Main Event Day 3 | 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau

12-01-2017 14:35 UTC+8

Yap Takes a Bite out of Yang

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Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

We struggled to catch much of Yu Dong Yang in action yesterday as no-one wanted to tangle with the big stack. That is not the case today though we caught a big pot that played out between Yang and fellow tablemate Jun Wah Yap.

Yang has not been running as well today as yesterday and his massive 987,000 starting stack had shrunk to a little under 600,000 before the following hand took place.

It was Yang who was the man to kick start the action with a raise to 21,000 from under-the-gun and the action folded around to Yap in the small blind. The Malaysian player wanted to play for more and popped it up to 76,000 and the action was back on Yang.

The Chinese player wasted no time and quickly announced he was all-in and Yap did not look happy. However, he also did not look like he wanted to fold. Eventually, Yap shrugged and said the magic words ‘I call…’ and the cards were turned over.

Jun Wah Yap:
Yu Dong Yang:

Both players were calling for their respective cards and it looked like Yap, who was the player at-risk, wanted it more and the first card off the top of the deck was the followed by with the rest of the board running out and to give Yap trips and the pot. Yap climbed to 713,000 while Yang’s once mighty stack was left much reduced and he dropped to 215,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jun Wah Yap	713,000 410,000	410,000
Yu Dong Yang	215,000 -772,000	-772,000

Tags: Jun Wah Yap Yu Dong Yang

12-01-2017 14:55 UTC+8

Wei Doubles Luo But Still Holds Lead

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Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Lim Chin Wei currently has all the chips

Malaysia’s Lim Chin Wei is the man who has come in with the run good today it would appear and has made even more chips since busting the unfortunate Karol Janiszewski earlier. We caught Wei doubling up Xixiang Luo, but he had so many chips that he still held the lead after the dust settled on the hand.

It was Wei who was the man to open the action with an under-the-gun raise and Luo had pulled the trigger from the cutoff and moved all-in for a little over 200,000. With chips to spare Wei made a quick call and the hands were turned over.

Lim Chin Wei:
Xixiang Luo:

Luo had the best hand and the runout was a kind one and he stacked up to 420,000 and while Wei took a hit he still held a massive 1,200,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lim Chin Wei	1,200,000 468,000	468,000
Xixiang Luo	420,000 107,000	107,000

Tags: Lim Chin Wei Xixiang Luo

12-01-2017 15:00 UTC+8

Break Time

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Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The 49 remaining Suncity City Cup Day 3 players are on their first 10-minute break of the day, only 40 more bust outs to go before the final table so stay with us.

Level: 12

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

12-01-2017 15:22 UTC+8

Notable Stacks

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

It appears that former frontrunner Yu Dong Yang did not recover from losing that massive coin flip against Malaysia’s Jun Wah Yap and Yang is no longer in the running. The man leading the field is Malaysia’s Lim Chin Wei, who has a sizable 1.26 million in chips, with Yuefeng Pan the man closest to catching him with a stack of 1.1 million. Here’s how some of the rest of the field is stacking up:

Player	Chips	Progress
Lim Chin Wei	1,260,000 60,000	60,000
Yuefeng Pan	1,100,000 200,000	200,000
JC Alvarado	850,000 340,000	340,000
Jun Wah Yap	800,000 87,000	87,000
Michael Soyza	780,000 -54,000	-54,000

Zhao Yanchao	750,000 150,000	150,000
Eugene Co	720,000 302,000	302,000
Wai Kiat Lee	655,000 -185,000	-185,000
Jacky Wong	600,000 348,000	348,000
Oliver Saul	600,000 -18,000	-18,000
Linh Tran	540,000 221,000	221,000
Sparrow Cheung	500,000 113,000	113,000
Sahashi Hideki	500,000 271,000	271,000
Jeffrey Lo	430,000 100,000	100,000
Victor Chong	400,000 -161,000	-161,000
Canlin Chen	380,000 175,000	175,000
Chin Sun Tan	380,000 187,000	187,000
Jesus Fernandez	350,000 -6,000	-6,000
Ben Lai	350,000 -27,000	-27,000
Andrew An	340,000 180,000	180,000
Weizhou Zhang	300,000 62,000	62,000
Martijn Gerrits	210,000 -52,000	-52,000
Xixiang Luo	41,000 -379,000	-379,000
Yu Dong Yang	Busted

12-01-2017 15:29 UTC+8

Saul Pushes Off Lai

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

We caught Hong Kong’s Ben Lai and UK-based Spaniard Oliver Saul embroiled in a sizable hand and while we are unsure of what the pre-flop action was there looked to have been plenty as there was over 160,000 in the pot with the flop spread .

Saul, sitting in the small blind, was the man to have first stab opportunity and took it with a bet of 45,000. Lai stared the Spaniard down impassively and slid in the call and it was off to the turn.

That slowed down Saul, and he checked the action over to Lai, who checked it right back to bring in the river. After some time in the think tank Saul sprang into action and moved all-in and Lai folded immediately.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Saul	688,000 88,000	88,000
Ben Lai	262,000 -88,000	-88,000

Tags: Oliver Saul Ben Lai

12-01-2017 15:39 UTC+8

Leung’s Crabs Eat Cowboys

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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

12-01-2017 16:00 UTC+8

Fernandez Gets One Through

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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

Level: 13

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

12-01-2017 16:19 UTC+8

Yap and Alvarado Battle

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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