Day 2
Stephen Lai Loses Flip for Tournament Life

Stephen Lai opened utg+1 and went on to shove his entire 62,000 against Qingbo Gao's three bet behind. Gao put in the call with his pocket pair and was in for a determining flip.
Gao's pocket pair held on board Q♦ 3♠ 7♥ J♦ 2♠ , leaving Lai empty-handed.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
SL Stephen Lai | A♦T♦ UTG+1 | busted |
GQ Gao Qingbo | 9♥9♠ HJ | 149,000(50 BB) |
Day 1C
Top Chip Counts

Player | Chips |
---|---|
YB Yunpeng Bai | 139,000(93 BB) |
KT Kennie Tay | 135,000(90 BB) |
WL Wan Lo | 133,000(89 BB) |
YS Yuan Sun | 124,000(83 BB) |
AF Aghayev Farhad | 122,000(81 BB) |
110,000(73 BB) | |
GQ Gao Qingbo | 97,000(65 BB) |
XQ Xiaokun Qi | 84,000(56 BB) |
HQ Heng Qiao | 81,000(54 BB) |
BS Bayar Saran | 79,500(53 BB) |
Day 1B
Tianyu Wang Takes It Down

Preflop action saw 7,100 in the pot before flop A♦ K♦ 7♦ landed on the felt. Big blind Tianyu Wang led 2,800, and went for another 7,000 on turn 2♠ . Initial raiser Qingbo Gao called one street, yet gave it up as Wang proceeded with aggression.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
TW Tianyu Wang | 38,300(192 BB) |
GQ Gao Qingbo | 24,300(122 BB) |
Day 1A
Zhengshan Hao Lays It Down

Zhengshan Hao opened utg, called by two opponents behind, revealing flop Q♦ 3♠ 4♣ . Hao continued for 1,500, called by Qingbo Gao. On turn 8♦ , Hao barreled another 2,500, and saw Gao put in the call once more. Hao finally checked the river 7♦ , and tank folded after Gao pushed a final bet of 12,000.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
GQ Gao Qingbo | 47,900(120 BB) |
ZH Zhengshan Hao | 26,700(67 BB) |