High Roller

Horace Leung's incredible run to the trophy started on hand 27 of the final table - littered with bad beats for and against nearly every player at some point - when he extracted 23 big blinds from Kristof Segers with Q♦ Q♣ against K♠ J♠ on the board K♦ Q♠ 7♠ T♦ 7♥ that put him in the shared lead with Yoda Lin at the time. He continued to chip up and got another major boost on hand 68 with K♠ Q♣ against Daniel Yang's Q♦ T♥ on a dream board Q♠ 4♠ 8♣ 7♠ Q♥ that saw him capture 42% of chips in play with 5 players remaining. From then on he was unstoppable, eliminating Daniel Yang in 4th with QJ against AQ hitting a flush, Kristof Segers in 3rd with A♦ T♦ against Q♠ Q♥ finding an ace from space on the river and putting the cherry on top by eliminating Chee Chen for the title with Q7 against KQ hitting a seven on the turn.

Gerald Foo, Kristof Segers and Daniel Yang shared another final table just three days after finishing 5th, 4th and 1st at Event #1 Warm Up Mystery Bounty placing 6th, 3rd and 4th today filling their war chests even more and last but not least, runner-up Chee Chen who started the Day as chip leader banking his biggest live cash of $20,080 after a marathon day of almost 15 hours.

High Roller

Date/s: December 17-18, 2024

Buy-in: NTD 33000 (~USD 1,000)

Guarantee: NTD 3,000,000 (~USD 92,270)

Entries: 135

Prize pool: NTD 3,849,200 (~USD 118,540)

ITM: 20 places

Well done everyone and we will see you later at noon when the Main Event Day 1b kicks off.

Horace Leung initiates the final hand with a jam holding Q♣ 7♥ , Chee Chen calls and is a happy camper being far ahead with K♣ Q♦ , but we know by now what that means. A bad beat for the final elimination coming at the pleasure of the dealer, spicing up the felt with 8♣ 6♣ 8♠ 7♦ 2♦ for a last time, crowning Horace Leung the new PS High Roller champion!

Horace Leung looks at A♦ T♦ , raises to 350,000 from the button and Kristof Segers wakes up with Q♠ Q♥ in the big blind to announce all-in for 2,400,000. Horace Leung calls with the short stack in a great position to double when the dealer flips over 2♠ 4♥ 8♦ 6♥ before realizing that Horace Leung's stellar run has to continue and somehow conjures up the A♣ on the river for another beat, sending Kristof Segers home in 3rd and entering us into an incredibly lopsided heads up.

Chee Chen Recovers Some

Kristof Segers limps his SB and BB Chee Chen waives his option to see the flop 4♥ T♠ 6♦ that has Segers lead for 125,000. Back to raising, Chee Chen scoops the pot after sliding 350,000 over the line.

Trying to defend another BB with a 600,000 three-bet holding 4♣ 2♣ against a raise form the chip leader, Chee Chen gets himself into some trouble with the flop K♦ Q♣ T♥ where he forks out another 200,000 that gets called for a checked turn J♠ to complete the board 6♣ . Mounting a last Hail Mary attack for 400,000, Chee Chen watches Horace Leung call and table a flopped straight J♦ 9♣ .

Kicking off the action with a raise to 250,000, Chee Chen takes both opponents on a trip to the flop Q♣ T♣ 4♠ that gets checked to him. Still having a good feeling about J♦ J♣ he continues for 225,000 but is faced with a 1,200,000 jam from BB Kristof Segers holding Q♥ 5♥ . Chee Chen calls, cant find another jack on 2♥ and 8♣ that puts Kristof Segers slightly ahead of him.

First to act Horace Leung initiates the action with another open to 250,000 holding Q♥ J♥ but finds opposition in BB Daniel Yang jamming 1,400,000 with A♣ Q♦ . A quick call has him far behind, but the dealer continues his good run by hitting the felt K♥ 6♥ 9♣ 5♥ A♥ for the nut flush, sending Daniel Yang to the rail in 4th place.

