Final Table Pictures
2019 PokerStars Red Dragon Jeju
₩2,500,000 Main Event
Day: 4
Ni Takes From Zhang
Level 30
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Zhihao Zhang raised it up with the 
in the cutoff and Cangsheng Ni defended the big blind with the 
. They checked the 
flop and Ni check-called a bet of 200,000 on the 
turn. The 
on the river was checked and Ni won the pot.
One hand later, Ni opened to 350,000 out of the small blind with 
and folded to the shove of Xin He, who had the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,700,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
3,600,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
3,300,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Ni Takes Small Pot From Tsai
Level 30
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Ting YI Tsai raised to 250,000 on the button with the 
and Cangsheng Ni defended the big blind with 
.
The flop brought 
and Ni check-called a continuation bet for 210,000. Another diamond appeared on the turn and Ni checked for the second street in a row, Tsai checked back. They also checked the 
on the river and the pot was awarded to Ni.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,300,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
|
4,000,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
He Folds and Exposes Cards
Level 30
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Cangsheng Ni limped the small blind with the 
and Xin He raised to 330,000 with 
in the big blind, Ni called.
On a flop of 
, Ni made it 300,000 to go and He counted his T-100,000 chips several times before mucking his cards. By mistake, he, in fact, flipped them over as he intended to throw them into the muck and they were exposed to everyone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
3,100,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Break With Five Remaining
Level 30
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
The first hour and 40 minutes of the final table has whittled down the final table to the last five contenders and they have been sent on a 15-minute break.
Level: 31
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Ni Three-Bets Eight High
Level 31
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Yifan Cao raised to 400,000 with the 
and Cangsheng Ni was in the think tank with the 
. He asked Xin He for his stack size and eventually folded, as did everyone else.
Ni then mucked 
from under the gun and Zhihao Zhang raised to 350,000 on the button with the and that won the blinds and antes.
Ting Yi Tsai made it 320,000 to go from the button with 
and Ni spent some time in the think tank with the 
in the big blind. He squeezed to more than 1.1 million and Tsai quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,800,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
5,500,000
-800,000
|
-800,000 |
|
|
5,200,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
2,800,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
2,600,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
Zhang Takes From Tsai
Level 31
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Zhihao Zhang raised the in the small blind and Ting Yi Tsai defended the 
in the big blind. Both checked the 
flop and Zhang bet the turn for 200,000, Tsai raised to 750,000 with his double gutshot and Zhang made the call.
The fell on the river and both checked to award the pot to Zhang.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,000,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
|
4,700,000
-800,000
|
-800,000 |
Yifan Cao Eliminated in 5th Place (₩ 73,019,000)
Level 31
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Yifan Cao called a raise to 350,000 on the button and Xin He then moved all in for 2.5 million out of the big blind, which forced out Zhihao Zhang as initial raiser. Cao gave it some thought and called it off for 2.1 million in chips.
Yifan Cao:
Xin He: 
The 
flop was bad news for Cao and he was drawing dead as soon as the fell on the turn, a meaningless followed on the river and Cao was already on his way out to collect ₩ 73,019,000 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,100,000
2,300,000
|
2,300,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Quick Four-Handed Action
Level 31
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Zhihao Zhang raised to 400,000 with the 
on the button and Cangsheng Ni defended the . On a flop, Ni immediately check-folded to a continuation bet.
Ting Yi Tsai then raised to 360,000 with the and Ni folded the on the button. Xin He and Zhang forfeited their blinds and Tsai won the pot uncontested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,000,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
|
5,900,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
5,500,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
|
4,600,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |