Main Event
Day 3 Started
2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau
Main Event
Day: 3
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
Yu Dong Yang Leads Going into Day 3 of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau
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 last of the Day 2 flights has concluded and the entry period is over so now we get to the business end of the tournament. It has taken two months, five starting legs in Jeju, Korea (24-30 Sept), Manila (13-16 Oct), Taipei (3-5 Nov), Incheon, Korea (10-12 Nov) and Macau (23 Nov - 1 Dec) and a whole lot of poker to get this far.
The 928 Suncity Cup entrants have now been whittled down, with the 32 Day 2A survivors united with the 36 Day 2B survivors for the first time and Day 3 will see the 68 returning players attempt to reach the final table, which the tournament will be playing down to today.
The last 68 are battling it out for a share of the HK$8,008,300 prize pool and the coveted title and trophy. While 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, some of the players chose to buy-in directly on the two respective Day 2’s for HK$38,000 so have not yet made any money at all. In fact, several of these players played Day 2A and Day 2B in addition to multiple HK$6,600 Day 1 starting flights so still have their work cut out for them if they want to see a return on their investment.
With the top 35 places paying out, 33 players will be leaving empty handed with those who make the money all guaranteed a payday of HK$50,900. However, it is the HK$1,925,000 first prize that all will be gunning for.
The man best positioned to take that down is Yu Dong Yang who bagged up a massive 987,000 in chips after dominating much of the Day 2B action. The Chinese player has more than 140,000 than next closest rival, Day 2A chip leader Malaysia’s Wai Kiat Lee, who is coming in with a stack of 840,000, closely followed by fellow countryman Michael Soyza (834,000).
However, there is a great deal of talent left in the field with Mexico’sJC Alvarado (510,000), Hong Kong’s Sparrow Chung (387,000) andBen Lai (377,000) and Korea’s Vivian Im (201,000) just a few of the notables still in contention.
Blinds will be starting at 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 running ante and the day will be broken up into 60-minute levels with a dinner break scheduled for the end of level 15 at around 7:30pm local time (GMT+8) and play will not stop until the final table is reached.
You can check out the full structure here
Everything you should know about the upcoming Suncity Cup
Here’s how the rest of the field is stacking up:
2017 Suncity Cup Main Event Day 3 Seat Draw
| Position | Name | Country | Chip Count | Table/Seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hon Cheong Lee | Hong Kong | 184,000 | 1-1 |
| 2 | Shih Hung Chang | Taiwan | 212,000 | 1-2 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Lo | Hong Kong | 538,000 | 1-3 |
| 4 | Dong Cheng | China | 509,000 | 1-4 |
| 5 | Zhao Yanchao | China | 699,000 | 1-5 |
| 6 | Yuefeng Pan | China | 549,000 | 1-6 |
| 7 | Lu Fei | China | 68,000 | 1-7 |
| 8 | Guo Dong | China | 367,000 | 1-8 |
| 9 | Chen An Lin | Taiwan | 324,000 | 1-9 |
| 10 | Kwang Zhen Yu | China | 246,000 | 2-1 |
| 11 | Kui Huan Soh | Malaysia | 134,000 | 2-2 |
| 12 | Chow Hing Yaung | Malaysia | 256,000 | 2-3 |
| 13 | Chen Xiao Jie | China | 257,000 | 2-4 |
| 14 | Vincent Li | Hong Kong | 208,000 | 2-5 |
| 15 | Zhou Qiang Bo | China | 98,000 | 2-6 |
| 16 | Renjun Yang | China | 522,000 | 2-7 |
| 17 | Kosei Ichinose | Japan | 336,000 | 2-8 |
| 18 | Lin Kun Si | China | 376,000 | 2-9 |
| 19 | Tuck Wai Foo | Malaysia | 371,000 | 3-1 |
| 20 | Lim Chin Wei | Malaysia | 490,000 | 3-2 |
| 21 | Vivian Im | Korea | 201,000 | 3-3 |
| 22 | Linh Tran | Canada | 319,000 | 3-4 |