After picking up the blinds once Horace Leung opens 250,000 with K♦ 6♣ from the button, but Chee Chen puts down his foot with J♥ 7♥ three-betting to 600,000 to take down the pot and showing the leader he wont be run over that easily.

The hand after goes to Kristof Segers with A♥ A♣ extracting only one more blind from BB Horace Leung who then surrenders some more to Chee Chen with another 250,000 open from BU holding J♣ 8♥ against BB Chee Chen pumping it to 600,000 with K♦ 6♥ , closing the gap to the leader even more.

After losing a few chips against Kristof Segers the hand before, Chee Chen wakes up with 9♠ 9♣ in the SB and looks at a 1,600,000 jam from Yoda Lin in front of him. A successful isolation for 2,100,000 has Yoda Lin table A♣ 8♦ who finds no ace on Q♣ Q♥ 3♠ 7♣ 5♥ and his deep run comes to an end.

After picking up the blinds again, Horace Leung defends his big with K♥ T♦ against Chee Chen's 300,000 open with A♠ J♥ to see the flop K♦ 9♦ 5♣ . A 225,000 c-bet finds a call for the turn A♣ where Chee Chen's 400,000 second barrel takes it down due to a very disciplined fold from his opponent.

HJ Daniel Yang tries his luck with a raise to 200,000 holding J♥ T♣ and finds CO Horace Leung coming along to the flop Q♣ 3♦ 3♠ that gets checked to the turn A♠ . Yang forks out another 300,000 with a gutter, but Leung hit top pair with A♦ 6♦ and pays up. The blank river 7♥ has both players check and Horace Leung reaches the 6M mark with the other four players having 2M or less.

After a short hiatus, Horace Leung is back to raising with a 250,000 open from HJ holding K♠ Q♣ and BB Daniel Yang defends his big with Q♦ T♥ to see the flop Q♠ 4♠ 8♣ . Horace Leung triple barrels 175,000, 325,000 and 800,000 for max value against three check-calls from Daniel Yang and the board completing 7♠ and Q♥ .

After losing a min open to shorty Chee Chen pre and another to Daniel Yang the hand after, Kristof Segers jams into a 225,000 open from Daniel Yang just to lose it again right after against a jam from Chee Chen that has them both in the shared bottom for now.

After picking up the blinds, Yoda Lin opens again for 250,000 from HJ with 8♥ 7♥ and calls a 650,000 three bet from Horace Leung with A♦ 8♣ to see the flop A♠ 9♦ 3♦ . Leung takes it down with a 400,000 c-bet.

Horace Leung picked up the blinds twice, Daniel Yang took some from short stack Chee Chen just to hand them over to Kristof Segers the next hand.

After winning a small three-way pot and stealing a big blind and ante, Kristof Segers opens 160,000 with 7♠ 7♣ and calls Chee Chen's 630,000 jam to be miles ahead against his 5♦ 5♣ . The dealer delivers another bad beat by tabling 5♥ 4♠ 9♥ A♣ A♥ and the field evens out once more.

Kristof Segers min-opens and BB Daniel Yang defends to see the flop A♣ 2♣ 4♣ that gets checked to the turn 3♠ . Checking is over for Daniel Yang with a straight and a flush draw Q♣ 5♦ who separates 350,000 from his stack and Kristof Segers pays up with top pair and a lower draw A♠ 9♣ . The river K♥ doesn't change much and Daniel Yang forks out another 500,000. Not being able to let go of the top pair and a flush blocker Segers calls and puts Daniel Yang back in the lead.

Daniel Yang kicks us off with a raise to 160,000 and takes both blinds to the flop A♠ A♥ 3♦ where a c-bet of 180,000 is enough to take down the pot.

