Following nearly three hours of final table gameplay, China’s Zhang Lirui secured the victory after defeating Australia’s Ai Rex Hunt in heads up play. Zhang started the heads up duel with 2:1 advantage and locked in the win in just under an hour. The final hand saw Ai all-in with A♦ K♣ against Zhang’s A♥ J♣ . Whilst dominated, Zhang continued his run good and locked in the win on board A♠ J♠ 9♥ J♦ 8♣ .
Congratulations to all the winners!
Final Table Results
| Place | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | LY |
| 4 | |
| 5 | LY |
| 6 | YX |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 |
An additional 26 players have survived through, set to return to the felt tomorrow for the WPT Opener Day 2 games. Lithuania’s Augutis Vilius ended the day with the highest chip count at 589,000, followed by China’s Shangguan Yuecheng with 428,000. Each survivor is guaranteed a minimum payout along with a shot at the trophy and WPT Korea Side Event Ring.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 589,000(98 BB) | 589,000 | |
| 428,000(71 BB) | 428,000 | |
YL | 407,000(68 BB) | 407,000 |
| 367,000(61 BB) | 367,000 | |
| 322,000(54 BB) | 322,000 | |
| 278,000(46 BB) | 278,000 | |
| 268,000(45 BB) | 268,000 | |
| 265,000(44 BB) | 265,000 | |
| 248,000(41 BB) | 248,000 | |
| 212,000(35 BB) | 212,000 | |
| 184,000(31 BB) | 184,000 | |
GJ | 177,000(30 BB) | 177,000 |
| 161,000(27 BB) | 161,000 | |
| 158,000(26 BB) | 158,000 | |
| 157,000(26 BB) | 157,000 | |
| 144,000(24 BB) | 144,000 | |
| 114,000(19 BB) | 114,000 | |
| 102,000(17 BB) | 102,000 | |
| 100,000(17 BB) | 100,000 | |
| 99,000(17 BB) | 99,000 | |
| 90,000(15 BB) | 90,000 | |
| 89,000(15 BB) | 89,000 | |
LC | 79,000(13 BB) | 79,000 |
| 66,000(11 BB) | 66,000 | |
YS | 51,000(9 BB) | 51,000 |
| 25,000(4 BB) | 25,000 |
| Place | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | YL |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 12 | GJ |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| 18 | |
| 19 | |
| 20 | |
| 21 | |
| 22 | |
| 23 | LC |
| 24 | |
| 25 | YS |
| 26 |
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