With borders now loosened, players around the region have set their sights on the first ever World Poker Tour Prime series in Taiwan. The festival kicked off on November 11 at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) and is scheduled to run through November 21. The first four days saw the floor pumping with action as players chased down early trophies. Five winners were crowned with 17 more titles up for grabs. Another hot item is the Player of the Festival title which awards a WPT Passport to any Season XXI Main tour worth $5,000. Current results and POF standings are at the bottom of the page.
WPT Prime Taiwan – FULL RESULTS
In May, the brand’s Prime series was first introduced in Ha Noi, Vietnam resulting in a record turnout at the Main Event. Two months later, the Cambodia stop reached even greater heights for the brand in Asia. The ongoing WPT Prime Taiwan aims to break records of its own with a menu of events that caters to all types of bankrolls. Buy ins go from NT$ 6,000 (~$195) to the Super High Roller of $ 200,000 (~$6,465).
WPT Prime Taiwan – PLAYER GUIDE
Today’s games open with the Mini High Roller Day 2. Players can still jump in. It starts at 1pm. Registration closes at 1:45pm. Buy in is NT$ 66,000 (~$2,135). Additionally there are several new events in the lineup, one of them is on deck today, the Ladies Event at 7pm, buy in is NT$ 6,000 (~$195).
The centerpiece of the festival is the Main Event which boasts a NT$ 10,000,000 (~$323,325) guarantee. It is coming up in two days, from November 17 to 21. Buy in is NT$ 33,000,000 (~US$ 1,070). In addition to the cash prize, the eventual winner will be awarded a $10,400 entry to the WPT World Championships 2022 or 2023. The WPT value adds airfare and accommodations.
Early winners of WPT Prime Taiwan
Event 1: Superstack Opener – WEI TING CHEN – NT$ 277,500 (~$8,970)
The two-day Superstack Opener set the pace with 148 entries for a prize pool of NT$ 1,004,900 (~$32,490). Taiwan’s Wei Ting Chen shipped it for a career high NT$ 277,500 (~$8,970).
Final table payouts
1st
Wei Ting Chen
Taiwan
$277,500
2nd
Qi Hao Wang
Taiwan
$175,900
3rd
Yoda Lin
Taiwan
$103,500
4th
Ting Yi Chen
Taiwan
$62,800
5th
Jonathan Hsiao
Taiwan
$48,700
6th
Kai Cheng Hsu
Taiwan
$40,200
7th
Fate Wang
Taiwan
$35,200
8th
Chih Feng Li
Taiwan
$31,400
9th
Salvador Villaluz
Canada
$27,700
Event 2: Mystery Bounty $5M GTD – CHIN YAO WANG – NT$ 712,700 (~$23,040)
The Mystery Bounty event was one smoking ticket with 344 entries pulled in over three starters. With buy in at NT$ 16,500 (~$535) each, it was the exact turnout to meet the NT$ 5 Million guarantee. The top 43 earned cuts with Chin Yao Wang shaving NT$ 712,700 for his victory. Also grabbing some time under the spotlight was Belgium’s Kristof Segers who drew the biggest bounty of NT$ 400K and one of the second largest worth NT$ 200K making him the biggest bounty earner.
Dates: November 11 to 12
Buy in: NT$ 16,500 (~$535)
Guarantee: NT$ 5,000,000 (~$161,660)
Entries: 344
Prize pool: NT$ 3,336,800 (~$107,887)
Bounty pool: NT$ 1,668,400 (~$53,943)
ITM: 43 places
Final table payouts (bounties not included)
1st
Chin Yao Wang
Taiwan
$712,700
2nd
Lee Kun Han
Taiwan
$500,000
3rd
Yu Sheng Lin
Taiwan
$321,100
4th
Chung Yi Ho
Taiwan
$206,800
5th
Kristof Segers
Belgium
$159,500
6th
Yuan Hsu Lee
Taiwan
$131,400
7th
Chien Yun Wang
New Zealand
$110,800
8th
Francesco D Astici
Italy
$90,900
9th
Szu Wei Chiu
Taiwan
$71,300
Event 3: Deepstack NLH – CHUNG LIANG LIN – NT$306,500 (~$9,909)
First ever career victory of Chung Liang Lin at the Deepstack NLH as he bested the 119 entry field to lift his first ever trophy and the NT$ 306,500 (~$9,909) top prize.
Date: November 13
Buy in: NT$ 11,000 (~$355)
Entries: 119
Prize pool: NT$1,038,900 (~$33,590)
ITM: 15 places
Final table payouts
1st
Chung Liang Lin
Taiwan
$306,500
2nd
Tsung Ying Lee
Taiwan
$189,600
3rd
Ken Okada
Japan
$113,200
4th
Mingchang Xiao
Taiwan
$72,700
5th
Jr Han Zhang
Taiwan
$55,100
6th
Ray Chiu
Hong Kong
$45,700
7th
Hanlan Teng
Taiwan
$39,500
8th
Tzuyuan Fu
Taiwan
$34,800
9th
Yi Wei Peng
Taiwan
$30,600
Event 4: PLO – WU HUN HSIANG- NT$ 178,000 (~$5,755)
The first non-Hold’em event was tabled on November 13 to 14 with 54 taking interest on the Pot Limit Omaha on offer. Wu Hung Hsiang bested Hong Kong’s Sparrow Cheung for the title and the cool little WPT Prime trophy.
Dates: November 13 to 14
Buy in: NT$ 11,000 (~$355)
Entries: 54
Prize pool: NT$ 523,800 (~$16,950)
ITM: 7 places
Payouts
1st
Wu Hung Hsiang
Taiwan
178000
2nd
Sparrow Cheung
Hong Kong
118700
3rd
Cheng Chun Liu
Taiwan
79100
4th
Shih Kun Chou
Taiwan
54900
5th
Lin Wei Kai
Taiwan
39600
6th
Chun Han Lin
Taiwan
29900
7th
Chi Yu Chen
Taiwan
23600
Event 5: Megastack NLH – YI WEI PENG – NT$ 271,800 (~$8,785)
After two prior cashes with a final table at the Deepstack NLH, Yi Wei Peng finally closed one out. He topped the 145 field of the Megastack NLH defeating high roller Hong Kong’s Hon Cheong Lee for the win and the NT$ 271,800 top prize.
Date: November 14
Buy in: NT$ 11,000 (~$ 260)
Entries: 145
Prize pool: NT$ 984,500 (~$31,830)
Final table payouts
1st
Yi Wei Peng
Taiwan
$271,800
2nd
Hon Cheong Lee
Hong Kong
$172,300
3rd
Tzuyuan Fu
Taiwan
$101,400
4th
Hsing Hsiung Tai
Taiwan
$61,600
5th
Sungwei Pai
Taiwan
$47,800
6th
Alexander
United States
$39,400
7th
Chen Kun Lin
Taiwan
$34,400
8th
Chi Wang
Taiwan
$30,800
9th
Teng Chang
Taiwan
$27200
PLAYER OF THE FESTIVAL – standings at the end of 5 events
TOP 10
POINTS
PLACE
CHINYAO WANG
500
1st
LEE KUN HAN
375
2nd
YI WEI PENG
350
3rd
WEI TING CHEN
300
4th
YU SHENG LIN
300
5th
CHUNG LIANG LIN
300
6th
WU HUNGHSIANG
300
7th
CHUNG YI HO
250
8th
TZUYUAN FU
235
9th
QI HAO WANG
225
10th
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