World Poker Tour Prime Taiwan brought together 189 runners to the Main Event and after 11 hours of play, Singapore’s Carter Chan stole the show for delivering the bubble to end Day 1A. Chan also set the bar high for the next starting day, bagging up a mammoth 691,000 in chips.
End of Day 1A chip counts
Carter Chan
Singapore
691,000
Yo Hwan Lim
South Korea
575,000
Kuan Chieh Chen
Taiwan
485,000
Erwin Ng
Singapore
426,000
Tsung Mao Liao
Taiwan
419,000
Kenji Hata
Japan
312,000
Chun Liang Kuo
Taiwan
278,000
Yen Po Chen
Taiwan
276,000
Yi Wei Peng
Taiwan
255,000
Tao Chu
Taiwan
250,000
Je Young Park
South Korea
185,000
Chi Yin Tsai
Taiwan
154,000
Woon Harvey
Singapore
146,000
Deng Kai Deng
Taiwan
143,000
Chen Hsuan Ting
Taiwan
138,000
Pi Ying Hsu
Taiwan
131,000
Seung Hwan Baek
South Korea
125,000
Chieh Fu Lin
Taiwan
111,000
Jun Feng Wang
Australia
110,000
Yu Je Nam
South Korea
107,000
Yi Syun Ciou
Taiwan
95,000
Yu Fan Chang
Taiwan
92,000
Peter Borremans
Belgium
92,000
Yen Han Chen
Taiwan
85,000
The Main Event opened at 1pm on Thursday, November 17 at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) in Taipei City. Less than two hours in, the field breached 100 entries and eventually closed at 189. Among the bigwigs that graced the felt were Chen An Lin, Brian Tougias, and Yohwan Lim. Only the latter advanced, packing up the second largest stack out of the 24 remaining players. Another notable player surviving the heat was Yen Han “Pete” Chen though as the shortest stack.
Yohwan Lim aka BoxeR
Besting Lim by one spot was Carter Chan who eliminated Joseph Phua on the bubble. During the hand, Chan four-bet shoved and Phua called for his tournament life. Chan had 
, Phua 
, the board ran a nutty 
for a victorious flush to Chan.
The Main Event continues on Friday, November 18 with Day 1B up on the plate. Cards in the air at 1pm. It is expected to be a big one so for those looking to join the action, get there early to avoid the line. For a buy in of NT$ 33,000 (~$1,070), you’ll have a shot at the NT$ 10,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
WPT Prime Taiwan – PLAYER GUIDE
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