HomeSeveral pots won during the bubble round.
– From cutoff, Thomas Lind min-raised and bb Michael Soyza defended. When the board ran out 4♠ 5♥ 10♦ 4♣ J♥, Lind triple-barreled 15k, 25k, 36k, all check-called by Soyza. Lind showed 3♥ 4♥ trips to take it.
– Park Ju Yuk took some off Michal Polchlopek. It was three-way raised pot, flop A♠ 2♣ 4♥, bb Tsai checked, utg Polchlopek bet 12k, called by button Park, Tsai folded. On the turn 3♠ and river 6♦ both checked. Park won it with A♣ J♣.
– Chin Te Lai all in with A♣ A♥ called by Zhou Yueyang A♠ 9♠, the board ran 2♦ 7♥ 9♥ 4♥ 10♥ for a dominating nut flush to Chin. He shipped over 300k.
– En Ching Wu entered numerous pots today that didn’t go his way. He finally pushed with J♥ J♣ and Luke Lee made him sweat it with K♦ J♦. Lee missed the board entirely for a double up to Wu.
Carlos Chang got full pay for his straight with K♥ 10♦ off Michal Polchlopek’s pocket queens top set on a board 3♦ Q♠ J♣ 5♥ 9♦. Chang up to 330k.
We just lost our first casualty of the day and it was the only WSOP champion in the field, Alex Lindop. Despite his earlier rise, he met his end in a three-way shove. Action opened with hijack Chi-Ying Tsai all in, called by cutoff Michal Polchlopek, then button Lindop shoved, Polchlopek called.
Tsai Q♠ 10♥
Polchlopek A♠ K♠
Lindop A♦ Q♦
The cards ran 10♣ 8♠ 7♠ 2♣ 4♥ for a double up to Tsai and the exit for Lindop. Polchlopek zoomed to 670k.
We now enter the bubble round with 33 remaining.
The first all in of Day 3 came with Hsu Pi Ying risking it with pocket queens. He was challenged by the day’s entering chip leader Hwang Sang Yeon with pocket eights. No bad beat arrived for a double up. We are still at 34 players.
Opening hand saw Chris Chong and Alex Lindop engage for a pot that awarded Chong 20k off Lindop’s stack. However, Lindop was able to recover the lost chips and more in two hands to bring his Day 3 starting stack from 205,500 to 264,500.
He won a pot against Chong with a higher two pair holding pocket nines with a pair of sevens on the board. Next one was off the lone APT decorated Main Event champion remaining, Carlos Chang. On a three-way limp, Lindop bet 18.5k on a flop A♥ 5♦ 4♦, bb check-folded, utg Chang check-called. On the turn 6♠, Lindop fired 38k, Chang folded.
Cards are in the air for Day 3! 34 players race to the money and a final 8 seat! Good luck to all!
Prize pool: NT$ 9,282,900
ITM: 32 places
Chips in play: 7,975,000
Average stack: 234,559
Opening blinds: 2500 – 5000 ante 5000
Bagging time: Final 8 players
Day 3 Chip Counts and Seat Draw
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| 24 | Jen-Yen, Chien | Taiwan | 134,000 | 21 | 1 |
| 26 | En Ching WU (DB) | Taiwan | 126,500 | 21 | 2 |
| 14 | Michael Soyza (SB) | Malaysia | 259,000 | 21 | 3 |
| 1 | Hwang Sang Yeon (BB) | Hong Kong | 566,000 | 21 | 4 |
| 6 | Kuang Hung Lee | Taiwan | 395,000 | 21 | 6 |
| 9 | Chan Ying | Hong Kong | 316,000 | 21 | 7 |
| 31 | Hsu Piying | Taiwan | 69,500 | 21 | 8 |
| 10 | Thomas Lind | Sweden | 292,500 | 21 | 9 |
| 12 | Hsiao Yun Yang | Taiwan | 285,000 | 22 | 1 |
| 20 | Tzu Chieh Lo | Taiwan | 150,500 | 22 | 2 |
