USOP: Poker2U Taiwan Series draws 249 Mystery Bounty hunters; Anton Lu bags big; last two flights today; Chung Yi Ho wins Hyper Turbo

 

Welcome to Day 3 of the U Series of Poker: Poker2U Taiwan Series! The ten-day live festival opened on February 10 at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) in Taipei City, Taiwan and runs through February 19. For those that missed the opening festivities, Taiwan’s Ching Wei Chen ‘Carter’ 陳靖惟 shipped the Kick Off event and fellow countryman Chung Yi Ho 何崇義 picked up a trophy at the evening’s Hyper Turbo.

Today’s highlight is the Mystery Bounty which features a rich TWD 3,000,000 (~$99,430) guarantee. This is one million more than the Kick Off event. Yesterday, Day 1A and Day 1B attracted a combined 249 entries with 26 players advancing to Day 2. Only two starters left on schedule, both will run today. Day 1C starts at 1pm and Day 1D starts at 5pm. Buy in is TWD 10,000 (~$330). Read up on the details and previous starting day results down below.

End of Day 1A – 15 players

Anton Zhen Zhao Lu		Australia	827,000
Kar Hou Lim	林家浩	Malaysia	512,000
Chien Chih Weng	翁芊智	Taiwan	411,000
Beng Wei Lim	林銘威	Malaysia	333,000
Sin Ren Chen	陳信任	Taiwan	320,000
Wei Hsun Chen	陳韋勳	Taiwan	208,000
Yung Lung Xiao	蕭詠隆	Taiwan	164,000
Yu Sen Chu	朱宇森	Taiwan	132,000
Wei Zhou	鄒緯	Taiwan	129,000
Yu Sheng Lin	林祐聖	Taiwan	126,000
Hang Wei Yeh	葉紘瑋	Taiwan	116,000
Tzu Yuan Fu	傅子袁	Taiwan	110,000
Feng Wen Chen	陳豐文	Taiwan	89,000
Mao Lin Yu	游茂林	Taiwan	82,000
Ori Kossonogi	李宗英	Israel	17,000

Day 1A drew 146 entries with 15 players (12.5%) advancing to Day 2. Australia’s Anton Lu (pictured above) had a stellar day on the felt, delivering knockout after knockout that included Filipino pro David Erquiaga with pocket Fives beating pocket Threes. Lu bagged up an enormous 827,000 in chips, to close as heat leader.

Also through to the money round, though not with much, was Israel’s Ori Kossonogi who doubled up during the bubble round only to lose most of it to Taiwan’s Maggie Chien Chih Weng 翁芊智. It was a classic flip, Kossonogi , Weng , and the board . The end of day came about when Malaysia’s Kar Hou Lim eliminated a player on the bubble with dominating . Lim bagged up the second largest stack of Day 1A.

Over at Day 1B, 106 took on the challenge and in six hours it wrapped up seeing Luke Kuang Hung Lee booted on the bubble with Ace-Queen over Ace-Jack. Racking up the largest was Malaysia’s Cheng Jing Lin 林成旌 with 548,000 in chips. Other notable survivors were Pot Limit Omaha specialist Kristof Segers and one of Taiwan’s top pros,  Pete Yen Han Chen 陳彥翰.

End of Day 1B – 11 players

Cheng Jing Lin	林成旌	Malaysia	548,000
Zachary Duce		Australia	394,000
Cheng Chzeh Yang	楊成傑	Taiwan	366,000
Shih Wei Hou	侯世偉	Taiwan	328,000
Yueh Chiao Yang	楊岳樵	Taiwan	278,000
Segers Kristof		Belgium	192,000
Yen Han Chen	陳彥翰	Taiwan	138,000
Yew Tong Liew		Malaysia	134,000
You Da Tsai	蔡侑達	Taiwan	101,000
Szu Ting Yeh	葉思廷	Taiwan	99,000
Chao Ting Cheng	鄭兆廷	Taiwan	67,000

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CHUNG YI HO 何崇義 wins the Hyper Turbo NLH

One of Taiwan’s up and coming players, Chung Yi Ho 何崇義 outshined at the evening’s Hyper Turbo NLH. He bested a field of 137 entries to capture the trophy and TWD 100,400 (~$3,330). Last year, Ho ventured outside of Taiwan for the first time and had a lucrative Poker Dream High Roller, finishing 2nd at the High Roller for a whopping  ~US$ 60,970, his first ever five figure score.

Buy in: TWD 3,300 (~$110)
Entries: 137
Prize pool: TWD 358,800 (~$11,890)
ITM: 12 places

Payouts in TWD

Place	Name	姓名	Flag	Payouts in TWD
1	Chung Yi Ho	何崇義	Taiwan	100,400
2	Chris Chen	陳炫堯	Taiwan	63,200
3	Alex Wong		Malaysia	37,500
4	Shuin Li	李書吟	Taiwan	22,700
5	Vitto Jeevanji		Reunion	17,600
6	Pi Ying Hsu	許必穎	Taiwan	14,800
7	Ariuntemvvjin		Mongolia	12,800
8	Chien Te Lee	李建德	Taiwan	11,400
9	Baldan Lkhagva		Mongolia	10,000
10	Yu Hoi Chan	陳禹凱	Hong Kong	8,700
11	Tsai Feng Liu	劉蔡豐	Taiwan	8,700
12	Yu Tang Hu	胡毓棠	Taiwan	8700
13	Liwei Sun	孫立偉	Taiwan	7,600
14	Chia Yu Lin	林家宇	Taiwan	7,600
15	Tj Tj		Mongolia	7,600
16	Anton Lu		Australia	6,500
16	Kaihsiang Lee	李愷翔	Taiwan	6,500
18	Komane Posuwan		Thailand	6,500

More action ahead so stay tuned to Somuchpoker as we bring you daily recaps and highlights of the ongoing series. The inaugural USOP: Poker2U Taiwan Series is ongoing at the CTP Club until February 19, 2023. For photos, head to the Somuchpoker News & Event Coverage facebook page.