MAIN EVENT (CS) - 8 HANDED

Harder's odds are getting better and better when the dealer flips over T♥ J♥ 2♥ 2♣ , leaving Zheng with one out. The river is the 9♣ , leaving the whole table shocked and Christian Harder without any chips.

With some action in front, big blind Yuming Poon jams 25,900 before hijack Jieming Xu and small blind Anton Lu fill up. A friendly check to the river T♥ 8♠ 9♥ 6♣ A♥ lets Poon table the winner A♣ Q♦ against Xu's K♣ J♥ and Lu's 2♦ 2♥ .

Xu's tens stay ahead on 3♠ 8♥ K♣ 7♣ 3♦ giving him the biggest pot of the day and the overall chip lead.

The preflop favorite gets outdrawn on 2♦ 6♦ K♠ J♦ 4♠ giving Poon two pair for a triple up and Li a pair of sixes to scoop the hefty side pot.

The board 2♣ 7♠ J♦ 4♠ 8♠ favors the underdog and propels Shan up the leaderboard.

Under the gun Dan Cates is still getting comfy in his chair when he opens 3,200 and big blind Yuming Poon defends to see the flop J♠ A♦ Q♦ where Cates starts a triple barrel sequence of 3,000, 7,000 and 11,800 all-in to the river 7♣ and 4♥ with the nuts K♣ T♦ and Poon check-calls all the way holding A♣ 2♦ .

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A great board for Ma on 6♥ 7♥ K♦ Q♦ , before the dealer decides to give it to Xie on the river 3♦ .

Everything is looking peachy for Jiang on 9♠ 5♦ Q♠ 4♥ before turning pear shaped on the river A♦ , sending him back to the registration desk.

No. 15 on Italian's all time money list Raffaele Sorrentino opens 2,000 from the button and fills up after big blind Weijue Cai pumped it to 8,500. Cai's 8,000 c-bet gets called on the flop 6♥ T♠ 2♠ before he jams 42,600 on the turn Q♦ that gets the job done.

Fresh from his biggest cash yet - $20,436 for finishing runner-up in the MPT Macau Deepstack Freezeout in March - Yanchao Li lays out 2,000 from the small blind and big blind Shuiwu Tong defends. Both players check to the turn 8♦ 5♣ 7♦ A♥ where Li's 2,500 delayed c-bet gets called and the river T♠ hits the felt. Tong tries to steal with a 6,400 bet, but immediately throws it in the muck after Li said call.

Fangui Zeng opens 2,000 in the hijack and fills up after big blind Yuming Poon three-bet to 4,500. The action flop 8♥ 8♦ 3♥ has Poon continue for 5,000, Zeng raises to 15,000 but goes deep in the tank when Poon countered with a 45,000 re-raise. With the aid of two time banks, Zeng lets it go.

Yuzhu Wang, Nevan Chang, Gary Thompson, Martin Sedlak and Hogji Chen are already exchanging chips.

Hijack Xiyu Mai leads 1,200 and big blind Jieming Xu defends to see the flop 2♦ 9♠ 9♦ that gets checked to the turn J♣ . Xu bets 1,500, Mai ups it to 7,700, but folds when Xu puts her all-in.

The 8♥ river changes nothing and Wu scoops a hefty pot.

Drawing dead already, Lee gets out of his chair before the river 5♠ hits the board.

With a 1,000 open and a call in front, big blind Kinda Xie squeezes 3,500 and both opponents call to see the flop 2♠ A♥ 3♥ that gets checked to the turn 9♣ . Checked to button Yang Wang, 3,200 wander into the middle and only Xie pays up for the board to complete J♥ . Xie takes over the reins with an 11,000 lead with a set J♦ J♠ and Wang calls with top two A♠ J♣ .

Having just taken his seat, small blind Sebastian Iargo three bets 2,200 into Fangui Zeng's 800 open from under the gun, who makes the call and watches the flop K♦ 8♥ 3♥ hit the felt. Iargo continues for 900, Zeng ups it to 6,500, but lets it go after Iargo jammed 21,300.

Under the gun Jizheng Yu wants 1,100 and two players oblige to see the flop 7♣ 3♦ 5♣ that gets checked to cutoff Wenlong Duan. His 2,100 finds two callers to the turn 4♥ where he fires another 4,700. Small blind Jianghao Chu calls, Yu raises to 19,700 after using a time bank, which makes both opponents fold.

