The players came to the decision to make a deal relatively quickly and APPT President Danny McDonagh started the paperwork. As things were getting written up, Quan Zhou was told that because of the deal, he would only be eligible for third place points for the Asia Player of the Year race.
Zhou is actively playing for the title and when he found out he would only get third-place points, he wanted to stop the deal. McDonagh explained that once a deal begins, the points are frozen so back end deals between players can't be made. This means Zhou could choose not to do the deal, but first- and second-place points would still not be available.
In the end, he willingly agreed to a deal based on the independent chip model (ICM). The players agreed to the following:
Quan Zhou with 2,745,000 chips will receive HK$1,275,000, Chen Wang with 1,650,000 chips will receive HK$1,078,000 and JJ Liu with 1,505,000 chips will receive HK$1,047,000. The players will be playing for the remaining HK$373,000.
Action folded to Chen Wang in the small blind, who raised to 105,000. Rui Cao called and the flop was dealt. Wang led for 200,000 and Cao immediately announced all in with Wang calling even faster. Wang turned over and Cao showed . The turn came giving Cao some outs but they didn't materialize when the river came. Wang took the pot and Cao hit the rail in 4th place.
Magnus Karlsson announced all in and got a call from Quan Zhou on the button. Karlsson revealed pocket threes and Zhou tabled a pair of sevens. The board ran out and Karlsson was eliminated from the tournament in 5th place.
Huidong Gu moved all in with a pair of fives and was called by Chen Wang and Rui Cao. Wang paired his ace on the flop and Gu couldn't make up any ground. Wang took the pot and Gu left the 6th-place finisher.
Action folded to Chen Wang on the button, who raised to 80,000. The small blind folded and Zongayo Zhang moved all in for his final 80,000. Zhang showed while Cao was ahead with . A ten came on the flop to strengthen Cao's lead and Zhang couldn't find any help in the turn or river. Zhang leaves the tournament as its 7th-place finisher.
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flop was dealt.
came. Liu checked again and this time Wang bet 170,000.
river gave Liu the flush and leaving Wang with just 125,000 behind.
flop was dealt. Wang led for 200,000 and Cao immediately announced all in with Wang calling even faster. Wang turned over 
and Cao showed 
. The turn came 
giving Cao some outs but they didn't materialize when the 
river came. Wang took the pot and Cao hit the rail in 4th place.
and Karlsson was eliminated from the tournament in 5th place.
. A ten came on the 
flop to strengthen Cao's lead and Zhang couldn't find any help in the 
turn or 
river. Zhang leaves the tournament as its 7th-place finisher.