2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau

Main Event
Day: 1f
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
Total Entries
221
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
75,000
Players Left 1 / 221
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Not a Good Day for Chui

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Hazel Chui
Hazel Chui

Hazel Chui has not long hit the rail and we convinced her to tell us her tale of woe, and it was actually a sad story of loss and heartbreak, well of loss at any rate.

Sometimes things just don’t go your way in a tournament and Chui played a grand total of three hands; ace-jack, ace-king and the following hand.

Chui had had to fold her first two hands and had dropped to 5,500 of her 15,000 starting stack, opening the action with a raise to 600 from middle position and finding a caller in the big blind.

The action went heads-up to a flop of {3-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{k-} and Chui played it slow and checked behind the big blind and the dealer burned and turned the {6-Hearts} turn. This saw the big blind lead for around 700 and now Chui raised it up to 1,925, which was called.

The {2-Diamonds} river saw the big blind lead for close to pot, which was enough to cover Chui and she called off the last of her chips to find out some depressing news. The big blind rolled over the mighty {6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} for a rivered two pair to take the hand and send Chui to the rail.

Tags: Hazel Chui

Small Blind Special for Luo

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Xixiang Luo
Xixiang Luo

It’s hard to be a winning player in the blinds, at least in the long run but Xixiang Luo is bucking that trend and we witnessed the Chinese play and win a second multi-way pot from the small blind.

It was Korea’s Vivian Im who was the pre-flop protagonist this time around, making it 400 to go from under-the-gun and receiving no respect at all for her early position raise with the hi-jack, cutoff, and both blinds coming along for the ride to take play five-way to a flop of {a-Spades}{2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}.

This was checked all around and the {3-Hearts} came in on the turn to pair the board. Luo now opened from the small blind, making it 650 and after the big blind and Im got out of the way the action was on the hi-jack, who fired out a raise of 1,350. The player in the cutoff folded and action was back on Luo, who made the call to take play heads-up to the {9-Clubs} river. Luo led once again, firing out a bet of 2,075 and that was enough to win the hand when his opponent folded instantly.

Tags: Vivian ImXixiang Luo

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

He Busts Zhang

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

The field has grown to 163 entrants, 158 of whom are still in the running. One of the more recent eliminations is Yi Zhang whom we caught in action in an interesting hand.

It was Korea’s Soo Young Kim who started things off with an under-the-gun limp before China’s Zhiao He bumped it up to 350 from the hi-jack. Zhang called from the button before a player in the small blind squeezed to 1,150 in total.

Kim made a quick fold and the action was on He once more. The Chinese player was clearly not messing around and four-bet to 3,350. Zhang called off his last 1,825 from the button and the small blind got out of the way.

Yi Zhang: {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Zhiao He: {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}

While Zhang’s hand looked pretty he was in bad shape against He’s queens and while he picked up a gutshot draw on the {8-Clubs}{2-Spades}{9-Diamonds} flop the {5-Hearts} turn and {3-Hearts} river saw him hit the rail while He stacked up to 25,000.

Tags: Yi ZhangZhiao He

Two Wu’s Win

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Hong Kong’s Terence Wu has got his tournament off to a great start and we caught the Macau Poker Cup 27 runner up involved in a sizable pot against a tablemade mid-way through level 2.

With close to 4,500 already in the pot and the flop spread {a-Clubs}{6-Spades}{j-Diamonds}, Wu (button) had led out for 2,100, only to see his opponent in the cutoff check raise to 4,500 in total.

That did not deter Wu however, who immediately made the Macau trademark ‘A’ symbol with his hands to signify he was all-in. Wu’s opponent quickly mucked leaving the professional fitness model free to rake in a decent pot and climb to 22,500.

Another Wu whose stack is also moving in the right direction is Hong Kong’s Sam Wu and whom we caught in action in a three-way pot. Wu (small blind) had just checked the {q-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Spades} flop over to the big blind, who checked it over to the under-the-gun raiser who seemed a little gun shy and checked it back.

There was close to 600 in the pot and someone had to win it and that someone was Wu, who opened the {10-Clubs} turn for 500, which was enough to get his two opponents to give it up.

Tags: Terence WuSam Wu

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Luo Wins a Small One as Blinds Rise

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

The field is still growing and is up to 100 players, spread over 13 tables and we caught another Luo in action, Xixiang Luo to be exact, who is running better than Jing Luo as Xixiang is still in the tournament.

Following an under-the-gun raise to 150 and calls from the button and small blind, Luo made the call from the big blind and the action went four-way to a flop of {4-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{7-Spades}.

Both the small blind and Luo checked to the raiser, who looked unhappy to have picked up so many customers and checked to the button who also checked, bringing in the {8-Spades} turn.

After the small blind checked again Luo took a stab for 250 and that was enough to get everyone else to bow out and the Chinese player padded out his stack and climbed to 17,000 just as the blinds went up.

Tags: Xixiang Luo

Early Double for Yang

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante
Haiyan Yang
Haiyan Yang

Players are wasting no time getting into the thick of the action and we have not long witnessed a massive pot which played out between Jing Luo and Haiyan Yang that saw the former become the first casualty of the day – but we’re certain Luo won’t be the last.

The hand started off rather innocuously with Luo opening the action with a mid-position raise to 150 and the action folded around to Yang on the button. She peeked down at her cards and threw in a raise, making it 550 to go with Luo the only caller.

The {j-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{5-Hearts} flop saw Luo check the action over to Yang, who fired out a pot-sized 1,000 continuation bet. This is where things began to get interesting and Luo check-raised to 2,200 which, after some time in the tank, Yang called.

The {k-Diamonds} turn saw Luo fire for close to 5,000 and Yang immediately pulled the trigger, slamming down her entire stack and Luo made an extremely quick call.

Jing Luo: {10-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Haiyan Yang: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}

While Luo had out-flopped Yang with top two the turn had changed everything and given Yang top set, a fact Luo noted with a heartfelt expletive we will not repeat here. The river was the {7-Clubs} and Luo headed for the rail while Yang stacked up to 30,000 and took an early lead.

Tags: Haiyan YangJing Luo

Cards in the Air

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

While it’s still early there is a noticeable buzz about the Poker King poker room today and a lot of players milling around looking to enter. With this being the last of the regular structured starting flights it looks as though those who have not yet secured their seat for Day 2A or 2B are in the hunt for that all elusive berth.

So far there are 31 registered entries who are a mix of new faces and players who have already tried their luck and come up short. The action has just got underway and cards are now in the air.

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Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0