
Day 1A
Leng Spikes the River to KO Hou

With two players seeing a board of 8♥ 2♠ 7♥ and 26,000 in the middle, Bin Leng bet 12,000 from the small blind and Dong Hou shoved for 39,000 from the cutoff. Leng called with a covering stack to put Hou at risk.
Dong Hou: 8♦ 7♦
Bin Leng: Q♠ Q♦
Hou was in great shape to double up with top two pair but the 6♥ Q♣ runout gave Leng top set to send Hou to the rail and win the pot.
Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
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KC Kong Chung Lam Allan | 120,000(120 BB) |
102,200(102 BB) | |
EX Erdun Xu | 100,400(100 BB) |
NY Ng Yi Wen Nicholas Michael | 96,700(97 BB) |
DZ Dingyun Zhang | 73,000(73 BB) |
YH Yang Haibo | 67,500(68 BB) |
JW Jiaxing Wang | 65,500(66 BB) |
LA Lu Anton Zhen Zhao | 64,600(65 BB) |
MJ Mok Jo Seng | 48,900(49 BB) |
BG Biao Guo | 48,200(48 BB) |
YZ Yifan Zhang | 40,800(41 BB) |
QS Qi Sun | 39,000(39 BB) |
31,400(31 BB) | |
LB Leng Bin | 30,400(30 BB) |
QJ Quan Jin | 27,500(28 BB) |
ST Shen Tong | 27,500(28 BB) |
JB Jin Bo | 27,300(27 BB) |
QL Qi Liu | 25,600(26 BB) |
DH Dong Hou | 25,200(25 BB) |
LC Lim Chin Yu | 23,700(24 BB) |
LJ Lam Ji Ho | 23,000(23 BB) |
ZY Zhang Yang | 22,800(23 BB) |
WJ William Jia | 22,700(23 BB) |
YL Youkan Li | 22,500(23 BB) |
JX Jiang Xinxin | 21,800(22 BB) |
ZY Zhiyong Yan | 21,700(22 BB) |
DL Duan Lin | 20,000(20 BB) |
JL Jehoon Lee | 17,100(17 BB) |
JZ Jiahao Zhang (2) | 15,300(15 BB) |
TC Tang Chi Ngong | 12,500(13 BB) |
XX Xiao Xian | 700(1 BB) |
Hou Holds with Queens to Double

In a preflop confrontation Dong Hou was all in for 13,800 from the small blind and up against Michael Nicholas Ng Yi Wen who had him covered from the button.
Dong Hou: Q♠ Q♣
Michael Nicholas Ng Yi Wen: J♠ T♥
Hou’s pocket queens held up on the 2♣ 6♦ 5♥ J♥ 3♥ runout and he doubled up through Wen.
Player | Chips |
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NY Ng Yi Wen Nicholas Michael | 76,700(77 BB) |
DH Dong Hou | 28,600(29 BB) |
Zhao Wins With Double Check-Raise

Quan Jin opened to 1,000 from under the gun and received calls from Dong Hou on the button and Bin Zhao in the big blind.
The flop came J♥ 2♦ 2♣ and action checked around to Jin who fired a 1,100 continuation bet. Hou called, Zhao check-raised to 4,000, Jin folded and Hou called.
Zhao checked the K♦ river and Hou bet 4,500. Zhao check-raised to 10,000 and Hou folded.
Jiang Shows Down Queens

With two players seeing a board of J♣ 3♥ 5♠ and 3,900 in the middle Dong Hou checked from under the gun and Xinxin Jiang bet 3,500 from early position. Hou called and both players checked the 9♠ river.
Hou had top pair with K♥ J♦ but Jiang had an overpair with Q♣ Q♥ to win the pot.
Player | Chips |
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JX Jiang Xinxin | 29,700(149 BB) |
DH Dong Hou | 12,700(64 BB) |