Day 2
Big Pot Goes Full Distance

With a pumped up pot of 380,000 we see Agharazi Babayev and Mystery Bounty Runner-Up Xiaosheng Zheng check it down to the river T♦ 3♣ 3♦ 2♣ A♦ . Xiaosheng Zheng calls and mucks 140,000 to Agharazi Babayev's T♣ T♠ full house.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AB Agharazi Babayev | 720,000(90 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 175,000(22 BB) |
Day 1B
End of Day 1B - 29 Players
Player | Chips |
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MF Michael Falcon | 491,000(123 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 313,000(78 BB) |
AB Aleksandr Blokhin | 291,000(73 BB) |
NZ Nikolai Zhivoderov | 280,000(70 BB) |
RH Ronald Haverkamp | 265,000(66 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 247,000(62 BB) |
244,000(61 BB) | |
GW Guiyang Wang | 230,000(58 BB) |
IB Ira Blumenthal | 220,000(55 BB) |
VL Vladimir Litasov | 211,000(53 BB) |
YL Yannick Leonard | 201,000(50 BB) |
NT Ngoc Thai Huynh | 177,000(44 BB) |
NC Nevan Chang | 174,000(44 BB) |
HA Huseyin Akgul | 173,000(43 BB) |
JT Jean Testa | 163,000(41 BB) |
KL Kolja Lucking | 152,000(38 BB) |
NW Naoki Watanabe | 128,000(32 BB) |
JP Junpeng Pan | 122,000(31 BB) |
FL Ferdinand Lu | 118,000(30 BB) |
MH Meerwais Hussaini | 114,000(29 BB) |
HI Homma Itsuki | 112,000(28 BB) |
DS Dmitry Suchkov | 112,000(28 BB) |
BM Bruno Moyse | 106,000(27 BB) |
JY Jun Yamada | 101,000(25 BB) |
HZ He Zhou | 99,000(25 BB) |
85,000(21 BB) | |
DH Danny Huynh | 81,000(20 BB) |
NQ Nguyen Quang Huy | 74,000(19 BB) |
RR Robin Roth | 41,000(10 BB) |
Xiaosheng Zheng Calls Down Aleksandr Blokhin

Xiaosheng Zheng defends his big blind with K♦ 9♣ to battle with and lands top pair on the flop K♣ 5♥ 6♠ . He check-calls aggressor Aleksandr Blokhin's 2500 c-bet and 20,000 turn bet on J♣ . Both tap felt on the river 5♣ . Blokhin is behind with A♦ 4♦ .
Aleksandr Wins The Raising Spree

Following a raise by utg, cutoff Xiaosheng Zheng three-bets 6000, small blind Aleksandr Bokhin four-bet 12,000, utg folds, Zheng tames the action with a call. At the flop 7♠ K♥ 9♠ , Blokhin c-bets 14,000 which is enough to win the pot without further challenge.
Player | Chips |
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XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 156,000(104 BB) |
AB Aleksandr Blokhin | 95,000(63 BB) |
Xiaosheng Zheng With Higher Two Pair

Xiaosheng Zheng commands preflop with a raise that's called by the blinds and continues for 4200 at the flop 6♦ 7♣ 9♠ that the blinds still call. On the turn A♥ , small blind Aleksandr Blokhin leads out 7500 which is enough to lose one player but not Zheng who calls to the river Q♦ . Once more, Blokhin fires a bet, a much larger 22,000, Zheng isn't going anywhere and pays to see.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | Q♠9♥ CO | 116,000(97 BB) |
AB Aleksandr Blokhin | 6♣9♣ BB | 47,000(39 BB) |
Zheng is awarded the pot for his higher two pair.
Current Top Stacks

Player | Chips |
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MF Michael Falcon | 153,000(153 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 145,000(145 BB) |
HA Huseyin Akgul | 130,000(130 BB) |
JT Jean Testa | 117,000(117 BB) |
LK Luke Keay | 116,400(116 BB) |
TT Tetsuya Tsujisaka | 107,000(107 BB) |
HI Homma Itsuki | 103,500(104 BB) |
MP Manwoo Park | 103,400(103 BB) |
KB Kyle Bao Diep | 99,400(99 BB) |
YL Yannick Leonard | 96,400(96 BB) |
AV Anzhela Vasylenko | 95,800(96 BB) |
RS Roman Shcherbakov | 84,000(84 BB) |
YX Yinfei Xiao | 80,900(81 BB) |
HZ He Zhou | 80,000(80 BB) |
RR Robin Roth | 73,000(73 BB) |
NW Naoki Watanabe | 70,700(71 BB) |
JL Jungyeob Lee | 68,000(68 BB) |
VL Vladimir Litasov | 68,000(68 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 66,700(67 BB) |
DS Dmitry Suchkov | 66,300(66 BB) |
SC Sha Chengchun | 65,600(66 BB) |
MT Michael Truong | 61,200(61 BB) |
EZ Emad Zarghami | 59,000(59 BB) |
SH Shaun Harmer | 52,000(52 BB) |
FG Francis Garson | 51,900(52 BB) |
AK Akihiro Konishi | busted |
Aleksandr Blokhin Spikes Lucky Two Outer
Preflop betting war leads to shoves with Xiaosheng Zheng's pocket pair ahead of at risk player Aleksandr Blokhin.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | J♠J♣ HJ | 24,500(31 BB) |
AB Aleksandr Blokhin | T♠T♥ CO | 71,600(90 BB) |
Another Double Up For Xiaosheng Zheng
Xiaosheng Zheng is all in again for his tournament life. He three-bets then calls Katsunori Fujii's four-bet shove.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 8♣8♥ UTG+1 | 63,600(127 BB) |
KF Katsunori Fujii | A♣K♦ UTG | 30,400(61 BB) |
Xiaosheng Zheng Doubles Up
From utg, John Kelly raises then attempts to rail all in player Xiaosheng Zheng by calling the 9600.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | T♣T♦ CO | 20,400(41 BB) |
JK John Kelly (13) | 9♣8♣ UTG | 65,600(131 BB) |
Set Over Set Sends Testa Up and Zheng Out

Jean Testa opens the round for 300 and heads to the flop with two callers. Checked to Xiaosheng Zheng, he bets 900 on a board 7♦ 2♣ 9♦ and Benett Laird and Testa stick around. The turn 4♣ , Zheng fires again for 3800, Laird begs off, Testa check-raises 11,900. Zheng answers back with a jam of 28,300 and Testa snap-calls.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 2♥2♠ HJ | busted |
JT Jean Testa | 9♠9♥ UTG | 83,000(415 BB) |
Both players have a set with Testa dominating. The river 6♣ is the end for Zheng. Luckily there is plenty of time to get back in the game with reg still open.