The first ever U Series of Poker live festival sponsored by Poker2U concluded its ten-day run at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) in Taipei City, Taiwan. Running from February 10 to 19, 2023, the event was a roaring success with players from around the world converging to be take part in the inaugural series. At the close, records were broken, guarantees were shattered, and a grand prize pool of TWD 48,718,400 (~$1,6065,700) was amassed across 23 tournaments. Here are the highlights.
Festival review
Grand prize pool: TWD 48,718,400 (~$1,6065,700)
Entries: 3,802
Record breaker: Main Event – 1,043 entries
Main Event prize pool: TWD 18,210,800 (~$600,200)
Main Event champion: Edwin Dela Cruz “Hit D Heat” – TWD 3,060,000 (~$100,800)
Multi-champions: Ching Chia Wang (2), Zong Chi He (2)
Trophy winners: Taiwan (15), Malaysia (3), Philippines (2), Hong Kong (1), USA (1), Belgium (1)
Up next, the USOP heads to Hanoi, Vietnam featuring ₫25 Billion, that’s over one million US dollars in guarantees. This is the richest Vietnam guarantee ever announced. Games take place at the Crown Poker Club. The event runs from April 14 to 24, 2023. Mark your calendars!
During the official ceremony and ribbon cutting of the inaugural USOP live series on February 15, 2023, USOP’s Alex Wong delivered a short speech,
“Thank you for all the support! We will be hosting the next event in Hanoi, Vietnam. That will happen on April 14 to 24. I hope to see all of you guys there and bring along your friends!”
Festival winners
Champion
姓名
Flag
Tournament
Entries
Prize Pool
Payout
Edwin Dela Cruz
Philippines
MAIN EVENT
1,043
18,210,800
3,060,000
Ching Wei Chen ‘Carter’
陳靖惟
Taiwan
Kick Off
375
2,619,000
547,000
Zong Chi He
何宗奇
Taiwan
Turbo NLH
85
222,600
71,800
Kuan Han Chen
陳冠翰
Taiwan
Mystery Bounty
534
4,661,900
450,000
Chung Yi Ho
何崇義
Taiwan
Hyper Turbo
137
358,800
100,400
Tzu Yuan Fu
傅子袁
Taiwan
Bubble Rush
26
166,500
68,300
Isaac Phua
Malaysia
Turbo NLH
142
371,900
66,600
Cheng Chieh Wang
黃政傑
Taiwan
Bounty Hunter
130
971,900
274,600
Hon Cheong Lee
Hong Kong
Mini High Roller
45
1,309,500
412,600
Ching Chia Wang
王淨加
Taiwan
Short Deck
64
167,600
60,300
Chris Chen
Taiwan
7-Max Shot Clock
60
942,800
339,500
Chih Wei Fan
范植威
Taiwan
High Roller
66
3,905,200
1,142,200
Ching Chia Wang
王淨加
Taiwan
PLO KO Bounty
85
633,500
204,900
Shuin Lee
李書吟
Taiwan
Ladies Event
54
310,800
115,000
David Erquiaga
Philippines
Pot Limit Omaha
105
550,000
165,000
Duy Ho
USA
Single Day High Roller
69
2,677,200
743,000
Chin Hao Weng
Taiwan
Run It Twice
140
597,500
167,000
Richard Lee Ling
劉李鈴
Taiwan
Hyper Turbo
78
204,300
69,500
Patrick Liang
Taiwan
Megastack
288
3,771,400
831,400
Lun Loon
Malaysia
Super High Roller
46
4,194,300
1,321,200
Kevin Ang
Malaysia
NLH Crazy 10
109
543,100
120,500
Zong Chi He
何宗奇
Taiwan
Short Deck
23
301,200
150,600
Kristof Segers
Belgium
The Closer
98
1,026,600
313,100
Main Event: EDWIN DELA CRUZ
Edwin Dela Cruz
Filipino player Edwin Dela Cruz emerged as the first ever USOP live festival Main Event champion and pocketed a career high TWD 3,060,000 (~$100,800). The festival headliner hauled in a record breaking 1,043 entries, the largest international field ever brought together in Taiwan. In turn, it ripped past the advertised TWD 10M guarantee for a huge TWD 18,210,800 (~$600,200) prize pool.
