Main Event

Sin Lan Chen has been railroading the table picking up pot after pot. Zong Chi He put a pause to it raising preflop that was called by Sin Lan Chen. On the flop A♥ K♠ 8♥ , Zong continues for 300,000 and wins the pot.

Zong Chi He pushes all in from utg and finds no callers. Next hand, Zong three-bet all in and again won the pot. For the hat trick, Zong fired another three-bet and still no callers to chip up into mid position.

Sin Lan Chen looks down at A♥ J♦ and challenges back at raiser Zong Chi He A♣ Q♠ with a 900,000 re-raise. After using up a time bank Zong calls and they head to the flop J♠ J♥ 6♦ . Landing trips, Chen continues for 400,000 and Zong calls. On the turn T♥ , an 800,000 bet from Chen goes unmatched to claim the pot.

Cutoff Yu Cheng Hsu A♥ J♦ raises it up and Zong Chi He Q♣ J♠ calls from the button. Both players miss the flop 7♣ 8♣ 4♥ and check. They miss again on the turn 5♣ . Hsu checks again, Zong uses position to bet 375,000 and wins the pot uncontested. Following this hand, Zong raises and wins the blinds and ante.

From cutoff, Sin Lan Chen A♦ 5♦ gave it a bump to 300,000 and the pot grew further with small blind Zong Chi He K♦ J♠ and big blind Ruei Jiun Liang 9♠ 7♣ calling. At the flop 6♦ T♦ 3♥ Zong stole command with a 450,000 bet, this was enough to get Liang to fold while Chen flats with her flush draw. On the turn A♣ , Zong continues with a 550,000 bet, this time he is met with a shove from Chen of 1,610,000, Zong gives it up.

Facing a min-raise by cutoff Zong Chi He A♦ 4♥ , short stacked Chang Ming Hung K♠ 2♥ on the big blind three-bet to 1,000,000. Zong let him have it.

Folded to the small blind Zong Chi He 9♦ 8♦ limps then calls big blind Ruei Jiun Liang's A♦ 5♦ 350,000 raise. On a flop K♠ J♥ 6♠ , Liang continues 200,000 and takes it down.

Battle of the blinds begins with a limp by small blind Erwin Ng K♣ 4♦ and sees a flop T♣ 8♣ 7♥ with big blind Zong Chi He 6♣ 3♥ . They check it to the turn 5♦ . With air, Ng takes a stab at the pot for 125,000, with open ended Zong calls and the board completes J♠ .Zong comes out firing 700,000 , Ng gives it up.

Zong Chi He K♥ 4♥ and Chang Ming Hung Q♦ 9♥ in a raised pot see a flop T♦ T♠ 3♦ . Zong continued 140,000, Chang check-raised 420,000, Zong called, and a K♦ came on the turn. Chang fired again for 320,000, Zong called with top pair, then both checked the river 8♣ .

Top two stacks go head to head starting with Zong Chi He A♠ K♠ raising 160,000. Yu Cheng Hsu defends his big blind with 7♦ 5♦ . Hsu lands two pair at the flop 7♥ Q♣ 5♠ and check-raises from 125,000 to 325,000, Zong tanks then three-bets 825,000. Hsu uses a time bank as well then four-bets 1,600,000. Zong gives it up and the lead.

Action folds to the button Zong Chi He T♦ 8♠ and he raises 160,000, big blind Nick Lai won't let him steal his blind and defends. Zong tries again at the flop A♦ J♣ Q♠ with a 120,000 bet but Lai continues to check-call. On the turn A♠ , another 430,000 from Zong was still called by Lai. With the river J♦ , Zong decided to check back and loses the pot.

When the board ran T♥ 4♠ J♥ J♠ 6♣ , Zong's ace held to rail Looi in 9th place while Chen was dismayed at seeing the results.

Welcome to the final day of the Players Series Taipei 2024! Multiple events will be heating up the floor headlined by the Main Event where only nine players remain on the hunt for the inaugural title.

Attracting 748 entries, the prize pool remained at NTD 15 Million with the money round reached in the middle of Day 2. The field trimmed further in Day 3 with 47 players returning and bagging up at the final 9.

When the finalists return, they are all guaranteed NTD 246,000 (~US$ 7,657) however the target will be the top prize of NTD 2,503,000 (~US$ 77,000).

Cards start flying at 1pm local time. The SMP team will follow the livestream on PS YouTube which will be delayed by 30 minutes.

Just over seven hours of actual play, the Main Event field trimmed from 47 players down to the final 9 . The locals dominated with six of the players waving the flag. Bagging the chip lead was Taiwanese hotshot Zong Chi He who experienced a late game surge. Zong also railed Fu Sheng Kuang in 10th place to end the day.

Sitting only one big blind behind the leader was Hong Kong's Lee Shun Hei who railed multiple players along the way including the day's entering chip leader Chen Po Jui in 11th place.

The final 9 players return on Monday, December 23 at 1pm to chase down the inaugural PS Taipei Main Event title and the coveted NTD 2,503,000 top prize.

When the board flopped A♦ 7♣ 5♠ , Kuang improved to a higher pair however with the turn J♦ , Zong overtook and went on to win the hand on the river Q♥ . Kuang was eliminated in 10th place, just missing the final table.

At the showdown, Zeng needs help which doesn't come on a board K♥ 9♥ 6♠ 9♣ 7♠ to fall in 12th place.

Up until this time, Zong Chi He had been very quiet and yet managed to keep his stack in decent shape. Calling raise by Nick Lai preflop, Fu Sheng Kuang also joined in for a three-way to the flop A♣ 3♠ 6♣ . Following two checks, Zong test the waters with a 160,000 bet and got called by Kuang. On the turn K♥ , Kuang checked again, Zong announced all in, Kuang folded. Zong flashed T♦ before raking in the pot.

The inaugural Players Series 2024 Main Event resumes with Day 3 kicking off at 1pm local time at the CTP Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City, Taiwan. Returning today are the final 47 players, each one now guaranteed NTD 68,000. The plan is to play down to the final table of 9 players.

At the top of the leaderboard is Chen Po Jui with a towering 127 bb. Chen has been in great shape since Day 1B where he bagged the chip lead and carried it into Day 2 as the second largest. Also making today's lineup is Liao Bo Lin who topped the Day 1 flights. Liao enters with a decent 33 bb.

The game gets underway with blinds at 6000-12,000 with 20:35 remaining in the clock. Average stack is 477,446 (39 bb) giving players plenty of time to maneuver.

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With 47 players remaining, Day 2 has reached its target number. The clock has been paused at 20:35 and will resume tomorrow. At the top of the leaderboard is Po Jui Chen who catapulted after knocking out Yoda Lin to wrap up Day 2.