Main Event (16,500 NTD)

With no action before him, Nick Lai limped in from the small blind then snap-called Chen Shen Huang's huge shove of 325,000 worth 27 bb. It seemed to be exactly was Lai wanted as he flipped open A♥ Q♦ dominating Huang's A♣ 6♦ . No hits on the board for either player J♥ 7♦ 9♦ 2♥ 4♣ to send Huang packing early. Lai now nearly at par with the leader.

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.

Chen Shen Huang with A♥ 6♥ raises 2500, is joined by two players to the flop 7♣ 6♣ 7♥, and again Chen c-bets 2500. From cutoff, Hyung Jin Lee calls, and big blind folds. On the turn 3♥ , Chen continues for 20,000, Lee risks everything behind amounting to 13,600 and flips over T♠ T♣ . With the river 4♦ , Lee's pocket pair holds for a full double up.