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.
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
Carter Ching Wei Chen
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.
Peter 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.
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
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