Day 1C
Overkill Quads Ensures Oliver Schulze The Reload And More

Oliver Schulze’s 4500 is followed by some heavy betting with William Lius shoving 27,000, button Jun Ogasahara calls, blinds fold and action bounces back to Schulze who four-bets all in for 113,000. Ogasahara can afford it and makes the call.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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OS Oliver Schulze | J♠J♥ UTG | 257,000(103 BB) |
WL William Lius | A♣Q♠ HJ | busted |
JO Jun Ogasahara | 7♦7♥ D | 57,000(23 BB) |
Not only is Jacks ahead but it goes on to ensure victory with quads to ship the entire load.
Day 1B
Yannick Leonard Defends His Big Blind

Yannick Leonard defends his big blind to see a flop 8♠ J♠ 2♣ . Facing a 6000 c-bet from William Lius, Leonard check-raises 19,000 and just like that, the pot is his.
Meerwais Hussaini Wins Three Way Showdown

Battle of preflop raises opens for 4500 from utg Tetsuya Tsujisaka, hijack William Liu three-bets 12,500, button Meerwais Hussaini four-bets all in for 63,000, Tsujisaka joins with the largest stack and Lius makes it a three-way with 104,500 shoved.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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MH Meerwais Hussaini | K♥K♠ D | 194,000(97 BB) |
TT Tetsuya Tsujisaka | J♥J♠ UTG | 172,500(86 BB) |
WL William Lius | 9♠9♥ HJ | busted |
Though not needed, Hussaini's kings improve to ensure the triple up while Lius falls to giving Tsujisaka the side pot.
William Lius With Relentless Betting

Action folds to the small blind William Lius and raises it to 2000. Big blind Donghyup Kim won't give up his forced bet that easy and calls. On the flop and turn 6♦ 2♦ A♦ Q♦ , Lius bets 3000 and 5000 and Kim continues to defend until the river J♠ . Lius jams and this time Kim gives it up.
Player | Chips |
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DK Donghyup Kim | 106,000(106 BB) |
WL William Lius | 34,000(34 BB) |
Day 1A
Zinan Xu Shoves Maintains Aggression

Cutoff Zinan Xu three-bets 11,000 and initial raiser William Lius calls for a flop 7♠ A♥ A♠ . No bets land and off to the turn 8♥ . Lius bets 20,000, Xu shoves 46,000, Lius can afford it but chooses otherwise and folds.
Player | Chips |
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ZX Zinan Xu | 93,000(47 BB) |
WL William Lius | 61,000(31 BB) |
Frank Lillis Seizes Control On The Turn

William Lius three-bets 8000 and still doesn't shake initial raiser Frank Lillis and caller Mike Takayama. On the flop T♣ 5♣ J♣ , Lius c-bets 12,000, Lillis calls and Takayama leaves them to it. The turn Q♦ Lius slows down and checks, Lillis is fired up and takes control for 15,500, Lius calls it to see the river 8♠ . Lillis barrels 35,000, and wins the pot without a showdown.
Player | Chips |
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FL Frank Lillis | 214,000(143 BB) |
WL William Lius | 140,000(93 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 97,000(65 BB) |
Louis Bilodeau Avoids Elimination

Another preflop battle ends in shoves. Frank Lillis raises to 3000, button William Lius calls, big blind Louis Bilodeau shoves 22,500, Lillis calls and Lius opts to stay out of it.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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LB Louis Bilodeau | 4♦4♠ BB | 50,500(34 BB) |
FL Frank Lillis | Q♠Q♣ UTG | 172,000(115 BB) |
WL William Lius | 127,000(85 BB) |
When the flop lands, Bilodeau spikes the lucky two outer that holds to the end to avoid the rail.
Current Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
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SM Sven Mcdermott | 228,000(152 BB) |
FL Frank Lillis | 198,000(132 BB) |
SL Shaoshuai Li | 195,500(130 BB) |
AC Abraham Ceesvin | 184,000(123 BB) |
SA Supakit Anukoolpitaknil | 182,500(122 BB) |
LQ Li Qi | 177,500(118 BB) |
JF Jacson Feng | 175,000(117 BB) |
WL William Lius | 127,000(85 BB) |
AV Armon Van Wijk | 127,000(85 BB) |
MA Michael Adam Bihari | 125,000(83 BB) |
117,000(78 BB) | |
KB Koen Breed | 110,000(73 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 108,900(73 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 105,000(70 BB) |
HJ Hu Jinlong | 104,500(70 BB) |
William Luis One Up On Haisheng Qiu

Three-bet pot pumped by Haisheng Qiu with two callers check it to the turn J♣ 3♦ J♦ T♣ . First to act Mike Takayama lays out 6000, Qiu and William Lius call. On the river Q♥ , it is checked to the button Lius who value-bets 15,000, Takayama folds, Qiu calls and shows 9♣ 9♠ . Lius has him beat with K♣ T♦ .
Player | Chips |
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WL William Lius | 144,000(120 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 12,100(10 BB) |
HQ Haisheng Qiu | busted |
William Lius Lands Aces In A Good Spot

Frank Lillis opens 2400, Haisheng Qui three-bets 7200, William Lius jams 42,500 enough to induce a fold from Lillis while Qiu isn't going anywhere. When the cards are flipped open, Lius dominates with rockets with no change throughout the board.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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WL William Lius | A♦A♣ SB | 89,800(75 BB) |
QH Qiu Haisheng | A♥K♣ D | 10,500(9 BB) |
FL Frank Lillis | 174,000(145 BB) |
Chip Count
Player | Chips |
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AB Agharazi Babayev | 121,000(151 BB) |
HJ Hu Jinlong | 108,500(136 BB) |
SM Sven Mcdermott | 106,900(134 BB) |
AC Abraham Ceesvin | 98,000(123 BB) |
LS Leo Soma | 88,300(110 BB) |
DB Dmitrii Belikov | 84,400(106 BB) |
NS Nicola Spicher | 83,400(104 BB) |
VL Vladimir Litasov | 79,800(100 BB) |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 76,000(95 BB) |
74,600(93 BB) | |
LG Lars Garneij | 73,700(92 BB) |
HN Hieu Ngo | 66,700(83 BB) |
WL William Lius | 63,000(79 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 60,600(76 BB) |
FL Ferdinand Lu | 56,000(70 BB) |
HQ Haisheng Qiu | 10,600(13 BB) |