High Roller (33,000 NTD)

Two-time Players Series winner Daniel Yang has shoved twice in a row and picked up a minor boost after seeing no takers.

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.

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♥ .

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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♥ .

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.

HJ Wong Lu Jie min-opens with K♦ T♦ and gets three bet to 32,000 by SB Daniel Yang. Wong Lu Jie doesn't buy it and announces all-in for 170,000, but Daniel Yang snaps with Q♠ Q♦ . The dealer teases with 8♦ 8♠ K♥ 4♣ , just to reverse course on the river Q♣ to send the underdog packing.

UTG Daniel Yang jams 12,000 with 5♥ 2♠ , Paul Yugendra overshoves 26,000 holding A♦ 2♥ and BB Gerald Foo calls with Q♥ T♦ . With two players at risk, the dealer hits the felt K♣ T♣ 7♣ 6♦ 6♣ and thins out the field by two.