| 8 | Lo Wai Nok | Hong Kong | 356,000 | 22 | 3 |
| 19 | Jeff Davis | United States | 171,500 | 22 | 4 |
| 11 | Huang Zhi Hao | Taiwan | 289,500 | 22 | 5 |
| 28 | Ho Chung Yi | Taiwan | 97,500 | 22 | 6 |
| 29 | Thananat Therdtakoonrat (DB) | Thailand | 94,500 | 22 | 7 |
| 22 | Cheung King Wai (SB) | Hong Kong | 147,500 | 22 | 8 |
| 33 | Huang Min Feng (BB) | China | 57,000 | 22 | 9 |
| 2 | Zhou Yueyang | China | 563,000 | 23 | 1 |
| 5 | Lau King Lun Alan | Hong Kong | 442,500 | 23 | 2 |
| 25 | Lin Hao | China | 131,500 | 23 | 4 |
| 4 | Kelvin Beattie (DB) | Japan | 455,000 | 23 | 5 |
| 15 | Chin Te Lai (SB) | Taiwan | 257,500 | 23 | 6 |
| 13 | Chia-Yun-Wu (BB) | Taiwan | 261,000 | 23 | 7 |
| 32 | Lok Gino | Hong Kong | 58,000 | 23 | 8 |
| 7 | Takao Shimizu | Japan | 388,500 | 23 | 9 |
| 18 | Naohito Tamaya | Japan | 197,000 | 24 | 1 |
| 23 | Park Ju Yuk | Korea | 136,000 | 24 | 2 |
| 21 | Carlos Chang | Taiwan | 149,000 | 24 | 3 |
| 34 | Chi-Ying Tsai | Taiwan | 38,500 | 24 | 4 |
| 3 | Michal Polchlopek (DB) | Poland | 496,000 | 24 | 5 |
| 17 | Alex Lindop (SB) | United Kingdom | 205,500 | 24 | 6 |
| 30 | Chen Yu (BB) | China | 84,000 | 24 | 7 |
| 27 | Park Sung Chang | Korea | 108,000 | 24 | 8 |
| 16 | Chris Chong | Singapore | 231,000 | 24 | 9 |
Players by rank
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| 1 | Hwang Sang Yeon (BB) | Hong Kong | 566,000 | 21 | 4 |
| 2 | Zhou Yueyang | China | 563,000 | 23 | 1 |
| 3 | Michal Polchlopek (DB) | Poland | 496,000 | 24 | 5 |
| 4 | Kelvin Beattie (DB) | Japan | 455,000 | 23 | 5 |
| 5 | Lau King Lun Alan | Hong Kong | 442,500 | 23 | 2 |
| 6 | Kuang Hung Lee | Taiwan | 395,000 | 21 | 6 |
| 7 | Takao Shimizu | Japan | 388,500 | 23 | 9 |
| 8 | Lo Wai Nok | Hong Kong | 356,000 | 22 | 3 |
| 9 | Chan Ying | Hong Kong | 316,000 | 21 | 7 |
| 10 | Thomas Lind | Sweden | 292,500 | 21 | 9 |
| 11 | Huang Zhi Hao | Taiwan | 289,500 | 22 | 5 |
| 12 | Hsiao Yun Yang | Taiwan | 285,000 | 22 | 1 |
| 13 | Chia-Yun-Wu (BB) | Taiwan | 261,000 | 23 | 7 |
| 14 | Michael Soyza (SB) | Malaysia | 259,000 | 21 | 3 |
| 15 | Chin Te Lai (SB) | Taiwan | 257,500 | 23 | 6 |
| 16 | Chris Chong | Singapore | 231,000 | 24 | 9 |
| 17 | Alex Lindop (SB) | United Kingdom | 205,500 | 24 | 6 |
| 18 | Naohito Tamaya | Japan | 197,000 | 24 | 1 |
| 19 | Jeff Davis | United States | 171,500 | 22 | 4 |
| 20 | Tzu Chieh Lo | Taiwan | 150,500 | 22 | 2 |
| 21 | Carlos Chang | Taiwan | 149,000 | 24 | 3 |
| 22 | Cheung King Wai (SB) | Hong Kong | 147,500 | 22 | 8 |
| 23 | Park Ju Yuk | Korea | 136,000 | 24 | 2 |
| 24 | Jen-Yen, Chien | Taiwan | 134,000 | 21 | 1 |
| 25 | Lin Hao | China | 131,500 | 23 | 4 |
| 26 | En Ching WU (DB) | Taiwan | 126,500 | 21 | 2 |
| 27 | Park Sung Chang | Korea | 108,000 | 24 | 8 |
| 28 | Ho Chung Yi | Taiwan | 97,500 | 22 | 6 |
| 29 | Thananat Therdtakoonrat (DB) | Thailand | 94,500 | 22 | 7 |
| 30 | Chen Yu (BB) | China | 84,000 | 24 | 7 |
| 31 | Hsu Piying | Taiwan | 69,500 | 21 | 8 |
| 32 | Lok Gino | Hong Kong | 58,000 | 23 | 8 |
| 33 | Huang Min Feng (BB) | China | 57,000 | 22 | 9 |
| 34 | Chi-Ying Tsai | Taiwan | 38,500 | 24 | 4 |
