Action packed day at WPT Prime Taiwan with the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) filled to capacity once again. Bringing in the masses was Day 1B of the Main Event. International players and locals came pouring in, and as predicted, the NT$ 10M guarantee was quickly shattered. With a cumulative 452 entries (Day 1A – 189, Day 1B – 263), the prize pool has now reached NT 13 Million which will balloon further with Day 1C yet to complete. Read up on the action via the Live Updates on WPT.com
Opening the day’s festivities was a ribbon cutting ceremony with special appearance by Ko Wen-Je, Mayor of Taipei. After his speech, WPT CEO Adam Pliska also welcomed in the players,
“We are so happy to be here. It is the 20th anniversary of the World Poker Tour and for 20 years the brand has brought people together not just for poker competition but also allowing them to travel the world and meet people all over and forge new friendships. This is what the World Poker Tour is about.”
In anticipation of the large crowd, the WPT and CTP prepared a room at the gymnasium for the side events. This was indeed a good plan with Day 1B attracting a monster 263 entries. For several hours in the day, every seat in the house was spoken for. By midnight, the bubble was delivered, sending Thailand’s Metasit Pratibsangkom‘s stack over the million mark. To emphasize the enormity of his stack, the closest in the overall counts is Day 1A chip leader Carter Chan who is roughly 40 BB behind. To end the day, Pratibsangkom eliminated Shawn Wu on the bubble with pocket Jacks over pocket Tens.
Metasit Pratipsangkom
End of Day 1B chip counts
Metasit Pratipsangkom
Thailand
1,007,000
Yun Hsiang Fan
Taiwan
621,000
Nobuaki Sasaki
Japan
420,000
Kosei Ichinose
Japan
399,000
Bradley Ritschel
U.S.A
374,000
Junhwan Kim
South Korea
370,000
Sung Joo Hyun
South Korea
350,000
Rikuto Sashida
Japan
286,000
Louis Bilodeau
Japan
280,000
Kun Han Lee
Taiwan
267,000
Bin Chiat Tay
Singapore
259,000
Po Jun Lin
Taiwan
258,000
Min Joo Cho
South Korea
251,235
Chieh Shan Yang
Taiwan
248,000
Ikeda Maki
Japan
246,000
Chih Fang Li
Taiwan
243,000
Chun Min Tai
Taiwan
230,000
Masaya Hayami
Japan
219,000
Yao Wei Huang
Taiwan
212,000
Chia Hao Chang
Taiwan
202,000
Yung Han Chin
Taiwan
177,000
Cheng Liang Liu
Taiwan
158,000
Chi Jen Chen
Taiwan
149,000
Che Li Lin
Taiwan
134,000
Kai Cheng Hsu
Taiwan
118,000
Park Giwon
South Korea
102,000
Yu Che Chang
Taiwan
86,000
Samuel Wilkinson
England
82,000
Chia Wei Kao
Taiwan
80,000
Sparrow Cheung
Hong Kong
71,000
Yu Jung Lo
Taiwan
58,000
Hua Wei Lin
Taiwan
54,000
Kenny Shih
Taiwan
50,000
The Main Event got underway on November 17 and will run through November 21. A total of 57 advanced to Day 2. One starting day remains to join that list. Day 1C takes place on Saturday, November 19 at 1pm. It is expected to be the biggest day yet so make sure to arrive early. Buy in is NT$ 33,000. Cards in the air at 1pm.
WPT Prime Taiwan – MAIN EVENT DAY 2 QUALIFIERS
WPT Prime Taiwan – MAIN EVENT Day 1A
WPT Prime Taiwan – PLAYER GUIDE
WPT Prime Taiwan – FULL RESULTS
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