Final Day
Sha Chengchun Eliminated In 3rd Place - US$ 18,400

Hand #112: Anton Poliakov raises 200,000, small blind Sha Chengchun goes all in for his remaining 475,000, big blind Xiaosheng Zheng calls.
The board is checked to the river 9♦ 2♥ 5♥ Q♦ Q♠ . Zheng bets 200,000 for a side pot but Poliakov begs off.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | Q♣T♣ BB | 5,680,000(57 BB) |
AP Anton Poliakov | D | 4,500,000(45 BB) |
SC Sha Chengchun | K♥9♥ | busted |
Zheng ships with trips as Sha heads out in 3rd place. Sha earns US$ 10,450 for his deep run plus bounties US$ 7,200 and US$ 750 for a total payout of US$ 18,400.
Anton Poliakov Also Takes From Sha Chengchun

Hand #100: Anton Poliakov min-raises from the button, small blind Sha Chengchun pumps it to 500,000, back to Poliakov who four-bets all in to push out the three-bettor Sha.
Hand #101: Sha Chungchen min-raises then folds to Anton Poliakov's shove.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AP Anton Poliakov | 5,050,000(51 BB) |
SC Sha Chengchun | 1,270,000(13 BB) |
Xiaosheng Zheng Barrels The Last Two Streets

Hand #99: Xiaosheng Zheng min-raises from the button and big blind Sha Chengchun defends. No bets land on the flop 8♣ 8♥ A♦ , Zheng bets 150,000 on the turn J♦ and Sha check-calls to buy the river 9♠ . Sha checks again, Zheng lays out 550,000, after a time bank, Sha frustratingly folds.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AP Anton Poliakov | 4,100,000(41 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 3,900,000(39 BB) |
SC Sha Chengchun | 1,970,000(20 BB) |
Anton Poliakov Picks Up Two Good Pots

Hand #96-97: From the button, Anton Poliakov raises 200,000 and goes to the flop T♣ A♣ 5♥ with big blind caller Xiaosheng Zheng. Poliakov c-bets 200,000 and wins the pot.
Following that hand, Poliakov min-raises again and button Sha Chengchun calls. Both check to the turn A♦ 6♥ 4♥ 3♠ . Poliakov value-bets 175,000 and claims another pot.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 3,490,000(35 BB) |
AP Anton Poliakov | 3,320,000(33 BB) |
SC Sha Chengchun | 2,720,000(27 BB) |
Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 3,750,000(38 BB) |
SC Sha Chengchun | 2,920,000(29 BB) |
AP Anton Poliakov | 2,520,000(25 BB) |
CK Carsten Klug | 995,000(10 BB) |
Sha Chengchun Has It

Hand #75: On a limped pot, board is checked to the turn T♥ 6♥ 9♠ 9♣ . Small blind Anton Poliakov bets 60,000, Sha Chengchun calls. On the river 6♣ , Poliakov bets 60,000 again, Sha makes it 145,000, Poliakov tanks for one time bank then calls. Sha flips open a winning 2♣ 6♦ full house.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SC Sha Chengchun | 2,300,000(38 BB) |
AP Anton Poliakov | 1,700,000(28 BB) |
Kyle Bao Diep Takes A Hit And Falls 5th Place - US$ 7,100

Hand #73-74: Kyle Bao Diep opens from cutoff then calls Sha Chengchun's three-bet shove of 895,000.
Sha 7♣ 7♠
Diep K♦ Q♣
The flip goes Sha's way with the board running 7♦ T♥ A♦ T♦ 8♠ .
The loss sends Diep down to 370,000 which he shoves on the next hand holding K♥ 3♣ that doesn't get past Carsten Klug's 9♥ 9♠ on a board Q♠ 8♦ 2♠ 5♥ 6♥ .
Diep earns US$ 6,200 for his deep run plus US$ 900 in bounties for a payout of US$ 7,100.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SC Sha Chengchun | 1,940,000(32 BB) |
CK Carsten Klug | 1,660,000(28 BB) |
KB Kyle Bao Diep | busted |
Xiaosheng Zheng Enters Nearly Every Pot

Hand #54: Xiaosheng Zheng raises and finds no callers.
Hand #55: Sha Chengchun limps from the small blind, and Xiaosheng Zheng checks it and both check to the turn 9♠ 2♦ K♣ 6♠ . Sha takes charge for 75,000, Zheng calls. When Sha bets 115,000 on the river 4♦ , Zheng decides to give it up.
Hand #56: No callers to Anton Poliakov's raise.
Hand #57: Button Xiaosheng Zheng raises 100,000, small blind Kentaro Oe makes it 250,000 to continue, Zheng is not interested and folds.
Hand #58: Xiaosheng Zheng raises 100,000 and gets some action from the big blind Anton Poliakov. Both check the flop to head to the turn 8♦ 5♣ 9♣ 3♠ . Following a check again from Zheng, Poliakov bets 150,000 and rakes it in uncontested.
Hand #59: Xiaosheng Zheg opens 110,000 and no callers this time.
Hand #60: Anton Poliakov min-raises, also no callers.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 2,720,000(54 BB) |
AP Anton Poliakov | 1,480,000(30 BB) |
SC Sha Chengchun | 950,000(19 BB) |
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) |
Kyle Bao Diep Wins The Flip Against Sha Chengchun

Hand #34: Kyle Bao Diep opens 80,000, small blind Sha Chengchun three-bets 250,000, Diep four-bets all in for 975,000 and Sha makes the call.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
KB Kyle Bao Diep | A♥9♥ D | 2,030,000(51 BB) |
SC Sha Chengchun | 8♥8♠ SB | 1,000,000(25 BB) |
With the board running 6♠ 6♥ A♣ 4♠ 2♠ , Diep improves to ship a full boost.
Kentaro Oe Very Active

