2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau

Main Event
Event Info

2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
1,605,472 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
6,600 HKD
Entries
221
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
75,000

Post Bubble Stacks (full)

Level 15 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

The levels continue their inexorable rise and two more players were feeling the heat and departed in a flurry of cards and chips with Tang Wei Cong (30th) and Le Ngoc Khanh (29th) both hitting the rail.

The clock has been paused for table re-draw and the chipleader is still Korea’s Je Ho Lee and here’s how the other 28 contenders are stacking up:

Player Chips Progress
Je Ho Lee kr
Je Ho Lee
2,200,000
-350,000
-350,000
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
1,800,000
140,000
140,000
Yuefeng Pan cn
Yuefeng Pan
1,580,000
180,000
180,000
Zhao Yanchao cn
Zhao Yanchao
1,460,000
40,000
40,000
Chen An Lin tw
Chen An Lin
1,400,000
1,076,000
1,076,000
Lim Chin Wei my
Lim Chin Wei
1,300,000
100,000
100,000
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
1,100,000
415,000
415,000
Kuang Zhen Yu cn
Kuang Zhen Yu
940,000
940,000
940,000
Canlin Chen cn
Canlin Chen
855,000
475,000
475,000
Kosei Ichinose jp
Kosei Ichinose
605,000
215,000
215,000
Jeffrey Lo hk
Jeffrey Lo
540,000
110,000
110,000
Chien Jenyen tw
Chien Jenyen
520,000
-60,000
-60,000
Jacky Wong hk
Jacky Wong
500,000
-100,000
-100,000
Stanley Leung hk
Stanley Leung
500,000
80,000
80,000
Wai Kiat Lee my
Wai Kiat Lee
470,000
-185,000
-185,000
Martijn Gerrits nl
Martijn Gerrits
450,000
240,000
240,000
Victor Chong my
Victor Chong
410,000
10,000
10,000
Linh Tran ca
Linh Tran
400,000
-300,000
-300,000
Cheng Dong us
Cheng Dong
300,000
-209,000
-209,000
Sahashi Hideki jp
Sahashi Hideki
300,000
-200,000
-200,000
Jun Wah Yap my
Jun Wah Yap
200,000
-350,000
-350,000
Khanh Le Ngoc vn
Khanh Le Ngoc
Busted
Tang Wei Cong cn
Tang Wei Cong
Busted

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Soyza Busts to Wei

Level 15 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Michael Soyza
Michael Soyza

Michael Soyza’s tournament is now over courtesy of fellow Malaysian Lim Chin Wei. Down to his last eight big blinds Soyza got it in with {6-}{6-} and found himself racing against {j-Clubs}{9-Clubs} of Wei.

The {9-}{5-Clubs}{3-Clubs} flop was not the one Soyza was looking for and it pretty much gave Wei everything, including all of Soyza’s remaining chips. Soyza headed to the cash desk to collect the HK$58,100 for his 25th place finish while Wei stacked up to 1.6 million.

Player Chips Progress
Lim Chin Wei my
Lim Chin Wei
1,600,000
300,000
300,000
Michael Soyza my
Michael Soyza
Busted
Natural8

Tags: Michael SoyzaLim Chin Wei

Lee Doubles Lo

Level 15 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Jeffrey Lo
Jeffrey Lo

We saw Je Ho Lee lose a rare pot, which was a good thing for Jeffery Lo as he was the all-in player. It was Lo who opened the action with a raise to 55,000 from under-the-gun plus one and Chung Guang Zhang flat called in middle position before Lee bumped it up to 165,000 from the cutoff.

Lo did not take long to get his 580,000 stack in, Zhang folded out and Lee made the call.

Jeffrey Lo: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Je Ho Lee: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}

The way Lee has been running recently we half expected a nine to come straight off the top of the deck. However, the {2-Spades}{k-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{a-Spades}{3-Hearts} runout saw Lo’s hand hold and he climbed to 1.2 million while Lee took a hit and dropped down to 2 million.

Player Chips Progress
Je Ho Lee kr
Je Ho Lee
2,000,000
-200,000
-200,000
Jeffrey Lo hk
Jeffrey Lo
1,200,000
660,000
660,000

Tags: Jeffrey LoJe Ho Lee

An Out

Level 15 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Andrew An is no longer in the running
Andrew An is no longer in the running

A dejected looking Andrew An has just wandered past the media desk on his way to the cage to collect his HK$58,100 for his 24th place finish. According to An he ran two pairs into the flopped set of Lee, who is on fire at the moment and is hitting everything. Lee now has just over 3 million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Je Ho Lee kr
Je Ho Lee
3,000,000
800,000
800,000
Andrew An us
Andrew An
Busted

Tags: Andrew AnJe Ho Lee

Pan Gets Chong

Level 15 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Aces could not get it done for Victor Chong
Aces could not get it done for Victor Chong

Malaysia’s Victor Chong thought it was his lucky day when he looked down to see {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} min-raised from under-the-gun and saw Yuefeng Pan re-raise to 115,000 in total from the blinds.

Chong chose to get sneaky and just flat with his aces and slid in the call and it was off to a flop of {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}, which Pan led for 100,000. Chong called once more and the {5-Spades} hit the turn and this is when all the chips went in with Pan pulling the trigger and Chong making the call for his tournament life.

While Chong’s aces were still in front he was the at-risk player and Pan was drawing extremely live with {a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}. Unfortunately for Chong, the {3-Diamonds} came in on the river and he’s now out while Pan has around 3 million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Yuefeng Pan cn
Yuefeng Pan
3,000,000
1,420,000
1,420,000
Victor Chong my
Victor Chong
Busted

Tags: Victor ChongYuefeng Pan

Yanchao Busts Alvarado

Level 15 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
JC Alvarado
JC Alvarado

Big pocket pairs are not fairing so well for some of the players. This time the man on the chopping block was Mexico’s JC Alvarado and the man doing the chopping was Zhao Yanchao.

Alvarado was the initial aggressor, making it 55,000 to go from middle position and Zhao Yanchao went straight to all-out Global Thermonuclear War and ripped in his whole 900,000 stack. Alvarado thought it over for a good while but made the call for his tournament life with {q-}{q-} and Yanchao turned over {a-}{k-}.

Unfortunately for Alvarado this time the classic race went in the favor of the man holding ace-king and the flop came down king-high and we lose one more, while Yanchao stacked up to 1.9 million.

Player Chips Progress
Zhao Yanchao cn
Zhao Yanchao
1,900,000
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
Busted

Tags: JC AlvaradoZhao Yanchao

Down to 18

Level 15 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

There have been some more rapid bust outs with Kevin Choi, Jacky Wong, Victor Chong, JC Alvarado and Kuang Zhen Yu all hitting the rail in quick succession.

Level: 16

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 5,000

Lee Busts to An Lin

Level 16 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Wai Kiat Lee
Wai Kiat Lee

Play was just minutes old after the players returned after the dinner break and the field was thinned by one more. It was Malaysia’s Wai Kiat Lee who became the latest casualty, getting all the chips in pre-flop with {9-}{9-} and against the {a-}{q-} of Taiwan’s Chen An Lin.

Unfortunately for Lee the flop came down queen-high and that was that. Lee headed off to collect the HK$72,600 for 18th place and Chen An Lin stacked up to 1.9 million.

Player Chips Progress
Chen An Lin tw
Chen An Lin
1,900,000
500,000
500,000
Wai Kiat Lee my
Wai Kiat Lee
Busted

Tags: Wai Kiat LeeChen An Lin