Day 1C of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale, Macau Ready 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 ten-day festival, running Nov 23 – Dec 2, boasts a host of events including an HK$12,000 buy-in side event with an HK$1 million guarantee, an HK$80,000 buy-in High Roller event and an HK$20,000 buy-in deep-stacked tournament.

You can view the full schedule here

However, it is the $8M GTD Suncity Cup Main Event that will be attracting the most attention and this will be the only event with PokerNews live coverage.

Boasting an affordable HK$6,600 (~US$845) 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.

There are eight starting flights to chose from, including two with turbo structures, giving players the ultimate in flexibility when it comes to choosing when and how to begin their quest for glory.

Players buying into any of the Day 1 Main Event flights sit down with 15,000 chips and play eighteen 40-minute levels with blinds starting at 25/50. Late registration is open until the start of the level 10 and multiple re-entries are permitted while late registration is available.

Players are allowed to play more than one Day 1, but should they progress to Day 2 more than once, only their largest stack is taken through with them. Play continues on Day 1 until only 15 percent of the field remains, with these players making it to Day 2.

In a small twist, it is possible to buy into the HK$8 million guaranteed Main Event on Day 2A or Day 2B for HK$38,000 (US$4,850). Anyone taking this route will receive a 100,000-chip starting stack.

You can check out the full structure here

Everything you should know about the upcoming Suncity Cup

A total of 24 players have already locked up their Day 2 seat in the four prior legs that have already played out; the first in Jeju, Korea, running September 24-30, the second at the Poker King Club, Manila, Philippines, running October 13-16, the third at CLBC The Flagship, Taipei, Taiwan, running November 3-5 and the fourth taking place at Paradise City, Incheon, Korea, running November 10-12. A further 6 players have made it through from Days 1A and 1B of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau to bring the total number of Day 2 entrants to 30:

2017 Suncity Cup Main Event Day 2 Qualifiers

Position	Name	Country	Chip Count	2A Table/Seat	2B Table/Seat
1	Sahashi Hideki	Japan	374,200	2-3	-
2	Hsiao Jialing	China	245,800	-	4-3
3	Asakura Yasuyuki	Japan	189,400	-	1-9
4	Sam Cheong	Macau	168,800	7-6	-
5	Hsieh Chi Han	Taiwan	164,000	-	10-8
6	Kuo Ting Wei	Taiwan	130,200	-	3-4
7	Thomas Lee	Canada	120,000	-	5-1
8	Kilian Loeffler	Germany	108,600	9-4	-
9	Chan Shin Hung	Taiwan	105,500	-	4-8
10	Trifie D. Montebon II	Philippines	105,000	5-8	-
11	Chang Tian Lin	Taiwan	102,500	3-8	-
12	Sio Fat Lau	Macau	97,700	-	9-5
13	Chen Sheng Wen	Taiwan	93,000	-	2-6
14	Chen Wen Kai	Taiwan	92,000	7-4	-
15	Keisuke Hikosaka	Japan	91,000	-	8-1
16	Hung Yu Shin	Taiwan	85,000	-	9-3
17	Liao Po Hao	Taiwan	80,800	-	8-2
18	Tsai Du Ming	Taiwan	77,800	6-1	-
19	Chien Jen Yen	Taiwan	67,800	4-1	-
20	Yao Jin Chen	China	64,500	10-4	-
21	Wu Chia Yun	Taiwan	63,500	10-2	-
22	Zhou Qiangbo	China	60,000	2-2	-
23	Lin Chin An	Taiwan	53,000	1-3	-
24	Hong Cheng Han	Taiwan	50,800	6-6	-
25	Yueh Ko-Chiang	Taiwan	45,200	-	5-6
26	Tsuyoshi Ishibashi	Japan	44,900	6-2	-
27	Chen Yazhou	China	39,400	8-10	-
28	Yoshinori Sugie	Japan	35,600	3-1	-
29	Pete Chen	Taiwan	26,200	-	6-3
30	Wang Yong Siang	Taiwan	19,800	-	7-9

Day 2 begins at 1pm on Wednesday, 29 November, and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to cover all the Main Event tournament thrills and spills, with Day 1C kicking off at 1pm local time (GMT+8) so stay tuned and we’ll bring you all the action as it happens.