Main Event Day 3 | 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau

12-01-2017 17:25 UTC+8

Pan Applies Pressure, Cong Wins

Ben Wilson

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Action folded around to small blind Yuefeng Pan and he dropped a stack of pink 25k chips in to put Tang Wei Cong to the test in the big blind. Cong looked comfortable under pressure and made the call for his tournament life for his last 187,000 in chips.

Tang Wei Cong:
Yuefeng Pan:

While some players were praying for an ace or ten to thin the field, the run out saw Cong double to 380,000 and Pan drop down to 1.4 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuefeng Pan	1,400,000 300,000	300,000
Tang Wei Cong	380,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Tang Wei Cong Yuefeng Pan

12-01-2017 17:22 UTC+8

Crunch Time

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Ben Wilson

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

With 37 players remaining the tournament is just one elimination from the bubble and the next bust out will see play go hand-for-hand.

Level: 14

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

12-01-2017 17:10 UTC+8

Break Time

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Ben Wilson

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The 37 remaining Suncity Cup Day 3 players are on their second 10-minute break of the day and are now just two spots off the money, stay tuned and the action will resume shortly.

12-01-2017 17:08 UTC+8

Wei Pressures Shi, Tran Folds Out Tang

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Ben Wilson

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Players are chucking chips around like confetti at a wedding and some of the stacks are fluctuating wildly. While Korea’s Je Ho Lee still has a healthy stack he has dropped some to the rest of his table and sits at close to 1.3 million at the moment.

Another one of the big stacks, Chin Lim Wei is hovering close to what he was at the last we checked, but recently applied the pressure to tablemate Jinqiang Shi to pad out his stack a little more.

It was Shi who was the initial aggressor, making it 35,000 to go in the hi-jack and Wei was thinking things over as we arrived. The Malaysian player came to a decision and reached for the pinks (25,000 chips) and fired out a re-raise to 85,000 in total.

That was enough to get Andrew An to fold out the button and both blinds also got out of the way and the action was back on Shi, who looked unsure of what to do. Eventually, he elected not to tangle with the big stack and folded leaving Wei free to take down the pot pre-flop.

Another player whose stack is moving in the right direction is Hong Kong’s Danny Tang, who has over 1.6 million in front of him, though he passed some chips the way of Linh Tran in the following hand.

It was Tang who was the initial raiser, making it 37,000 to go from the cutoff and Tran re-raised to 90,000 from the button. Tang made the call and the flop came down . Tang checked it over to Tran, who fired for 70,000 and that was enough to take it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Tang	1,660,000 1,313,000	1,313,000

Zhao Yanchao	1,420,000 670,000	670,000
Lim Chin Wei	1,200,000 60,000	60,000
Linh Tran	700,000 160,000	160,000
Jinqiang Shi	470,000 220,000	220,000

Tags: Chin Lim Wei Danny Tang Jinqiang Shi Linh Tran

12-01-2017 16:39 UTC+8

Zhang Wins Stylish Flip Against Ichinose

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Ben Wilson

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Hong Kong’s Jacky Wong opened the action with a raise from middle position and Japan’s Kosei Ichinose made the call from around the back and the action folded to small blind Kuang Zhen Yu who quickly moved all-in. Wong folded but Ichinose made the call and the cards were turned over.

Kuang Zhen Yu:
Kosei Ichinose:

The flop saw Ichinose take the lead, and he also had Yu covered and for a minute there it looked like the Chinese player was on his way out. However, poker being a game of variance means sometimes the unexpected happens and the turn and river saw Yu hit the perfect two running cards to make a straight – a fact he celebrated with a fist pump and a cry of ‘Yesssssss!’.

Yu was rewarded for his bold squeeze play and stacked up to 353,000 while Ichinose took the hit stoically like the professional he is and dropped to 390,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kosei Ichinose	390,000 54,000	54,000
Kuang Zhen Yu	353,000 353,000	353,000

Tags: Kosei Ichinose Kuang Zhen Yu

12-01-2017 16:19 UTC+8

Yap and Alvarado Battle

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Ben Wilson

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

First to act, Jun Wah Yap peeked down at his cards and made it 28,000. Being as it’s JC Alvarado’s big blind we were pretty sure we would get to see a flop as the Mexican does like to defend, and were proved correct when Alvarado made the call to take play heads-up to a flop of .

After several seconds thinking it over Alvarado checked the action over to Yap, who quickly led out for 30,000. Alvarado called to keep both players in action and the came in on the turn.

This saw Alvarado check again and Yap fire for a slightly more substantial 57,000, which was again called and the dealer peeled off the river.

Alvarado checked for a third and final time and Yap quickly pushed out a big stack of blue 5k chips with a couple of yellow 1k chips thrown in for good measure for a bet of 138,000.

“That was the worst river…” grumbled Alvarado and paid a lengthy visit to the think tank. It was so long in fact that a tablemate called the clock and the Mexican eventually folded to drop down to 685,000 leaving Yap to scoop the pot and recoup some of the chips he lost to Leung earlier. Yap climbed to 550,000 after the hand, but the biggest stack at the table and the tournament for that matter belongs to Korea’s Je Ho Lee, who is the current frontrunner with a stack of 1.5 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Je Ho Lee	1,500,000
JC Alvarado	685,000
Jun Wah Yap	550,000

Tags: JC Alvarado Jun Wah Yap

Level: 13

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

12-01-2017 16:00 UTC+8

Fernandez Gets One Through

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Ben Wilson

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded around to Jesus Fernandez in the cutoff and he moved all-in for 232,000 in total. The action folded around to small blind Jinqiang Shi who looked keen and asked for a count. However, the Chinese player reconsidered as big stack Lim Chin Wei was sitting behind him in the big blind so he eventually changed his mind and folded. Shi did not need to worry though as Wei folded immediately afterward leaving Fernandez free to pick up the blinds and antes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesus Fernandez	266,000 84,000	84,000

Tags: Jesus Fernandez

12-01-2017 15:39 UTC+8

Leung’s Crabs Eat Cowboys

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Ben Wilson

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

It was Sahashi Hideki who got the ball rolling in this particular hand with a middle position open to 30,000 and the action folded around to Jun Wah Yap on the button, who popped it up to 90,000 to go.

Small blind Stanley Leung squeezed his hole cards and then shipped his last 170,000 in chips into the pot and the action was back on Hideki. The Japanese player did not look all that happy to have Yap – sitting on a heap of chips – still to act behind him and eventually made a grudging fold and the cards were turned over.

Stanley Leung:
Jun Wah Yap:

While Yap’s pocket kings were initially leading, Leung hit a set on the flop and improved to a boat on the turn. Leung’s crabs were sated after feasting on those cowboys and the Hong Kong player stacked up to 420,000, much to Yap’s displeasure and the Malaysian dropped down to 575,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jun Wah Yap	575,000 225,000	225,000
Stanley Leung	420,000 254,000	254,000

Tags: Jun Wah Yap Stanley Leung