Short Stack Chee Chen got a jam through with A♣ 2♣ to pick up the blinds from the HJ, Horace Leung lost some to Daniel Yang and Kristof Segers donated two big blinds to Yoda Lin, but is sole chip leader again.

Reinvigorated after the double up, Kristof Segers opens 160,000 from CO with 6♥ 6♦ and BB Daniel Yang defends his big with A♦ 7♥ to see the flop Q♦ 5♦ 3♣ . A 150,000 c-bet and a check-call reveal the turn 5♠ that has Daniel Yang switch gears for a 225,000 lead that gets called by Segers to complete the board 8♥ . Both players check and Kristof Segers' sixes take him back close to the front.

After bleeding chips for a few hands, Daniel Yang is back in the drivers seat with a 120,000 open from UTG to take CO Gerald Foo to the flop A♥ K♥ 4♣ that gets checked to the turn 3♣ . A 200,000 delayed c-bet gets jammed on for 1,300,000 and a snap call by Daniel Yang with A♦ 3♦ spells danger for Gerald Foo's A♠ 2♠ . The river J♦ seals it and the Mystery Bounty champ eliminates the Mystery Bounty 5th at another shared final table.

Making it 120,000 from UTG, Horace Leung takes BB Daniel Yang to the flop J♠ 5♥ 6♣ where a 120,000 c-bet gets called for the turn Q♥ . Checked to Leung again a second barrel of 175,000 slides over the line with K♠ J♥ , but Daniel Yang tries to steal with a double gutter 9♣ 8♣ for 400,000. Not convinced, Horace Leung makes the call for the river 3♦ and picks up the pot after a friendly check check.

With a 120,000 open from the button, Kristof Segers snap calls with A♦ Q♥ when SB Yoda Lin puts him all-in for his remaining 1,400,000 just to find out he is behind against Yoda Lin's A♥ K♣ . The dealer feels guilty after the chopped pot and tables A♠ 2♦ 5♥ Q♦ 6♦ to gift Kristof Segers a double up.

Yeh Hung Wei realizes he picked the wrong time to jam his remaining 760,000 with Q♦ J♦ from the BU when Yoda Lin calls and flips over J♠ J♥ . Only numbers on the board 9♦ T♠ 9♥ 4♠ 7♦ has Yeh Hung Wei's run come to an end.

With both players all-in pre and Kristof Segers' A♣ Q♠ dominating Daniel Yang's A♥ 4♥ the dealer hits the felt K♠ 8♦ 3♦ 8♠ 8♥ to deny Segers the double and keep him towards the bottom of the field.

Kristof Segers initiates the action with a raise to 120,000 from +1 holding K♠ J♠ and Horace Leung makes it 300,000 from SB with Q♦ Q♣ . Segers calls for the action flop K♦ Q♠ 7♠ where a 225,000 c-bet gets called for the turn T♦ to be revealed. Risking to get outdrawn on a wet board like that, Leung only bets 225,000 once more to keep Segers in the hand for the river 7♥ . After some Hollywood, Horace Leung bets 650,000 with queens full and Kristof Segers goes deep in the tank. Consuming three time banks he still cant find the fold and pays up to slip to the bottom of the field.

Opening 125,000 from the button with A♦ 3♣ , Yoda Lin takes BB Daniel Yang to the flop A♥ T♠ 4♣ that gets checked to the turn A♣ where Daniel Yang leads 160,000 with K♣ T♥ . Yoda Lin calls for the board to complete 8♣ and calls again when Yang forks out another 200,000 to win with trips and bank a nice pot taking him over 3M in chips.

First to act Chee Chen kicks off the action with A♣ J♦ and a raise to 105,000, BB Yeh Hung Wei jams his remaining 740,000 with A♠ Q♠ to dominate and Chee Chen finds the call after using two time banks. Everyone misses on K♥ 7♦ 3♠ 8♠ 6♣ and Yeh Hung Wei is out of the danger zone for now.

