Single Day High Roller

Button Yu Lei opened and was met with two all-ins - Zhou Quan (730,000) and Chu Chi Jen (800,000). Yu Lei makes the final call with A♠ A♦ and is a huge favorite against Zhou’s 3♥ 3♠ and Chu’s A♥ K♠ . The board however, ran 9♦ 3♦ Q♠ 6♦ 4♥ , earning Zhou the massive triple up.

The final table is set with eight players remaining in contention for the WPT High Roller title and KRW 181,250,000 top prize.

Chip Counts

Average stack: 812,500 Total chips in play: 6,500,000

Cutoff Zhou Quan opened the action and was followed with a three bet from hijack Christopher Park. Button Chu Chi Jen shoved all-in for 340,000 and collected two folds to take it down.

14 players remain in the Single Day High Roller games led by Yu Lei.

Top Chip Counts

Zhou Quan defended his big blind vs button Chen Kuan Han’s open and saw flop A♦ K♦ 3♠ . Chen fired 20,000 and another 45,000 on turn A♠ with Zhou check calling both streets. River J♦ went check check, revealing Zhou’s A♣ 2♦ for the pot.

24 players remain in the running for the Single Day High Roller title. A dinner break will commence, resuming action after 70 minutes.

Top Chip Counts

Average stack: 270,833 Total chips in play: 6,500,000

Utg+1 Valeriy Pak opened to 11,000 and called a 30,000 three bet from Zhou Quan behind. Flop came 4♦ 2♠ 6♥ and Zhou continued for 21,000. Pak check called one bet yet folded after Zhou pulled another 43,000 on turn 5♠ .

Facing an open from Tan Yubing, cutoff Zhou Quan threw in a three bet to 6,600 bet, called by Tan. On flop J♠ J♥ 8♠ , Zhou continued for 3,500, check called by his opponent. Turn 8♦ collected no bets, revealing river Q♠ . Checked to Zhou, he fired a hefty 26,500 and merited a fold from Tan.

A four way raised pot saw flop 2♣ 3♦ K♦ . Original raiser Zhou Quan fired a 2,100 cbet, called by Leng Bin behind and big blind Thomas Boivin. Turn came K♥ and Zhuo barreled another 3,700. Boivin makes the call, revealing river 7♥ . Both players check to showdown with Boivin tabling K♠ 6♠ for the pot.

After eleven hours of play, China’s Yu Lei overcame the 65-entry field and defeated fellow countryman Zhou Quan to secure the victory. A roller coaster heads up duel saw Yu drop down to 5 BB and bag the win in just under an hour. Yu earns the KRW 181,250,000 top payout, WPT Korea trophy, and WPT High Roller Ring for his impressive performance.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Final Table Results

Having grinded down his opponent, Yu Lei shoved all-in with K♦ 8♥ and saw Zhou call off with Q♥ J♠ . The board ran 8♦ 6♦ 7♥ 4♠ 8♠ , sealing the win for Yu Lei.

Zhou Quan opened to 425,000, called by Yu Lei to see flop 9♠ A♦ 4♥ . Yu proceeded to call two barrels on both flop and turn 7♦ . Zhou finally checked the river K♠ , allowing Yu get to showdown with 5♥ 9♥ , good against his opponent’s J♣ 4♣ .

Yu Lei shoved all-in once more for 1,350,000 with K♦ 4♦ , called by Zhou Quan with 2♥ 2♠ . Flipping for his tournament life, Yu doubled up after the river 5♠ J♦ 9♠ 6♦ A♦ landed him a flush.

Down to 5 BB, Yu Lei got it in with 5♣ 4♦ and was up against Zhou Quan’s J♥ 3♥ . At risk, the board 6♣ 4♣ 2♠ Q♠ 8♠ landed Yu a pair to survive through.

Yu Lei limp called a 3400,000 open from Zhou Quan and saw board A♠ J♠ 4♥ 3♥ 5♥ . Zhou triple barreled all the way down to the river with Yu calling behind on all three streets. Zhou shows A♥ Q♠ and takes down the pot.

Button Toma Tsugunari open shoved and was called by big blind Zhou Quan for a lesser 1,650,000 stack.

Toma 9♠ 9♣ Zhou T♥ T♠

In rough shape, Toma was left crippled down to 2 BB after the board 2♦ 2♠ 8♦ 5♦ 6♦ offered no salvation. Toma busted the following hand and exits in 4th place.