Final Day
Ilia Barkov Misses To Fall In 7th Place - US$ 13,040

Hand #50: Xiaosheng Zheng raises 100,000 then calls Ilia Barkov's three-bet shove of 975,000.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 5♥5♣ D | 3,000,000(60 BB) |
IB Ilia Barkov | K♥J♣ BB | busted |
No hits on the board for Barkov to finish in 7th place. Barkov earns US$ 3,700 plus a larger US$ 9,340 in bounties for a total payout of US$ 13,040.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CK Carsten Klug | 2,070,000(41 BB) |
KB Kyle Bao Diep | 1,970,000(39 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 1,735,000(35 BB) |
KO Kentaro Oe | 1,550,000(31 BB) |
IB Ilia Barkov | 1,145,000(23 BB) |
SC Sha Chengchun | 1,015,000(20 BB) |
AP Anton Poliakov | 765,000(15 BB) |
Spikes The Ace To Stay Alive

Hand #35: Three players in a raised pot preflop by Anton Poliakov goes to the turn 4♠ 5♥ 6♥ 3♣ . Kentaro Oe slides out 110,000 and wins the pot unchallenged.
Hand #36: Xiaosheng Zheng opens and wins the blinds and ante.
Hand #37: From the small blind, Ilia Barkov jams 555,000 and big blind Carsten Klug gives him a sweat.
Barkov A♠ 7♥
Klug 6♠ 6♥
The flop drops an ace J♥ A♥ 5♠ and holds to the tur 8♠ and river T♠ for Barkov to keep on playing.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CK Carsten Klug | 2,000,000(50 BB) |
IB Ilia Barkov | 1,150,000(29 BB) |
Anton Poliakov Pairs Up To Survive Kings

Hand #32-33: Anton Poliakov shoves from the small blind and wins the big blind and ante. Immediately after, Ilia Barkov min-raises from hijack then snap-calls Poliakov's three-bet shove of 610,000.
Barkov K♠ K♥
Poliakov A♥ 8♠
When the board comes 3♠ A♦ 9♦ J♣ 4♠ , Poliakov is saved by the ace to stick around.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AP Anton Poliakov | 1,320,000(33 BB) |
IB Ilia Barkov | 635,000(16 BB) |
Carsten Klug Pulls Away From The Pack

Hand #20: Carsten Klug three-bets 200,000 from hijack and initial raiser Ilia Barkov calls. Klug fires again at the flop 9♥ 3♦ 7♥ for 175,000, Barkov calls again then both check the turn 6♠ . When the 7♦ comes out on the river, Barkov takes charge with a 75,000, Klug calls. Barkov has A♣ K♦ air, Klug drags in the pot with his winning 8♠ 8♥ .
Hand #21: Sha Chengchun opens 60,000, big blind Kentaro Oe calls. No breaks for Sha who bets 40,000 on the flop A♠ 9♦ 9♣ , Oe check-folds after a time bank.
Hand #22: Anton Poliakov raises from ug+1, ilia Barkov calls from the big blind, then no action at the flop T♣ 4♦ 5♥ . The turn A♣ sees Poliakov light up with a 55,000 bet and claims the pot.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CK Carsten Klug | 3,000,000(100 BB) |
IB Ilia Barkov | 1,500,000(50 BB) |
AP Anton Poliakov | 1,480,000(49 BB) |
Ilia Barkov Has Better Than Top Pair

Hand #15: Small blind Kentaro Oe shoves and wins the big blind and ante.
Hand #16: Button Kentaro Oe shoves and still no callers.
Hand #17: Sitting on the button, Ilia Barkov min-raises and big blind Anton Poliakov wants to go post flop. Both players check the flop 5♦ 2♣ 6♠ then Barkov bets 130,000 on the turn Q♦ . Poliakov calls and buys the 4♥ river. Poliakov switches gears and leads out 100,000, Barkov calls.
Poliakov 9♣ Q♣ top pair is not good enough against Barkov's Q♠ 5♠ two pair.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
IB Ilia Barkov | 1,900,000(63 BB) |
AP Anton Poliakov | 1,650,000(55 BB) |
KO Kentaro Oe | 810,000(27 BB) |
Sha Chengchun Sniffs Out The Bluff

Hand #4: Da De Titus Tay shoves and finds no callers.
Hand #5: Anton Poliakov opens 60,000, big blind Kentaro Oe calls then folds to the 100,000 c-bet on a flop K♣ J♥ 4♦ .
Hand #6: Cutoff Sha Chengchun min-raises, big blind Ilia Barkov calls, then both players proceed to check to the river J♠ 9♣ 4♦ Q♥ 5♣ . Barkov bets 85,000, Sha calls. Barkov has air K♦ 3♥ for Sha's 6♣ 6♥ to claim the pot.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
IB Ilia Barkov | 1,660,000(66 BB) |
SC Sha Chengchun | 1,600,000(64 BB) |
Final 9 Players of the Mystery Bounty

Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
KO Kentaro Oe | 385,000(15 BB) | 1 | 1 |
IB Ilia Barkov | 1,820,000(73 BB) | 1 | 2 |
CK Carsten Klug | 1,460,000(58 BB) | 1 | 3 |
AP Anton Poliakov | 1,045,000(42 BB) | 1 | 4 |
375,000(15 BB) | 1 | 5 | |
KB Kyle Bao Diep | 1,565,000(63 BB) | 1 | 6 |
ZZ Ziad Zebib | 600,000(24 BB) | 1 | 7 |
SC Sha Chengchun | 1,295,000(52 BB) | 1 | 8 |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 1,685,000(67 BB) | 1 | 9 |
Max Pay For Carsten Klug's Boat

Folded to the small blind Carsten Klug who raises 75,000, called by big blind Ilia Barkov. On the flop 8♣ 8♠ 7♣ , Klug fires again for a lighter 50,000, Barkov calls, then both stay on the turn 7♥ for a free river J♦ . Klug jumps out again and sends out everything 345,000, Barkov calls then pays when he sees the boat.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
CK Carsten Klug | K♠7♦ SB | 965,000(39 BB) |
IB Ilia Barkov | K♦J♣ BB | 198,000(8 BB) |
Jeorge Lagatuz Eliminated In 11th Place - US$ 3,150

Jeorge Lagatuz will not be making it to a second final table having been railed in 11th place by Ilia Barkov. Lagatuz opened then called Barkov's push and was behind the whole way. Lagatuz earned US$ 2,100 plus US$ 1,050 on his lone bounty pull for a total of US$ 3,150 payout.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
IB Ilia Barkov | A♦K♥ SB | 2,600,000(104 BB) |
JL Jeorge Lagatuz | A♣J♠ UTG | busted |
Chip Counts At The New Level
Player | Chips |
---|---|
IB Ilia Barkov | 2,155,000(86 BB) |
AP Anton Poliakov | 1,920,000(77 BB) |
SC Sha Chengchun | 1,377,000(55 BB) |
KB Kyle Bao Diep | 870,000(35 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 860,000(34 BB) |
WC Wei-Tse Chang | 685,000(27 BB) |
500,000(20 BB) | |
KO Kentaro Oe | 470,000(19 BB) |
JL Jeorge Lagatuz | 470,000(19 BB) |
CK Carsten Klug | 435,000(17 BB) |
ZZ Ziad Zebib | 405,000(16 BB) |
Alan Turbayev Out On A Flip In 13th Place - US$ 3,950

Alan Turbayev shoves 448,000 from the button and still doesn't steal the blinds and ante as Ilia Barkov calls. At face-off, it's a flip with Barkov's overcards taking it down and Turbayev with it. Turbayev earns US$ 1,800 plus a Main Event ticket which he drew during his bounty spin.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
IB Ilia Barkov | A♠J♥ SB | 1,900,000(95 BB) |
AT Alan Turabayev | 3♠3♦ D | busted |
Final Two Tables - 14 Players
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AP Anton Poliakov | 1,800,000(90 BB) |
IB Ilia Barkov | 1,430,000(72 BB) |
SC Sha Chengchun | 1,140,000(57 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 921,000(46 BB) |
806,000(40 BB) | |
KB Kyle Bao Diep | 790,000(40 BB) |
CK Carsten Klug | 520,000(26 BB) |
ZZ Ziad Zebib | 506,000(25 BB) |
WC Wei-Tse Chang | 460,000(23 BB) |
AT Alan Turabayev | 445,000(22 BB) |
JL Jeorge Lagatuz | 378,000(19 BB) |
KO Kentaro Oe | 330,000(17 BB) |
VJ | 320,000(16 BB) |
YL Yannick Leonard | 230,000(12 BB) |
End Of The Road For The Lucky Bounty Winner

Lucky bounty winner Tetsuya Tsujisaka will not be adding a title to that biggest bounty prize of US$ 11,500, instead he earned US$ 1,400 for 17th place for a total of US$ 12,900. Tsujisaka three-bet all in, huge stacked Alan Turbayev also jammed, then Ilia Barkov called with a mid-stack.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
IB Ilia Barkov | A♥Q♦ UTG | 1,445,000(90 BB) |
TT Tetsuya Tsujisaka | K♦T♦ HJ | busted |
AT Alan Turabayev | A♦T♣ BB | 219,000(14 BB) |
Current Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SC Sha Chengchun | 1,080,000(90 BB) |
IB Ilia Barkov | 805,000(67 BB) |
TT Tetsuya Tsujisaka | 800,000(67 BB) |
AP Anton Poliakov | 590,000(49 BB) |
CK Carsten Klug | 470,000(39 BB) |
WK Wooseok Kim | 446,000(37 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 435,000(36 BB) |
TS Thomas Scheld | 421,000(35 BB) |
364,000(30 BB) | |
DN Duc Nhat Nguyen | 364,000(30 BB) |