Nine Asian bracelet holders survive 2023 WSOP Main Event Day 1D, list includes Lok Ming Chan, Mike Takayama, Anson Tsang, Jiyoung Kim; 304 Asians into Day 2

 

Another big batch of Asian players made the cut to Day 2 of the record breaking $10,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship aka WSOP Main Event. The last starting day – Day 1D – drew an enormous crowd that sent the total number surging to over 9,000 players. The heat closed with 114 Asia runners scattered across the lengthy survivor list. Among them were 9 bracelet holders led by Hong Kong’s Lok Ming Chan with 206 bb. One hand that helped Chan get there was banking a three-way with a straight flush.

Lone Filipino bracelet winner Mike Takayama bagged up very healthy as well of 151 bb. He is also one of the contenders of the Somuchpoker Survivor Promo. On the opposite end of the pole was Hong Kong’s triple bracelet winner Anson Yan Shing Tsang. Tsang has already reached ITM in five events but will have to chip up in Day 2 to cash at the main. Tsang bagged up 20 bb at the end of day.

Champion	Flag	Stack	BB
Lok Ming Chan	Hong Kong	164,700	206
Mike Takayama	Philippines	120,500	151
John Juanda	Indonesia-USA	58,100	73
Jiyoung Kim	Korea	43,600	55
Ryutaro Suzuki	Japan	39,700	50
Kartik Ved	India	38,900	49
Aditya Sushant	India	37,700	47
Calvin Lee	Korea	22,700	28
Anson Tsang	Hong Kong	15,700	20

In addition to bracelet holders were 104 Asian players bagging up chips. Korea earned the top three Asia spots which included well known pro Soo Jo Kim. While it is still a long grind to the money, Kim is in prime form to land his first ever WSOP Main Event cash. This year alone he has already earned two six-digit payouts in Korea.

Further down the rung was Thailand’s Punnat Punsri who has been running red hot since last year. Apart from numerous big cashes and takedowns, at the WSOP he came close to gold in two events, finishing 2nd and 3rd. At the ongoing series, he has six cashes with one 9th place finish.

From China, decorated pro Xixiang Luo ran up his stack to 152 bb. He was one of 17 players from China to advance in this flight. In total survivors, China came in second to Japan who topped the count again with a whopping 54 players powering through.

Day 1D Asia qualifiers by flag

Japan – 54 players
China – 17 players
Korea – 13 players
India – 7 players
Hong Kong – 6 players
Taiwan – 6 players
Philippines – 3 players
Singapore – 3 players
Vietnam – 2 players
Malaysia – 2 players
Thailand – 1 player
Indonesia – 1 player

Top 10 from Asia – end of Day 1D

Player	Flag	Stack	BB
Daisuke Goto	Korea	278,700	348
Austin Yoo	Korea	265,100	331
Soo Jo Kim	Korea	232,900	291
Hajime Watanabe	Japan	224,500	281
Nai Hu	Taiwan	218,400	273
Masatoshi Kato	Japan	188,000	235
Ren Lin	China	182,200	228
Wing Liu	Hong Kong	167,400	209
Lok Ming Chan	Hong Kong	164,700	206
Akira Hashimoto	Japan	153,500	192

Top 10 players from Asia – into Day 2

Rank	Player	Flag	Stack	BB
1	Shota Nakanishi	Japan	360,100	450
2	Hai-Chi Ho	China	297,400	372
3	Daisuke Goto	Korea	278,700	348
4	Austin Yoo	Korea	265,100	331
5	Quan Qui	Chinese	234,000	293
6	Soo Jo Kim	Korea	232,900	291
7	Hajime Watanabe	Japan	224,500	281
8	Pakinai Lisawad	Thailand	219,800	275
9	Nai Hu	Taiwan	218,400	273
10	Lester Edoc	Philippines	218,300	273

Main Event Day 2 – Asia player list

[Update} Somuchpoker Survivor List

Lester Edoc	Philippines	218,300
Vincent Li	Hong Kong	151,000
Loic Muller	SMP approved	148,900
Abhishek Paul	India	146,700
William Ysmael	Philippines	142,600
Cezar Quiambao	Philippines	120,900
Mike Takayama	Philippines	120,500
Harry Duong	Vietnam	116,100
Keng Yong Tan	Singapore	113,500
Anton Lu	Australia	101,600
Kyle Magbanua	Philippines	101,100
Trent Fechter	SMP approved	93,300
Aroha Ngata	Australia	59,400
Jose Drilon	Philippines	56,000
William Wong	Australia	54,600
Feng Ji	Singapore	52,500
Patrick Liang	Taiwan-Brazil	30,200
Katsuhito Kawai	Japan	21,900