Zhangyi Zhang leads 800 from the hijack and takes three customers to the flop 4♣ 9♥ 9♦ where his 1,500 continuation gets the job done.

Hijack Jianhui Li raises 600, finds two callers and small blind Changdong Ren squeezes 4,000. Li ups it further to 7,000 and only Ren calls to see the flop 8♠ 8♣ A♦ where a 5,000 c-bet from Li ends the hand.

Lights out for Jin on the turn K♣ and the river 3♦ is just a formality.

Biao Han makes it 600 from the button and fills up after small blind Yang Wang upped it to 2,100. The flop 3♥ 6♥ Q♠ gets checked to the turn K♠ where Wang's 2,300 delayed c-bet gets called for the board to complete J♥ . Wang is back to a check and lets it go after Han forked out 5,000, losing a time bank in the process.

Zhangyi Zhang opens 600 and both blinds defend to see the flop 6♦ 2♣ T♣ where Zhang's 1,400 cbet gets check called by big blind Qiao Heng for the turn 2♥ . Zhangs 2nd bullet of 3,200 is enough to end the hand.

After an eventful day yesterday, Jieming Xu is back with a 400 open from under the gun and calls a 1,200 raise from small blind Jianghao Chu for the flop Q♠ A♦ 5♠ to hit the felt. Chu continues for 1,700, Xu ups it to 4,000 before Chu fills up, losing a time bank in the process. Chu check-calls 11,000 on the flop K♣ , the board completes 4♦ and Xu jams 9,500 with A♥ 5♥ . Chu snaps his last 8,700 and surrenders the pot holding K♦ Q♣ .

Hijack Yanghao Fu raises to 300, Chen Shen flats from the button and small blind Changdong Ren squeezes to 2,000. Both opponents fill up to see the flop A♥ 7♦ 8♠ where Ren's 3,000 c-bet gets called by Fu only to reveal the turn K♣ . Another 6,000 gets called by Fu, the board completes 2♥ and Ren's third barrel is a 13,800 jam with A♣ K♥ . Fu snaps with A♠ T♥ and hands the biggest pot so far and the chip lead to Ren.

Under the gun Yubo Sun raises 300 and fills up after big blind Hongjia Zhang pumped it to 1,600 for the flop 5♣ Q♣ A♥ . Zhang continues with a triple barrel of 1,600, 3,200 and a 18,700 jam on the river Q♦ and Q♠ with Sun calling all the way, showing a boat A♣ 2♣ against Zhang's K♦ Q♥ quads.

Under the gun Qun Dang leads 300 and fills up after small blind Yang Wang upped it to 900 to see the flop T♥ Q♥ 9♦ that gets checked to the turn 2♦ . Wang's delayed c-bet of 1,000 gets called, the board completes 3♦ and Qun Dang forks out 3,300 with A♦ 2♥ . Wang check-calls with A♣ Q♣ to scoop the pot.

Button Xiao Xian opens 300 and takes both blinds to the flop 6♦ J♣ K♦ where Xiao's 400 c-bet gets raised to 1,000 by small blind Loujie Zhen and only Xiao fills up. Another 3,300 bet by Xiao on the turn T♥ ends the hand.

Shuffle up and deal!

Today's headline events will be the Final 9 of the $600,000 Opening Freeroll with $100,000 up top that had no entry fee and the last two flights of the $700,000 guaranteed TLPT Main Event CS with nine players already waiting.

Yesterday's Flight A winner Xuanzhi Zhao bagged the overall lead for 666,000 and German Martin Sedlak is in a close 2nd for 625,000. Flight B leader Pingfeng Wu has 521,000 to his name and sits currently in third overall.

Focus of the live updates will be Flight C at 14:00 with a $750 buy-in, 25,000 starting stacks worth 250 times the opening blinds and 20 minute intervals. Late registration closes at the end of level 9 and 7,5% of total entries will make it to the money.

The last of four opening flights will start at 18,00 for $2,000, with the same structure, except the deepest intervals of 40 minutes and 20% of the entries making it to the money.

The first of the high roller events - a $7,500 Single Day High Roller - is on our plate as well, starting at 14:00 with 200,000 starting stacks, granting the early birds 200 opening blinds, 40 minute intervals and late reg open until the end of level 10.

SMP Live Coverage begins at 14:00 with Flight C and will end when the last qualifiers of Flight D are determined. See you at 14:00.