Chee Chen gets a walk, followed by Daniel Yang three-betting his snowmen against Yoda Lin's threes and the very next hand we have a blind battle among SB Daniel Yang and BB Horace Leung who picks it up with ace-high on 4♣ 2♣ J♦ 2♠ and a 350,000 bet against Leung's 7♦ 6♦ .

Opening to 105,000 with A♣ 5♠ from CO, Gerald Foo takes SB Kristof Segers to the flop 3♣ 6♣ 4♦ that gets checked to the turn J♠ . Segers takes the lead with a 125,000 bet with a semi bluff holding K♣ 9♣ that gets called to complete the board J♥ . Kristof Segers tries to steal the pot with another 350,000 and king high, but Gerald Foo trusts his gut by calling with ace high and trades a time bank for a juicy pot to catch up to the midfield.

Gerald Foo picked up a small pot against Danial Yang with a c-bet on the flop that keeps him from falling too far behind and Kristof Segers continues to win small pots uncontested.

Daniel Yang opens 85,000 from UTG with A♦ T♥ and takes both blinds to the flop J♥ T♦ 2♦ that gets checked to the turn 4♥ . Daniel Yang slides out a 160,000 delayed c-bet and SB Yoda Lin calls with K♥ T♣ to hit a three outer on the river K♠ with Daniel Yang losing the minimum by electing to check behind.

Picking up three pots on the flop by min opening and continuing for the same amount, Kristof Segers keeps increasing his lead.

Yoda Lin kicks off the action with a raise to 100,000 from CO holding Q♠ Q♥ , BU calls with K♠ Q♣ , Daniel Yang attempts to steal with a three-bet to 350,000 holding A♣ 3♥ , Che Yu Liu calls his remaining 185,000 with A♠ J♣ and Yoda Lin successfully isolates with a four-bet to 1,100,000 to take us heads up. The dealer gifts two pair to the underdog right away on A♦ J♦ 6♦ 8♥ , but delivers the sole remaining Q♦ on the river to bring us down to seven players.

Horace Leung opens 80,000 from +2 with A♦ 9♦, BB Chee Chen makes it 225,000 with A♠ A♣ and takes it down.

The next hand has Chee Chen pick up A♣ 9♣ in the SB to take it down with an open raise to 150,000.

With a raise to 100,000 from BU Yoda Lin and BB Chu Che Chun defending we see an increasingly rare flop T♥ 4♠ K♥ without anybody being all-in yet. That immediately changes when Chu Che Chun jams for 90,000 holding 2♦ 2♠ and Yoda Lin calls with bottom pair Q♣ 4♣ . The board completes 7♠ and K♣ with no help for the player at risk which gets us to the final table.

UTG Taisei Sakamoto open jams 265,000 with K♦ Q♣ and chip leader Kristof Segers makes the call with J♠ J♣ from HJ to eliminate another player on 9♦ 9♥ 3♥ T♦ 6♦ board, cementing his lead even further.

Another preflop all-in from UTG Tang Ngong with A♠ T♣ has BB Tsang Ka Chun put his last four bigs into the middle with K♦ 8♠ and the dealer hands out another elimination with Q♠ J♥ T♦ 7♦ 8♣ .

Kim Gilsoo jams 725,000 from CO with A♥ Q♣ and BB Yoda Lin calls with 5♠ 5♦ for another flip and a player at risk. Kim Gilsoo can't find any of his outs on 8♠ K♥ K♣ T♥ 2♦ and his roller coaster run comes to an end.

