Championship Warm Up ($600)

Three players in a raised pot see a flop land A♣ 8♣ Q♦ . Action is checked to the preflop raiser Jiazhi Zhong who continues for 70,000. Thomas Eychenne calls it while big blind Tom Maguire check-raises 300,000. This was enough to induce a fold from Zhong but not from Eychenne who calls to see the turn 9♠ . Maguire checks his option again, Eychenne fires 220,000 sending Maguire into the tank. After the call is made, both check the river 8♥ .

Maguire shows K♣ Q♥ pair, Eychenne scoops up the pot with J♠ T♠ straight.

Following a cutoff raise, button player Hassan Sey three-bets 150,000, small blind Jiazhi Zhong four-bets 380,000, cutoff folds, then Sey five-bet jams well covering Zhong's stack. Zhong tanks then ten seconds before time runs out, he gives up his hand.

Simas Karaliunas defends from the button with a re-raise of 120,000 and after the blinds fold, he gets called by initial raiser Jiahin Zhong from hijack. When the board runs out 9♣ 5♠ 5♥ 5♦ , Karaliunas fires 120,000 and 220,000, Zhong check-calls both to head to the river J♣ . Another check from Zhong, Karaliunas tanks then shoves his last 330,000, Zhong snap called.

Karaliunas had to show his K♥ 4♥ bluff and packed up to go when Zhong turned over 9♦ 9♠ full house.

With four clubs on the board, Zhong's pair falls behind for Pearce to rake it in and eliminate Vleugels in the process.