Blind level
Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
Entries
22/174
Total Chips
5,220,000
Average
237,273

Day 1B

SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 4:40:52 PM

Ying Li Back Over Ten Big Blinds

Level 17: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Cutoff Ying Li jams 36,000 and big blind Unknown Player fills up.

PlayerHandChips
YL
Ying LiChina [CHN]China
AK
CO
84,000(11 BB)
UP
A7
BB
1,000(0 BB)
Board:K4858
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 4:28:26 PM

Ying Li Quintuples Up

Level 17: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
Ying Li

With three limps in front, small blind Zhaoxi Ma jams 125,000 and gets private with Ying Li.

PlayerHandChips
ZM
JJ
SB
117,000(15 BB)
YL
Ying LiChina [CHN]China
A7
BB
40,000(5 BB)

Flipping over an ace right away on A 8 K 4 5 made Li breathe a little easier before scooping the pot.

SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 4:01:04 PM

Table 2 Update With Several Short Stacks Trying To Survive

Level 17: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

With 29 players left - two knockouts away from the money - hand for hand play is in progress.

PlayerChipsTableSeat
YL
Ying LiChina [CHN]China
12,000(2 BB)21
24,000(3 BB)22
HW
Hao WangTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
109,000(14 BB)23
75,000(9 BB)24
UP
65,000(8 BB)25
WC
Wei ChengTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
224,000(28 BB)26
ZM
178,000(22 BB)27
SY
Sheng YeAustralia [AUS]Australia
249,000(31 BB)28
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 3:37:54 PM

Short Stacks Collide

Level 16: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000
Hao Wang

Hao Wang moves all-in from +1 and big blind Ying Li calls.

PlayerHandChips
HW
Hao WangTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
QQ
UTG+1
103,000(17 BB)
YL
Ying LiChina [CHN]China
AQ
BB
32,000(5 BB)

No ace for Li on 3 6 K 2 8 leaves her with 5 BBs.

SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 4:26:12 AM

Yunpeng Bai New Chip Leader After Double Knockout

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

Catching the action with three players already showing their cards pre flop it is hijack Ying Li for 34,200 and button Lok Man Chu for 10,200 who are put at risk by Yunpeng Bai in the cutoff.

PlayerHandChips
YL
Ying LiChina [CHN]China
AK
HJ
busted
QQ
CO
96,700(322 BB)
89
D
busted
Board:J3T3T
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 3:55:56 AM

Ying Li Picks Up First Pot

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

Under the gun Ying Li opens 800 and takes two players to the flop 4 T 9 where she continues for 1,600 and only cutoff Erdun Xu pays up to reveal the turn A . A second bullet of 3,000 is enough for Li to end the hand.

PlayerChips
YL
Ying LiChina [CHN]China
36,200(121 BB)
XE
25,100(84 BB)