Main Event (16,500 NTD)

After losing a pot to Ruei Liang, Lee Shun Hei picks up a pot with a three-bet jam that finds no callers. However, on his next three-bet shove, Lai will not be pushed as he opens up K♣ K♥ . Lee has A♠ Q♠ . The board runs K♠ 8♦ 9♥ J♦ 4♥ ensuring the win for Lai and Lee an 8th place finish.

Ruei Jiun Liang is on the rise as he picks up another pot. With Q♣ T♣ at cutoff, Liang min-raises and Lee Shun Hei with A♣ 2♠ defends from the big blind. On the flop 2♦ 3♥ 7♥ , Liang slides out 220,000 that Lee check-calls. Both proceed to check the turn 5♣ and river T♥ . Lee's bottom pair loses to Liang's rivered top pair.

Chip leader Yu Cheng Hsu defends his big blind and goes to the flop 8♦ 4♠ 5♠ with button player Lee Shun Hei. Both check it to the turn T♥ . Hsu leads out 150,000, Lee calls for his pair, then the river comes J♠ . Hsu continues to take charge with a 400,000 bet, this time it induces a fast fold from Lee.

From hijack, Nick Lai A♣ T♠ opens 200,000, button Lee Shun Hai J♦ T♦ calls, then small blind Sin Lan Chen is dealt K♠ K♣ and bets it all for a total of 2,260,000 and wins the pot unchallenged.

From utg+2, Lee Shun Hei likes his Q♠ 9♠ and opens for 160,000, from cutoff, Yu Cheng Hsu three-bets 400,000, sending it back to Lee who wastes no time counting and shoves hoping to push out Hsu. However, Hsu has A♠ K♠ and wasn't going anywhere and called for all of his chips.

With the board running K♦ 8♥ 2♠ 2♥ 6♦ , Hsu shipped it and soared to second in command.

After losing half of his stack to Chang Ming Hung, Ruei Jiun Liang steals the blinds on the next two hands then loses another two blinds to Lee Shun Hei. During the hand, Liang looked down at A♦ J♥ from utg+1 and opened for 160,000, from hijack Lee with T♥ 6♥ three-bet 425,000, Liang folded.

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.

With two cards to come, the turn J♦ improved both but Lee was now ahead with a straight. The river T♣ was not one of Chen's outs to bite the dust in 11th place.

With the board running 6♦ 7♣ 2♥ 9♥ 2♦ , Lee's higher pair prevails to end Li's run in 15th place.

Chang Ming Hung opens from utg, several spots over Lee Shun Hei re-raises 155,000, small blind Erwin Ng sends it further north to 450,000 and finds no callers.

Chip leader Lee Shun Hei kicks it off with a raise from cutoff and is denied the steal with big blind Chang Ming Hung defending. Both check to the turn board 6♥ A♣ 2♠ 7♠ which Chang checks again while Lee makes it 130,000 to continue. Chang calls then checks the river 5♣ . Lee uses a time bank then bangs out 400,000, Chang gives up the challenge.

Wang Zhi Yu will continue his tournament run after getting paid the max by Lee Shun Hei. Wang three-bet all in with A♦ J♣ , Lee called with 6♠ 6♦ , a jack showed up on the board 2♠ K♥ J♥ 7♦ 4♣ .

Lee Shun Hei gets dealt A♦ A♣ from ugt and raises it up to 50,000. Down the orbit Chunyao Hou also has a pair, dealt J♣ J♦, and sends it north to 160,000. Action back to Lee who four-bets 400,000, Hou shoves 1,500,000, and with aces, Lee snap-calls for a total of 900,000.

With the board running 5♦ 2♥ 2♠ T♥ 9♦ , Lee's rockets prevail to rake in a massive double up to 75 bb. Hou drops to 24 bb.

With Kai missing the board completely, Lee doubles up and more.

It was practically the end for Lee Shun Hei who three-bet preflop for 205,000 leaving just 5000 behind. Initial raiser folded while caller Chen Po Jui stuck around. With the dealer felting K♠ 2♠ Q♣ , Lee checked to Chen who bet the minimum 20,000, Lee committed the last 5000 behind and was behind.

Chen A♣ K♦ top pair

Lee A♦ J♣

No change on the turn J♦ but on the river T♦ , both players improved to a straight for a split 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.