
Day 3
Ivan Zhang Eliminated In 6th For $130,000

Cutoff Stephen Song opens 600,000 and snaps after big blind Ivan Zhang declared all-in for 3,700,000.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
SS Stephen Song | A♣J♠ CO | 20,000,000(67 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | K♥2♣ BB | busted |
Latest Chip Count
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SS Stephen Song | 15,000,000(50 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 9,700,000(32 BB) |
MN Martin Nielsen | 7,600,000(25 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 6,900,000(23 BB) |
MG Marius Gierse | 4,700,000(16 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 4,000,000(13 BB) |
Chip Count Update
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SS Stephen Song | 12,000,000(40 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 9,700,000(32 BB) |
MN Martin Nielsen | 7,600,000(25 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 6,900,000(23 BB) |
MG Marius Gierse | 4,700,000(16 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 4,000,000(13 BB) |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 2,600,000(9 BB) |
Latest Chip Count With 7 Players Left
Player | Chips |
---|---|
PD Patrik Demus | 11,000,000(44 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 10,000,000(40 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 6,800,000(27 BB) |
MG Marius Gierse | 6,000,000(24 BB) |
MN Martin Nielsen | 5,900,000(24 BB) |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 3,900,000(16 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 3,900,000(16 BB) |
Chip Count Update
Player | Chips |
---|---|
PD Patrik Demus | 11,000,000(55 BB) |
MN Martin Nielsen | 8,100,000(41 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 7,600,000(38 BB) |
MG Marius Gierse | 5,700,000(29 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 5,100,000(26 BB) |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 4,500,000(23 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 3,500,000(18 BB) |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 2,700,000(14 BB) |
Haitao Lei Exits In 9th For $62,000

Ivan Zhang gets the ball rolling for 500,000 from +1, Patrik Demus ups it to 1,300,000 from +2 and big blind Haitao Lei cold four-bet-shoves 3,000,000 after consuming three time banks. Zhang lets it go before Demus fills up.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
IZ Ivan Zhang | A♦J♣ UTG+1 | 3,500,000(18 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | Q♠Q♦ MP | 11,000,000(55 BB) |
HL Haitao Lei | A♣Q♥ BB | busted |
No ace for Lei on J♠ 6♥ 8♦ 8♣ 4♦ spells the end of his run.
Chip Count Update
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MN Martin Nielsen | 8,600,000(43 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 7,000,000(35 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 7,000,000(35 BB) |
MG Marius Gierse | 6,200,000(31 BB) |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 5,500,000(28 BB) |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 5,400,000(27 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 4,000,000(20 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 2,300,000(12 BB) |
HL Haitao Lei | 1,900,000(10 BB) |
Chip Count Update
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 8,900,000(45 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 7,100,000(36 BB) |
MG Marius Gierse | 7,100,000(36 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 6,900,000(35 BB) |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 5,900,000(30 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 4,100,000(21 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 3,100,000(16 BB) |
MN Martin Nielsen | 2,400,000(12 BB) |
HL Haitao Lei | 2,300,000(12 BB) |
Chip Count Update
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MG Marius Gierse | 9,800,000(49 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 7,800,000(39 BB) |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 5,900,000(30 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 5,700,000(29 BB) |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 5,600,000(28 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 4,200,000(21 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 3,100,000(16 BB) |
MN Martin Nielsen | 3,000,000(15 BB) |
HL Haitao Lei | 2,800,000(14 BB) |
Final Table

Player | Chips |
---|---|
MG Marius Gierse | 9,875,000(66 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 6,700,000(45 BB) |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 5,750,000(38 BB) |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 5,375,000(36 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 5,125,000(34 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 4,325,000(29 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 3,825,000(26 BB) |
HL Haitao Lei | 3,425,000(23 BB) |
MN Martin Nielsen | 3,350,000(22 BB) |
Stephen Song And Marius Gierse Dominate Their Tables On The FT Bubble
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MG Marius Gierse | 10,325,000(83 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 8,250,000(66 BB) |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 5,525,000(44 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 4,800,000(38 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 4,675,000(37 BB) |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 4,450,000(36 BB) |
HL Haitao Lei | 3,575,000(29 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 2,475,000(20 BB) |
MN Martin Nielsen | 2,100,000(17 BB) |
BL Bin Leng | 1,575,000(13 BB) |
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
SS Stephen Song | 8,250,000(66 BB) | 2 | 2 |
PD Patrik Demus | 4,675,000(37 BB) | 2 | 4 |
JM James Mendoza | 4,800,000(38 BB) | 2 | 6 |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 2,475,000(20 BB) | 2 | 7 |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 5,525,000(44 BB) | 2 | 8 |
MN Martin Nielsen | 2,100,000(17 BB) | 3 | 1 |
HL Haitao Lei | 3,575,000(29 BB) | 3 | 3 |
MG Marius Gierse | 10,325,000(83 BB) | 3 | 5 |
BL Bin Leng | 1,575,000(13 BB) | 3 | 7 |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 4,450,000(36 BB) | 3 | 8 |
Ivan Zhang On A Heater

