Level: 7
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
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
Big Stacks at the Break
Level 6
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
There are 61 players out of the 115 initial Day 2 entrants still in contention and they have just headed off on a 40-minute dinner break. The current frontrunner is Yu Dong and the Chinese player has been hard at work since the last time we walked by his table – he had just over 300,000 then but has more than doubled that since and is now sitting on a mountain of chips with a stack of 630,000 – that is a massive 210 big blinds folks.
The only other player we could find with anything close to this is Hong Kong’s Sparrow Cheung, but he ‘only’ has a stack of 360,000 (120 big blinds). While Taiwan’s Chan An Lin wins the award for the most artistic chip stack – some sort of giant elaborate chip flower that he has spent the better part of the last level building – he only has a stack of 208,000. Here’s how some of the field’s other notables are stacking up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
630,000 | 290,000 |
|
360,000 | 215,000 |
|
350,000 | 49,000 |
|
325,000 | 10,000 |
|
300,000 | 30,000 |
|
290,000 | 177,700 |
|
270,000 | 224,500 |
|
|
255,000 | -65,000 |
|
230,000 | 230,000 |
|
220,000 | 141,000 |
|
208,000 | 208,000 |
|
190,000 | -117,000 |
|
150,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
150,000 | 68,000 |
|
140,000 | -70,000 |
|
110,000 | -4,000 |
|
90,000 | -73,000 |
|
70,000 | 32,500 |
|
70,000 | -135,000 |
|
Busted |
Tran Shoves on Shim
Level 6
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Linh Tran was looking a little short there for a while but has just won a pot to keep himself in the running. We picked up the action on the flop with the community cards reading 
and close to 50,000 already in the pot.
Tran, sitting in middle position, had just moved all-in and was playing around with the ‘All-in’ triangle on the table in front of him while his opponent in the hand, Korea’s Hyoung Suob Shim, mulled over his decision.
Eventually, Shim let it go and Tran pulled in the pot to climb to 110,000 while Shim dropped to 80,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
80,000 | 13,000 |
Prize Pool Announced
Level 6
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
The numbers are in and the prize pool and payouts have been announced. The total number of Day 1 2017 Suncity Cup entries (including the four prior legs held outside of Macau) comes in at 832 and combined with the 96 Day 2 direct entries brings the total number of runners up to an impressive 928.
All that action has generated a prize pool of HK$8,008,300, beating the HK$8 million guarantee by HK$8,300 so those hoping for some juicy overlay will have to contain their disappointment.
The tournament has already paid out HK$744,000 in cash to all the Day 2 qualifiers who made it through the respective Day 1's and although we are still a good 24 hours away from making the hallowed money spots it’s still nice to know what everyone is playing for (aside from the fun factor of course) and the top 35 places will be getting paid.
A min-cash is good for HK$50,900 but it is the top prize all will have their eye on and the eventual 2017 Suncity Cup champion will walk away with HK$1,925,000, in addition to the trophy and title – and of course the all-important bragging rights.
Level: 6
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Fei Busts Wim
Level 5
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
A short-stacked Bos Wim moved all-in for his last 35,000 from early position and neighbour Lu Fei made the call and the cards were turned over.
While Wim had the pretty looking 
the Dutchman was dominated by Fei’s 
and the 
flop was not really all that helpful, at least for Wim, though Fei looked as though he liked it just fine.
The 
turn left Wim drawing dead, Fei stacked up to 76,000 and the field is now short one Dutchman. Day 3 will still have some Flemish flair however, as Martijn Gerrits made it through to Day 3 yesterday after playing Day 2A.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
76,000 | 76,000 |
|
Busted |
Li Wins Small From Chan
Level 5
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Juicy Li opened the action to 5,200 from under-the-gun and while Danny Tang looked like he was going to call he had a last minute change of heart and folded instead and the action folded around to Justin Chan on the button. Chan had plenty of chips, and position, so we were not at all surprised when he decided to re-raise, making it 12,800 to go.
Both the blinds bowed out and action was back on Li, who thought it over for a while before sliding out the call and it was heads-up to a flop of 
.
It was not a particularly exciting flop and the betting was not all that thrilling either with the action going check, check and repeating on the 
turn.
The 
river saw Li lead for 11,000 and that was enough to take it down. Li raked in the small pot but still has a great deal of work to do before the end of the day and is sitting on less than starting stack with 72,000. Chan looked to have given some of his chips away since the last time we caught him in action but still has a very respectable 301,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
301,000 | |
|
|
72,000 |
Post-Break Stacks
Level 5
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
It’s tough to tell exactly who is in front at present as there a plenty of players on or just above the 300,000-mark, but we scouted some stacks on the break so here’s how the tournament landscape is shaping up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
340,000 | 161,000 |
|
|
320,000 | 140,000 |
|
|
315,000 | 315,000 |
|
|
307,000 | 307,000 |
|
275,000 | 112,000 |
|
|
270,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
210,000 | 133,500 |
|
|
205,000 | 95,000 |
|
190,000 | 190,000 |
|
|
163,000 | 107,500 |
|
|
145,000 | |
|
145,000 | -34,000 |
|
140,000 | 13,300 |
|
|
112,000 | 112,000 |
|
85,000 | -53,000 |
|
|
79,000 | 79,000 |
|
|
37,500 | 37,500 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Break Time
Level 4
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The 83 remaining Day 2B players are on a 10-minute break.