Championship Warm Up ($600)

Xinping Liao opened utg and called a 16,000 three bet from Hoang Duy Nguyen on the button.

On board 7♦ J♣ 5♠ T♣ , Nguyen continued for another 16,000, followed by an all-in for 101,500. Liao snap called for the rest with two pair J♠ T♦ , crushing Nguyen's Q♦ Q♠ all the way through river 8♠ to knock him out.

With 20,000 in the pot on board 8♣ 6♣ K♠ 6♠ , Xinping Liao led out a bet of 6,000 utg, and was met with a raise to 25,000 from Tero Laurila behind. Liao surrendered the battle, shipping Laurila the boost.

A button vs blind battle built a pot of 16,000 in the middle right on flop 7♥ 7♠ 5♥ . Tero Laurila led out 5,000, called behind by Xinping Liao.

On turn 2♥ , Laurila gunned for another 13,000, followed by a final all-in on river 9♣ for 38,000. Liao called the first two streets, but let it go as Laurila pulled the trigger.

With 14,000 in the middle across board 7♦ 6♦ 8♥ K♥ , Xinping Liao sent out a hefty bet of 12,500, and saw Patrik Demus check call from the big blind. Both checked down river 4♥ , revealing Liao's 9♦ 9♠ , good against Demus' 9♥ 8♠ for the pot.