Greetings once again poker fans, and welcome back 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.
This is the sixth and final regular structured starting flight with the other two turbo flights running at 5pm local time (GMT+8) on Tuesday, 28 November and 5pm on Wednesday, 29 November. While the PokerNews live coverage will only apply to the regular flight players can still win themselves a Day 2 seat should they not be successful today.
There is also still and an HK$20,000 buy-in deep-stacked tournament and an HK$50,000 High Roller left to play out, though again, there will be no live coverage.
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 42 players have made it through from Days 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D and 1E of the 2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau to bring the total number of Day 2 players up to 66:
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 | Weizhou Zha | China | 270,200 | 2-4 | - |
| 3 | Hsiao Jialing | China | 245,800 | - | 4-3 |
| 4 | JC Alvarado | Mexico | 227,800 | 3-7 | - |
| 5 | Asakura Yasuyuki | Japan | 189,400 | - | 1-9 |
| 6 | Gab Yong Kim | Korea | 185,500 | - | 2-3 |
| 7 | Yu Dong | China | 179,000 | - | 4-7 |
| 8 | Michael Soyza | Malaysia | 174,500 | - | 2-9 |
| 9 | Sam Cheong | Macau | 168,800 | 7-6 | - |
| 10 | Hsieh Chi Han | Taiwan | 164,000 | - | 10-8 |
| 11 | Chen Bin | China | 162,200 | - | 6-9 |
| 12 | Cheng Dong | China | 158,900 | 9-6 | - |
| 13 | Tang Wei Cong | China | 152,400 | 3-9 | - |
| 14 | Wai Kiat Lee | Malaysia | 150,000 | 10-9 | - |
| 15 | Felix Lee | Hong Kong | 147,800 | 4-2 | - |
| 16 | Chang Yu Chung | Taiwan | 144,500 | - | 6-6 |
| 17 | Andrew An | USA | 139,700 | 2-5 | - |
| 18 | Kuo Ting Wei | Taiwan | 130,200 | - | 3-4 |
| 19 | Thomas Lee | Canada | 120,000 | - | 5-1 |
| 20 | Percy Chao | Hong Kong | 114,900 | - | 7-5 |
| 21 | Canlin Chen | China | 112,300 | - | 9-9 |
| 22 | Keng Po Wong | Macau | 111,100 | - | 10-1 |
| 23 | Kilian Loeffler | Germany | 108,600 | 9-4 | - |
| 24 | Chan Shin Hung | Taiwan | 105,500 | - | 4-8 |
| 25 | Trifie D. Montebon II | Philippines | 105,000 | 5-8 | - |
| 26 | Chang Tian Lin | Taiwan | 102,500 | 3-8 | - |
| 27 | Sio Fat Lau | Macau | 97,700 | - | 9-5 |
| 28 | Fredric Stephan | France | 95,600 | - | 4-6 |
| 29 | Chen Sheng Wen | Taiwan | 93,000 | - | 2-6 |
| 30 | Chen Wen Kai | Taiwan | 92,000 | 7-4 | - |
| 31 | Keisuke Hikosaka | Japan | 91,000 | - | 8-1 |
| 32 | Hung Yu Shin | Taiwan | 85,000 | - | 9-3 |
| 33 | Liao Po Hao | Taiwan | 80,800 | - | 8-2 |
| 34 | Tsai Du Ming | Taiwan | 77,800 | 6-1 | - |
| 35 | Jack Wu | Taiwan | 76,500 | - | 3-3 |
| 36 | Hua Bin Hwang | China | 75,100 | - | 4-9 |
| 37 | Li Tsan Wa | Hong Kong | 71,900 | - | 6-5 |
| 38 | Chien Jen Yen | Taiwan | 67,800 | 4-1 | - |
| 39 | Phachara Wongwichit | Thailand | 66,900 | 2-7 | - |
| 40 | Yao Jin Chen | China | 64,500 | 10-4 | - |
| 41 | Wu Chia Yun | Taiwan | 63,500 | 10-2 | - |
| 42 | Ye Wang | China | 61,900 | 9-5 | - |
| 43 | Zhou Qiangbo | China | 60,000 | 2-2 | - |
| 44 | Vincent Yiu Chung Tong | China | 59,900 | - | 9-4 |
| 45 | Bin Rui Wang | China | 59,500 | 8-1 | - |
| 46 | Joey Wong | Hong Kong | 59,300 | 8-7 | - |
| 47 | Ping Cheong Fung | China | 55,800 | - | 7-1 |
| 48 | Guoliang Wei | China | 58,800 | - | 8-5 |
| 49 | Victor Chong | Malaysia | 56,500 | 7-9 | - |
| 50 | Ho Yin Sau | Macau | 54,200 | 1-4 | - |
| 51 | Lin Chin An | Taiwan | 53,000 | 1-3 | - |
| 52 | Hong Cheng Han | Taiwan | 50,800 | 6-6 | - |
| 53 | Ip Ka Leung | China | 46,700 | - | 2-8 |
| 54 | Youngee Park | Korea | 46,000 | - | 9-6 |
| 55 | Guangrui Meng | China | 45,900 | 7-5 | - |
| 56 | Yueh Ko-Chiang | Taiwan | 45,200 | - | 5-6 |
| 57 | Tsuyoshi Ishibashi | Japan | 44,900 | 6-2 | - |
| 58 | Chen Yazhou | China | 39,400 | 8-10 | - |
| 59 | Jianfeng Xu | China | 38,500 | 2-9 | - |
| 60 | Ka Ho Sun | Hong Kong | 37,400 | - | 9-2 |
| 61 | Yoshinori Sugie | Japan | 35,600 | 3-1 | - |
| 62 | Song Xiong | China | 35,600 | 7-8 | - |
| 63 | Hei Yong Ma | China | 33,300 | 5-7 | - |
| 64 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 26,200 | - | 6-3 |
| 65 | Sheng Yong Wang | China | 19,900 | 4-8 | - |
| 66 | Wang Yong Siang | Taiwan | 19,800 | - | 7-9 |
Day 2A begins at 1pm on Wednesday, 29 November, with Day 2B playing out at the same time on Thursday, 30 November and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to cover all the Main Event tournament thrills and spills. Day 1F kicks off at 1pm local time (GMT+8) on Tuesday, 28 November so join us then as we see who else has what it takes to secure a Day 2 seat.