2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Cheong Surprises Zhan

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante
Sam Cheong
Sam Cheong

Remember we said earlier that Sam Cheong shows up with hands you don’t always expect – well this hand is a good example of that and it certainly caught Kaiyuan Zhan by surprise.

Pre-flop it was Cheong who was the initial aggressor, making it 150 to go from under-the-gun/cut-off (both the same when you are five-handed) and Zhan clicked it back on the button with a raise to 300 in total.

Cheong threw in the extras and then checked the {a-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{j-Clubs} flop over to Zhan, who quickly fired for 600, and was called just as quickly. This pattern repeated in the {6-Hearts} turn, only the Zhan bet was a slightly bigger 1,000.

The {9-Spades} river saw Cheong check for the third time and Zhan fired again, this time for 1,500, only to see Cheong quickly check-raise to 3,100 in total.

This sent the Chinese player into the tank for a good five minutes, possibly longer as he though over all his options. Eventually, he elected to call and Cheong rolled over {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} which elicited a surprised gasp from Zhan who tapped the table, showed {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and threw his cards into the muck leaving Cheong to scoop a decent-sized early pot.

Zhan spent so long in the tank that the field size increased from five to nine with Hong Kong’s Justin Chan, Chunkit Leung, Wingkei Chan and the awesomely named [Removed:151] all taking their seats.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sam Cheong mo
Sam Cheong
21,125
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Justin Chan tw
Justin Chan
15,000
Profile photo of [Removed:151] us
[Removed:151]
15,000
Profile photo of Chunkit Leung hk
Chunkit Leung
15,000
Profile photo of Wingkei Chan hk
Wingkei Chan
15,000
Profile photo of Kaiyuan Zhan cn
Kaiyuan Zhan
10,000
-5,000
-5,000

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