Level: 5
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
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 4
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The 71 remaining Day 2A players are on a 10-minute break and it looks like there’s a new sheriff in town who goes by the name of Cheng Dong, who has edged into the chip lead and here’s how some of the field are stacking up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
535,000 | 376,100 |
|
503,000 | -5,000 |
|
400,000 | 250,000 |
|
310,200 | -66,800 |
|
270,000 | 125,000 |
|
266,000 | 266,000 |
|
260,000 | 30,000 |
|
209,000 | 87,100 |
|
200,000 | 79,000 |
|
200,000 | 138,200 |
|
170,000 | 170,000 |
|
140,000 | -34,500 |
|
113,000 | 113,000 |
|
112,000 | 112,000 |
|
75,700 | -23,100 |
Si Sucks Out on Tai
Level 4
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
We caught the tail end of an interesting hand between China’s Lin Kun Si and Taiwan’s Hsing Hsiung Tai that saw the former give the latter a nasty beat.
Si was the pre-flop aggressor and Tai had defended from the big blind and the flop had come down a monochrome 
and this is when all the chips went in.
While Si, holding 
had flopped top pair he was trailing to Tai’s 
flopped flush and was teetering on the verge of elimination. However, the power of runner, runner cannot be underestimated and the 
turn improved Si’s hand to two pairs, which improved to a full house with the arrival of the 
river to gasps of astonishment and cries of disbelief from the rest of the table.
Tai took it all in his stride and counted out the 93,600 in chips to pay Si off, dropping down to 13,500 while Si stacked up to 195,000 after that gift from the poker gods. Tai could not stage a come back and departed shortly afterward.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000 | 195,000 |
|
Busted |
Fu Shows Leow the Door
Level 4
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Ivan Leow’s Day 2A is now over courtesy of fellow countryman David Fu. It was Leow who was the architect of his own destruction, moving all-in from the button over the top of a Fu open and the speed of Fu’s call made it look like Leow was in trouble.
Ivan Leow: 
David Fu: 
While Leow was not all that far behind he was the at-risk player as Fu had him easily covered and the 
flop was of no help. The 
turn and 
river meant Fu’s ace-high was enough to send Leow packing and stack Fu up to 170,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000 | |
|
Busted |
Hideki Flexes Stack
Level 4
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Japan’s Sahashi Hideki is flexing his big stack and has just used it like a club to beat tablemates Andrew An and Phachara Wongwichit into submission. Hideki was the initial aggressor, making it 4,600 to go from the hi-jack and he picked up several callers with An (button), Choon Tong Siow (small blind) and Wongwichit (big blind) all making the call to take the action four-way to a flop of 
.
Both blinds checked the action over to the Hideki, who fired for 12,000 with An and Wongwichit making the call and Siow bowing out, taking the action three-way to the 
turn.
Wongwichit checked again and Hideki bet big, splashing out 35,000 in blue 5,000 chips, which was enough to deter both opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
508,000 | 108,000 |
|
120,000 | -30,000 |
|
56,000 | -10,900 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Liang and Alvardo Tangle
Level 3
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
A decent-sized pot has recently played out between JC Alvarado and Song Liang that saw the latter win a decent amount of chips – all without showdown.
Alvarado was the initial aggressor, making it 3,500 to go from middle position with Taiwan’s Chung Yuan Yu making the call from the small blind before Liang juiced up the action to 13,000 from the big blind.
With the action back on Alvarado, he decided to see just how serious Liang was with a three-bet to 33,000, prompting Yu to fold and Liang to ask the Mexican how much he was playing – he started the hand with 115,000.
That seemed good enough for Liang, who ripped in the lot and Alvarado folded immediately leaving Liang to rake in 38,300 in bets, blinds and antes – all without a flop being dealt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
211,500 | |
|
82,000 |
Ishibashi Rails Sau
Level 3
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
We arrived in time to see Ho Yin Sau’s tournament come to a close with the Macanese player getting the last of his chip in pre-flop with 
. Unfortunately for Sau, Japan’s Tsuyoshi Ishibashi was waiting in the wings with 
.
The 
flop saw Sau starting to gather up his belongings and he evidently thought the chances of hitting running jacks unlikely and he was correct with the turn leaving him drawing dead. The 
river was just a formality and Sau headed for the rail while Ishibashi stacked up to 58,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000 | |
|
Busted |
Chong Gets Paid
Level 3
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Victor Chong has been a busy man since the last time we caught him in action and the Malaysian player has run his stack up to the giddy heights of 217,000, though he has just increased this still further at the expense of a tablemate.
Action folded around to Chong on the button he popped it up to 4,000 with the big blind the only caller. The 
flop looked like a good one to continuation bet, and Chong evidently thought so too, firing out for another 4,000 when the big blind checked.
That was not enough to deter his opponent, however, who made the call to bring in the turn. The big blind checked again and this time Chong checked it back and the 
washed in on the river.
Chong’s opponent checked for the third time and after thinking it over for a few seconds Chong slid out a 9,000 bet, which was quickly called. The Malaysian turned over 
for a rivered top pair and that was enough to take down the hand when the big blind mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000 | 184,000 |
Hideki Still Leads; Siow Wins One
Level 3
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The chip leader is still Suncity Cup leg three frontrunner Sahashi Hideki who came in with a monster 374,200 stack after crushing the Taipei event and the Japanese player looks to have padded this out further and climbed to over 400,000.
Another massive stack is Day 1E front-runner Weizhou Zha and he is seated to Hideki’s direct left so there may well be some potential fireworks later on and should the two tangle in a big pot the man who emerges victorious will have a gigantic stack.
As it is though the two are staying out of each other’s way presently and it was tablemate Andrew An who opened the action in this particular hand, making it 3,500 to go from under-the-gun and Malaysia’s Choon Tong Siow made the call from UTG+1. Hideki and Zha folded out the blinds and it was heads-up to a flop of 
.
An checked it over to Siow who wasted no time in getting his last 40,000 in chips in the middle and An made a speedy fold leaving Siow free to pad out his stack without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000 | 25,800 |
|
|
377,000 | 106,800 |
|
|
150,000 | 10,300 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |