$50,000 Short Deck Main Event Day 1 | 2024 Jin Bei Cup

05-08-2024 16:47 UTC+7

The Chips Are Still Flying

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 0/0, 1,500 ante

According to the tournament screens, a field of 51 entries has been culled down to 40 players so far mid-way through level four.

Xu doubled his short stack and then lost a pot to Bai Sha Huang to drop some of the profit.

Zong Tang was all-in with a short stack holding the A♠9♦ and he was up against Q♥Q♠. The ace and kicker made a straight on the [Jd8s7h6hQ8c] runout.

Last but not least, one of the players sporting the The Lord Poker Tournament (TLPT) with the name Gavin was involved in a duel of shorter stacks. His K♠J♥ outflopped the table neighbour holding A♠9♠ on a board of K♣Q♣10♠10♦7♣ to reduce the field by one.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bai Sha Huang	300,000 300,000	300,000
Gavin	230,000 230,000	230,000
Xu	200,000 200,000	200,000
Zong Tang	160,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Bai Sha Huang Gavin Xu Zong Tang

05-08-2024 16:42 UTC+7

Big Double for Mister Bao

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 0/0, 1,500 ante

On a flop of Q♦9♣6♦ with around 40,000 in the middle, two bigger stacks got their chips into the middle. Zong Bao was the one at risk for 307,500 and tabled the A♦K♦ for the nut flush draw. He was up against Q♠9♥ for the top two pair and instantly locked up the large double with the 10♦ turn to make the K♠ river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zong Bao	655,000 305,000	305,000

Tags: Zong Bao

05-08-2024 16:36 UTC+7

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 0/0, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Nielsen	400,000 140,000	140,000

Ivan Zhang	350,000 25,000	25,000
Xuming Qi	350,000 350,000	350,000
Yao Xiao	290,000 290,000	290,000
Ge Fu	275,000 275,000	275,000
Mic	175,000 175,000	175,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 1,500

05-08-2024 16:29 UTC+7

Two Double-Ups for Denzel

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 0/0, 1,000 ante

Cards are on their backs with 70,000 chips in the middle as Denzel was all-in for 66,500 with the A♦J♣. They had flopped trips on J♦J♥10♣ against the 7♠7♣ of Zong Bao and improved to unbeatable quads on the J♥ turn. That made the 7♥ river a formality.

Soon after, Denzel jammed for 182,500 with the turn showing A♦9♣8♥J♣. Kobe reluctantly called for more than half of his stack and showed the A♠J♠ for two pair. Denzel was ahead with 7♦6♦ for a straight and the K♠ river ensured another double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denzel	455,000 255,000	255,000
Zong Bao	350,000 70,000	70,000
Kobe	140,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Denzel Kobe Zong Bao

05-08-2024 16:24 UTC+7

CD Chips Up Against Dwan

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 0/0, 1,000 ante

With the board showing K♥8♣7♠Q♥, CD bet 150,000 in the cutoff into a pot of around 80,000. Tom Dwan on the button used one time bank extension and folded.

Soon after, both clashed again with CD betting 15,000 on a ace-high river. Dwan called with a set of eights but CD the A♦10♠ on a K♠Q♠8♠A♦J♦ board made a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
CD	300,000 300,000	300,000
Tom Dwan	175,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: CD Tom Dwan

05-08-2024 16:19 UTC+7

Ake Scores a Knockout in Style

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 0/0, 1,000 ante

The cards were already on their backs on table seven with a shorter stack at risk holding the A♠A♥. They were up against Ake with the J♣10♣, who picked up a ton of outs on the K♣Q♣8♥ flop. The 6♠ turn was a blank but the 9♣ river gave Ake a straight flush!

Player	Chips	Progress
Ake	430,000

Tags: Ake

05-08-2024 16:08 UTC+7

Cheng Takes a Small Hit

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 0/0, 1,000 ante

The chips have been flying back and forth so far and two players have been eliminated while several others already redeemed one of their bullets.

Liu Cheng had previously traded blows with Yang Yang and then looked up a short stack with Q♦10♦ versus A♥Q♣. The Q♥7♦6♦ flop and 8♠ turn were a sweat with one live card, flush draw and straight draw. However, Cheng didn't get there on the K♣ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liu Cheng	320,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Liu Cheng Yang Yang

05-08-2024 16:06 UTC+7

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 0/0, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Zhang	375,000 225,000	225,000
Liu Cheng	350,000
Zong Bao	280,000 50,000	50,000
Martin Nielsen	260,000 55,000	55,000

Yang Yang	250,000
Tom Dwan	180,000 30,000	30,000

Ken Lin	110,000 40,000	40,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 1,000