Day 2 - Final
Romain Bailleul Falls In 6th Place - US$ 3,610

After a failed push that cost Romain Bailleul half of his stack, he shoves with K♣ J♠ and falls to Sejun Park's A♥ T♥ with the board running 2♠ J♣ A♠ 7♠ 2♥ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
2,360,000(47 BB) | |
busted |
Xiaosheng Zheng Will Not Be Pushed Out

Action packed preflop opens for 200,000 from Xiaosheng Zheng, big blind Romain Bailleul three-bets all in but doesn't push out Zheng who calls for his tournament life.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | A♣K♥ | 515,000(10 BB) |
J♥Q♠ | 1,180,000(24 BB) |
Player | Chips |
---|---|
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 1,100,000(22 BB) |
665,000(13 BB) |
Zheng is ahead all the way to claim a full reload.
Li Qi Rises Over 2M

Three players in a limped pot check to the turn Q♠ 8♠ 5♣ 2♦ . Action is checked to button player Li Qi who bets 145,000, only big blind Romain Bailleul calls and does the same on the river 7♠ calling Li's 250,000 bet. Li flips open T♠ 9♠ flush and wins a good pot.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
LQ Li Qi | 2,500,000(63 BB) |
1,400,000(35 BB) | |
HI Homma Itsuki | 800,000(20 BB) |
Lei Zhang Flips Into 9th Place - US$ 2,066

Down to 11 bb, hijack player Lei Zhang has a pocket pair and moves all in, small blind Romain Bailleul has big slick and calls for a flip.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
LZ Lei Zhang | 7♣7♦ HJ | busted |
A♥K♦ SB | 2,100,000(53 BB) |
With Bailleul on fire, landing trips Kings, Zhang goes bust in 9th place
Romain Bailleul Picks Up Another Pot
Three players in a raised pot see a flop 8♥ Q♣ 6♦ . Anton Poliakov c-bets 85,000 and the two players stick with him then they all check the turn T♣ . On the river 2♠ , Bailleul leads out 200,000, Poliakov folds while Hironori Yamada decides to call after tanking for a minute.
Yamada shows K♠ Q♠ top pair, Bailleul flips open 7♦ 9♠ straight to take it down.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
1,600,000(53 BB) | |
1,100,000(37 BB) | |
HY Hironori Yamada | 380,000(13 BB) |
Romain Bailleul Enters A Mil

From the big blind, Romain Bailleul defends by calling Xiaosheng Zheng's 60,000 raise. Both players check to the turn A♠ 6♣ J♥ 6♥ . Zheng bets 65,000, Bailleul calls it again to bring the river 4♥ . Zheng checks, Bailleul sends out 100,000, Zheng makes the call then mucks to Q♥ T♥ flush.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
1,050,000(35 BB) | |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 465,000(16 BB) |
Final 9 Players

Player | Chips |
---|---|
1,270,000(42 BB) | |
1,270,000(42 BB) | |
HI Homma Itsuki | 1,055,000(35 BB) |
LQ Li Qi | 850,000(28 BB) |
815,000(27 BB) | |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 725,000(24 BB) |
HY Hironori Yamada | 650,000(22 BB) |
LZ Lei Zhang | 520,000(17 BB) |
480,000(16 BB) |
Ari Kumpumaki Doesn't Improve To Fall In 11th Place - US$ 1,800

Ailing Ari Kumpumaki goes all in with 3♣ 4♣ and falls to Romain Bailleul's K♥ 7♥ on a board J♥ 7♠ 3♦ A♣ 2♠ . Kumpumaki finishes in 11th place.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
850,000(28 BB) | |
AK Ari Kumpumäki | busted |
Chip Counts At The New Level
Player | Chips |
---|---|
1,350,000(45 BB) | |
HY Hironori Yamada | 920,000(31 BB) |
LQ Li Qi | 850,000(28 BB) |
HI Homma Itsuki | 810,000(27 BB) |
EZ Emad Zarghami | 750,000(25 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 554,000(18 BB) |
545,000(18 BB) | |
530,000(18 BB) | |
LZ Lei Zhang | 460,000(15 BB) |
455,000(15 BB) | |
AK Ari Kumpumäki | 375,000(13 BB) |
Li Qi's Ducks Earn Some

Li Qi finds two customers to join to the flop K♦ 3♥ 4♥ then c-bets 70,000. Only Sejun Park calls then both check the turn 5♣ . The rive 6♥ sees Li bang out 75,000, Park calls then mucks to 2♣ 2♠ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
1,010,000(40 BB) | |
LQ Li Qi | 1,000,000(40 BB) |
400,000(16 BB) |
Big Slick Arrives To Double Up Ari Kumpumaki

