USOP: Poker2U Taiwan Series Main Event shatters guarantee, draws 1,043; Ching Wei Chen 陳靖惟 leads 132 players into Day 2

 

The first ever U Series of Poker live festival sponsored by popular online poker app Poker2U drew a massive turnout at the Main Event to easily shatter its TWD 10M guarantee. The largest crowd was seen on Friday, February 18, 2023 with Day 1C attracting 385 entries and Day 1D Turbo adding 196 more to the numbers. Combined with the 462 entries of the previous starters (Day 1A – 261, Day 1B 201), the inaugural event amassed a record field of 1,043 entries for an international event in Taiwan.

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The inaugural title chase resumes on Saturday, February 18 at 1pm. The 132 returning players are each guaranteed a piece of the bloated TWD 18,210,800 (~$600,200) prize pool. However, the goal is to reach the final table of 9 players and be one step closer to the glorious trophy and the hefty top prize.

*Official prize pool and payout breakdown will be posted once it has been made available.

Main Event numbers

Day 1A: 261 entries / 33 advanced
Day 1B: 201 entries / 26 advanced
Day 1C: 385 entries / 49 advanced
Day 1D (Turbo): 196 entries / 25 advanced

*Note there was one double qualifier, Chia Hsiang Ko, 119K will be removed from Day 2 play.

Buy in: TWD 20,000 (~$660)
Guarantee: TWD 10,000,000 (~$329,600)
Entries: 1,043
Prize pool: TWD 18,210,800 (~$600,200)
ITM: 133 players

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Leading in the pack is Day 1C leader Carter Ching Wei Chen with a commanding 735,000 (123 BB) stack. This was another impressive performance by Chen who opened the series with a victory at the Kick Off event.

DSC 7243Peter Kok Wai Sim

Trailing by 8 BB is Day 1D flight leader Peter Kok Wai Sim who will bring in the second largest stack  672,000 (112 BB). To round out the top three is Yuan Qi Mai with 599,000 (100 BB). Mai enjoyed a late day surge to earn his high rank. The top three are the only players entering with 100 BB and more.

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Notables making it through at the final stretch were Taiwanese high roller Justin Chi Jen Chu, WSOP Online bracelet winner Siyang Phua, online satellite winner Murat Yesniyazov, and USOP Ambassador David Erquiaga, who survived a called shove during the bubble round.

You can read up on the Day 1 action and follow today’s race via the Live Updates. 

Day 2 starting chip counts

Chips in play: 31,171,000
Average: 236,143
Opening blinds: 3,000-6,000, 6,000 BB Ante
Time: 1pm

