Break Time
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The 45 remaining Day 2B players are on their last break of the day, chip counts to follow shortly.
2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau
Main Event
Day: 2b
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
Choi Busts Sun
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The field’s two ten-deuce masters have finally clashed with the short-stacked Ka Ho Sun and Kevin Choi battling it out in a hand that saw the former bust to the latter. While there was both a ten and a deuce involved, neither player was holding Doyle Brunson’s famous hand this time around.
Down to his last 30,000 in chips Sun shoved in early position with 
and was called by big blind Choi, who had 
.
The 
board saw Sun hit his straight, but this was a moot point as the same turn card also see Choi make a flush. Sun headed for the rail and Choi stacked up to 410,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
410,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Ten-high Good for Choi
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Jian Zhang and Kevin Choi have just played a big pot for stacks that saw Zhang hit the rail and Choi chip up to over 400,000 – with ten-high.
That’s not quite a crazy as it seems, but it’s still pretty sick. The two got all the chips in on an 
flop with Zhang holding 
and Choi holding 
. Those ten-deuces have been hitting today, as Ka Ho Sun can attest too, and ironically the Hong Kong player had a ringside seat as he is seated at the same table.
As you can probably tell from the title of this post, neither player hit the flush, meaning Choi’s ten-high was good and he climbed to 400,000 while a disgruntled Zhang headed for the rail.
“That’s why you should play big cards when you go for flush draws,” said tablemate Thomas Lee, and while we agree that’s sound strategy, if everyone did that then we would not have exciting hands like this to write about.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000 | 400,000 |
|
Busted |
Paik Doubles Hui
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Sparrow Cheung kicked off the action with a raise to 12,500 from middle postion and a short-stacked Dong Hui moved all-in from the cutoff for 25,500. Small blind Albert Paik re-shoved to isolate, Cheung took the hint and got out of the way and the cards were turned over.
Dong Hui: 
Albert Paik: 
It was off to the races once again and the 
flop was a good one for a man holding jacks. The turn and the river saw Hui double to 55,000 but Paik seemed unconcerned and still has a very healthy stack of 320,000 in front of him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000 | |
|
55,000 |
Battle of the Chen’s
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
We caught a blind on blind confrontation between small blind Canlin Chen and big blind Pete Chen and picked up the action on a flop of 
which Canlin led for 8,500.
Pete made the call and the 
turn paired the board and brought another bet from Canlin, this one a little larger 15,500. Pete took a bit longer over his decision this time but made the call and the river completed the hand.
Canlin fired a third barrel, this one for 25,000 and Pete shrugged and made the call. Canlin turned over 
and while he had Pete’s 
dominated pre-flop, post-flop Pete had the best hand and raked in the pot to climb to 200,000 while Canlin dropped to 80,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | 50,000 |
|
80,500 | -209,500 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Double Double for Ichinose
Level 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Kosei Ichinose is hitting form at just the right time and this level has seen the Japanese player grind his stack from 60,000 all the way up to the giddy heights of 250,000 for a 400 percent increase in chips. Not bad going at all.
The man responsible for giving Kosei his first double was the Philippines Ty Delfino but it was a player in the cutoff who was the initial instigator, making it 8,500 to go. Kosei moved all-in from the button for 59,500 and Delfino peeked down at his cards in the small blind and re-shoved to isolate. The original raiser took the hint and folded and the cards were turned over.
Kosei Ichinose: 
Ty Delfino: 
Seeing her better half all-in (that would be Kosei) Hazel Chui came running over from one of the other tables to give Kosei a lucky kiss and call in the ace. It seemed to work as well, though maybe this is just confirmation bias as the flop came down to bring both players a pair.
It must have been quite a kiss as the turn was the 
and the river saw the Japanese player climb to 125,000.
An orbit later and this was 250,000 with another Filipino player, Eugene Co, granting the Japanese player the double this time around.
It was Kosei who was the initial raiser this time around, raising from the cutoff and Co re-raised from the big blind. The Japanese player called and the 
flop was exactly the one he was looking for, as you will discover shortly.
Co led out from the big blind, Kosei moved all-in and was quickly called and the cards were turned over.
Eugene Co: 
Kosei Ichinose:
While the Japanese pro missed his flush he paired his queen to earn yet another double and Co dropped to 280,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000 | -20,000 |
|
250,000 | 135,000 |
|
|
103,000 | 103,000 |
Trips For Fei
Level 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Lu Fei's fortunes are on the rise and the Chinese player’s stack has been moving in the right direction since he eliminated the Netherland’s Bos Wim shortly before the dinner break.
We caught Fei in action once again in a sizable pot against a tablemate. The action had reached the river with close to 50,000 in the pot already and the community cards were spread 
.
Fei’s opponent in the cutoff fired for 25,000 and Fei made the call. The cutoff turned over 
for two pairs, tens and sixes but this was not enough to beat Fei’s 
and the Chinese player raked in the pot to climb to 190,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000 | 190,000 |
A Little Lull
Level 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
We know there have been some bust outs as the number of players on the tournament clock has dropped down to 58, it’s just that our timing seems a little off and we have not caught a single one.
It’s getting to that time in the tournament where a lot of pots are decided pre-flop, or else folded out on the flop after a single bet.
Hong Kong’s Danny Tang, Carson Wong, Sparrow Cheung and Justin Chan are all seated at the same table and are all deep-stacked so there is potential for fireworks.
However, that has not really been the case at all as no one is really getting out of line. We caught a hand between Danny Tang and Justin Chan that is the perfect example of how a great deal of the current action is going.
Action folded around to Chan on the button and he made it 10,500 with Tang the only caller in the big blind. The flop came down 
and there was all of no betting with the turn and river completing the hand. Tang turned over and Chan mucked.
China’s Yu Dong still holds the chip lead and we were hoping to catch him in action but instead were treated to a masterclass in poker with Dong winning three hands in a row, just by opening to 11,000. No one wants to tangle with the big stack apparently and Dong took down all three pots pre-flop to make 31,500 in blinds, all without a flop being dealt.
Saul Plays Big Two
Level 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
For those unaware, Big Two is a card game extremely popular in this part of the world (Asia) and has very similar hand rankings to poker, only the highest card in the game is the deuce as oppose to the ace, so the 
is the highest card.
Ok, now our little lesson in Asian card games is over, let us get on to the hand in question. It was the UK’s Oliver Saul who was the initial aggressor, opening the action to 9,000 from the hi-jack. The big blind bumped it up to 24,000 and Saul thought it over for a minute or so before pulling the trigger for 180,000 in total.
Saul’s opponent made a reluctant fold and the UK-based Spaniard flashed the before throwing his hand away to climb back up to over 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | 90,000 |