HomeThe final 8 players has been reached! Congratulations to the finalists! They return tomorrow at 130pm to race to the title and the TWD 1,949,900 (~USD 63,700) first prize money. Here’s a look at the players by seat.
Seat 1: Ho Bao Qiang – Singapore – 2,231,000 (chip leader)
Seat 2: Chia Yun Wu – Taiwan – 638,000
Seat 3: Zong Chi He – Taiwan – 1,127,000
Seat 4: Wilson Lim – Singapore – 224,000
Seat 5: Roman Shcherbakov – Russia – 215,000
Seat 6: Shao Hung Lee – Taiwan – 345,000
Seat 7: Wei En Shih – Taiwan – 1,165,000
Seat 8: Jinho Hong – Korea – 1,182,000
Average stack: 890,625
Chips in play: 7,125,000
Resuming blinds: 10K – 20K ante 20K (Level 24) counting down from 14:03
The TWD 33,000 buy-in Main Event drew 286 entries for a guarantee smashing prize pool of TWD 8,293,500 (~USD 270,400). 29 places to the money which was reached today. Below are the remaining payouts to be claimed.
Final 8 payouts
1st TWD 1,949,900
2nd TWD 1,299,700
3rd TWD 903,500
4th TWD 652,600
5th TWD 488,000
6th TWD 376,700
7th TWD 299,100
8th TWD 243,700
Stand by for the recap. We will have that shortly. For now, have a read on the thrilling action of Main Event Day 3 via our live posts.
Po Cheng Yang (standing) will not be joining at tomorrow’s official final 8 race to the crown. Po was eliminated in 9th place by the chip leader Ho Bao Qiang. The hand began with Jinho Hong raising to 51k, Po three-bet shoved (195k), Qiang four-bet to 400k, everyone folded.
Qiang A♣ A♦
Hong A♠ J♥
The board ran 4♦ 7♦ 9♠ J♣ 6♥. Qiang shipped it, Po shipped out to collect his TWD 203,100 in winnings.
Short stacked Wilson Lim shoved on the button holding A♣ 9♠, bb Lee Shao Hung called with A♦ 2♥. The board ran Q♦ 10♥ 7♠ K♥ 3♥ for a double up to Lim to 264k. Lee dropped to 300k.
Second hand of the final 9 table and Lee Shao Hung doubled up through Shih Wei En. Lee shoved with 3♣ 3♥ and avoided the overcards A♥ K♠ on a board 8♥ 10♠ 10♥ Q♠ 7♥. He is now up to 382k. Shih slipped to 1,155,000.
Seat 1: Ho Bao Qiang- 1,935,000 (chip leader)
Seat 2: Chia Yun Wu – 743,000
Seat 3: He Zong Chi – 1,127,000
Seat 4: Wilson Lim – 197,000
Seat 5: Roman Shcherbakov – 315,000
Seat 6: Lee Shao Hung – 161,000
Seat 7: Shih Wei En – 1,216,000
Seat 8: Jinho Hong – 1,193,000
Seat 9: Po Cheng Yang – 245,000
Average stack: 712,500
Hsieh Chi Han sent his remaining short stack out front with K♣ 8♦ to battle with however, he ran into Shih Wei En’s A♣ A♠. The board didn’t offer any help to Hsieh to bust in 10th place. He earned TWD 169,200 for his deep run.
Chia Yun Wu all in with A♣ K♥, Lee Shao Hung tried to eliminate with A♦ Q♣. The board ran 6♣ 3♣ A♥ 8♥ J♣ for a double up to Chia to 778k. Lee dropped to 237k.
After a couple of uncalled shoves, Kevin Choi was finally challenged by initial raiser Shih Wei En. Choi had A♣ J♣, Shih A♥ Q♠, the board ran K♠ Q♥ 6♣ K♣ 4♦. Choi took 11th place for TWD 141,000.
From big blind, Roman Shcherbakov called button He Zong Chi’s 35k raise and saw a flop land K♦ K♠ 4♦. Both checked and the turn dropped 6♣. Shcherbakov checked, He bet 40k, Shcherbakov all in for 153k, He called.
Shcherbakov A♠ 6♥ higher two pair
He 3♥ 3♠ two pair
The river J♠ secured the win for the Russian to double up to 390k