Wall to wall poker at WPT Prime Taiwan with another batch of games drawing players to host venue Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club Taipei). In the aftermath, anothr four trophies were awarded. We’ve got those results below including an update on the ongoing Super High Roller and the Player of the Festival standings.
WPT Prime Taiwan – Full results
VICTOR CHONG clinches the Bounty Event
Overnight chip leader Malaysia’s Victor Chong carried the torch all the way to the finish to clinch the Bounty Event and a payout of NT$ 401,700 (~$13,000). In addition, Chong collected NT$ 70,000 (~$2,263) in bounties and lifted a career second WPT Prime trophy having won his first at the Cambodia festival last August.
In Day 2, Chong maintained his lead and entered the final table as top dog. He ballooned further after eliminating Hong Kong’s Cliff Chow (9th) with pocket Twos turned Quads and later cleaned out Yu Chung Chang (6th) with 
over 
.
To nail it shut, Chong cracked Cheng Chao Ting‘s pocket Kings with Ace-Queen both pairing up. The win was his fourth for the year, marking it as his best year yet on the live tournament felt. For runner up Cheng it was an equally good run. He knocked out just as many players as Chong.
Buy in: $22,000 (~$710)
Entries: 108
Prize pool: NT$ 2,095,200 (includes bounties)
ITM: 14 places
Final table payouts
1st
Victor Chong
Malaysia
$401,700
2nd
Cheng Chao Ting
Taiwan
$247,700
3rd
Chih Feng Li
Taiwan
$148,700
4th
Chun Han Lin
Taiwan
$97,100
5th
Yu Fan Tsai
Taiwan
$75,000
6th
Yu Chung Chang
Taiwan
$61,600
7th
Jack Wu
Taiwan
$52,200
8th
Terry Sua
Malaysia
$45,500
9th
Cliff Chow
Hong Kong
$40,200
PI YING HSU outlasts at Short Deck
Roars were heard throughout the day with the Short Deck event providing plenty of excitement. At the close of registration, it drew a healthy 83 entries for a prize pool of NT$ 479,000 (~$15,487). Taking it down was CTP regular Pi Ying Hsu who was also the bringer of good news by delivering the bubble. Hsu earned a cool NT$ 155,400 (~$5,020) and his first WPT trophy.
Buy in: NT$ 7,000 (~$226)
Entries: 83
Prize pool: NT$ 479,000 (~$15,487)
ITM: 11 places
Payouts
1st
Pi Ying Hsu
Taiwan
154400
2nd
Chung Yi Ho
Taiwan
93400
3rd
Wei Chun Liu
Taiwan
58100
4th
Shao Me Yang
Taiwan
39300
5th
Tsung En Yeh
Taiwan
29900
6th
Philip King Chung
Taiwan
24000
7th
Nobuaki Sasaki
Japan
19900
8th
Chin Jack David
Singapore
16800
9th
Wu Chiayun
Taiwan
15400
10th
Shengfu Yu
Taiwan
14400
11th
Mingchang Xiao
Taiwan
13400
CHUNG LIANG KUO top the Freezeout
The Freezeout event pulled in 96 players to fill up nearly half the club. It took seven and a half hours to find its champion. After the elimination of Chanhee Yea, it was an all Taiwanese three-handed race to the title. Ching Wei Chen was first to miss the glory, falling to Chung Liang Kuo’s pocket Eights. Heads up ran a quick ten minutes. Kuo’s 
held against Chieh Shan Yang‘s overcards.