| 23 | Karol Janiszewski | Poland | 379,000 | 3-5 |
| 24 | Chih Wen Chen | Taiwan | 191,000 | 3-6 |
| 25 | Chung Guang Zhang | China | 163,000 | 3-7 |
| 26 | Bobby Zhang | Australia | 91,000 | 3-8 |
| 27 | Sparrow Cheung | Hong Kong | 387,000 | 3-9 |
| 28 | Carson Wong | Hong Kong | 136,000 | 4-1 |
| 29 | Rongshan Li | China | 136,000 | 4-2 |
| 30 | Jinqiang Shi | China | 433,000 | 4-3 |
| 31 | Tang Wei Cong | China | 186,000 | 4-4 |
| 32 | Yong Bin Wang | China | 156,000 | 4-5 |
| 33 | Jacky Wong | Hong Kong | 252,000 | 4-6 |
| 34 | Justin Chan | Hong Kong | 165,000 | 4-7 |
| 35 | Victor Chong | Malaysia | 61,000 | 4-8 |
| 36 | Chin Sun Tan | Malaysia | 193,000 | 4-9 |
| 37 | JC Alvarado | Mexico | 510,000 | 5-1 |
| 38 | Jun Wah Yap | Malaysia | 303,000 | 5-2 |
| 39 | Tsan Yuen Leung | Hong Kong | 166,000 | 5-3 |
| 40 | Yu Dong Yang | China | 987,000 | 5-4 |
| 41 | Keisuke Hikosaka | Japan | 100,000 | 5-5 |
| 42 | Gao Wenling | China | 267,000 | 5-6 |
| 43 | Canlin Chen | China | 205,000 | 5-7 |
| 44 | Ken Okada | Japan | 240,000 | 5-8 |
| 45 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | 347,000 | 6-1 |
| 46 | Ye Wang | China | 90,000 | 6-2 |
| 47 | Kevin Choi | Hong Kong | 374,000 | 6-3 |
| 48 | Michael Soyza | Malaysia | 834,000 | 6-4 |
| 49 | Sahashi Hideki | Japan | 229,000 | 6-5 |
| 50 | Andrew An | USA | 99,000 | 6-6 |
| 51 | Albert Paik | USA | 329,000 | 6-7 |
| 52 | Juen Teoh Ming | Malaysia | 444,000 | 6-8 |
| 53 | Xixiang Luo | China | 313,000 | 7-1 |
| 54 | Jesus Fernandez | UK | 356,000 | 7-2 |
| 55 | Oliver Saul | UK | 618,000 | 7-3 |
| 56 | Chien Jenyen | Taiwan | 580,000 | 7-4 |
| 57 | Je Ho Lee | Korea | 736,000 | 7-5 |
| 58 | Zheng Xiao Shang | China | 294,000 | 7-6 |
| 59 | Khanh Le Ngoc | Vietnam | 195,000 | 7-7 |
| 60 | Lee Wai Kiat | Malaysia | 840,000 | 7-8 |
| 61 | Yuri Ishida | Japan | 147,000 | 8-1 |
| 62 | Eugene Co | Philippines | 418,000 | 8-2 |
| 63 | Hyoung Suob Shim | Korea | 187,000 | 8-3 |
| 64 | Xiao Jialiang | China | 81,000 | 8-4 |
| 65 | Song Liang | China | 300,000 | 8-5 |
| 66 | Martijn Gerrits | Netherlands | 262,000 | 8-6 |
| 67 | Ben Lai | Hong Kong | 377,000 | 8-7 |
| 68 | Weizhou Zhang | China | 238,000 | 8-8 |
Day 3 begins at 1pm local time on Friday, 1 December and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to cover all the tournament thrills and spills so stick around as we see who has the nous to reach the final nine.
Level: 10
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Game Time
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
The 68 remaining players are all seated, the cards are now in motion and Day 3 of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau is now underway.
Jamiszewski and Zhang Eliminated
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
The players have wasted no time getting straight into the action and there have been several double-ups and bust outs already. We’ll start with the bust outs as they’re the most exciting.
It was Poland’s Karol Janiszewski who paved the way for his own elimination with a raise to 19,000 from under-the-gun plus one and the action folded around to big blind Lim Chin Wei, who peeked down at his cards and announced raise, making it 53,000 to go.
Janiszewski made the call and it was off to a flop of 
which Wei led for 45,000. Janiszewski made the call once more and the 
hit the turn and this is when all the chips went in.
Wei fired a second barrel of 95,000 and Janiszewski pulled the trigger, eliciting an instant call from his opponent.
Karol Janiszewski: 
Lim Chin Wei: 
It’s always a little depressing to get the chips in and find out you’re toast and despite flopping top two Janiszewski was trailing to Wei’s top set. That’s a setup hand if ever we’ve seen one and the Polish player headed for the changing rooms for an early bath while Wei stacked up to 732,000.
