Seizes Lead
Level 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
It’s a totally different Lee we are concerned with in this particular hand, Wai Kiat Lee, whose stack is moving in a different direction to his fellow countryman Chin Yong Lee.
It was China’s Dong Luo who was the initial aggressor, making it 8,000 to go from middle position and the action folded around to Wai Kiat Lee on the button. We have already witnessed the fact that Lee likes to play his position aggressively in the hand against Johnny Chan earlier and the Malaysian player did not disappoint, bumping it up to 28,000.
After a little time thinking it over Luo counted out the call and it was heads-up to a flop of 
. Luo checked this over to Lee, who counted out another bet of 28,000 and dropped in down in the center of the table.
Luo reached for his big chips and counted out a sizable stack, sliding out a check–raise of 70,000 in total and Lee thought it over for around a minute or so before announcing the call. This was already shaping up to be one of the bigger pots seen so far today and the 
turn saw it get a whole lot bigger.
Luo had a stack of 168,000 left in front of him and after maybe 2-3 minutes of thinking things over he bet out 113,000 of his remaining chips, leaving himself 55,00 behind.
Lee quickly pulled the trigger, announcing all in almost as soon as Luo’s chips had crossed the line and it was time for Luo to pay another lengthy visit to the think tank. The fact Luo did not call immediately could only be a good sign for Lee, who could smell the blood in the water. After several more minutes Luo forlornly slid his hand face down into the muck and Lee raked in the massive pot to climb to 605,000 and take the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
605,000 | 141,000 |
|
55,000 | -1,100 |
Lee Pays off Alvarado
Level 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
We were loitering by JC Alvarado and song Liang’s table as it was Liang’s big blind and we wanted to see if the Chinese player and Alvardo would get into another big hand. However, it was Malaysia’s Chin Yong Lee who was the instigator in this particular hand, making it 10,500 to from middle position.
Alvarado made the call from the next seat over and Liang anti-climatically folded his big blind to take the action heads-up to a flop of 
, which Lee had checked in the dark.
Alvarado has quite an intimidating stare when he wants to turn it on, and did so now, shooting it at Lee, who seemed totally oblivious to the fact as he was looking the other way. Alvarado eventually checked it behind and the came off on the turn.
This saw both players check once more and the 
river completed the hand. Lee made another quick check and Alvarado made an uncharacteristically quick bet of 40,000.
Lee already had the calling chip in his hand and dropped it over the line as soon as Alvarado had made the bet, and folded just as quickly when the Mexican rolled over 
. Guess checking in the dark didn’t really pay off there and Lee dropped to 165,000 while Alvarado climbed to 295,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
295,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
165,000 | 39,500 |
Hideki Squeezes
Level 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
We have yet to see Sahashi Hideki call today and the Japanese player is either raising or folding in every hand we catch him in action. This hand was no exception and after Lu Fei opened the action with a mid-position raise to 11,500 and picked up two callers Hideki made a big squeeze to 43,000 from the small blind.
Fei and caller number one folded quickly but the player on the button looked like he was unsure. Unfortunately, he only had 90,000 in front of him and no fold equity at all and eventually found the fold, leaving Hideki to scoop another.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
555,000 | 50,000 |
Soyza Bombs It
Level 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
It was Australia’s Bobby Zhang who kicked things off with an under-the-gun open to 9,500 with Malaysia’s Michael Soyza making the call from UTG+1 and Cheng Dong came along for the ride from the big blind to take the action three-way to a rather wet flop.
That’s the sort of board that’s hit someone and all three players cagily checked and the turn saw the board get wetter still. Dong decided to take a stab for 20,000 and Zhang quickly mucked. Soyza however, was going nowhere and slid in the call after thinking things over.
The river paired the board and brought a quick check from Dong, but Soyza took his time over his decision. Eventually, he decided the right about to bet was 102,000 and he slid out a large tower of blue 5,000 chips, with a couple of yellow 1,000 chips on top. Dong shot him a look but through his hand away.
“So you don’t have a king then?” probed Soyza as he raked in the pot. Dong shook his head in the negative as Soyza stacked up his new chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
385,000 | -19,000 |
|
|
375,000 | 20,000 |