For the past three days, it was wall to wall at the World Poker Tour Prime Taiwan Main Event at Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) with yesterday’s final entry day drawing an explosive 452 entries to bring the overall total to 877. This is the largest ever poker tournament in Taiwan (of this buy in) and richest tournament prize pool of NT$ 25,196,700 (~$814,675).
Day 1C review
Day 1C festivities opened with 100 entries pulled in within the first half hour of Level 1. By the first break, that number more than doubled with 264 entries and a long line of alternates waiting to get in. Another welcome ceremony speech was delivered, this one by WPT Host Asheligh Lawrence,
“Thank you to everyone, the players, the staff, the dealers. It is our 20th year anniversary, we are celebrating. We have a cake that everyone is welcome to.”
The day continued for another three levels then registration closed at 452 entries. Added to the 189 of Day 1A and 236 of Day 1B, it was a colossal 877 entries combined. This set a new record for a Taiwan Main Event of this buy in. Without argument, this also amassed the richest prize pool of NT$ 25,196,700 (~$814,675).
With a field that size, it was no surprise to see it run late as players hung on, trying to make it in the money. The bubble round lasted nearly two hours until it finally burst with three players eliminated simultaneously. Read up on the action via the WPT Live Updates. Bagging up the chip lead were Zachary Tay and Marc Inizan, both players surpassing Day 1B leader Metasit Pratipsangkom in the counts. The night closed with 51 players joining the combined Day 2 list.
Zachary Tay
Top 10 in chips
PLAYER
PLAYER
FLAG
CHIPS
BB
ZACHARY TAY
Zachary Tay
Singapore
1,098,000
183
INIZAN MARC
Inizan Marc
Uk
1,056,000
176
METASIT PRATIPSANGKOM
Metasit Pratipsangkom
Thailand
1,007,000
168
KEN OKADA
Ken Okada
Japan
838,000
140
CARTER CHAN
Carter Chan
Singapore
691,000
115
HORI SUMIRE
Hori Sumire
Japan
665,000
111
YUN HSIANG FAN
范雲翔
Taiwan
621,000
104
YO HWAN LIM
Yo Hwan Lim
South Korea
575,000
96
JASON CHEN
陳鉉兆
Taiwan
507,000
85
Day 2 Qualifiers & Chip Counts
Returning to action for Day 2 are 108 players, each one guaranteed NT$ 55,400 however, what they will be chasing is the NT$ 4,650,600 (~$150,365) first prize and the WPT Trophy. Play resumes at 1pm on Sunday, November 20.
WPT Prime Taiwan – MAIN EVENT Day 1A
WPT Prime Taiwan – MAIN EVENT Day 1B
WPT Prime Taiwan – PLAYER GUIDE
WPT Prime Taiwan – FULL RESULTS
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