HomeHwang Sang Yeon entered as the runt of the pack but has picked up a double up on the first hand with Shyh Chyn Lim paying up. It was A♣ Q♥ winning against A♠ 8♠ on a board A♦ J♣ 7♠ 7♥ 10♣. Hwang now at 104k, Lim dropped to 120k.
Shuffle up and deal! Day 3 is off! The race to the money and to a final 8 seat has begun. Bubble approaching. Good luck to all! Updates right here.
Main Event Day 3 is here! From 285 entries, we are down to the last 37 players. The money is very close. Only 29 will dip in the pot which means 8 will walk away empty handed. We will bring you the live action here via posts so check back often for the latest updates starting at 1pm.
Prize pool: TWD 8,293,500 (~USD 270,400)
ITM: 29 places
Total entries: 285
Remaining: 37
Chips in play: 7,125,000
Average stack: 192,568
Chip leader: Jinho Hong – 577,500 (115 bbs)
Opening blinds: 2500 – 5000 ante 5000 (Level 18)
Starting time: 1pm
Bagging time: once the final 8 players is reached
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| 27 | Ma Chun Yu | Hong Kong | 112,500 | 20 | 1 |
| 21 | Joey Tin Lam Wong | Hong Kong | 159,000 | 20 | 3 |
| 29 | Deng Deng Kai | Taiwan | 110,000 | 20 | 4 |
| 31 | Kenichi Takarabe | Japan | 95,000 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | Kelvin Beattie | Japan | 218,500 | 20 | 6 |
| 23 | Lee Shao Hung (DB) | Taiwan | 145,500 | 20 | 7 |
| 33 | Hui Wai Kwok (SB) | Taiwan | 84,000 | 20 | 8 |
| 34 | Song Byung Hwa (BB) | Korea | 74,500 | 20 | 9 |
| 37 | Hwang Sang Yeon (DB) | Hong Kong | 47,000 | 21 | 1 |
| 10 | Tian Lin Chang (SB) | Taiwan | 235,500 | 21 | 2 |
| 17 | Lim Shyh Chyn (BB) | Malaysia | 184,500 | 21 | 3 |
| 28 | Shcherbakov Roman | Russia | 112,000 | 21 | 5 |
| 22 | En Hao Chan | Taiwan | 158,000 | 21 | 7 |
| 32 | Choi Yun Lam Kevin | Hong Kong | 88,000 | 21 | 8 |
| 15 | Po Cheng Yang | Taiwan | 191,000 | 21 | 9 |
| 6 | Shih Wei En (SB) | Taiwan | 291,000 | 22 | 2 |
| 7 | Chow Cliff (BB) | Hong Kong | 284,500 | 22 | 3 |
| 3 | Wilson Lim | Singapore | 383,000 | 22 | 4 |
| 1 | Hong Jinho | Korea | 577,500 | 22 | 5 |
| 18 | Chen Kuan Yu | Taiwan | 170,000 | 22 | 6 |
| 30 | Hsieh-Chi-Han | Taiwan | 99,000 | 22 | 7 |
| 11 | Chia-Yun-Wu (BD) | Taiwan | 230,500 | 22 | 8 |
| 5 | Guo Dong (DB) | China | 300,000 | 23 | 1 |
| 9 | Ho Bao Qiang (SB) | Singapore | 257,000 | 23 | 3 |
| 26 | Chan Lok Ming (BB) | Hong Kong | 123,000 | 23 | 4 |
| 8 | Hak Do | Korea | 269,500 | 23 | 5 |
| 4 | Lee Hwany | Korea | 320,000 | 23 | 6 |
| 14 | Lee Chun Kit | Hong Kong | 197,000 | 23 | 7 |
| 36 | Kim Dong Yeol | Korea | 66,500 | 23 | 8 |
| 13 | Tetsuya Tsuchikawa (SB) | Japan | 212,000 | 24 | 1 |
| 25 | Kristof Segers (BB) | Belgium | 140,000 | 24 | 2 |
| 24 | Craig Edwards | United States | 140,500 | 24 | 3 |
| 16 | Foo Yong Cheong | Singapore | 179,000 | 24 | 4 |
| 20 | Graeme Siow | Singapore | 161,000 | 24 | 5 |
| 19 | Wong Fuk On Anson | Hong Kong | 164,000 | 24 | 6 |
| 2 | He Zong Chi | Taiwan | 477,500 | 24 | 7 |
| 35 | Joo Hyun Park (DB) | Korea | 69,500 | 24 | 8 |