Main Event Short Deck ($53,000)

Kobe limps in, Liu Ming Zhong folds, Aori checks on the button and both head to the flop Q♦ Q♣ 7♣ . Kobe leads out 300,000, Aori raises to 900,000, Kobe calls. Both check the turn 7♠ and see a free river A♦ . Kobe bangs out 1,200,000, Aori flats. Kobe shows his 9♦ 8♦ bluff, Aori wins with Q♠ 7♥ full house.

Biggest pot of the final table yet wit Aori opening 700,000 and cutoff Kobe calls to the flop A♦ 8♠ T♠ . Aori c-bets 800,000, Kobe makes it 4,000,000 to go, Aori tank-calls. On the turn A♣ , Kobe fires 2,000,000, which is enough to induce a fold. Kobe shows J♦ 9♦ as he drags in the huge pot.

Liu Ming Zhong open shoves 1,900,000 with A♣ J♦ and Tao Zong calls with K♦ 9♠ . Board runs out T♣ 7♠ 9♣ J♠ Q♠ , Zong pays up and is down to 4 antes.

Ke Xu is the first to claim a piece of the record prize pool as he goes bust in 12th place. His final hand is a desperate 7♠ 8♣ that falls to Liu Ming Zhong's T♠ T♥ on a board 6♠ K♠ J♦ A♦ 8♥ .

Liu Ming Zhong with A♠ 8♠, Tao Zong with K♣ J♠, board runs 6♠ 9♥ T♥ 7♣ 8♥ for the jack to play and Zong to double up.

Next hand, Zong is all in with A♣ T♣ and doubles up off Sun Da Seng's K♥ Q♥ on a board T♥ J♣ A♦ 9♥ A♠ .

Three way action preflop. Zhang San J♦ T♦ , Esti Wang K♦ K♥ , big stack Liu Q♥ T♥ , board runs A♠ 9♣ 6♦ 8♥ T♣ , Wang ships it as Zhang goes bust.

Commotion at table 2 with the tournament director Roberto Wong called to decide. Following a limp by CD, big stacked Liu Ming Zhong shoved and after the big blind Zhang San folded, Liu forgot CD was in the hand and slid his cards to the muck. The dealer immediately tried to retrieve it but it was unsure if they were the right cards. The TD was called, Wong asked CD to make a decision, CD went ahead and risked his shorter stack and the players had to wait for the CCTV to be reviewed. With time ticking, it was decided that Liu's hand would be retrieved and play resumed.

Liu Ming Zhong 9♠ 9♥

CD J♠ T♠

The board ran A♠ K♥ 8♦ 8♣ T♣ , CD spiked the river card for a double up.

Liu Ming Zhong was seen entering three consecutive pots to gain a bit of ground .On his first hand, Liu limped then three-bet jammed 711,000 on top of CD's 52,000 raise.

Immediately after, from the button Liu made it 72,000 to go, only two of the three limpers called. At the flop T♦ T♣ 6♠ Zhang San shoved his last 110,000 got called as Liu folds. Zhang opens Q♥ T♠ and is way ahead of J♥ J♠. No changes on the turn K♣ and river 7♦ for Zhang to double up.

Third hand, Esti Wang and CD limp, Liu raises 56,000, only Esti Wang calls and they head to the flop A♣ J♠ 9♦ . Liu c-bets 75,000 and takes down the pot.