Main Event
Day 2b Started
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
Day 2B of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau Good to Go
Welcome back poker fans to the PokerNews live coverage of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau, brought to you from the Poker King poker room at the Venetian Macau.
The initial starting flight appetizer has been served, as has the first dish of the Day 2A Main Course and it’s time to move on to Day 2B of the Main Event.
Today is the second of two Day 2’s – Day 2B – and so far 32 players have successfully circumnavigated the tournament minefield and earned themselves a Day 3 starting berth after fighting their way through the initial eight starting flights and Day 2A.
There are already 55 registered Day 2B players registered, and they have all earned their seat the hard way, fighting through one of the eight initial starting flights.
However, registration is still open until the end of level 2 for those who have failed to make the cut so far and players can buy-in direct with all Day 2 players allowed a single additional re-entry before the end of late registration should they so chose.
This is the last chance though, and any player that busts today is out, although any one of the 32 entrants who qualified for Day 3 yesterday can still re-enter today should they so desire, with their largest stack brought forwards and the other taken out of play.
Players start with 100,000 in chips, with blinds starting at 500/1,000 with a 100 running ante and levels have now been extended to 60-minutes with each Day 2 comprising of nine 60-minute levels.
With an HK$38,000 (~US$4,870) direct buy-in the tournament looks primed to attract an eclectic mix of keen recreational players and seasoned professionals, all eager to win a share of the HK$8M (~US$1M) guaranteed prize pool.
You can check out the full structure here
Everything you should know about the upcoming Suncity Cup
2017 Suncity Cup Main Event Day 2B Seat Draw
| Position | Name | Country | Chip Count | 2A Table/Seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yzu Shek Cheng | HONG KONG | 68,800 | 1-2 |
| 2 | Justin Chan | HONG KONG | 171,300 | 1-3 |
| 3 | Dajia Chen | CHINA | 56,000 | 1-4 |
| 4 | Isan Yuen Leung | HONG KONG | 189,200 | 1-5 |
| 5 | Luen Kwan Kwok | HONG KONG | 50,900 | 1-6 |
| 6 | Chin Sun Tan | MALAYSIA | 55,500 | 1-7 |
| 7 | Yukio Imanishi | JAPAN | 48,400 | 1-8 |
| 8 | Yasuyuki Asakura | JAPAN | 189,400 | 1-9 |
| 9 | Gab Yong Kim | KOREA | 185,500 | 2-3 |
| 10 | Shengwen Chen | TAIWAN | 93,000 | 2-6 |
| 11 | Hoong Kiat Tan | MALAYSIA | 20,000 | 2-7 |
| 12 | Ka Leung Ip | CHINA | 46,700 | 2-8 |
| 13 | Eugene Co | PHILIPPINES | 196,200 | 3-2 |
| 14 | Jack Wu | TAIWAN | 76,500 | 3-3 |
| 15 | Kuo Tingwei | TAIWAN | 130,200 | 3-4 |
| 16 | Yang Xu | CHINA | 110,300 | 3-5 |
| 17 | Juen Jesh Mig | MALAYSIA | 157,100 | 3-6 |
| 18 | Fei Lu | CHINA | 74,000 | 3-7 |
| 19 | Wei Bo Qi | CHINA | 41,000 | 3-8 |
| 20 | Xiao Jialiang | CHINA | 245,800 | 4-3 |
| 21 | Fredric Stephan | HONG KONG | 95,600 | 4-6 |
| 22 | Yulong Yang | CHINA | 179,000 | 4-7 |
| 23 | Shinhun Chang | TAIWAN | 105,500 | 4-8 |
| 24 | Hua Bin Hwang | CHINA | 75,100 | 4-9 |
| 25 | Thomas Lee | CANADA | 120,000 | 5-1 |
| 26 | Oliver Saul | UNITED KINGDOM | 215,000 | 5-5 |
| 27 | Yueh Kochiang | TAIWAN | 45,200 | 5-6 |
| 28 | Je Ho Lee | KOREA | 236,000 | 5-7 |
| 29 | Jian Zhang | CHINA | 42,200 | 5-8 |
| 30 | Kai Jun Zheng | CHINA | 76,700 | 5-9 |
| 31 | Chun Bao Jia | CHINA | 69,900 | 6-1 |
| 32 | Hyoung Suob Shim | KOREA | 67,000 | 6-4 |
| 33 | Tsan Wa Li | HONG KONG | 71,900 | 6-5 |
| 34 | Yu Chung Chang | TAIWAN | 144,500 | 6-6 |
| 35 | Kuen Wai Lo | HONG KONG | 196,000 | 6-7 |
| 36 | Bin Chen | CHINA | 162,200 | 6-9 |
| 37 | PC Fung | CHINA | 55,800 | 7-1 |
| 38 | Percy Chao | HONGKONG | 114,900 | 7-5 |
| 39 | Yongsiang Wang | TAIWAN | 19,800 | 7-9 |
| 40 | Hikasaka Keisuke | JAPAN | 104,200 | 8-1 |
| 41 | Liao Pohao | TAIWAN | 80,800 | 8-2 |
| 42 | Guoliang Wei | CHINA | 58,800 | 8-5 |
| 43 | Jesus Fernandez | UNITED KINGDOM | 126,700 | 8-6 |
| 44 | Oelfino Ty | PHILIPPINES | 87,900 | 8-7 |
| 45 | Ong Jun Yi | SINGAPORE | 62,400 | 9-1 |
| 46 | Ka Ho Sun | HONGKONG | 37,400 | 9-2 |
| 47 | Yushih Hung | TAIWAN | 85,000 | 9-3 |
| 48 | Yiu Chung Tong | CHINA | 59,900 | 9-4 |
| 49 | Jinchen Yao | CHINA | 64,500 | 9-5 |
| 50 | Young Hee Park | KOREA | 46,000 | 9-6 |
| 51 | Canlin Chen | CHINA | 112,300 | 9-9 |
| 52 | Keng Po Wong | MACAU | 111,100 | 10-1 |
| 53 | Zhuanglang Yen | CHINA | 149,600 | 10-6 |
| 54 | Yun Lam Choi | HONG KONG | 195,100 | 10-7 |
| 55 | Hsieh Chihan | TAIWAN | 164,000 | 10-8 |
Day 2B begins at 1pm on Wednesday, 29 November, with Day 3 playing out at the same time on Friday, 1 December and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to cover all the Main Event tournament thrills and spills.
