William Jia opened to 375,000 on the button and it was folded to Weizheng Zhong, who shoved from the big blind. Jia called all in for his remaining stack and a showdown was held.
William Jia: A♠10♣
Weizheng Zhong: 7♥7♣
It was a race for Jia's tournament life, and the 10♠9♦J♠5♠4♥ runout paired his ten to award him the crucial double up.
Level: 34
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Xuecong Wu limped on the button and Weizheng Zhong came along in the small blind with 8♥5♣. Jiaming Zhao then checked his option in the big blind for a three-way pot.
Zhong led out for 100,000 on the 7♦6♦6♠ flop and Zhao shoved for 640,000 total. Wu called cold to put Zhao at risk and Zhong let his hand go.
Jiaming Zhao: J♥7♥
Xuecong Wu: 8♣8♠
Zhao was crushed by Wu's overpair, and the 5♠8♦ runout needlessly improved Wu to a full house to send Zhao out in sixth place.
Stephen Song opened to 130,000 with A♥A♣ from early position and Xuecong Wu defended his big blind holding 10♦9♦.
Wu check-called a 90,000 bet from Song on the K♦10♠2♠ flop and then led out for 300,000 after the 6♦ gave Wu a flush draw in addition to his pair. Song called.
The 9♣ completed the board and Wu shoved with his two pair. Song went deep into the tank, clearly struggling with his decision holding aces, but he eventually called all in for his last 985,000.
Wu showed him the bad news and Song had to settle for a seventh-place finish.
Weizheng Zhong opened to 130,000 from the hijack holding Q♠J♣ and Jin Zeng called all in for his last 130,000 from the cutoff. It was then folded to Jiaming Zhao, who also went all in for 590,000 from the small blind. Zhong got out of the way and the board was run.
Jin Zeng: A♣9♣
Jiaming Zhao: A♦K♥
Zeng found himself dominated, but the 2♦8♠9♥ flop vaulted him into the lead with a pair of nines.
The 10♠ turn was safe for Zeng and he just needed to fade a king, but as fate would have it — the K♣ filled the river to give Zhao the winning hand and eliminate Zeng in eighth place.
Fangzhou Zhu opened to 130,000 with A♣K♠ from early position and it was folded to Stephen Song holding J♦J♣, who flatted from the small blind.
Song check-called a 100,000 bet from Zhu on the K♣9♠9♥ flop and then both players checked on the 8♣ turn.
The 10♥ completed the board and Song checked a final time. Zhu thought a bit, but decided to check back with his king.
Both players turned their hands up and Song took a relatively small hit to his stack considering the strength of both hands.
Level: 33
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Jiaming Zhao opened to 100,000 from under the gun with A♦10♥ and was called by Xuecong Wu holding Q♥J♦ in the cutoff, Weizheng Zhong with 2♠2♦ on the button, and Jin Zeng in the small blind holding 5♠5♦ for a four-way pot.
Zeng checked to Zhao on the A♥6♥2♣ flop and he continued for 230,000 with his ace. Only Zhong called holding a set.
The 4♦ fell on the turn and Zhao barreled for 460,000. Zhong again called.
Zhao slowed down and checked on the Q♣ river and Zhong bet 1,100,000. Zhao tanked, but eventually made the call and Zhong turned over the good to take the massive pot.
Stephen Song opened to 110,000 first to act with Q♣J♠ and was called by Yiyu Zhou in early position and Weizheng Zhong in the small blind with 9♥9♣.
Jin Zeng then squeezed to 300,000 from the big blind, which got a fold from Song, but a shove from Zhou for 435,000 total. Zhong let his pocket nines go and Zeng called to put Zhou at risk.
Yiyu Zhou: 3♠3♦
Jin Zeng: A♦Q♠
It was a fair fight, and the 10♠6♠2♥2♠J♦ runout held up for Zhou, who more than doubled up.
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