Seat - Name - Stack

2 Tsang Ka Chun 190,000

4 Tang Ngong 980,000

5 Yeh Hung Wei 650,000

6 Yu Che Liu 860,000

7 Chee Chen 965,000

8 Daniel Yang 2,240,000

Seat - Name - Stack

1 Yoda Lin 900,000

2 Gerald Foo 935,000

3 Chu Che Chun 330,000

4 Horace Leung 1,520,000

6 Kim Gilsoo 625,000

7 Taisei Sakamoto 285,000

8 Kristof Segers 3,555,000

Picking up A♦ Q♣ in the CO Jang Hyunsick does the only sensible thing by announcing all-in for 328,000 and todays action player Tang Ngong calls with A♥ 5♥ from the button. Not being able to evade a five or hit a last minute flush on K♦ 7♦ 9♥ 5♦ T♠ , Jang Hyunsick starts gathering his things.

Chip leader Kristof Segers starts us off with a 60,000 raise from +1 holding A♠ A♦ , LJ calls and SB Hon Ip puts 300,000 over the line. With another player behind, Segers elects to slow play and calls which takes us heads up to the flop J♦ 8♦ 8♣ . Hon Ip continues for 150,000 and another call treats us with the turn 9♠ . Hon Ip puts his remaining 550,000 in the middle with K♣ K♦ , but has to watch Kristof Segers snap call and flip over rockets for a massive cooler. The river Q♠ doesn't change anything and Kristof Segers extends his lead by a mile.

With a 60,000 open from UTG Tang Ngong, BB Jang Hyunsick defends his big blind to see the flop 4♠ 6♠ K♠ . With a scary looking board both players elect to check for the turn K♣ to be revealed. Jang Hyunsick switches things up with a delayed donk-bet to 80,000, but decides to let it go when Tang Ngong raises to 205,000.

Chih Feng Ling Eliminated in 18th place - $2,175

Hao Cheng Eliminated in 17th place - $2,175

Kristof Segers eliminated Tom Henricus Verbruggen out of our view. Tom will get $1,850 and now we move on to another massive hand on a different table.

Daniel Yang initiates the action with a 60,000 raise from +1 holding Q♠ Q♣ and takes both blinds to the flop 6♠ 2♥ 4♥ . Checked to him, Yang separates 75,000 from his stack for a c-bet, SB folds and current chip leader Chee Chen raises to 200,000. With some acting involved, Daniel Yang announces all-in for 808,000 and gets called by Chee Chen with K♥ 7♥ hoping for a king or a heart. The wish is not granted on A♠ and 7♣ and Daniel Yang takes over the lead.

Folded to Daniel Yang in the SB, 80,000 enter the middle, but quickly get surrendered when BB Jang Hyunsick jams for 446,000.

A few hands after, Daniel Yang slides out 125,000 from the HJ, Yeh Hung Wei shoves 217,000 with Q♦ J♥ and Yang calls with A♣ 2♣ . The dealer cant decide who to favor, ending up giving both sevens full on 7♣ 7♦ 5♠ 5♣ 7♥ for a chop.

Folded to SB Chee Chen, 72,000 go over the line, BB Tsang Ka Chun shoves almost 50bb with A♠ J♦ to put his opponent all-in, who happily obliges to call with his remaining 979,000 holding A♥ K♦ . No hits for any of them on 3♦ 7♥ T♠ 9♠ Q♣ puts the favorite Chee Chen back into a commanding lead over the field.

Right the next hand, Tom Henricus Verbruggen picks up Q♣ Q♥ in UTG and jams his 114,000 to get called by BB Cheng Hao with 3♣ 3♥ and evades a two outer on K♠ 5♥ 6♣ 2♦ 7♦ to double up and get back to over ten bb.

Picking up A♥ J♦ in +1, Tom Henricus Verbruggen puts his remaining 27,000 in the middle and HJ Kristof Segers successfully isolates with an 80,000 three-bet, holding A♣ 6♠ . The dealer has something for both on J♣ 3♠ 4♠ 6♥ K♠ keeping the favorite ahead bringing him from one bb to almost five. A chip and a chair baby!

Tom Verbruggen down to one big blind

UTG Jang Hyunsick opens 60,000 and Daniel Yang defends big to see the flop 4♠ J♠ 6♦ where a 50,000 c-bet finds a call to reveal the turn A♣ . Two checks to the river 8♥ and two more to showdown has Jang Hyunsick come out on top with A♦ 9♥ .

Horace Leung starts us off with a raise to 50,000 from HJ to take BU and BB to the flop K♠ K♥ 8♦ . Checked to Yu Che Liu on the button, all-in is announced with two quick folds following to end the hand.

Folded to SB Aaron Lam Wei Ying, all-in for 267,000 is announced with 9♦ 9♣ and BB Edward Yam who is low in chips as well takes his time before calling with A♥ T♣ , handing a time bank to the dealer. The flop Q♠ 8♠ 7♥ looks good for the player at risk, but the turn A♠ and river T♥ change the outcome granting all the remaining players at least NTD 60,000 (~$1,850).

With a 40,000 raise from +1 and a call from the button, SB Erwin Ng jams his last 260,000 with A♦ J♦ , finds a single caller in BU Gerald Foo with A♥ Q♦ and needs to bribe the dealer to stay in the tournament. Not accepting bribes, the dealer tables 7♣ 4♣ 7♠ 5♣ A♠ sending Erwin Ng to the rail and bringing the remaining players to the bubble.

Kim Gilsoo opens 45,000 from UTG with A♦ K♥ , BB Horace Leung jams his newly acquired 333,000 with T♠ T♣ and a snap call has us flipping again. The board completes 9♣ 2♠ 3♠ 2♣ 8♠ with no help for the former chip leader, granting former short stack Horace Leung a second double up within a few minutes.

First to act Tom Henricus Verbruggen kicks us off with a raise to 40,000, followed by a 111,000 jam from CO Chih Wang and a cold call from SB Yoda Lin to take us to the flop 9♥ J♠ 6♦ three-way. Checking around to the turn 4♣ and river 8♦ we see Yoda Lin fork out 300,000 with 8♥ 8♠ after the use of a time bank to successfully isolate and scoop the pot against Chih Wang's K♦ Q♠ .

UTG Chee Chen opens 40,000 and BB Yeh Hung Wei defends big to see the flop J♣ 6♣ 3♥ . Three barrels of 30,000, 75,000 and 250,000 follow to the turn J♠ and river K♠ with the last going unanswered, granting Chee Chen another sizable pot.

The shortest stack Lam Yue Hin jams A♥ T♣ and BB Jang Hyunsick calls with A♠ Q♠ to dominate. The dealer makes short work of the underdog hitting the felt Q♣ 9♠ 7♣ T♠ 4♣ to get us down to 23 players.

Looking at A♦ Q♣ in the SB, Horace Leung announces all-in for 169,000 and is in great shape when BB Kim Gilsoo calls with A♠ 2♠ . No ducks or a third spade on A♣ T♠ 5♠ 8♥ K♣ has the short stack double up to gain some breathing room.

With the bubble being four eliminations away we have Kim Gilsoo still in the lead with 1,320,000 after a recent tangle between 2nd Tang Ngong with 1,100,000 and 3rd Yoda Lin close behind stacking 1,099,000.

Only two players are below 10 big blinds with Lam Yue Hin's 153,000 and Chih Wang's 161,000, so we might see a drawn out bubble phase.

Table 25

1 Lam Yue Hin 153,000

2 Yeh Hung Wei 686,000

3 Chee Chen 982,000

4 Tsang Ka Chun 856,000

5 Daniel Yang 665,000

6 Jang Hyunsick 220,000

7 Chu Che Chun 493,000

8 Taisei Sakamoto 565,000

Table 26

1 Aaron Lam 307,000

2 Edward Yam 574,000

3 Horace Leung 204,000

4 Kim Gilsoo 1,3200,000

5 Yu Che Liu 324,000

6 Gerald Foo 492,000

7 Erwin Ng 330,000

8 Zong Chi He 251,000

Table 27

1 Kristof Segers 440,000

2 Chih Feng Li 327,000

3 Hon Ip 484,000

4 Chih Wang 161,000

5 Tang Ngong 1,100,000

6 Yoda Lin 1,099,000

7 Hao Cheng 453,000

8 Tom Henricus 827,000

Opening 32,000 from +1, Chee Chen takes both blinds to the flop Q♣ J♣ 9♦ where a 60,000 c-bet has him go heads up with Taisei Sakamoto to the turn T♦ . Two checks reveal the river 7♠ where another 80,000 bet takes it down for Chee Chen.

