
Day 2
Quang Minh Nguyen Recovers Some

With the bust of bracelet winner Yinan Zhou on the feature table we are now on the bubble.
Marius Gierse opens 100,000 from +2 and takes two customers to the flop Q♠ K♠ Q♣ where his 75,000 c-bet keeps only big blind Quang Minh Nguyen around for the turn 5♥ that gets checked to the 5♠ river. Nguyen forks out a 130,000 lead that pushes Gierse off his hand.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MG Marius Gierse | 2,000,000(40 BB) |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 1,600,000(32 BB) |
Yesterday's Circuit Main Event Finalist Jiaming Zhao Adds More

Quang Minh Nguyen leads the way with an 80,000 raise and big blind Jiaming Zhao defends to see the flop T♦ K♦ 9♥ where Nguyen's 85,000 c-bet gets called for the turn 7♠ to be revealed.
Zhao takes over the reins with a 190,000 lead and Nguyen needs a time bank before making the call to the river 3♠ . Zhao consumes two time banks before forking out another 550,000 which sends Nguyen deep in the tank. He opts to fold, losing four more time banks in the process.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 2,710,000(68 BB) |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 1,275,000(32 BB) |
Leaderboard Going Into Level 19
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JM James Mendoza | 3,900,000(130 BB) |
BL Bin Leng | 3,200,000(107 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 2,700,000(90 BB) |
BJ Boxin Jin | 2,280,000(76 BB) |
MG Marius Gierse | 2,260,000(75 BB) |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 2,200,000(73 BB) |
CS Calvin Sungwon Lee | 2,200,000(73 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 2,140,000(71 BB) |
HL Haitao Lei | 2,050,000(68 BB) |
JQ Junbo Qu | 1,820,000(61 BB) |
BI Birizdó István | 1,770,000(59 BB) |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 1,700,000(57 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 1,700,000(57 BB) |
QZ Quan Zhou | 1,430,000(48 BB) |
YS Yunkyu Song | 1,405,000(47 BB) |
MN Martin Nielsen | 1,400,000(47 BB) |
MS Mauricio Sanches | 1,300,000(43 BB) |
1,130,000(38 BB) | |
MM Martin Michael Sedlak | 895,000(30 BB) |
830,000(28 BB) | |
YZ Yinan Zhou | 445,000(15 BB) |
Table 5 With Overall Chip Leader James Mendoza Dwarfing The Competition
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
XT Xin Tong (2) | 365,000(12 BB) | 5 | 1 |
BS Benson Su | 565,000(19 BB) | 5 | 3 |
ZL Zhengpeng Liu | 365,000(12 BB) | 5 | 4 |
HW Haobin Wang | 415,000(14 BB) | 5 | 5 |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 1,600,000(53 BB) | 5 | 6 |
JM James Mendoza | 3,920,000(131 BB) | 5 | 7 |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 1,705,000(57 BB) | 5 | 8 |
Chip Counts Going Into Level 17
With 49 out of 191 total entries remaining that all want to get to the 29 money places we see Gary Thompson closing in on chip leader Bin Leng in the hunt for the top prize of $750,000.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
BL Bin Leng | 3,615,000(181 BB) |
GT Gary Thompson | 3,050,000(153 BB) |
QZ Quan Zhou | 2,260,000(113 BB) |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 1,950,000(98 BB) |
HL Haitao Lei | 1,900,000(95 BB) |
BJ Boxin Jin | 1,670,000(84 BB) |
MG Marius Gierse | 1,550,000(78 BB) |
YS Yunkyu Song | 1,500,000(75 BB) |
LY Lei Yu | 1,465,000(73 BB) |
KL Kaihua Liu | 1,430,000(72 BB) |
BI Birizdó István | 1,415,000(71 BB) |
YW Yuzhu Wang | 1,350,000(68 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 1,240,000(62 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 1,125,000(56 BB) |
JQ | 1,035,000(52 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 1,025,000(51 BB) |
XG Xiangqian Gong | 1,000,000(50 BB) |
ZL Zhengpeng Liu | 920,000(46 BB) |
MS Mauricio Sanches | 910,000(46 BB) |
Quang Minh Nguyen Extends Lead

