Blind level
Level 14: 3,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000
Entries
49/209
Total Chips
10,450,000
Average
213,265

Day 1A

SMPSMP
5/4/2025, 11:47:00 AM

Yong Huang's Heater Continues

Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Kunlei Xie opens 5,000 from +1 and calls after Yong Huang made it 19,000 from the small blind to see the flop 3 8 K . Xie leads 17,000, Huang check-jams 98,500 and Xie calls for a total of 79,000.

PlayerHandChips
KX
AA
UTG+1
busted
YH
QJ
SB
220,500(88 BB)

The turn 4 keeps Huang at nine outs before the river T gets him there to crack Xie's rockets and climb the leaderboard some more.

SMPSMP
5/4/2025, 11:13:01 AM

Table 25 Update With Overall Chip Leader Luyao Wu Firmly In Control

Level 10: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
49,000(25 BB)252
108,000(54 BB)253
LW
357,000(179 BB)254
31,500(16 BB)255
LY
Li YingChina [CHN]China
115,000(58 BB)256
KX
127,000(64 BB)257
HC
112,000(56 BB)259
SMPSMP
5/4/2025, 11:01:05 AM

Kunlei Xie Wins Three-way All-in

Level 10: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Under the gun Kunlei Xie kicks off the action with a raise to 4,000, Fangwei Zuo flats from +1 and hijack Ran Zhao jams 21,000. Both opponents fill up to see the flop 5 2 7 where Xie moves all-in for 21,500 and Zuo calls.

PlayerHandChips
KX
99
UTG
111,000(56 BB)
44
UTG+1
15,500(8 BB)
RZ
AT
HJ
busted

The turn J and river 7 keep Xie in the lead, banking a nice pot and eliminating Ran Zhao in the process.

SMPSMP
5/4/2025, 4:39:08 AM

Yang Liu 2 Makes The Nut Flush

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

Guoxiu Wu opens 700 from +1, called by Yang Liu 2 in the small blind before big blind Kunlei Xie puts in a small three-bet of 1,500. Both opponents call to lay eyes on the flop 4 K 9 where Xie's 2,500 c-bet finds two callers again. The turn J gets rejected and the river 6 has Liu 2 separate 10,000 from his stack with A 2 . Only Xie calls and mucks.

PlayerChips
53,200(177 BB)
KX
45,000(150 BB)
WG
18,300(61 BB)
SMPSMP
5/4/2025, 3:50:10 AM

Early Action Fizzles Out

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200

Under the gun Yang Liu lays out 400, hijack Kunlei Xie wants 1,600 and cutoff Ruoyu Yang cold four-bets to 4,000. Liu flats, Xie ups it further to 9,000 and Yang gets cold feet, leaving the action. Liu fills up a second time and both player decide this was enough action for one hand and check it down to the river K J 4 8 7 with Xie's Q Q beating Liu's J T .

PlayerChips
KX
61,500(308 BB)
LY
46,900(235 BB)
RY
42,900(215 BB)
SMPSMP
5/4/2025, 3:33:16 AM

New Players

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200
PlayerChips
XF
Xu FengChina [CHN]China
50,000(250 BB)
YL
50,000(250 BB)
50,000(250 BB)
KX
50,000(250 BB)
RY
50,000(250 BB)
ZW
Zhu WuChina [CHN]China
50,000(250 BB)
LC
50,000(250 BB)
50,000(250 BB)
50,000(250 BB)
LY
50,000(250 BB)
50,000(250 BB)