Event #31: ¥815 WSOP Zodiac Autumn Festival [Final Day], ¥2,888,888 GTD
Day 2 Completed
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Event #31: ¥815 WSOP Zodiac Autumn Festival [Final Day], ¥2,888,888 GTD
Day: 2
There were more than 7,000 total entries in Event #31: ¥815 WSOP Zodiac Autumn Festival, and it was Henry "Coke@Macu" Luo from Hong Kong who emerged with all the chips. He won not only the biggest share of the ¥5,275,593 prize pool with the ¥563,257 first prize, but also secured his first WSOP Gold Bracelet.
The Day last a bit less than 8.5 hours from start to end, and Luo had to survive with his tournament life on the line seven-handed. He woke up with aces, and got a triple on the way to busting Robert "Aerius" Kaggerud in seventh.
Luo jumped into the lead three-handed, but went into the heads-up portion behind after Martin "titan64" Pochat eliminated Yannick "ProbierEs" Schumacher in 3rd for the chip lead. It didn't take Luo long to reverse the situation though.
After just a few hands of heads-up play, Luo found a couple of cooler hands and held to take down the win and the bracelet. His ¥563,257 win is worth about $87,404 USD, while the ¥422,381 2nd place for Pochat was worth about $65,000.
Event #31 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (¥) | Prize ($US) |
| 1 | Henry "Coke@Macu" Luo | Hong Kong | ¥563,257 | $87,404 |
| 2 | Martin "titan64" Pochat | Argentina | ¥422,381 | $65,543 |
| 3 | Yannick "ProbierEs" Schumacher | Germany | ¥316,741 | $49,151 |
| 4 | Ryosuke "KBD05" Kubodera | Japan | ¥237,522 | $36,858 |
| 5 | Tiago "catukeira" Lessa | Brazil | ¥178,116 | $27,639 |
| 6 | Yuhan "HansNevrLose" Liu | China | ¥133,568 | $20,727 |
| 7 | Robert "Aerius" Kaggerud | Norway | ¥100,162 | $15,543 |
| 8 | Sota "shishi44" Yamashita | Japan | ¥75,111 | $11,655 |
| 9 | Carlos "Wtfisthis" Silva | Brazil | ¥56,326 | $6,740 |
After 20 starting flights, there were a total of 7,036 entries before the Final Day got underway. That was composed of 5,693 unique entries with 1,343 re-entries. In USD, that put $818,645 into the middle to play for.
A total of 1,102 players booked seats for the Final Day today, but only 700 would get paid. They were in the money by Level 5 and it took about another 5 hours to make it to the final table.
Luo was a bit of a dark horse on this final table, starting it in the bottom third of the counts. It looked like a battle between Yuhan "HansNevrLose" Liu, Schumacher, and Tiago "catukeira" Lessa, but Luo found a huge hand to get back into it and was able to hang on for the win.
That brings Event #31: ¥815 WSOP Zodiac Autumn Festival to close. Check out the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Hub for upcoming PokerNews coverage details and all the results from the series.
Level 37, Blinds: 350,000/700,000 (85,000)
Heads-up play was a quick affair, lasting just a couple hands. Henry "Coke@Macu" Luo quickly got a double when he called a big blind shove from Martin "titan64" Pochat. Luo had 
and held against the 
for Pochat.
That gave Luo more than 25 million and the chip lead, and it all ended on the very next hand. Pochat shoved just under 10 million from the big blind, and Luo called.
Luo was ahead again with 
against 
and held on a board of 
. That meant Pochat had to settle for second, with Luo taking the bracelet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,967,584
19,935,408
|
19,935,408 |
|
Busted |
Level 37, Blinds: 350,000/700,000 (85,000)
Yannick "ProbierEs" Schumacher shoved just over 7 million from the button, and Martin "titan64" Pochat called with more from the small blind.
Martin "titan64" Pochat: 
Yannick "ProbierEs" Schumacher:
Pochat had the pair of nines, and it held on 
to send Schumacher out of the game.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,935,408
10,664,168
|
10,664,168 |
|
|
15,032,176
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 36, Blinds: 300,000/600,000 (75,000)
Yannick "ProbierEs" Schumacher raised the button and Henry "Coke@Macu" Luo defended his big blind with a call. Luo check-called for 696,000 on [js8s2s[ and check-called again for 1.92 million on turn.
The both checked the [1c] river, and Luo took the pot with 
for the flush against 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,152,176
4,191,000
|
4,191,000 |
|
|
10,544,168
-1,375,950
|
-1,375,950 |
|
|
9,271,240
-2,815,050
|
-2,815,050 |
Level 36, Blinds: 300,000/600,000 (75,000)
In the first hand, Henry "Coke@Macu" Luo shoved just over 2 million with 
and out-turned the 
of Martin "titan64" Pochat on 
. Two hands later, he was up to almost 11 million after his held against on 
, again against Pochat.
While that leaves Luo still in last place, the stacks are much closer now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,086,290
-4,379,632
|
-4,379,632 |
|
|
11,920,118
-395,000
|
-395,000 |
|
|
10,961,176
4,774,632
|
4,774,632 |
Level 35, Blinds: 250,000/500,000 (60,000)
Martin "titan64" Pochat shoved heaps in the small blind, and Ryosuke "KBD05" Kubodera called about 2.6 million in the big blind.
Ryosuke "KBD05" Kubodera:
Martin "titan64" Pochat: 
Pochat flopped it on 
and got it down to three ways.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,465,922
4,964,598
|
4,964,598 |
|
|
12,315,118
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
6,186,544
-2,450,000
|
-2,450,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 34, Blinds: 200,000/400,000 (50,000)
Yannick "ProbierEs" Schumacher shoved the button for more than 7 million and Tiago "catukeira" Lessa called with less in the small blind.
Tiago "catukeira" Lessa: 
Yannick "ProbierEs" Schumacher:
Schumacher knows how to race, holding with the pair on 
to send Lessa to the rail and take the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,275,118
9,692,883
|
9,692,883 |
|
|
11,501,324
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
|
8,636,544
430,000
|
430,000 |
|
|
2,554,598
-995,000
|
-995,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 33, Blinds: 175,000/350,000 (45,000)
Tiago "catukeira" Lessa raised to 700,000 from the middle, and Yuhan "HansNevrLose" Liu shoved about 4 million from the cutoff. Martin "titan64" Pochat re-shoved for 5.7 million, and Lessa backed off.
Martin "titan64" Pochat: 
Yuhan "HansNevrLose" Liu:
Pochat's pair won the race on 
to send Liu to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,296,324
4,563,464
|
4,563,464 |
|
|
9,332,883
770,000
|
770,000 |
|
|
8,206,544
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
|
3,549,598
-660,000
|
-660,000 |
|
|
2,582,235
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
Busted |
To show how close the stacks are right now, the order coming out of Level 32 is almost completely reversed from the start, but the biggest pots of the entire level were a few 1.56 million chip pots of about 5 big blinds. Tiago "catukeira" Lessa is currently leading, but it doesn't take much for the top stacks to change right now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,562,883
1,145,000
|
1,145,000 |
|
|
8,341,544
635,000
|
635,000 |
|
|
6,732,860
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
4,209,598
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
3,593,464
-2,035,000
|
-2,035,000 |
|
|
2,717,235
-625,000
|
-625,000 |