Main Event (16,500 NTD)

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.

Small blind Yu Cheng Hsu raised 125,000 and after big blind Fu Sheng Kuang called, Hsu continued for 80,000 on the flop A♦ Q♥ 9♥ . Kuang answered it with a 200,000 raise however when Hsu battled back with a shove, Kuang folded.

Already ahead, Ng further improved on a board A♣ K♥ 3♠ 3♣ 6♣ to ship a double up.

With the board running 8♣ 4♠ 7♥ K♥ 5♣ , Kuang completes a straight to breathe a sigh of relief at his good fortune.

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.

Ken Chuang put it all on the line holding A♣ T♣ and was in bad shape against Fu Sheng Huang's T♥ T♦ . With the board running 4♣ 9♣ K♥ K♦ 2♠ , Chuang failed to improve to exit in 16th place.

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.