WPT Prime Taiwan enters its eighth day at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) with games kicking off on November 11 and running through November 21. A total of 13 events have completed with two new champions emerging last night. Hong Kong’s Hon Cheong Lee aka Ivan Lee shipped the Super High Roller and Korea’s Im Heesoo topped the Single Day High Roller. At the PLO event, 14 players survived led by Japan’s Masaya Hayami. We’ve got those results below including an update on the Player of the Festival race.
With the festival down to its final stretch, at the top of the menu is the Main Event featuring a NT$ 10,000,000 guarantee. That figure is well on its way to being shattered with 189 entries seen at Day 1A and a much larger turnout anticipated for Day 1B which starts at 1pm today, Friday, November 18. Click on the link provided for all the info.
WPT Prime Taiwan – MAIN EVENT info
WPT Prime Taiwan – MAIN EVENT Day 1A
HON CHEONG “IVAN” LEE ships the Super High Roller
Hon Cheong Lee aka Ivan Lee lifted his career first WPT title and it couldn’t have been more glorious than taking down the Super High Roller event. Lee topped a stellar field of fellow pros that included multi decorated Michael Soyza and hottest running Asian player today, Thailand’s Punnat Punsri. For his achievement, Lee locked up the NT$ 2,944,000 (~$95,187) top prize and a trophy for his collection. He also slid into the top spot of the Player of the Festival race.
The NT$ 200K buy in Super High Roller event was a two-day affair with 33 players and 14 re-entries for a total prize pool of NT$ 8,662,100 (~$280,060). Entering the final day, 14 players returned with Hamish Crawshaw at the helm however he could not turn it into cash. Same as well for Natalie Teh who reached the final table but fell short.
The first to the money was Soyza in 7th place followed by the last two locals hoping to seal the win for Taiwan. The remaining four players were hunting down their first WPT title. For Punsri, he had just returned from cashing at the WSOPE Main Event and was looking for redemption. However, it was not to be, settling instead for 3rd place while Lee went on to defeat Seung Hun Ko to capture his first live tournament title of the year.
Buy in: NT$ 200,000 (~$6,465)
Entries: 47
Prize pool: NT$ 8,662,100 (~$280,060)
ITM: 7 places
1st
Hon Cheong Lee
Hong Kong
$2,944,000
2nd
Seung Hun Ko
South Korea
$1,962,600
3rd
Punnat Punsri
Thailand
$1,308,400
4th
Jun Hao Wu
Singapore
$907,400
5th
Wen Kai Chen
Taiwan
$655,600
6th
Chia Yun Wu
Taiwan
$494,300
7th
Michael Soyza
Malaysia
$389,800
Korea’s IM HEESOO wins the Single Day High Roller
Buy in: NT$ 100,000 (~$3,230)
Entries: 33
Prize pool: NT$ 297,700 (~$96,250)
ITM: 5 places
1st
Im Heesoo
South Korea
$1,220,500
2nd
Chi Hung Ho
Taiwan
$744,200
3rd
Phachara Wongwichit
Thailand
$446,600
4th
Sparrow Cheung
Hong Kong
$327,500
5th
Sung Joo Hyun
South Korea
$238,200
Event 15: PLO (2-Day Event) – Day 1 chip counts
The lone PLO event saw 73 runners take on this variant for a prize pool of NT$ 1,607,387. By the end of the 16 scheduled rounds of play, 14 survived. They return today, Friday, November 18 at 1pm.
Player
Flag
Chips
BB
Masaya Hayami
Japan
328,500
41
Yoon Kang
Australia
250,788
31
Michael Soyza
Malaysia
248,500
31
Kristof Segers
Belgium
217,500
27
Chih Feng Li
Taiwan
181,735
23
Ming Chang Xiao
155,000
19
Hayato Kitajima
Japan
152,500
19
Wei Cheng Yin
Taiwan
135,500
17
Daisuke Ogita
Japan
135,500
17
Chao Ting Cheng
Taiwan
129,000
16
JP Yu
Taiwan
105,000
13
Hisahi Yamanouchi
Japan
99,000
12
Chun Han Lin
Taiwan
89,500
11
Rolands Norietis
Latvia
72,000
9
Player of the Festival – after 11 events
Hon Chenog Lee takes the lead after 11 events. Lee topped the Super High Roller event and placed 2nd at the Megastack NLH.
HON CHEONG LEE
725
1st
CHINYAO WANG
500
2nd
CHUNG YI HO
475
3rd
SPARROW CHEUNG
435
4th
MOTOYOSHI
400
5th
LEE KUN HAN
375
6th
SEUNG HUN KO
375
7th
YI WEI PENG
350
8th
WEI TING CHEN
300
9th
YU SHENG LIN
300
10th
CHUNG LIANG LIN
300
11th
WU HUNGHSIANG
300
12th
NATALIE TEH
300
13th
VICTOR CHONG
300
14th
PI YING HSU
300
15th
Stick with us at Somuchpoker as we bring you updates of the ongoing series.
Links:
WPT Prime Taiwan – Event Payouts
WPT Prime Taiwan – Main Event Day 1A results
WPT Prime Taiwan underway – first five events
WPT Prime Taiwan – Event 6 – 9
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