USOP: Poker 2U Taiwan Series: 48 players hunt down Kick Off TWD 547K top prize; Mystery Bounty 3M gtd begins; Zong Chi He 何宗奇 wins Turbo NLH

 

Welcome to Day 2 of the inaugural U Series of Poker: Poker2U Taiwan Series taking place at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) in Taipei City. Games got rolling on February 10 and will run through February 19. Players can expect another thrilling day at the felt with the Kick Off event certain to crown its champion and the Mystery Bounty TWD 3M guaranteed joining the tournament floor.

 Kick Off Event

The Kick Off event will see 48 players out of the 375 total entries return looking for glory and the TWD 547,000 (~$18,130) top prize. The player best to bring it home is Taiwan’s own Jung Chou Chen 陳榮州 who enters with a huge 696,000 stack / 116 BB.  Live updates will be running from start to finish right here on Somuchpoker.

Buy in: TWD 8,000 (~$265)
Guarantee: TWD 2,000,000 (~$65,260)
Entries: 375 (Flight A – 214, Flight B – 161)
Prize pool: TWD 2,619,000 (~$86,800)
ITM: 48 players

Top 5 in chips

Player	姓名	Flag	Stack	BB
Jung Chou Chen	陳榮州	Taiwan	696,000	116
Kai Hung Hu	胡凱閎	Taiwan	558000	93
Jia Xiang Li	李嘉祥	Taiwan	485,000	81
Wen Shan	單文	Taiwan	456,000	76
Kun Han Lee	李昆翰	Taiwan	436,000	73

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Mystery Bounty TWD 3M guaranteed starts today!

Running side by side is the Mystery Bounty featuring at TWD 3,000,000 (~$99,400) guarantee. This is by far the trendiest head hunter event worldwide. For those new to the format, only players that reach the money round have a chance at bounty rewards. The bounty reward remains a secret until it is drawn. Buy in is TWD 10,000 (~$330). Players have four starting days to try to qualify for Day 2. The first two flights run today, Flight A at 1pm and Flight B at 5pm.

For those that sign up to Flight A, blinds increase every 25 minutes, registration closes at 4:40pm. For Flight B, blinds are slightly faster, increasing every 20 minutes with registration closing at 8pm.

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ZONG CHI HE 何宗奇 wins Turbo NLH

Buy in: TWD 3,300 (~$110)
Entries: 85
Prize pool: TWD 222,600 (~$7,380)
ITM: 11 places

Payouts in TWD

1	Zong Chi He	何宗奇	Taiwan	71,800
2	Wu Hunghsiang	吳宏祥	Taiwan	43,400
3	Meng Ling Lin	林孟伶	Taiwan	27,000
4	Mingchang Hsiao	蕭明昌	Taiwan	18,300
5	Chi Jen Chu	朱啟仁	Taiwan	13,900
6	Jeffrey Tan		Singapore	11,100
7	Win Sam	顏國陞	Taiwan	9,200
8	Teng Chang	張騰	Taiwan	7,800
9	Ting Chieh Yang	楊庭杰	Taiwan	7,200
10	Yusung Lee	李宇崧	Taiwan	6,700
11	Chen Yi Liu	劉甄詒	Taiwan	6,200