Another bustling day at the U Series of Poker: Poker2U Taiwan Series with 285 entries (Day 1C – 152, Day 1D – 133) added to the Mystery Bounty player tally. This boosted the total field to 534 entries, and with each buy in costing TWD 10,000 (~$330), the prize pool surged to a rich TWD 4,661,900 (~$154,390).
Ending the day as heat leaders were Malaysia’s Tse Paul Lee (Day 1C) with 685,000 and Singaporean WSOP Online bracelet winner Siyang Phua (Day 1D) who bagged up 808,000, just 2 BB behind overall race leader Australia’s Anton Lu. Read up on our recap just below.
Tse Paul Lee 李詩堡
End of Day 1C – 16 players
Tse Paul Lee
李詩堡
Malaysia
685,000
Michael Kravitz
USA
443,000
Nien Heng Li
李念恆
Taiwan
351,000
Jia Chi Lee
李珈綺
Taiwan
345,000
Yong Hing Foo
符永慶
Malaysia
287,000
Wen Shan
單文
Hong Kong
279,000
Wei Shiang Huang
黃偉翔
Taiwan
206,000
Yesniyazov Murat
Kazakhstan
189,000
Sukumar Letchmunan
Malaysia
181,000
Shan Hui Chua
蔡善輝
Singapore
167,000
Ming Yi Lin
林明毅
Taiwan
153,000
Yi Wei Peng
彭亦瑋
Taiwan
134,000
Yu Hoi Chan
陳禹愷
Hong Kong
125,000
Edwin Dela Cruz
Philippines
119,000
Yu Jui Wu
吳育瑞
Malaysia
70,000
Leopold Godefroy
France
68,000
Day 1C brought in 152 entries with 16 players reaching the money round. Malaysia’s Tse Paul Lee was the bane of several players with his pocket Tens causing plenty of damage.
Well before the bubble round, Lee entered a four way shove that granted him a winning set of Tens to knock out a couple of players and jump to an enormous lead.
Down to three tables, Lee delivered another crushing bad beat with a double gutshot finding the river. Lee opened from under the gun and got called by the blinds. At the flop 
, Lee c-bet then tank-called a check-raise by the small blind. The turn 
, small blind shoved, Lee tanked then said, “l know I’m behind but let’s gamble!” He made the call and showed 
which was behind 
. That all changed when the 
landed to award the straight.
Lee bagged up 685,000 (69 BB) to place him overall third in chips. Day 1C wrapped up with Michael Kravitz 
dominating .
Michael Kravitz
Over at the Day 1D turbo flight, 14 advanced out of 133 entries. WSOP Online bracelet winner Aaron Siyang Phua was happy to bag up 808,000 (81 BB) and commented “ahh, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen this many chips”.
One bust before the bubble round, Phua added to his already bloated pile by ending a short stack’s desperation. From the big blind, Phua defended with 
that went on to land trips Twos on the flop to easily defeat 
.
The day ended with USA’s Duy Ho delivering the bubble. Also making it through were Singapore’s Jacky Wang who finished 2nd at the Kick Off event, USOP’s Tse Ian Lee, and Taiwan’s Chia Yun Wu.
Siyang Phua
End of Day 1D (Turbo) – 14 players
Siyang Phua
Singapore
808,000
Jacky Wang
王立傑
Singapore
493,000
Duy Ho
USA
325,000
Chun Han Lin
林君翰
Taiwan
244,000
Chin Yao Wang
王靖堯
Taiwan
238,000
Pi Ying Hsu
許必穎
Taiwan
176,000
Cheng Chieh Huang
黃政傑
Taiwan
152,000
Kuan Han Chen
陳冠翰
Taiwan
150,000
Shou Dien Chen
陳守鈿
Taiwan
147,000
Tse Ian Lee
李詩彥
Malaysia
146,000
Keng Yong Tan
Singapore
91,000
Chin Te Huang
黃金德
Taiwan
90,000
Chia Yun Wu
吳家運
Taiwan
81,000
Shu In Li
李書吟
Taiwan
66,000
Mystery Bounty review
Buy in: TWD 10,000 (~$330)
Guarantee: TWD 3,000,000 (~$99,350)
Entries: 534
Prize pool: TWD 4,661,900 (~$154,390)
ITM: 56 players
Day 1A: 143 entries / 15 advance
Day 1B: 106 entries / 11 advance
Day 1C: 152 entries / 16 advance
Day 1D (Turbo): 133 / 14 advance
Top 10 in chips
Player
姓名
Flag
Stack
BB
Anton Zhen Zhao Lu
Australia
827,000
83
Siyang Phua
Singapore
808,000
81
Tse Paul Lee
李詩堡
Malaysia
685,000
69
Kar Hou Lim
林家浩
Malaysia
512,000
51
Jacky Wang
王立傑
Singapore
493,000
49
Michael Kravitz
USA
443,000
44
Chien Chih Weng
翁芊智
Taiwan
411,000
41
Shou Dien Chen
陳守鈿
Taiwan
359,000
36
Jia Chi Lee
李珈綺
Taiwan
345,000
35
Nien Heng Li
李念恆
Taiwan
351,000
35
CLICK HERE for complete Day 2 chip counts
Action resumes on Monday, February 13 starting at 1pm at host venue Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club Taipei). Follow the action via the Live Updates. The 56 returning players are each guaranteed a minimum ₫11,200 (~$370) while ₫450,000 (~$14,900) is reserved for the champion.
Players fortunate to eliminate a player will receive a bounty reward. The largest bounty is ₫500,000 (~$16,560).
Unlike most Mystery Bounty events, this version adds another layer of mystery to the game. Out of the 56 mystery bounty rewards, seven are coined “Top Prize”. Players that draw this ticket will receive anywhere from ₫100,000 to ₫500,000. However they won’t find out the actual amount until the next day. According to the organizers, one of the top seven prizes will be available to Main Event final table players.
Mystery Bounty prizes in TWD
Top prizes
Tickets
500,000
x1
200,000
x2
150,000
x1
100,000
x3
Regular prizes
Tickets
60,000
x2
40,000
x7
25,000
x6
20,000
x5
18,000
x7
15,000
x9
12,000
x6
10,000
x7
Payouts in TWD
1st
450,000
2nd
312,000
3rd
200,000
4th
134,000
5th
103,000
6th
88,000
7th
73,000
8th
58,000
9th
45,100
10th-12th
38,500
13th-15th
32,000
16th-18th
26,100
19th-21st
21,800
22nd-24th
18,400
25th-27th
15,000
28th-36th
12,400
37th-44th
11,800
45th-56th
11,200
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