Short stacked Ari Kumpumaki is down to 14 bb and found a spot to send it all in when he dealt A♠ K♦ . However, he isn't out of the woods yet as Romain Bailleul makes the call with K♥ J♥ . With the board running 6♠ K♣ 6♥ 9♣ 2♠ , Kumpumaki gets the double.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
700,000(35 BB) | |
AK Ari Kumpumäki | 400,000(20 BB) |
Down to 15 Players
Player | Chips |
---|---|
1,040,000(52 BB) | |
EZ Emad Zarghami | 880,000(44 BB) |
765,000(38 BB) | |
721,000(36 BB) | |
669,000(33 BB) | |
LQ Li Qi | 652,000(33 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 554,000(28 BB) |
412,000(21 BB) | |
HY Hironori Yamada | 397,000(20 BB) |
HI Homma Itsuki | 382,000(19 BB) |
HZ He Zhou | 283,000(14 BB) |
LZ Lei Zhang | 273,000(14 BB) |
SS Shane Saito | 263,000(13 BB) |
AK Ari Kumpumäki | 230,000(12 BB) |
DD Dorian Debals | 107,000(5 BB) |
River Burns Qi Dong's Top Two

Qi Dong three-bet shoves 233,000 and initial raiser Romain Bailleul snap-calls. Qi is behind A♣ Q♥ against Bailleul's A♥ K♠ , however that changes on the flop T♠ Q♦ A♠ for an instant top two for Qi The turn 5♥ keeps it the same then the river J♥ isn't what Qi wanted to see to bust to Bailleul's straight.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
765,000(38 BB) | |
QD Qi Dong | busted |
Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
EZ Emad Zarghami | 974,000(61 BB) |
LQ Li Qi | 940,000(59 BB) |
608,000(38 BB) | |
576,000(36 BB) | |
QD Qi Dong | 356,000(22 BB) |
353,000(22 BB) | |
352,000(22 BB) | |
HI Homma Itsuki | 341,000(21 BB) |
315,000(20 BB) | |
HZ He Zhou | 293,000(18 BB) |
SE Steffen Endres | 288,000(18 BB) |
AK Ari Kumpumäki | 270,000(17 BB) |
Romain Bailleul Finishes Off Kay Fahrmann
Romain Bailleul opens 25,000 then calls Kay Fahrmann's 140,000 shove. At the showdown, it's a flip that goes Bailleul's way to rail Fahrmann.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
K♦T♠ | 608,000(51 BB) | |
2♦2♠ | busted |
Day 1 - Flight A
End of Flight A - 27 Survivors
Player | Chips |
---|---|
LQ Li Qi | 599,000(75 BB) |
LZ Lei Zhang | 376,000(47 BB) |
HZ He Zhou | 352,000(44 BB) |
332,000(42 BB) | |
303,000(38 BB) | |
SE Steffen Endres | 285,000(36 BB) |
AK Ari Kumpumäki | 278,000(35 BB) |
262,000(33 BB) | |
258,000(32 BB) | |
EZ Emad Zarghami | 250,000(31 BB) |
242,000(30 BB) | |
232,000(29 BB) | |
OS Oliver Schulze | 187,000(23 BB) |
TD Tomas Dedinas | 166,000(21 BB) |
QD Qi Dong | 161,000(20 BB) |
156,000(20 BB) | |
LS Lee Sunghak | 153,000(19 BB) |
HY Hironori Yamada | 138,000(17 BB) |
108,000(14 BB) | |
TK Tokio Kobayashi | 103,000(13 BB) |
JB Jain Bhuvan | 92,000(12 BB) |
JJ Jeremy Jehanne | 78,000(10 BB) |
75,000(9 BB) | |
SS Shane Saito | 71,000(9 BB) |
AV Armon Van Wijk | 69,000(9 BB) |
49,000(6 BB) | |
MT Methavee Taveekitvatee | 36,000(5 BB) |
Break Time Top 15 Stacks

Player | Chips |
---|---|
325,000(108 BB) | |
QL Qi Li | 249,000(83 BB) |
235,000(78 BB) | |
212,000(71 BB) | |
205,000(68 BB) | |
HZ He Zhou | 201,000(67 BB) |
181,000(60 BB) | |
JJ Jeremy Jehanne | 178,000(59 BB) |
LZ Lei Zhang | 165,000(55 BB) |
MH Meerwais Hussaini | 160,000(53 BB) |
TK Tokio Kobayashi | 149,000(50 BB) |
IY Ihor Yerofieiev | 148,000(49 BB) |
OS Oliver Schulz | 145,000(48 BB) |
142,000(47 BB) | |
140,000(47 BB) |