USOP: Poker2U Taiwan Series: Mystery Bounty draws 534 for ₫4.6BN prize pool; 56 advance; Siyang Phua, Tse Paul Lee 李詩堡 top heats

 

Another bustling day at the U Series of Poker: Poker2U Taiwan Series with 285 entries (Day 1C – 152, Day 1D – 133) added to the Mystery Bounty player tally. This boosted the total field to 534 entries, and with each buy in costing TWD 10,000 (~$330), the prize pool surged to a rich TWD 4,661,900 (~$154,390). 

Ending the day as heat leaders were Malaysia’s Tse Paul Lee 李詩堡 (Day 1C) with 685,000 and Singaporean WSOP Online bracelet winner Siyang Phua (Day 1D) who bagged up 808,000, just 2 BB behind overall race leader Australia’s Anton Lu. Read up on our recap just below. 

End of Day 1C – 16 players

Tse Paul Lee	李詩堡	Malaysia	685,000
Michael Kravitz		USA	443,000
Nien Heng Li	李念恆	Taiwan	351,000
Jia Chi Lee	李珈綺	Taiwan	345,000
Yong Hing Foo	符永慶	Malaysia	287,000
Wen Shan	單文	Hong Kong	279,000
Wei Shiang Huang	黃偉翔	Taiwan	206,000
Yesniyazov Murat		Kazakhstan	189,000
Sukumar Letchmunan		Malaysia	181,000
Shan Hui Chua	蔡善輝	Singapore	167,000
Ming Yi Lin	林明毅	Taiwan	153,000
Yi Wei Peng	彭亦瑋	Taiwan	134,000
Yu Hoi Chan	陳禹愷	Hong Kong	125,000
Edwin Dela Cruz		Philippines	119,000
Yu Jui Wu	吳育瑞	Malaysia	70,000
Leopold Godefroy		France	68,000

Day 1C brought in 152 entries with 16 players reaching the money round. Malaysia’s Tse Paul Lee 李詩堡 was the bane of several players with his pocket Tens causing plenty of damage.

Well before the bubble round, Lee entered a four way shove that granted him a winning set of Tens to knock out a couple of players and jump to an enormous lead.

Down to three tables, Lee 李詩堡delivered another crushing bad beat with a double gutshot finding the river. Lee 李詩堡opened from under the gun and got called by the blinds. At the flop , Lee c-bet then tank-called a check-raise by the small blind. The turn , small blind shoved, Lee tanked then said, “l know I’m behind but let’s go for it!” He made the call and showed which was behind . That all changed when the landed to award the straight.

Lee 李詩堡 bagged up 685,000 (69 BB) to place him overall third in chips. Day 1C wrapped up with Michael Kravitz dominating .

Over at the Day 1D turbo flight, 14 advanced out of 133 entries. WSOP Online bracelet winner Aaron Siyang Phua was happy to bag up 808,000 (81 BB) and commented “ahh, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen this many chips”.

One bust before the bubble round, Phua added to his already bloated pile by ending a short stack’s desperation. From the big blind, Phua defended with that went on to land trips Twos on the flop to easily defeat .

The day ended with USA’s Duy Ho delivering the bubble. Also making it through were Singapore’s Jacky Wang 王立傑 who finished 2nd at the Kick Off event, UPoker’s Tse Ian Lee 李詩堡, and Taiwan’s Chia Yun Wu 吳家運.

End of Day 1D (Turbo) – 14 players

Siyang Phua		Singapore	808,000
Jacky Wang	王立傑	Singapore	493,000
Duy Ho		USA	325,000
Chun Han Lin	林君翰	Taiwan	244,000
Chin Yao Wang	王靖堯	Taiwan	238,000
Pi Ying Hsu	許必穎	Taiwan	176,000
Cheng Chieh Huang	黃政傑	Taiwan	152,000
Kuan Han Chen	陳冠翰	Taiwan	150,000
Shou Dien Chen	陳守鈿	Taiwan	147,000
Tse Ian Lee	李詩彥	Malaysia	146,000
Keng Yong Tan		Singapore	91,000
Chin Te Huang	黃金德	Taiwan	90,000
Chia Yun Wu	吳家運	Taiwan	81,000
Shu In Li	李書吟	Taiwan	66,000

Mystery Bounty review

Buy in: TWD 10,000 (~$330)
Guarantee: TWD 3,000,000 (~$99,350)
Entries: 534
Prize pool: TWD 4,661,900 (~$154,390)
ITM: 56 players

Day 1A: 143 entries / 15 advance
Day 1B: 106 entries / 11 advance
Day 1C: 152 entries / 16 advance
Day 1D (Turbo): 133 / 14 advance

Top 10 in chips

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Player	姓名	Flag	Stack	BB
Anton Zhen Zhao Lu		Australia	827,000	83
Siyang Phua		Singapore	808,000	81
Tse Paul Lee	李詩堡	Malaysia	685,000	69
Cheng Jing Lim	林成旌	Malaysia	548,000	55
Kar Hou Lim	林家浩	Malaysia	512,000	51
Jacky Wang	王立傑	Singapore	493,000	49
Michael Kravitz		Usa	443,000	44
Chien Chih Weng	翁芊智	Taiwan	411,000	41
Zachary Duce		Australia	394,000	39
Cheng Chzeh Yang	楊成傑	Taiwan	366,000	37

Action resumes on Monday, February 13 starting at 1pm at host venue Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club Taipei). Follow the action via the Live Updates. The 56 returning players are each guaranteed a minimum ₫11,200 (~$370) while ₫450,000 (~$14,900) is reserved for the champion.

Mystery Bounty rewards

Players fortunate to eliminate a player will receive a bounty reward. The largest bounty is ₫500,000 (~$16,560). 

Unlike most Mystery Bounty events, this version adds another layer of mystery to the game. Out of the 56 mystery bounty rewards, seven are coined “Top Prize”. Players that draw this ticket will receive anywhere from ₫100,000 to ₫500,000. However they won’t find out the actual amount until the next day. According to the organizers, one of the top seven prizes will be available to Main Event final table players. 

Mystery Bounty prizes in TWD

Top prizes	Tickets
500,000	x1
200,000	x2
150,000	x1
100,000	x3

Regular prizes	Tickets
60,000	x2
40,000	x7
25,000	x6
20,000	x5
18,000	x7
15,000	x9
12,000	x6
10,000	x7

Payouts in TWD

1st	450,000
2nd	312,000
3rd	200,000
4th	134,000
5th	103,000
6th	88,000
7th	73,000
8th	58,000
9th	45,100
10th-12th	38,500
13th-15th	32,000
16th-18th	26,100
19th-21st	21,800
22nd-24th	18,400
25th-27th	15,000
28th-36th	12,400
37th-44th	11,800
45th-56th	11,200