Thin Tin Duong Eliminated to Conclude Day 1A

Duong came back from the dinner break as the shortest stack and despite a double-up, the Hong Kong player was still more than 55,000 in chips behind next closest rival Kilian Loeffler and could not catch the rest of the field, no matter how hard he tried.

Just 10-minutes into the new level and Day 1A of the Suncity Cup Finale Macau is in the books. Duong blinded slowly down until he decided to get the last of his chips in against Japan’s Keisuke Hikosaka.

The hand started innocuously enough, with Duong opting to limp under-the-gun before Hikosaka pumped the action up to 8,000. That was enough to convince the rest of the table to get out of the way and it was heads-up to a flop of .

Duong checked Hikosaka bet another 8,000 and Duong moved all-in for close to 10,000 in total with the Japanese player calling immediately.

Thin Tin Duong:
Keisuke Hikosaka:

While Duong had caught a piece of the flop, so had Hikosaka, who had the bigger piece and the turn and river brought the day’s play to a close.

All four remaining players have locked up their Day 2 seat and made HK$6,000 while Duong will have to try again on one of the seven other starting flights.

Table re-draw and end of day wrap to follow shortly so watch this space.