
Day 1A
Xu Doubles Through Jing

With two players seeing a board of K♣ 3♣ A♦ and 3,200 in the middle Xu Jing checked from the big blind and Erdun Xu bet 1,400 from the button. Jing raised to 2,700, Xu shoved for 13,700 and Jing called with a covering stack.
Erdun Xu: A♣ 8♣
Xu Jing: Q♣ 7♣
Jing had a flush draw but was drawing nearly dead against Xu who had top pair and the nut-flush draw. Xu remained ahead on the 6♠ 7♠ runout to double up through Jing.
Lee Wins With Nut-Flush

Xu Jing limped in from early position, Je Hoon Le limped behind from the cutoff, two more players limped from the button and small blind before Chi Ho Yeung checked his option in the big blind.
All five players checked the 2♦ Q♥ 8♥ flop leading to the 4♥ turn. Action checked around yo Yeung who bet 700. Only Jing and Le called.
Yeung bet 2,600 on the 4♠ river and this time only Lee called. Yeung showed two pair with Q♠ J♦ but Lee had the nut-flush with A♥ 6♥ to win the pot.
Player | Chips |
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JL Jehoon Lee | 31,400(157 BB) |
JX Jing Xu | 22,800(114 BB) |
CH Chi Ho Yeung | 16,200(81 BB) |
Zhang Scores Early Knockout

Xu Jing opened to 400 from the hijack, Dingyun Zhang three-bet to 1,000 from the big blind, Jing four-bet shoved for 18,200 and Zhang called with a covering stack.
Xu Jing: A♥ 9♦
Dingyun Zhang: K♥ K♣
Zhang’s pocket kings held up on the 5♦ 2♣ 9♠ Q♣ J♠ runout to score the early knockout and collect nearly a full double up.
Player | Chips |
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DZ Dingyun Zhang | 137,000(1370 BB) |
JX Jing Xu | busted |