
Day 1B
Defending KPC Main Event Champ Joris Michl Falls Next

Yunpeng Bai starts us off with a raise to 3,500, +1 calls and hijack Joris Michl jams 26,000, taking him heads-up with Bai.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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YB Yunpeng Bai | A♦Q♣ UTG+1 | 129,000(86 BB) |
JM Joris Michl | A♥J♥ HJ | busted |
Jun Peng Out

Yixi Tang opens 2,500 from +1, Yunpeng Bai fills his small blind and Jun Peng squeez-jams big blind for 15,900. Both opponent call and a friendly check down to the river A♠ 3♠ Q♥ 9♥ A♦ reveals Tang's J♣ 9♣ as the winner against Bai with J♦ T♦ and Peng's K♦ 8♥ .
Player | Chips |
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YT Yixi Tang | 87,500(73 BB) |
YB Yunpeng Bai | 25,100(21 BB) |
JP Jun Peng | busted |
Chip Counts Going Into Level 7
90 out of 130 players remain with three more levels of late registration still available.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KY Kozo Yamada | 129,700(162 BB) |
ZH Zhang Heng | 121,800(152 BB) |
YZ Yirui Zhang | 118,700(148 BB) |
SY Sheng Ye | 107,300(134 BB) |
YB Yunpeng Bai | 104,500(131 BB) |
YY Yan Yan | 101,300(127 BB) |
AS Artem Sofronov | 96,700(121 BB) |
YW Yimeng Wang | 94,100(118 BB) |
KC Kai Cheng Hsu | 86,300(108 BB) |
RG Rentao Guo | 84,400(106 BB) |
CJ Chi Jen Chen | 78,600(98 BB) |
WC Wei Cheng | 76,200(95 BB) |
ZW Zi Wei Tung | 67,800(85 BB) |
QY Qin Yuan | 64,500(81 BB) |
Kozo Yamada Close To 100K

Picking up the action on Q♣ 8♥ 5♥ J♣ and 11,300 up for grabs, Yunpeng Bai leads 7,600 from +1 with button Kozo Yamada - fresh from a heater at the P1 Circuit Incheon where he final tabled seven events in eight days - and big blind Wei Hong tagging along to the river K♦ . Another 17,000 lead from Bai prompts Yamada to jam for 31,000, Hong gets out of the way and Bai fills up with K♥ J♦ , surrendering to Yamada's higher two pair K♠ Q♥ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KY Kozo Yamada | 96,100(240 BB) |
YB Yunpeng Bai | 58,900(147 BB) |
WH Wei Hong | 34,100(85 BB) |
Yunpeng Bai New Chip Leader After Double Knockout
Catching the action with three players already showing their cards pre flop it is hijack Ying Li for 34,200 and button Lok Man Chu for 10,200 who are put at risk by Yunpeng Bai in the cutoff.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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YL Ying Li | A♠K♦ HJ | busted |
YB Yunpeng Bai | Q♦Q♣ CO | 96,700(322 BB) |
HC Henry Chu Lok Man | 8♣9♥ D | busted |
Lok Man Chu's Bad Luck Continues

Action player Yunpeng Bai who finished 5th in the Mystery Bounty yesterday gets the ball rolling with a raise to 700 out of the cutoff, Lok Man Chu - back with a second bullet - three-bets 1,800, the big blind flats before Yunpeng Bai pumps it to 8,700 and snaps for a total of 18,800 after Chu jammed and the big blind got out of the way.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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YB Yunpeng Bai | Q♦9♥ CO | 39,900(133 BB) |
HC Henry Chu Lok Man | A♠Q♣ D | 14,200(47 BB) |