$5,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 2024 Jin Bei Cup

05-07-2024 22:59 UTC+7

Double-Ups for Feng and Travis

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Xia Feng jammed for 845,000 on the button with the A♦9♦ and Ken Lin obliged from the small blind with the 10♦9♠, having just lost the previous hand. Feng made the nut flush on the J♦5♦3♠7♥2♦ board to double.

Soon after, "Travis" pushed for just 495,000 with the A♥J♥ and Yao Xiao looked him up with 8♣8♥. The overcard came right away on the A♦6♠3♥ flop before the K♥ turn and 4♥ river even improved "Travis" to a flush.

"You can't kill Sammy," he declared with a smile on the face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yao Xiao	6,500,000 -600,000	-600,000
Xia Feng	1,890,000 690,000	690,000
Ken Lin	1,100,000 -800,000	-800,000
Travis	1,100,000 305,000	305,000

Tags: Yao Xiao Ken Lin Xia Feng

Level: 19

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

05-07-2024 22:49 UTC+7

Xiao Loses Pot; Recovers the Chips With Profit

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

In the last hand before the break, chip leader Yao Xiao bet the 10♥9♥5♦K♣ turn for 375,000 and folded to a shove by Jhon Tanaka.

When they returned to the action, Tanaka limped and then folded when Xiao raised to 350,000 on the button and Ken Lin defended the big blind. Lin check-called for 300,000 on the A♣9♣2♠ flop before they checked the 4♣ turn. On the 6♣ river, Lin check-called another 400,000 and mucked when Xiao tabled Q♣Q♠ for a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yao Xiao	7,100,000 500,000	500,000
Jhon Tanaka	2,200,000 850,000	850,000
Ken Lin	1,900,000 -1,050,000	-1,050,000

Tags: Yao Xiao Jhon Tanaka Ken Lin

05-07-2024 22:34 UTC+7

Break For the Final Seven Players

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

At the end of the level, the final seven players went on a scheduled 15-minute break during which smaller chip denominations are raced off.

05-07-2024 22:29 UTC+7

Yuan Hang Zhong Eliminated in 9th Place ($12,000); Tom Dwan Eliminated in 8th Place ($12,000)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Tom Dwan raised to 175,000 first to act and earned calls from both players in the blinds in Ge Zhong and Yao Xiao. The flop came K♦4♦3♠ and it checked to Dwan, who bet 325,000. Zhong then jammed for 1,210,000 and Xiao asked for a count before he called by tossing in a single chip.

Dwan sighed but also got his 1,425,000 into the middle as well.

Ge Zhong: K♣Q♣ All in
Tom Dwan: A♠A♥ All in
Yao Xiao: 4♣3♣

The bottom two pair held on the 2♠ turn and 6♣ river runout to reduce the field to seven. Zhong and Dwan both receive $12,000 for their efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yao Xiao	6,600,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Ge Zhong	Busted
Tom Dwan	Busted

Tags: Yao Xiao Tom Dwan Ge Zhong

05-07-2024 22:20 UTC+7

Dwan Takes From Lin

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The first few hands on the final table are played in rapid speed and the biggest pot went to Tom Dwan. On the 10♠7♦4♥A♥2♠ river, Ken Lin in the big blind bet 355,000 and Dwan on the button reluctantly called for most of his short stack behind.

Lin showed K♠5♥ for a bluff and Dwan won the pot with the 7♠5♣ for a pair of sevens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Lin	2,950,000 -350,000	-350,000
Tom Dwan	1,250,000 650,000	650,000

Tags: Ken Lin Tom Dwan

Level: 18

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

05-07-2024 22:12 UTC+7

Redraw of the Final Table

Christian Zetzsche

Only two minutes remain in the level and the counts of the nine finalists are as follows. Tom Dwan is the shortest stack with ten big blinds but can spin it up.