Table three appears to be the table of death at present as the short-stacked Bobby Zhang, also seated at the table, departed shortly afterward, though we were unable to catch his exit hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
732,000 | 242,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Shi Doubles Cong
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
It seems that pocket kings are a popular hand at present and we arrived at Jinqiang Shi’s table in time to see him paying off Tang Wei Cong. We mean quite literally paying him off and Shi’s hand it already face down in the muck and the board was spread 
and stacks are being counted down.
Our Sherlock Holmes detective skills lead us to believe that Shi did not have an ace as Cong had face up on the felt in front of him, and a stack of close to 180,000. While Shi had Cong covered that was still an expensive bill to pay and Shi dropped down to 250,000 while Cong climbed to 366,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
366,000 | 180,000 |
|
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250,000 | -183,000 |
Lo Takes from Yanchao
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Something that we have discovered this week is that Zhao Yanchao is a fun man to watch at the poker tables. Always ready with a smile and not shy about throwing the chips around Yanchao is one of the field’s more active players and can show up with a wide range of hands, and is not averse to pulling off the odd bluff or two – just askJustin Chan.
It should come as no surprise then, that Yanchao was the instigator in this particular pot, making it 17,000 to go from early position with big blind Jeffrey Lo the only customer.
Lo checked the 
rainbow flop over to Yanchao who quickly flicked a 15,000 continuation bet off the top of his stack, which Lo called to keep the action heads-up to the 
turn.
Lo checked again and this time Yanchao checked it back and the 
came in on the river to pair the board. Given a chance to take the initiative, Lo seized it eagerly and fired out a bet of 25,000. Yanchao popped a can of Redbull and took a swig while he mulled over the decision but eventually elected to let it go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
600,000 | -99,000 |
|
570,000 | 32,000 |
Wang Doubles An
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
It was Hong Kong’s Danny Tang who was the instigator in this particular hand, opening the action from early position to 18,000. China’s Ye Wang was sitting one seat over and he squeezed his cards and reached for the raising chips, making it 43,000 to go and the action folded around to the USA’s Andrew An in the small blind.
An was pretty short at this point and had few options available to him so chose the most aggressive one and moved all-in for 74,000 in total. The man who instigated all the action, Danny Tang, quickly threw his hand away like a naughty schoolboy who rings the doorbell and then runs away, and the action was back on Wang, who made the call.
Andrew An: 
Ye Wang: 
It was a fair fight and it was one that An won when the board ran out 
to see the US player granted a little breathing room and he climbed to 160,000. Wang still has chips left, but not all that many and dropped down to roughly 90,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | 61,000 |
|
90,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Lo Riding Rollercoaster
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
The carnage continues and the man who’s stack is see-sawing up and down wildly at the moment is Hong Kong’s Jeffrey Lo. The last time we checked the Hong King player had a stack of 500k plus, but that was no longer the case the next time we walked past his table and found him all in for roughly seven big blinds against Yu Fei.
But how did we get here? Well, Lo was kind enough to fill us in on all the gory details. According to Lo, the hand that saw him lose the majority of his chips came against Yuefeng Pan a couple of orbits ago. The two were seated at the same table for a lot of Day 2B and had history, which bled over into today as they are both at the same table once again.
It was Lo who was the instigator, making it 18,000 to go from the cutoff with 
and Pan played back at him from the small blind and popped it up to 45,000. Lo responded with a re-raise to 100,000 and Pan clicked it back with a bet to 200,000.
Lo decided to get it in, shoving for over 500,000 and Pan called so fast his chips left skid marks on the felt, rolling over to see him climb to 900,000 while Lo was left almost destitute with a stack of 76,000.
And that brings us nicely up to the Fei vs Lo hand we started with. Fei was one of the other shorties at the table and moved all in with 
and Lo decided to roll the dice on the button and made the call with 
.
The board ran out 
and Lo climbed back up to 160,000. Unfortunately for Yu Fei he was unable to recover after losing that flip to Lo and departed shortly afterward.
We had a quick scout of the room but came running back just minutes later to find Lo all-in again, this time against Hon Cheong Lee.
Lee was the initial raiser, making it 25,000 to go from the button and Lo got in his 160,000-stack from the big blind with Lee making a quick call.
Hon Cheong Lee:
Jeffrey Lo: 
The Hong Kong player won the race in some style on the 
runout, binking a set to climb back up to 330,000 while Lee took a hit and dropped below 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000 | 351,000 |
|
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330,000 | -240,000 |
|
100,000 | -84,000 |
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Busted |