Player

Flag
Chips
BB

Ching Wei Chen
陳靖惟
Taiwan
735,000
123

Kok Wai Sim

Malaysia
672,000
112

Yuan Qi Mai
麥元祈
Taiwan
599,000
100

Edwin Dela Cruz

Philippines
573,000
96

Hsiao Molly
蕭又寧
Taiwan
551,000
92

Xin Hua Lai
賴新華
Singapore
548,000
91

Hong Che Wang
王洪哲
Taiwan
508,000
85

Hieu Tran

Australia
501,000
84

Yu You Ci Tsai
蔡余有騏
Taiwan
484,000
81

Chun Liang Kuo
郭俊良
Taiwan
483,000
81

Kar Hou Lin
林嘉浩
Malaysia
468,000
78

Carter Chen

Singapore
463,000
77

Kuan Han Chen
陳冠翰
Taiwan
452,000
75

Duhan Lee

Korea
436,000
73

Yao Yu Ho
何曜宇
Taiwan
430,000
72

Yu Che Liu
劉運哲
Taiwan
425,000
71

Chi Jen Chu
朱啟仁
Taiwan
411,000
69

Anton Lu

Australia
410,000
68

Kwong Yuen Pang

Malaysia
410,000
68

Siyang Phua

Singapore
401,000
67

Fu Bang Huang
黃富邦
Taiwan
392,000
65

Yao Wei Huang
黃耀緯
Taiwan
391,000
65

Joseph Chan

Singapore
389,000
65

Shannon Lee
李漢權
Singapore
381,000
64

Noel Llamedo

Philippines
372,000
62

Yu Sheng Lin
林祐聖
Taiwan
370,000
62

Chih I Fang
房志毅
Taiwan
369,000
62

Kun Han Lee
李昆翰
Taiwan
362,000
60

Zac Duce

Australia
362,000
60

Siu Ren Chen
陳信任
Taiwan
345,000
58

Tsung Ying Lee
李宗英
Taiwan
336,000
56

Chun Kit Lee
李俊傑
Hong Kong
332,000
55

Hong Leong Kho
辜宏亮
Malaysia
329,000
55

Lai Heng Foo

Malaysia
320,000
53

Jason Lau Wai Kit

Malaysia
316,000
53

Ljia Song Liu
劉家菘
Taiwan
312,000
52

Sin Rong Cion
邱信融
Taiwan
305,000
51

Michael Kravitz

United States
304,000
51

Chin Yao Wang
王靖堯
Taiwan
303,000
51

Chien Fa Chou
周建發
Taiwan
299,000
50

Tiong Lek Lim

Malaysia
292,000
49

Yung Bing Chu
祝永斌
Taiwan
286,000
48

Ori Kossonogi

Israel
282,000
47

Li Wei Sun
孫立偉
Taiwan
280,000
47

Chi Han Hsieh
謝其翰
Taiwan
279,000
47

Tak Chung Yan

Usa
277,000
46

Kuan Yu Chen
陳冠宇
Taiwan
274,000
46

Lai Koon Lim
林來昆
Singapore
273,000
46

Murat Yesniyazov

Kazakhsatan
269,000
45

Shen Sun Chou
周學聖
Taiwan
267,000
45

Tzu Yuan Fu
傅子袁
Taiwan
263,000
44

Yan Jie Wu
吳彥杰
Taiwan
251,000
42

Chien Te Lee
李建德
Taiwan
251,000
42

Wei Kai Lin
林煒凱
Taiwan
246,000
41

Chris Chen
陳炫堯
Taiwan
244,000
41

Yao Te Tsai
蔡耀德
Taiwan
243,000
41

Jack Lim

Malaysia
241,000
40

Beng Wei Ong

Malaysia
240,000
40

Chien Cjih Weng
翁芊智
Taiwan
239,000
40

Hua Wei Lin
林華薇
Taiwan
231,000
39

Nien Heng Li
李念恆
Taiwan
230,000
38

Kong Seong Su

Korea
228,000
38

Yu Huan Ting
丁郁桓
Taiwan
226,000
38

Hyun Sup Kim

Korea
226,000
38

Enoch Tan

Malaysia
216,000
36

Kun Tai Lu
盧坤泰
Taiwan
215,000
36

Chih Wei Chen
陳志惟
Taiwan
211,000
35

John Koh

Singapore
210,000
35

Tung Jung Wu
吳東融
Taiwan
209,000
35

Lin Xhen Tan

Malaysia
196,000
33

Chin Wei Lim

Malaysia
193,000
32

Zhan Shuo Guo
郭展碩
Taiwan
192,000
32

Tharit Nanthana

Thailand
187,000
31

Che Man Lin
林哲漢
Taiwan
186,000
31

Chang Le Lin
林長樂
Taiwan
182,000
30

Yong Hing Foo
符永慶
Malaysia
181,000
30

Eric Chan

Malaysia
180,000
30

Yuanxi Chen

Singapore
179,000
30

Ang Yang Siang
洪揚翔
Malaysia
175,000
29

Leaw Norman

Malaysia
173,000
29

Tong Tan
陳同
Singapore
168,000
28

Sheng Wei Huang
黃聖洧
Taiwan
164,000
27

Chia Hsiang Ko
柯家翔
Taiwan
162,000
27

Sei Gai Kou
黃政凱
Japan
157,000
26

Sukumar Letchmunan

United Kingdom
157,000
26

黃竹頤
Taiwan
150,000
25

Kean Wei Tan
陳建偉
Malaysia
149,000
25

Chih Yang Chen
陳智揚
Taiwan
145,000
24

Teng Kuei Hsu
許登貴
Taiwan
145,000
24

Meng Xuan Ang

Singapore
140,000
23

Mei San Ang

Singapore
136,000
23

Krit Skulgunbundit

Thailand
134,000
22

Jason Tang
唐杰森
Taiwan
133,000
22

Kai Rong Wong

Malaysia
131,000
22

Ashcey Quek

Singapore
129,000
22

Tsun Shing Hui
許晉誠
Hong Kong
128,000
21

Wei Chen Liu
劉威辰
Taiwan
128,000
21

Andrew Yeo
楊凱臣
Singapore
127,000
21

Chuang Chie Kuan

Taiwan
125,000
21

Chang Ming Lo
羅章銘
Taiwan
122,000
20

Lan Li
李藍
Singapore
122,000
20

Tien Loon Ling
林夫倫
Malaysia
119,000
20

Hon Cheong Lee
李翰鏘
Hong Kong
116,000
19

Diego Iglesias

Spain
104,000
17

Jason Lee

Malaysia
100,000
17

Jian Yu Su
蘇建宇
Taiwan
100,000
17

Ariuntemuujin Mvagmasueren

Mongolia
98,500
16

David Erquiaga

Philippines
97,000
16

Chih Feng Li
李志峯
Taiwan
96,000
16

Xiang Guang Chang
曾祥光
Malaysia
95,000
16

Wai Kiat Lee

Malaysia
92,000
15

Jason Kah Chon

Malaysia
90,000
15

Ming Juen Teoh

Malaysia
89,000
15

Hao Ran Lee
李浩然
Taiwan
89,000
15

Chi Jen Chen
陳紀任
Taiwan
87,000
15

Jia Xiang Li
李嘉祥
Taiwan
85,000
14

Kar Sing Thong

Malaysia
85,000
14

Darryl Boo

Malaysia
82,000
14

Keng I Lin

Taiwan
79,000
13

Kristof Segers

Belgium
73,000
12

Yong Xin Shen
沈永鑫
Singapore
70,000
12

Benedict Koh

Singapore
70,000
12

Chain Ru Chuang
莊承儒
Taiwan
64,000
11

Hung Cheng Lin
林紘正
Taiwan
63,000
11

Daniel Lim
林坤廷
Singapore
61,000
10

Meng Lin Lin
林孟伶
Taiwan
57,000
10

Hsiao Chung Wu
吳孝忠
Taiwan
52,000
9

Yan Chen Jiang
江彥辰
Taiwan
36,000
6

Wei Heng Pan
潘暐衡
Taiwan
33,000
6

Yang Yi Ang
洪揚義
Malaysia
33,000
6

Shi Hung Kao
高示紘
Taiwan
33,000
6

Fung Kong
江豐
Hong Kong
3,000
1

 

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Author: Henry Brown