2026 CPG Sanya Grand Finals | Luo Jiajin defeats Yang Rui to win the main event championship; 3972 participants compete for the "Golden Dragon".

On August 28th, the 2026 CPG Sanya Grand Finals concluded its ten-day competition. The Main Event narrowed down the field from 3,972 entries to just nine finalists, who returned to the table to compete for the annual Main Event championship and the coveted "Golden Dragon" trophy. Ultimately, Luo Jiajin defeated Yang Rui heads-up to become the champion of this year's CPG Sanya Grand Finals Main Event.

This year also marks the 14th anniversary of the CPG brand. With nearly 4,000 participants in the main event and numerous championships taking place throughout the ten-day tournament, the Sanya Grand Finals served as a crucial finale to the CPG annual series.

With only 9 players remaining from 3,972 entries, the final table has officially begun.

The fifth round of the main event began at 12:00 noon on August 28. After the first four rounds of elimination, the final nine players who made it out of 3,972 entries officially entered the Final Table.

Before the final table began, Luo Jiajin was already in first place with 19,300,000 chips, but the chip gap between Wang Zexuan, Chen Wenwen, Xu Sucai, Yang Rui and others had not widened significantly, so the championship situation was still quite unpredictable.

After entering the final day, Luo Jiajin quickly began to widen his lead.

Luo Jiajin eliminated two players in a row, and Zhou Yi was eliminated in 8th place.

Level 37, blinds 400,000/800,000/800,000.

Dai Bin held A♥Q♥ and Luo Jiajin went all-in pre-flop with 2♣2♦. The community cards were dealt:

5♥ 9♠ 5♠ 8♠ J♠

With pocket twos maintaining their lead, Dai Binning became the first player eliminated from the final table, finishing in 9th place.

Not long after, Luo Jiajin was eliminated again.

This time he held J♠J♣ against Zhou Yi's Q♣K♥. Community cards:

A♦ A♠ 4♠ 6♦ 7♦

Zhou Yi failed to hit a winning hand and ultimately finished in 8th place. Luo Jiajin, on the other hand, took down two opponents early in the final table, further establishing his chip lead.

Wang Zexuan finished 7th, while Xu Sucai, who finished 6th, was eliminated after all three teams went all out.

Level 38, blinds increased to 500,000/1,000,000/1,000,000.

Wang Zexuan, who had previously lost a lot of chips in the all-in duel, was now in a short-score situation. In his last hand, he had A♣J♥ and went all-in pre-flop against Xu Sucai's K♥K♣.

Public sign:

Q♥ J♠ 2♠ 10♦ 9♥

Xu Sucai's pocket K ultimately won, while Wang Zexuan finished the main event in 7th place.

Three more players then went all in at the same level:

Public signs issued:

8♣ 2♥ Q♠ 2♣ 8♥

Lin Yarong hit a Queen on the flop, eventually tripling his winnings; Xu Sucai failed to get the 10 that would allow him to overtake his opponent and was eliminated in 6th place.

Chen Wenwen's backdoor score doubled four times, ultimately resulting in her being eliminated in fourth place.

After the game moved to a five-player table, the situation became a prolonged back-and-forth struggle.

One particularly dramatic hand saw Yang Rui flop a full house, but Chen Wenwen, holding pocket pairs, eventually completed a quad with her backdoor cards and doubled up, successfully continuing her Main Event journey.

Until level 40, with blinds at 750,000/1,500,000/1,500,000, Luo Jiajin raised to 3,000,000 in the CO position with A♦Q♥. In the Button position, Wang Zhong went all in with 3♦3♣ for his last 9,900,000, and Luo Jiajin called.

Public sign:

2♥ J♥ 8♦ A♥ 7♦

Luo Jiajin, who was still behind after the flop, hit an Ace on the turn to overtake Wang Zhong, who ultimately finished in 5th place.

In Level 41, Chen Wenwen, the last female player in the Main Event, went all-in with K♦10♥ in the UTG position, bringing her last 8.6 million chips; Yang Rui called from the BB position with A♦3♦.

Card face:

9♥ 3♥ 4♦ A♣ 6♦

Yang Rui won by hitting two pairs, while Chen Wenwen finished the main tournament in fourth place. She was the highest-ranked female player in the main tournament, having fought her way from 3,972 entries to the final four.

Yang Rui eliminated Lin Yarong and entered a one-on-one match against Luo Jiajin.

Also at level 41, Yang Rui went all-in for 45 million with K♦Q♦ in the SB position, while Lin Yarong in the BB position put in the last 15 million chips with K♣4♠.

Public sign:

9♦ J♦ 4♦ 7♥ J♥

Yang Rui flushed on the flop, and Lin Yarong ultimately finished third.

At this point, the main event officially enters Heads-Up.

What's even more remarkable is that Luo Jiajin and Yang Rui entered the heads-up match with exactly the same scorecard, both holding 59,600,000, making the championship match a true 50/50 affair.

A7 defeats KQ, Luo Jiajin wins the "Golden Dragon" title.

After the heads-up match began, Luo Jiajin and Yang Rui exchanged leading positions several times, and after several all-in moves, the scoreboard returned to nearly 1:1.

The decisive moment for the champion came at level 42, with the blinds reaching 1.25 million/2.5 million/2.5 million.

Both sides roll over and go all out:

Public signs issued:

10♦ A♠ 10♣ 2♣ 10♥

Luo Jiajin used his Aces and the community cards to make a 10-Ace full house, winning the final pot. Yang Rui finished as runner-up in this year's Main Event, while Luo Jiajin took all the chips to officially win the 2026 CPG Sanya Grand Final Main Event Championship and the "Golden Dragon" trophy.

2026 CPG Sanya Grand Finals Main Event Final Rankings

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Multiple supplementary matches will produce champions simultaneously.

In addition to the main event, several other tournaments also crowned champions on the final day, including Lin Fanzuan winning the "Shedejiu" Sanya Bay Championship, Zeng Lin winning the "Shedejiu" Lucheng Cup Championship, and Xu Chenyi taking the top spot in the "Hainan Gou" Elite Invitational Tournament.

Final Day Optional Race Champion

The CPG 14th Anniversary Sanya Grand Finals have officially concluded.

From 3,972 entries in the main event to the final nine at the final table, and then to Luo Jiajin and Yang Rui entering heads-up play with identical chips of 59.6 million, the champion of the 2026 CPG Sanya Grand Finals was not truly decided until the very last stage.

Luo Jiajin participated in several key elimination hands in the Final Table, and finally defeated Yang Rui's KQ with A7 to win the most important "Golden Dragon" trophy at this year's CPG Sanya Station.

With the main event and all the side events concluded, the ten-day 2026 CPG Sanya Grand Finals officially came to a close, marking the final result of CPG's 14th anniversary annual event.

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