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Jiang Liu	China	1,400,000	23
2	Ge Zhong	China	1,300,000	22
3	Yao Xiao	China	3,900,000	65
4	Tom Dwan	United States	600,000	10
5	Xia Feng	China	1,200,000	20
6	Ken Lin	China	3,300,000	55
7	Mic	China	1,775,000	30
8	Jhon Tanaka	Indonesia	1,350,000	23
9	Travis	China	795,000	13

Player	Chips	Progress
Yao Xiao	3,900,000 -50,000	-50,000
Ken Lin	3,300,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Mic	1,775,000 1,775,000	1,775,000
Jiang Liu	1,400,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Jhon Tanaka	1,350,000 1,350,000	1,350,000
Ge Zhong	1,300,000 -600,000	-600,000
Xia Feng	1,200,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Travis	795,000 795,000	795,000
Tom Dwan	600,000 100,000	100,000

05-07-2024 22:10 UTC+7

The Final Table Has Been Reached

Christian Zetzsche

"Wei" raised the button to 120,000 and then called all-in for 665,000 when Yao Xiao pushed from the big blind, committing his last eleven blinds.

"Wei": A♦9♦ All in
Yao Xiao: A♠J♥

The kicker played on the A♥2♥2♦K♥K♦ runout and the bubble burst. Moments later, "A Zheng" was then eliminated after he had survived the bubble with a severe short stack and that brought the field to the final nine players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yao Xiao	3,950,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
A Zheng	Busted
Wei	Busted

Tags: Yao Xiao A Zheng

05-07-2024 21:31 UTC+7

Notable Players Fall Before the Money

Christian Zetzsche

The action after the dinner break barely lasted for one hour and the field was reduced from 23 contenders to just eleven, bringing the field to the stone money bubble.

Jhon Hendri saw his hopes crushed when he three-bet jammed a short stack with the K♦Q♠ and was called by Jhon Tanaka with the A♥Q♥. The board ran out 5♥4♦3♥2♦9♦ and that spelled the end for the Indonesian against his fellow countryman.

Jacson Feng lost a portion of his pot and jammed the button for 18 blinds next with the A♦6♦. "Mic" called in the big blind with the superior ace in A♣Q♥ and held on a K♦4♦2♠3♠3♣ runout.

That brought the field to the final two tables on which Lirui "Ivan" Zhang defended the big blind with 5♣5♦ and then jammed a flop of 9♣9♦3♣ right into the A♥9♥ of Xia Feng from under the gun. There was no help on the K♣ turn and K♦ river.

Moments later, Ken Lin soared near the top of the leaderboard when he knocked out two shorter stacks. His A♠9♣ flipped against Quan Zhou with the 7♣7♠ and an even shorter stack, who revealed the 4♣4♦. The ace came on the A♥6♠3♥2♦2♥ board and that made it 13 players remaining.

Yoke Wei Yoon was caught bluffing when shoving the K♣7♠2♦A♦2♠ river with 10♦6♦ for a missed flush draw. Ge Zhong called with the A♥7♦ for aces and sevens to earn the knockout.

Last but not least, Xuming Qi got it in preflop with the A♣5♣ and Yao Xiao looked him up with the superior A♦Q♠. The kicker played on the 10♠6♦4♠8♣A♥ runout and the field was left with 11 contenders at the start of level 16 with blinds of 25,000-50,000 and a big blind ante of 50,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yao Xiao	2,900,000 2,900,000	2,900,000
Ken Lin	2,200,000 2,200,000	2,200,000
Ge Zhong	1,900,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Tom Dwan	500,000 500,000	500,000
Jhon Hendri	Busted
Jacson Feng	Busted
Lirui Zhang	Busted
Quan Zhou	Busted
Yoke Wei Yoon	Busted
Xuming Qi	Busted

Tags: Yao Xiao Jacson Feng Jhon Hendri Ken Lin Quan Zhou Xia Feng Xuming Qi Ge Zhong Jhon Tanaka