Main Event – Live Updates
Final side event results
LUN LOON rides high at the Super High Roller
Lun Loon
Buy in: TWD 100,000 (~$3,300)
Entries: 46
Prize pool: TWD 4,194,300 (~$138,240)
ITM: 7 places
Payouts in TWD
1
Lun Loon
Malaysia
1,321,200
2
Kean Wei Tan
Malaysia
954,200
3
Wai Kiat Lee
Malaysia
608,200
4
Hon Cheong Lee
李翰鏘
Hong Kong
461,400
5
Alan Khoo
Singapore
356,500
6
Anton Lu
Australia
272,600
7
Chijen Chu
朱啟仁
Taiwan
220,200
DUY HO scores a Taiwan title, wins Single Day High Roller
Duy Ho
Buy in: TWD 44,000 (~$1,450)
Entries: 69
Prize pool: TWD 2,677,200 (~$88,240)
ITM: 10 places
Payouts in TWD
1
Duy Ho
USA
743,000
2
Lai Heng Foo
Malaysia
530,000
3
Chia Chaing Ko
柯家翔
Taiwan
349,000
4
Kok Wai Sim
Malaysia
270,000
5
Thananat Therdtakoonrat
Thailand
215,400
6
Lee Kun Han
李昆翰
Taiwan
170,200
7
Tzu Yuan Fu
傅子袁
Taiwan
135,400
8
Lun Loon
Malaysia
107,200
9
David Erquiaga
Philippines
83,000
10
Shao Heng Hsu
徐紹恆
Taiwan
74,000
PATRICK LIANG takes down the Megastack
Patrick Liang
Buy in: TWD 15,000 (~$495)
Entries: 288
Prize pool: TWD 3771,400 (~$124,300)
ITM: 37 places
Payouts in TWD
1
Patrick Liang
Taiwan
831,400
2
Puyen Fang
方步言
Taiwan
584,600
3
Kok Wai Sim
Malaysia
376,000
4
Shan Hui Chua
Singapore
234,800
5
Yan Jie Wu
吳彥杰
Taiwan
181,200
6
Chien Chih Weng
翁芊智
Taiwan
150,000
7
Lai Xin Hua
Singapore
126,200
8
Jack Lim
Malaysia
103,700
9
Yuanxi Chen
Singapore
83,100
10
Cheng Jing Lim
Malaysia
70,300
11
Seigai Kou
Japan
70,300
12
Ravn Teo
Singapore
70,300
13
Mingchang Hsiao
蕭明昌
Taiwan
59,800
14
Isaac Chern Chze
Malaysia
59,800
15
Peng Sen Wu
吳鵬森
Taiwan
59,800
16
Tong Tan
Singapore
49,800
17
Jacky Wang
Singapore
49,800
18
Huawei Lin
林華瑋
Taiwan
49,800
19
Alex Wong
Malaysia
40,700
20
Norman Leaw
Malaysia
40,700
21
Chi Jen Chen
陳紀任
Taiwan
40,700
22
Wei En Shih
施維恩
Taiwan
32,800
23
Anton Zhen Zhao
Australia
32,800
24
Ki Him Chau
Hong Kong
32,800
25
Zong Chi He
何宗奇
Taiwan
29,000
26
Ang Yang Siang
Malaysia
29,000
27
Hsusheng Wang
王敘昇
Taiwan
29,000
28
Chung Yi Ho
何崇義
Taiwan
25,600
29
蔡政霖
Taiwan
25,600
30
Hsienching Feng
馮先慶
Taiwan
25,600
31
Chengchieh
黃政傑
Taiwan
25,600
32
Lee Kuang Hung
李光紘
Taiwan
25,600
33
Chin Chia Ho
何晉嘉
Taiwan
25,600
34
Chang Ming Lo
羅章銘
Taiwan
25,600
35
Jason Lau
Malaysia
25,600
36
Mei San Ang
Singapore
25,600
37
Feng Wen Chen
陳豐文
Taiwan
22,800
CHIN HAO WENG wins Run It Twice
Chin Hao Wang
Buy in: TWD 5,000 (~$165)
Entries: 140
Prize pool: TWD 597,500 (~$18,700)
ITM: 18 places
Payouts in TWD
1
Chin Hao Weng
翁璟豪
Taiwan
167,000
2
Chih Feng Li
李志峯
Taiwan
105,300
3
Fubang Huang
黃富邦
Taiwan
62,400
4
Ching Chia Wang
王淨加
Taiwan
37,600
5