A limped blind battle gets checked to the turn T♠ 7♦ 3♣ 3♥ where small blind James Mendoza leads 225,000 before filling up Ivan Zhang's 525,000 raise. The river Q♥ is checked down with Zhang's T♣ 5♣ granting him another pot against Mendoza with A♥ J♣ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
IZ Ivan Zhang | 4,600,000(37 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 3,800,000(30 BB) |
Table 2 Update
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
QZ Quan Zhou | 1,555,000(12 BB) | 2 | 1 |
SS Stephen Song | 7,100,000(57 BB) | 2 | 2 |
MM Martin Michael Sedlak | 555,000(4 BB) | 2 | 3 |
PD Patrik Demus | 2,420,000(19 BB) | 2 | 4 |
JM James Mendoza | 6,100,000(49 BB) | 2 | 6 |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 2,400,000(19 BB) | 2 | 7 |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 5,000,000(40 BB) | 2 | 8 |
Table 2 With Stephen Song Taking Over The Lead
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
QZ Quan Zhou | 2,175,000(22 BB) | 2 | 1 |
SS Stephen Song | 5,600,000(56 BB) | 2 | 2 |
PD Patrik Demus | 1,900,000(19 BB) | 2 | 4 |
JM James Mendoza | 5,000,000(50 BB) | 2 | 6 |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 2,800,000(28 BB) | 2 | 7 |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 5,300,000(53 BB) | 2 | 8 |
MM Martin Michael Sedlak | 4,400,000(44 BB) | 3 | 3 |
James Mendoza Hits The Ground Running

Also with an early win under his belt already, James Mendoza opens 170,000 from +2, hijack Ivan Zhang ups it to 450,000, Mendoza uses a time bank before putting a 1,400,000 four-bet in the middle and Zhang goes in the tank. After using up three times banks the AAPoker ambassador let's it go.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JM James Mendoza | 4,915,000(61 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 2,900,000(36 BB) |
Day 3 Chip Count
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MG Marius Gierse | 7,545,000 |
MM Martin Michael Sedlak | 4,755,000 |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 4,685,000 |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 4,265,000 |
JM James Mendoza | 4,085,000 |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 3,550,000 |
MN Martin Nielsen | 3,505,000 |
SS Stephen Song | 3,330,000 |
PD Patrik Demus | 2,250,000 |
QZ Quan Zhou | 2,140,000 |
MS Mauricio Sanches | 1,920,000 |
BL Bin Leng | 1,915,000 |
GT Gary Thompson | 1,460,000 |
JQ Junbo Qu | 1,370,000 |
HL Haitao Lei | 985,000 |
Day 3 Seat Draw
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
QZ Quan Zhou | 2,140,000 | 2 | 1 |
SS Stephen Song | 3,330,000 | 2 | 2 |
PD Patrik Demus | 2,250,000 | 2 | 4 |
JQ Junbo Qu | 1,370,000 | 2 | 5 |
JM James Mendoza | 4,085,000 | 2 | 6 |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 3,550,000 | 2 | 7 |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 4,265,000 | 2 | 8 |
MN Martin Nielsen | 3,505,000 | 3 | 1 |
HL Haitao Lei | 985,000 | 3 | 3 |
MM Martin Michael Sedlak | 4,755,000 | 3 | 3 |
GT Gary Thompson | 1,460,000 | 3 | 4 |
MG Marius Gierse | 7,545,000 | 3 | 5 |
MS Mauricio Sanches | 1,920,000 | 3 | 6 |
BL Bin Leng | 1,915,000 | 3 | 7 |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 4,685,000 | 3 | 8 |