Buy in: NT$ 6,000 (~$195)
Entries: 96
Prize pool: NT$ 931,200 (~$30,108)
ITM: 11 places
Payouts
1st
Chung Liang Kuo
Taiwan
295500
2nd
Chieh Shan Yang
Taiwan
177000
3rd
Chingwei Chen
Taiwan
111700
4th
Chanhee Yea
South Korea
72200
5th
Pieter Borremans
Belgium
55900
6th
Tatsuto Chinen
Japan
4420
7th
Yu Jenam
South Korea
37200
8th
Sparrow Cheung
Hong Kong
32600
9th
Ryo Kotake
Japan
29500
10th
Shihchi Kao
Taiwan
27000
11th
Minjun Jeon
South Korea
25100
TAKAO SHIMIZU wins the Seniors NLH
The first ever Seniors NLH in Asia was tabled at the festival and this was largely due to a poker enthusiast named Buddy. An avid player, Buddy shared,
“I messaged WPT’s Danny McDonagh about the possibility of adding a Seniors Event, and he said yes for WPT Prime Taiwan. Despite all the news about China and North Korea, three of us were still able to go this year. My Global Poker Community Facebook group has over 6,000 and I believe there will be a bunch more members going next year.”
It may have been a light 19 player turnout for its debut appearance but it certainly was a good start. Third placer Anthony Hope was thrilled to have this event on the list. He also enjoyed the structure. In the end, the win was awarded to a well known Japanese pro / 2018 WPTDS Vietnam Main Event runner up Takao Shimizu, who struck a deal with Chung Chun Wen at heads up. With more chips, Shimizu was awarded a slightly higher payout and the trophy.
Buy in: NT$ 6,000
Entries: 19
Prize pool: NT$ 93,900 (~$3,035)
ITM: 3 places
Payouts
1st
Takao Shimizu
Japan
$39,550*
2nd
Chung Chun Wen
Taiwan
$35,550*
3rd
Anthony Hope
Australia
$18,800
*Heads up deal
Day 1 results: Super High Roller
The Super High Roller saw 33 players toss in the NT$ 200,000 (~$ 6,467) buy in into the kitty padded up another 14 re-entries for a closing pot of NT$ 8,662,100 (~$280,065). Among the international contingent were Korea’s Yohwan Lim famously known as BoxeR, WSOP bracelet winners Sung Joo Hyun, Motoyoshi Okamura, Australia’s Joseph Sandaev, and Hong Kong’s Sparrow Cheung. However, all failed to make it through the day.
Returning to Day 2 are the final 13 players led by New Zealand’s Hamish Crawshaw. He is trailed closely by one of the hottest running Asian pros today, Punnat Punsri, and Korea’s Seung Hun Ko. Five players will be representing home turf with Chia Yun Wu ahead of that pack. One of the hands that helped build his stack was his elimination of Thailand pro Phachara Wongwichit.
Buy in: NT$ 200,000 (~$6,467)
Entries: 47 (33 unique, 14 re-entry)
Prize pool: NT$ 8,662,100 (~$280,065)
Day 1 chip counts
Player
Flag
Chips
BB
Hamish Crawshaw
New Zealand
1,260,000
50
Punnat Punsri
Thailand
1,145,000
46
Seung Hun Ko
Korea
1,105,000
44
Hon Cheong Lee
Hong Kong
1,015,000
41
Chia Yun Wu
Taiwan
1,005,000
40
Natalie Teh
Malaysia
955,000
38
Daisuke Ogita
Japan
950,000
38
Yu Chung Chang
Taiwan
945,000
38
Michael Soyza
Malaysia
925,000
37
Jun Hao Wu
Singapore
855,000
34
Pete Chen
Taiwan
650,000
26
Wen Kai Chen
Taiwan
615,000
25
Yen Liang Yao
Taiwan
225,000
9
Player of the Festival – update (9 events)
CHINYAO WANG
500
1st
CHUNG YI HO
475
2nd
MOTOYOSHI
400
3rd
LEE KUN HAN
375
4th
YI WEI PENG
350
5th
WEI TING CHEN
300
6th
YU SHENG LIN
300
7th
CHUNG LIANG LIN
300
8th
WU HUNGHSIANG
300
9th
NATALIE TEH
300
10th
VICTOR CHONG
300
11th
PI YING HSU
300
12th
CHUNG LIANG KUO
300
13th
Stick with us at Somuchpoker as we bring you updates of the ongoing series.
Links:
WPT Prime Taiwan – Event Payouts
WPT Prime Taiwan underway – first five events
WPT Prime Taiwan – Event 6 – 9
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