Main Event Day 2a | 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau

11-29-2017 18:55 UTC+8

Su Doubles Li

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Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

China’s Zhisheng Su and Vincent Li became embroiled in a pre-flop raising war with all the chips finding their way into the middle of the table pre-flop. Su was the initial aggressor, opening the action from middle position, though we are unsure of the exact amount, and Li had re-raised from the cutoff, making it 13,000 to go.

We arrived just as Su had pulled the trigger, moving all-in for 107,400 in total – and had Li covered. Li thought long and hard about the decision and decided now was the time to take a stand, slapping down a handful of black 100-chips to represent the call and the cards were turned over.

Vincent Li:
Zhisheng Su:

A classic race, these never go out of fashion and this time around the runout favored the man with the pocket pair and Li doubled to 165,000 while Su dropped to 24,900.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Li	165,000 165,000	165,000
Zhisheng Su	24,900 -42,300	-42,300

Tags: Zhisheng Su Vincent Li

11-29-2017 19:09 UTC+8

Yang Rails Chu

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Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Pocket jacks are a hand some players love and some hate, better than pocket tens but not as good as pocket queens, they can be a tricky hand to play on occasion as, close to 60 percent of the time, they’ll be overcards.

Hong Kong’s Stephen Chu overcame this problem by getting all his chips in pre-flop with and found himself up against the of Renjun Yang. I know we said jacks were better than tens, but on this occasion, this was not the case with the the first card off the top of the deck. There was no jack for Chu and he hit the rail while Yang stacked up to 315,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renjun Yang	315,000 250,600	250,600

Tags: Renjun Yang Stephen Chu

11-29-2017 19:30 UTC+8

Hideki Leads at Dinner Break

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Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The 53 remaining Day 2A players are on a 40-minute dinner break and here's how some of the notables are stacking up:

Player	Chips	Progress
Sahashi Hideki	505,000 2,000	2,000
Renjun Yang	495,000 180,000	180,000
Cheng Dong	404,000 -32,000	-32,000
Michael Soyza	355,000 100,000	100,000

Bobby Zhang	345,000 55,000	55,000
Lin Kun Si	323,000 128,000	128,000
Song Liang	291,000 133,400	133,400
JC Alvarado	270,000 22,000	22,000
Andrew An	265,000 145,000	145,000
Weizhou Zhang	212,000 -98,200	-98,200
Linh Tran	210,000 -56,000	-56,000
Liu Wei	209,000 155,300	155,300
Karol Janiszewski	180,000 -20,000	-20,000
Vincent Li	135,000 -30,000	-30,000
Atanas Kavrakov	103,000 -106,000	-106,000
Hon Cheong Lee	70,000 -43,000	-43,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

11-29-2017 20:23 UTC+8

Soyza Bombs It

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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
Cheng Dong	385,000 -19,000	-19,000
Michael Soyza	375,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Bobby Zhang Michael Soyza Cheng Dong

11-29-2017 20:29 UTC+8

Hideki Squeezes

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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
Sahashi Hideki	555,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Sahashi Hideki

11-29-2017 20:47 UTC+8

Lee Pays off Alvarado

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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
JC Alvarado	295,000 25,000	25,000
Chin Yong Lee	165,000 39,500	39,500

Tags: JC Alvarado Chin Yong Lee

11-29-2017 20:52 UTC+8

Kiat Lee Seizes Lead

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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
Wai Kiat Lee	605,000 141,000	141,000
Dong Luo	55,000 -1,100	-1,100

Tags: Dong Luo Wai Kiat Lee

Level: 8

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

11-29-2017 21:17 UTC+8

Yang and Zhang Chop

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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: