The 12th CPG Championship festival gained momentum on its second day, drawing double the entries for its 12th Anniversary Special and seeing a strong turnout at the Free Trade Port Cup High Roller event. The day featured many notable Chinese players, along with an increase in international attendance, several of whom navigated the day’s challenges. Here are the highlights.
The 12th Anniversary Special attracted 268 players on opening day with a surge of 538 players at Day 1B for a combined total of 806 entries. One of the day’s early highlights was the arrival of American elite player Daniel Cates aka Jungleman however his hunt didn’t last long. Also seen in action was two-time bracelet winner Xixiang Luo from China. Just like Cates, Luo missed the mark.
One of the hardest to fall was Yixuan Dong on a cooler during the last hands of the day with 
running into 
. This sent Dong plunging to which she could not recover.
On the flip side, the only non-Chinese player to make the cut in this heat was Doan Quang Trung. Trung was one of the day’s new arrivals from Vietnam.
Bagging up the largest stack of Day 1B was China’s Han Dilong with a towering 570,000, equivalent to 117 bb of the Day 2 starting blinds. Han Dilong topped the 98 survivors list and will be the incoming chip leader when the 146 players return.
At the Free Trade Port Cup High Roller event, 71 players got on the saddle, among them were Chinese notables, CPG Satellite Main Event champion Tianghao Zheng, WSOP bracelet winner Yang Zhang, double bracelet winner Xixiang Luo, and Liuri “Ivan” Zhang.
Out of the event’s 41 survivors, only four international players will return for Day 2. Vietnam’s Quang Huy Nguyen bagged up the second largest stack equivalent to a hefty 108 bb. Down the rung were fellow players Huu Dung Nguyen, Trung Ha Nguyen, Korea’s Younghee Park, and Malaysia’s Leong Juns.
Registration for this event is still open for the first three levels in Day 2, closing at the start of Level 12. This is a freezeout which means Day 1 fallouts will not be allowed to sign up.
The 12th CPG Championship kicked off on August 21 and will run until August 30 at the Howard Johnson Resort Sanya, Hainan Island, China. A total of 91 events fill the schedule with 40 trophy-bearing. Make sure to check out the player guide for all of the nitty gritty information.
12th CPG Championship – PLAYER GUIDE
Links:
Guide To The 12th Annual CPG Championship Underway At Sanya, Hainan Island, China