Tang Ngong opens another hand with 32,000 from +1, HJ Yoda Lin Calls and CO Tomita Hidenari wagers his remaining 233,000 with A♠ Q♥ . Trying to isolate, Tang Ngong jams his massive stack with 9♣ T♣ , but Yoda Lin sniffs a good spot to change his tournament for the better, calling 433,000 with A♥ J♥ . The dealer grants him total victory by tabling 5♥ A♣ 6♥ 9♥ K♠ for a flush to send Tomita Hidenari packing and surpassing the former chip leader to his right.

HJ Tang Ngong raises 32,000 and takes the remaining four players to the flop K♠ Q♥ 4♦ where he lays out a 55,000 c-bet that doesn't find any customers, thereby pushing him into the lead all the way from a rebuy earlier in the day.

Horace Leung initiates the action with a 35,000 open from +1, HJ Kim Gilsoo calls and BB Aaron Lam Wei Ming squeeze jams 161,000 to scare off his opponents and takes down a handy pot to aid his short stack.

Folded to SB Erwin Ng, 35,000 go into the middle and Zong Chi He defends to see the flop A♦ 4♦ 6♥ . A 25,000 c-bet gets countered by a raise to 65,000 for Zong Chi He to scoop the pot.

With a 24,000 open from the HJ we see CO and BB tag along for the flop 4♣ 2♦ 9♣ . Checked to CO Tang Ngong a 22,000 feeler goes into the middle and BB Lok Chan is the only one paying up to see the turn 6♦ . With the action checked to Tang Ngong again he puts his opponent all in with J♦ T♦ trying to win it right now, but Lok Chan has other ideas and finds a call with the use of a time bank for his last 266,000 with 5♣ 6♣ being in decent shape for a double up. The dealer turns it upside down with the river K♦ and sends him packing, granting Tang Ngong a massive pot that almost puts him even with the chip leader.

Lok Chan Starts us off with a 24,000 raise from UTG, Kristof Segers calls in +1 and button Tang Ngong slides out the winning three-bet of 100,000.

Leading the action with a 24,000 raise from HJ, Kim Gilsoo four-bets to 164,000 after CO Gerald Foo pumped it up to 55,000. Deep in the tank, Gerald Foo ultimately lets it go, losing a time bank in the process.

Lam Yue Hin opens 25,000 from the button, and BB Chih Wang jams 125,000 which is enough to take it down right there.

Looking at A♦ T♥ on the button, Chu Che Chun feels good about open jamming his remaining 116,000 but receives some bad news when BB Lam Yue Hin calls to flip over A♣ Q♥ . The bad mood brightens when the dealer tables T♣ 3♥ 2♥ 7♦ 2♣ to grant him a much needed double up.

Tsang Ka Chun starts us off with a 24,000 open from CO and takes BU Daniel Yang to another unicolor flop A♦ J♦ 7♦ . A 16,000 c-bet finds a call for the turn Q♣ and two checks present the river 8♠ . Playing it safe with A♠ T♥ , Tsang Ka Chun check-calls 60,000 and adds some more chips to his stack.

The chip leader raises to 24,000 and BB Zong Chi He defends big to see the flop 6♥ T♠ T♣ that gets checked to the turn 9♠ . A delayed c-bet of 28,000 gets raised to 75,000 and Kim Gilsoo pays up to see the board complete Q♥ . Zong Chi He leads 105,000 with Q♣ J♣ , Kim Gilsoo finds a call with a straight J♠ 8♠ and trades a time bank for another big pot.