Eric Chan
Malaysia
29,300
6
Cun Wu Hong
洪春武
Taiwan
24,500
7
Armando Cabardo
Philippines
21,200
8
Yu Tang Hung
洪郁棠
Taiwan
18,900
9
Dissapong
Thailand
16,700
10
Ooi Yang Tzer
Malaysia
14,600
11
Isaac Phua
Malaysia
14,600
12
Chiying Tsai
蔡季瑛
Taiwan
14,600
13
Chingwei Chen
陳靖惟
Taiwan
12,700
14
Cheng Chieh Yang
楊成傑
Taiwan
12,700
15
Tharit Nanthana
Thailand
12,700
16
Ang Yang Yi
Malaysia
10,900
17
Alan Khoo
Singapore
10,900
18
Chian Huang
黃謙
Taiwan
10,900
RICHARD LEE LING wins Hyper Turbo
Richard Lee Ling
Buy in: TWD 3,300 (~$110)
Entries: 78
Prize pool: TWD 204,300 (~$6,730)
ITM: 10 paces
Payouts in TWD
1
Richard Lee Ling
劉李鈴
Taiwan
69,500
2
Tzu Yuan Fu
傅子袁
Taiwan
39,800
3
Shu Yih Ng
Malaysia
24,900
4
Duhan Lee
South Korea
16,800
5
Changwon Lee
South Korea
12,800
6
Seong Su Kong
South Korea
10,400
7
Hyun Sup Kim
South Korea
9,000
8
Sheng Wei Chan
Singapore
8,000
9
Tim Yeh Yeh Szu
葉思廷
Taiwan
7,000
10
Tung Yang Lin
林東陽
Australia
6,100
KEVIN ANG wins NLH Crazy 10
Buy in: TWD 4,400 (~$145)
Entries: 109
Prize pool: TWD 543,100 (~$17,900)
ITM: 14 places
Payouts in TWD
1
Kevin Ang
Malaysia
120,500
2
Murat Yesniyazov
Kazakhstan
74,300
3
Ariuntemvvjin
Mongolia
44,600
4
Daniel Wong
Malaysia
29,100
5
Thomas Wang
Taiwan
22,500
6
Richard Lee Ling
劉李玲
Taiwan
18,500
7
An Deaho
South Korea
157,000
8
Chien Chih Weng
翁芊智
Taiwan
13,700
9
Huawei Weiwei Lin
林華薇
Taiwan
12,100
10
Dorjbal Lkhunrev
Mongolia
10,600
11
Tharit Nanthana
Thailand
10,600
12
Sing Fu Chen
陳信甫
Taiwan
10,600
13
Tzu Yuan Fu
傅子袁
Taiwan
9,500
14
Sanchai
Thailand
9,500
ZONG CHI HE wins second title at Short Deck
Zong Chi He
Buy in: TWD 15,000 (~$495)
Entries: 23
Prize pool: TWD 301,200 (~$9,900)
ITM: 3 places
Payouts in TWD
1
Zong Chi He
何宗奇
Taiwan
150,600
2
Daniel Donohue
Taiwan
90,400
3
Ching Chia Wang
王淨加
Taiwan
60,200
KRISTOF SEGERS lifts last trophy of the festival
Kristof Segers
Buy in: TWD 12,000 (~$395)
Entries: 98
Prize pool: TWD 1,026,600 (~$33,835)
ITM: 13 places
Payouts in TWD
1
Kristof Segers
Belgium
313,100
2
Max Tay
Singapore
192,500
3
Xing Jie Chew
Singapore
118,100
4
Kuan Han Chen
陳冠翰
Taiwan
77,000
5
Ya Ting Chou
周雅婷
Taiwan
60,100
6
Peng Sen Wu
吳鵬森
Taiwan
48,000
7
Chin Hao Weng
翁璟豪
Taiwan
40,800
8
An Deaho
South Korea
35,400
9
Yew Tong
Malaysia
31,300
10
Jonathan Looi
Malaysia
28,200
11
Daniel Wong
Malaysia
28,200
12
Huawei Lin
林華瑋
Taiwan
28,200
13
Shen Yongxin
傅子袁
Singapore
25,700
That concludes Somuchpoker’s full coverage of the U Series of Poker – Poker2U Taiwan Series at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association.
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