Chip leader Quang Minh Nguyen opens 30,000 from the button and Dong Chen defends his big blind to the flop 3♥ 5♠ Q♥ where he check-raises 80,000 before Nguyen fills up his 30,000 c-bet. Back to a check on the 3♦ turn, Chen then calls another 110,000 before folding to Nguyen's 210,000 third barrel on the K♦ river.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 2,200,000(147 BB) |
DC Dong Chen | 1,010,000(67 BB) |
Quang Minh Nguyen Emerges As New CL On The Monster Stack Table
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
YY Yilu Yuan | 500,000(33 BB) | 7 | 1 |
BL Bin Leng | 1,810,000(121 BB) | 7 | 2 |
LY Lei Yu | 1,400,000(93 BB) | 7 | 3 |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 695,000(46 BB) | 7 | 4 |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 2,050,000(137 BB) | 7 | 5 |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 1,045,000(70 BB) | 7 | 6 |
DC Dong Chen | 1,200,000(80 BB) | 7 | 7 |
GC Guancheng Chen | 540,000(36 BB) | 7 | 8 |
Top Stacks Going Into Level 15 With Late Reg Over
Player | Chips |
---|---|
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 2,000,000(167 BB) |
BL Bin Leng | 1,740,000(145 BB) |
SP Supeng Pang | 1,600,000(133 BB) |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 1,440,000(120 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 1,345,000(112 BB) |
HM Haohui Ma | 1,300,000(108 BB) |
YS Yunkyu Song | 1,270,000(106 BB) |
BI Birizdó István | 1,245,000(104 BB) |
DC Dong Chen | 1,245,000(104 BB) |
LY Lei Yu | 1,220,000(102 BB) |
MS Mauricio Sanches | 1,200,000(100 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 1,145,000(95 BB) |
RM Renji Mao | 1,000,000(83 BB) |
JL Jun Liu | 985,000(82 BB) |
QZ Quan Zhou | 945,000(79 BB) |
GT Gary Thompson | 945,000(79 BB) |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 920,000(77 BB) |
YW Yang Wang | 875,000(73 BB) |
YP Yuefeng Pan | 865,000(72 BB) |
PW Pan Wang | 830,000(69 BB) |
XG Xiangqian Gong | 785,000(65 BB) |
YY Yilu Yuan | 780,000(65 BB) |
BJ Boxin Jin | 730,000(61 BB) |
715,000(60 BB) | |
MM Martin Michael Sedlak | 710,000(59 BB) |
JQ | 707,000(59 BB) |
Quang Minh Nguyen New Chip Leader


Cutoff Quang Minh Nguyen lays out 25,000, Dominik Nitsche increases to 75,000 from the button before filling up Nguyen's 175,000 four-bet. Nguyen proceeds with a 110,000, 275,000 and 475,000 triple barrel on T♥ J♥ A♥ 3♦ 9♦ with Nitsche calling the first two before going in the tank. Using a time bank he finds the fold and Nguyen shows the K♥ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 1,750,000(146 BB) |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 1,095,000(91 BB) |
This Month's RDPT Prestige SHR Finalist James Mendoza Chips Up