Day 2B Chip Counts
Here's how the Day 2B qualifiers are stacking up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,800 | 245,800 |
|
236,000 | 236,000 |
|
215,000 | |
|
196,200 | |
|
196,000 | 196,000 |
|
|
195,100 | 195,100 |
|
189,400 | 189,400 |
|
|
189,200 | 189,200 |
|
185,500 | |
|
|
179,000 | 179,000 |
|
171,300 | 171,300 |
|
|
164,000 | 164,000 |
|
|
162,200 | 162,200 |
|
157,100 | 157,100 |
|
|
149,600 | 149,600 |
|
|
144,500 | 144,500 |
|
|
130,200 | 130,200 |
|
126,700 | |
|
120,000 | 120,000 |
|
|
114,900 | 114,900 |
|
112,300 | |
|
111,100 | |
|
110,300 | 110,300 |
|
|
105,500 | 105,500 |
|
|
104,200 | 104,200 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Cards in the Air
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The cards are now in motion and the 55 Day 2B qualifiers have been joined by 21 fresh faces and some familiar ones. Hong Kong’s Justin Chan finally won himself a Day 2 seat, qualifying via the last chance turbo flight on Wednesday, 29 November, though it has taken him 8 bullets to get here.
Linh Tran has re-entered after failing to make the cut yesterday and Bulgaria’s Atanas Kavrakov is back in action after busting at the hands of Day 2A top dog Wai Kiat Lee.
However, it is some of Kavrakov’s tablemates we caught in action in the following hand. Action folded around to China’s Ping Cheong Fung on the button and he made it 2,800 to go with Japan’s Yukio Imanishi the only caller in the big blind.
The flop came down a monochrome 
and Imanishi peeked at his cards for a quick spade check and then checked the action to Fung, who continuation bet 4,000, which was called and it was off to the 
turn.
Imanishi checked again and Fung checked it right back and the 
landed on the river to pair the board and bring in a fourth spade. Both players checked once more and Imanishi took down the hand with 
after Fung mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000 | 16,200 |
|
|
60,000 | 11,600 |
Tai Check-raises for Victory
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Following a raise to 2,200 from a player under-the-gun, Germany’s Kilian Loeffler made the call from middle position and Hong Kong’s David Tai came along from the big blind to take the action three-way to a flop of 
.
Tai checked to the raiser, who tossed out a 2,800 continuation bet, which Loeffler called before Tai check-raised to 7,800 in total. The original raiser quickly got out of the way and the action was back on Loeffler. The German looked like he was seriously considering it, but then thought better of it and folded leaving Tai to rake in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000 | 125,000 |
Xiao and Tsang Tangle
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Hong Kong’s Anson Tsang opened the action with an early position raise to 2,500 with the sharply dressed Eric Xiao the only caller in the big blind to take the action heads-up to a flop of 
, which Xiao checked.
Xiao clearly liked the flop as he immediately led for 2,800 and the action was on Tsang, who decided to test the waters with a raise, making it 7,500 to go. Xiao did not take long to reach for his big chips and three-bet to 16,000 in total.
Tsang took the hint and mucked and Xiao scooped in the pot.
“I had queens,” said Xiao when Tsang quizzed him about the hand, though it’s a moot point now as he won the pot without showdown to climb to 115,000 while Tsang dropped to 78,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000 | 115,000 |
|
78,000 | 78,000 |
Huang Shoves on Cheng
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
A big pot played out between Hong Kong’s Nevan Cheng and China’s Kun Huang and while we missed the pre-flop action there was obviously some serious betting going on between our two protagonists as there was over 36,000 already in the pot with the flop spread 
.
Cheng was in the big blind so had first stab and threw out a rather chunky 25,000 bet and the action was on Huang, who asked Cheng how much more he was playing – roughly another 100,000.
That was enough for Huang who slammed down his whole stack and Cheng rocked back in his chair like he had just been slapped. While Cheng had Huang covered, his all-in of bet would cost Cheng anther 88,400 more and he eventually decided to pick a better spot and let it go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
163,000 | 163,000 |
|
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Saul and Lee Tangle
Level 2
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
We struggled to catch the UK’s Oliver Saul in action on Day 1F, though he was one of the larger stacks on the day we could never quite manage to catch him in a hand. We caught him in one today though, and it was for quite a big pot.
We picked up the action on a flop of 
with close to 16,000 in bets, blinds and antes in the middle already, just as Canada’s Thomas Lee (middle position) checked the action over to Saul (cutoff), who fired for 8,500.
Lee counted out some chips, then added some more for good measure and check-raised to 23,000 in total to send Saul deep into the tank, where he remained for a minute or so before deciding to peel off one more card.
He actually got two as Lee checked the turn over to Saul, who checked it right back.
The hit the river and now Lee led out for 30,000 and Saul had a good long think about Lee’s possible hands before sliding out the call. Lee rolled over 
for a turned top pair – quite cheeky really when you consider the fact he check-raised the flop with no pair, no draw – and an unimpressed looking Saul pitched his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
179,000 | 59,000 |
|
|
114,000 | -101,000 |