UTG Zong Chi He raises to 16,000 and takes CO and BB to the flop K♣ K♥ 8♣ . A 20,000 continuation removes one contender to see the turn T♦ where another 50,000 is enough to make CO Tom Henricus fold.

Catching the end of Kim Gilsoo eliminating Lu Chin Tien with a nut flush on the flop, propelling him into the lead, we move on to the next table with the action kicked off by LJ Tomita Hidenari opening to 16,000, Chih Feng Li three-bets to 50,000 and Tomita Hidenari fills up to see the unicolor flop 2♣ 7♣ 5♣ . A 30,000 c-bet and a check-call reveal the turn A♠ where Chih Feng Li lays out a second barrel of 80,000. With the aid of two time banks, Tomita Hidenari finds a min raise to 160,000, but has to let it go after watching Chih Feng Li snap shove 271,000.

Hon Ip opens 13,000 from +1 to take both blinds to the flop 8♥ J♠ 8♣ that gets checked to the aggressor and a 15,000 c-bet slides over the line. Only BB Chu Che Chun wants to play, raising to 40,000, taking Hon Ip to the turn T♠ . Another 40,000 lead is enough for Chu Che Chun to scoop the pot.

With the pot at 71,000 and the board showing 3♣ 3♠ 4♠ 9♠ we get thrown into the action by a 40,000 lead from BB Baron Ha holding a flush with Q♠ T♠, Leung Yiu Yeung calls from CO with fours full 4♦ 4♥ and SB Liu Yu Che check-shoves 109,000 with the second nuts 9♦ 9♠ . The rest of the chips go in the middle for a 62,000 side pot and the dealer delivers a blank 2♠ and starts sorting chips.

Starting us off with a raise to 12,000 from HJ, Wilson Wang takes BB Hon Ip to the flop 3♠ 7♠ J♣ that gets checked to the action turn 2♣ . A delayed c-bet of 20,000 gets check-raised to 50,000 from Hon Ip for a semi bluff with A♠ 4♠ that prompts Wilson Wang to put his opponent all-in holding top pair Q♦ J♦ . Outs galore make Hon Ip call for 154,000 and the dealer finds one of them in the A♣ to grant a double up.

Tang Chi Ngong looks at 2♠ 2♥ in +1 and decides it is go-time with a 167,000 jam. SB Paul Yugendra happily calls for his remaining 109,000 with A♠ Q♥ and we go flipping. No high cards on T♣ 8♣ 6♦ 3♣ 4♠ has Paul Yugendra start gathering his things.

First to act Tan Keng Yong initiates his own demise with a 90,000 jam holding 9♥ 9♦ that gets called by Hon Cheong Lee in +1 who slow plays A♠ A♦ and an over-shove to 136,000 from Zong Chi He in the HJ waking up with Q♦ Q♠ . With the stars of the hand selected, the dealer gets ready to determine the winner by flipping over J♦ 3♦ 6♠ K♥ and a brutal river Q♥ that sends the rail into a frenzy.

Edward Yam kicks off the action with a raise to 12,000 from UTG, Tom Henricus attempts to defend his big with a three-bet to 40,000, but decides to surrender after Edward Yam announces all-in for almost 200,000.

Ko Chia Hsiang opens 12,000 from +1, HJ Tang Chi Ngong pumps it to 35,000, but has to let it go when Ko Chia Hsiang responds with a jam that puts him all-in. Hsiang shows Q♥ Q♠ .

With late registration concluded we have the payouts calculated and uploaded. A total of NTD 3,849,200 in the prize pool and NTD 1,001,000 ~$30,830 for first, we can be sure to see the players' a-game to fight it out until the last contender standing. The top 20 will be ITM from a total of 135 entries with 55 currently remaining.