Day 2
Chao Li Rises to the Lead

A preflop back and forth between Chao Li and big blind Zan Chen saw the latter call off for his nearly 30 BB stack for a flip. Li instantly landed the advantage, having paired up his queen right on the flop 3♦ Q♦ K♣ , with no help on either turn T♦ or river 2♣ arriving for Chen. Li raked in the 2.3 million pot, propelling him to the lead.
Cheng Chen Locks In a Double

Cheng Chen opened utg+1 and went on to jam 260,000 in against a raise from Zan Chen behind. Zan Chen snap called with T♦ T♣ , and remained behind against Cheng Chen's Q♦ Q♣ all the way through board 9♦ 2♥ 2♦ 8♠ J♦ .
Player | Chips |
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ZC Zan Chen | 720,000(48 BB) |
CC Cheng Chen | 560,000(37 BB) |
Zan Chen Cripples Jieming Xu

Jieming Xu opened on the hijack, raised by Xianglai Li to 80,000 behind. Zan Chen on the button, pushed all-in for 375,000, and saw Xu push likewise for a slightly larger 400,000. Li tank folded pocket nines, leaving the two to showdown.
A crucial flip, the board 8♣ T♣ T♦ Q♣ A♠ landed in favor of Chen's overcards, leaving Xu down to two big blinds.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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JX Jieming Xu | 3♥3♣ HJ | 25,000(2 BB) |
ZC Zan Chen | A♣K♥ D | 870,000(58 BB) |
Day 1D
End of Day 1D Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
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DL Dong Li (3) | 630,000(126 BB) |
JC Joseph Cheong | 493,000(99 BB) |
NT Nguyen Thanh Tung | 419,000(84 BB) |
KH Kyota Henzan | 383,000(77 BB) |
AF Aghayev Farhad | 365,000(73 BB) |
JW Jin Wang | 315,000(63 BB) |
BS Bayar Saran | 313,000(63 BB) |
ZM Zhang Mingjie | 300,000(60 BB) |
TH Thijs Hilberts | 240,000(48 BB) |
SK Sergei Kim | 237,000(47 BB) |
LZ Lin Zhen | 231,000(46 BB) |
BJ Boxin Jin | 227,000(45 BB) |
BW Bin Wang | 223,000(45 BB) |
JF Junlin Feng | 220,000(44 BB) |
WX Wenbin Xu | 211,000(42 BB) |
KG Kang Gao | 206,000(41 BB) |
WP Weiran Pu | 182,000(36 BB) |
XL Xinhong Li | 173,000(35 BB) |
SK Sho Katsura | 170,000(34 BB) |
JX Jieming Xu | 169,000(34 BB) |
ZW Zheng Wenqi | 160,000(32 BB) |
XL Xiao Liu | 156,000(31 BB) |
ZC Zan Chen | 152,000(30 BB) |
TW Tze Wong | 140,000(28 BB) |
YC Yuchun Chen | 137,000(27 BB) |
NZ Ning Zhang | 115,000(23 BB) |
SM Shinya Maeda | 108,000(22 BB) |
ZH Zou Haichao | 103,000(21 BB) |
DW Di Wu | 102,000(20 BB) |
NC Nengyue Chen | 92,000(18 BB) |
XL Xuejian Li | 44,000(9 BB) |
Zan Chen Doubles Through Junlin Feng

With 27,500 in the middle on flop 7♥ Q♣ Q♠ , a back and forth between Zan Chen and Junlin Feng saw the latter raise all-in. Chen called off for his entire 69,000 with A♦ 7♠ and secured the win against Feng's bluff K♥ 8♣ as turn 5♠ and river 6♠ completed the board.
Player | Chips |
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ZC Zan Chen | 165,500(33 BB) |
JF Junlin Feng | 146,000(29 BB) |