Under the gun James Mendoza opens 25,000 and big blind Quang Minh Nguyen defends to see 4♥ 9♥ 8♣ hit the felt with Nguyen check-calling 35,000 before he surrenders against a 105,000 second barrel on the 7♠ turn.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JM James Mendoza | 1,100,000(92 BB) |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 980,000(82 BB) |
Top Chip Counts Going Into Level 13
After the late registration was pushed to the end of level 14, the blinds have been adjusted as well. We now have level 13 and 14 being at 6K/12K/12K and continue with regular blind increases from level 15 (10K/15K/15K) onwards.
The $10,000 Super Star that was scheduled for 15:00 will now begin after the end of the SHR Main Event late reg at 17:00.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HM Haohui Ma | 1,600,000(160 BB) |
YS Yunkyu Song | 1,350,000(135 BB) |
BL Bin Leng | 1,300,000(130 BB) |
YY Yilu Yuan | 1,250,000(125 BB) |
RM Renji Mao | 1,160,000(116 BB) |
KL Kaihua Liu | 1,150,000(115 BB) |
BI Birizdó István | 1,130,000(113 BB) |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 1,120,000(112 BB) |
LY Lei Yu | 1,100,000(110 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 1,000,000(100 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 1,000,000(100 BB) |
920,000(92 BB) | |
BJ Boxin Jin | 853,000(85 BB) |
DC Dong Chen | 850,000(85 BB) |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 843,000(84 BB) |
YW Yuzhu Wang | 820,000(82 BB) |
BS Benson Su | 800,000(80 BB) |
AB Amichai Barer | 760,000(76 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 740,000(74 BB) |
JL Jun Liu | 736,000(74 BB) |
GT Gary Thompson | 730,000(73 BB) |
PW Pan Wang | 640,000(64 BB) |
SP Supeng Pang | 635,000(64 BB) |
Day 2 Seat Draw And Chip Count
Seat Draw
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
JZ Jingjie Zhang | 393,000 | 1 | 1 |
TC Toan Chan Truong | 486,000 | 1 | 2 |
JD Jincheng Du | 644,000 | 1 | 3 |
AL Anton Lu | 410,000 | 1 | 5 |
JX Jieming Xu | 211,000 | 1 | 7 |
MS Mauricio Sanches | 542,000 | 1 | 8 |
ZL Zhengpeng Liu | 118,000 | 2 | 1 |
JS Jumiao She | 473,000 | 2 | 2 |
GC Guancheng Chen | 297,000 | 2 | 4 |
XT Xin Tong (2) | 646,000 | 2 | 5 |
YZ Yinan Zhou | 142,000 | 2 | 7 |
YS Yunkyu Song | 1,115,000 | 2 | 8 |
MM Martin Michael Sedlak | 372,000 | 3 | 1 |
HM Haohui Ma | 1,363,000 | 3 | 2 |
NC Nevan Chang | 183,000 | 3 | 4 |
YW Yuzhu Wang | 462,000 | 3 | 5 |
WJ William Jia | 416,000 | 3 | 7 |
PW Pan Wang | 1,114,000 | 3 | 8 |
JA Julian Andrew Warhurst | 142,000 | 4 | 1 |
817,000 | 4 | 2 | |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 322,000 | 4 | 4 |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 777,000 | 4 | 5 |
KL Kaihua Liu | 677,000 | 4 | 6 |
YP Yuefeng Pan | 385,000 | 4 | 8 |
JW Jinlong Wu | 400,000 | 5 | 1 |
LC Liang Chen | 837,000 | 5 | 2 |
270,000 | 5 | 3 | |
HW Haobin Wang | 212,000 | 5 | 5 |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 1,276,000 | 5 | 6 |
JM James Mendoza | 884,000 | 5 | 7 |
JH Jiawei Huang | 435,000 | 5 | 8 |
RM Renji Mao | 927,000 | 6 | 1 |
HK Hyunyeong Kang | 719,000 | 6 | 2 |
BS Benson Su | 852,000 | 6 | 4 |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 126,000 | 6 | 5 |
AB Amichai Barer | 1,054,000 | 6 | 6 |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 564,000 | 6 | 7 |
DC Dong Chen | 343,000 | 6 | 8 |
YY Yilu Yuan | 683,000 | 7 | 1 |
ZJ Zhi Jian Sean Ooi | 1,041,000 | 7 | 2 |
LY Lei Yu | 611,000 | 7 | 3 |
CS Calvin Sungwon Lee | 129,000 | 7 | 5 |
DW Dapeng Wang | 140,000 | 7 | 6 |
YC Yisha Chen | 176,000 | 7 | 7 |
QZ Quan Zhou | 964,000 | 8 | 1 |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 435,000 | 8 | 2 |
PD Patrik Demus | 461,000 | 8 | 3 |
BL Bin Leng | 570,000 | 8 | 4 |
JL Jun Liu | 419,000 | 8 | 5 |
YJ Yunpeng Jiang | 300,000 | 8 | 6 |
MG Marius Gierse | 503,000 | 8 | 7 |
WC Weijue Cai | 522,000 | 9 | 1 |
DS Dian Shan | 249,000 | 9 | 2 |
SP Supeng Pang | 226,000 | 9 | 3 |
167,000 | 9 | 4 | |
BI Birizdó István | 897,000 | 9 | 5 |
GT Gary Thompson | 414,000 | 9 | 6 |
YZ Yu Zhao (3) | 204,000 | 9 | 8 |
Chip Count
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HM Haohui Ma | 1,363,000 |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 1,276,000 |
YS Yunkyu Song | 1,115,000 |
PW Pan Wang | 1,114,000 |
AB Amichai Barer | 1,054,000 |
ZJ Zhi Jian Sean Ooi | 1,041,000 |
QZ Quan Zhou | 964,000 |
RM Renji Mao | 927,000 |
BI Birizdó István | 897,000 |
JM James Mendoza | 884,000 |
BS Benson Su | 852,000 |
LC Liang Chen | 837,000 |
817,000 | |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 777,000 |
HK Hyunyeong Kang | 719,000 |
YY Yilu Yuan | 683,000 |
KL Kaihua Liu | 677,000 |
XT Xin Tong (2) | 646,000 |
JD Jincheng Du | 644,000 |
LY Lei Yu | 611,000 |
BL Bin Leng | 570,000 |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 564,000 |
MS Mauricio Sanches | 542,000 |
WC Weijue Cai | 522,000 |
MG Marius Gierse | 503,000 |
TC Toan Chan Truong | 486,000 |
JS Jumiao She | 473,000 |
YW Yuzhu Wang | 462,000 |
PD Patrik Demus | 461,000 |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 435,000 |
JH Jiawei Huang | 435,000 |
JL Jun Liu | 419,000 |
WJ William Jia | 416,000 |
GT Gary Thompson | 414,000 |
AL Anton Lu | 410,000 |
JW Jinlong Wu | 400,000 |
JZ Jingjie Zhang | 393,000 |
YP Yuefeng Pan | 385,000 |
MM Martin Michael Sedlak | 372,000 |
DC Dong Chen | 343,000 |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 322,000 |
YJ Yunpeng Jiang | 300,000 |
GC Guancheng Chen | 297,000 |
270,000 | |
DS Dian Shan | 249,000 |
SP Supeng Pang | 226,000 |
HW Haobin Wang | 212,000 |
JX Jieming Xu | 211,000 |
YZ Yu Zhao (3) | 204,000 |
NC Nevan Chang | 183,000 |
YC Yisha Chen | 176,000 |
167,000 | |
JA Julian Andrew Warhurst | 142,000 |
YZ Yinan Zhou | 142,000 |
DW Dapeng Wang | 140,000 |
CS Calvin Sungwon Lee | 129,000 |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 126,000 |
ZL Zhengpeng Liu | 118,000 |