Hand #18: Kentaro Oe opens 110,000 and wins the blinds and ante.
Hand #19: Kentaro Oe min-raises and is joined to the flop by caller Sha Chengchun on the big blind. The 6♥ 7♦ J♥ flop has Oe continue for 50,000, Sha check-raises 175,000, Oe thinks about it then folds.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SC Sha Chengchun | 1,600,000(53 BB) |
KO Kentaro Oe | 650,000(22 BB) |
Xiaosheng Zheng Loses A Couple
Hand #12: Xiaosheng Zheng min-raises from utg and down the orbit Sha Chengchun defends his big blind. At the flop K♠ 8♠ 9♣ , Chengchun continues to defend by check-calling 45,000 from Zheng. After the turn J♠ is checked, Sha leads out 45,000 on the river T♣ and wins the pot unchallenged.
Hand #13: Ziad Zebib also gain from Xiaosheng Zheng with his 60,000 button raise called. On the flop T♣ T♦ 6♠ , Zebib c-bets 50,000 and claims the pot easy.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SC Sha Chengchun | 1,700,000(57 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 1,335,000(45 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) |
Down And Up For Ziad Zebib

Hand #2: Defending the big blind, Ziad Zebib calls the raise of 50,000 then folds to Sha Chengchun's 60,000 c-bet on a flop 6♠ K♠ A♥ .
Hand #3: Next hand, small blind Ziad Zebib calls Anton Poliakov's raise then both check to the turn 3♥ K♥ Q♥ 8♦ . Poliakov resumes for 60,000, Zebib check-calls. On the river 9♥ , Zebib switches up and leads out 50,000, gets called, and wins the pot with A♥ T♣ nut flush.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SC Sha Chengchun | 1,235,000(49 BB) |
AP Anton Poliakov | 885,000(35 BB) |
ZZ Ziad Zebib | 710,000(28 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 |
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) |
Sha Chengchun Claims It On A Five-Bet Push

Battle of the Chinese starting with 40,000 from cutoff Xiaosheng Zheng, button Sha Chengchun three-bets 115,000, Zheng four-bets 260,000, Sha five-bets all in for 1,067,000, Zheng folds after using a time bank.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SC Sha Chengchun | 1,377,000(69 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 930,000(47 BB) |
Short Stacked Ville Pohjalainen Tumbles Out In 14th Place - US$ 2,300

From the button, Sha Chengchun raises 40,000, small blind Ville Pohjalainen goes all in for 320,000, big blind Anton Poliakov does the same and successfully pushes out Sha.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
AP Anton Poliakov | A♠T♦ BB | 1,900,000(95 BB) |
VJ | 8♠9♠ SB | busted |
SC Sha Chengchun | D | 1,135,000(57 BB) |
Pohjalainen goes bust in 14h place and walks away earning US$ 1,600 plus the US$ 700 from the bounty spin.
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) |
Nopparat Piyatassakorn Ousted On A Flip

After Xiaosheng Zheng sent Erik Rozhynskyi out in 16th place, Nopparat Piyatassakorn followed right after. Piyatassakorn three-bet it all then fell to big stacked Sha Chengchun on a flip for 15th place.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
SC Sha Chengchun | 9♥9♦ HJ | 1,200,000(75 BB) |
NP Nopparut Piyatassakorn | A♠Q♣ CO | busted |
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) |
Sha Chengchun Rises Over A Mil

Sha Chengchun continues to dominate, picking up a player's stack to enter the seven digit marker. With a huge 99,000 pot brewed preflop and a flop 2♣ 4♣ K♣ , Mr Fendy checks to Sha Chengchun who bets 40,000, Fendy raises 134,000, Sha pushes with his massive pile, Fendy tanks for over a minute then risks it for a total of 263,000.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
SC Sha Chengchun | K♦Q♠ D | 1,100,000(138 BB) |
MF Mr. Fendy | A♥4♥ CO | busted |
With the turn 6♥ and river K♠ , Fendy's small pair heads further into oblivion as Sha collects with trips.
Chip Leader Update
Sha Chengchun picks up a pot of 126,000 and slides into the high chair.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SC Sha Chengchun | 790,000(99 BB) |
Four Bet Does It!

Button raise of 14,000 by Mr Fendy is met with a three-bet of 43,000 from small blind Sha Chengchun, then big blind Nopparut Piyatassakorn four-bets it all for 161,000, and just like that, wins the pot.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SC Sha Chengchun | 502,000(84 BB) |
NP Nopparut Piyatassakorn | 224,000(37 BB) |
MF Mr. Fendy | 216,000(36 BB) |
Flight A/B/C Results
Flight A Chip Counts - 15 Players
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SC Sha Chengchun | 491,000(82 BB) |
400,000(67 BB) | |
AT Alan Turabayev | 338,000(56 BB) |
MF Mr. Fendy | 266,000(44 BB) |
SS Shane Saito | 237,000(40 BB) |
TS Thomas Scheld | 221,000(37 BB) |
YL Yannick Leonard | 194,000(32 BB) |
DN Duc Nhat Nguyen | 151,000(25 BB) |
MT Maxime Tantaro | 144,000(24 BB) |
WK Wooseok Kim | 135,000(23 BB) |
RS Roman Scherbakov | 114,000(19 BB) |
PA Pierre Andre | 94,000(16 BB) |
KO Kentaro Oe | 91,000(15 BB) |
MS Manabu Sato | 67,000(11 BB) |
54,000(9 BB) |