Championship Warm Up ($600)

Shane Pearce was the first one out of the unofficial WPT final table. He three-bet all in for 1,200,000 and Amir Abbas defended his big hand. At the showdown, Abbas's pocket pair was several points higher than Pearce's. And with no help coming for Pearce he finished in 9th place.

Shane Pearce three-bet all in and initial raiser Thomas Eychenne tanked before making the call. Upon revealing, Pearce had overcards to Eychenne's pair. Instead of big cards, Pearce was granted a flop of heart which was good to secure a double up.

Short stacks Robert Kiss and Chi Ling Tsang shove, big blind Shane Pearce calls. At the showdown, Pearce is ahead with a pair and holds with overcards unable to overtake.

Siarhei Chudapal opened then got pushed out by Shane Pearce's shove that was called by Amir Abbas. At the flip, Pearce needed to connect on the board o overtake Abbas's pair. While the flop was no help, the turn and river gave runner runner trips to secure the double up.

Cutoff players Jiazhi Zhong nearly sent two players packing simultaneously until a bunch of clubs denied him the moment. From early position Shane Pearce drove it up to 24,000 that Zhong called from cutoff. Two spots over, small blind Jordy Vleugels took it to the limit for 151,000, Pearce joined in for 209,000, and Zhong called again, covering both players.