Main Event (16,500 NTD)

Bad timing for Mao Lun Yu to get J♥ J♦ only to shove into Jonathan Looi with Q♥ Q♣ . No help arrived on the board 2♥ 7♥ 5♠ T♣ 2♦ to end Yu's run in 20th place.

From the button, Ken Chuang called Mao Lun Yu's min-raise then called another 80,000 bet on the flop 4♠ Q♣ T♦ . Though no bets landed on the turn 7♦ , the river 3♣ saw Yu come out for 200,000, Chuang snap-called and showed 9♣ 9♠ easily beating Yu's K♦ 4♦ lower pair.

Folded around to the button, Mu Ze Li raised 50,000, small blind folded while big blind Mao Lun Yu defended to play the flop Q♥ 5♥ 2♣ . Yu checked to the aggressor Li who fired another 35,000, Yu called. Both players then played it safe with checks on the turn 8♦ and river 2♥ . Yu flipped over Q♠ 7♣ for the win.

Preflop battle began with Eric Hsu looking down at T♠ T♥ and raising 30,000, Mao Lun Yu also was dealt premium of A♥ Q♥ and re-popped it to 100,000, Hsu answered with a shove of 259,000, Yu wasn't going anywhere and called to put Hsu at risk.

With the board running J♥ 7♥ 5♣ K♠ 8♦ , Hsu dodged all of Yu's outs and shipped the 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.

Po Yuan Chen opens for 10,000 then pays Mao Lun Yu's 26,000 three-bet to see the flop 5♥ 9♥ Q♠ . After Chen checks, Yu maintains persona with a 32,000 bet and Chen tank-calls. On the turn 6♠ , same action however this time Yu's shove is met with a fold.

A pot of 66,500 had already been brewed by the time we got to the table and a board showing 7♦ K♥ Q♦ 5♣ 6♦ . Mao Lun Yu announced all in for 71,000 sending Lin Wei Chun deep in the tank. Lin finds the reason to call and flips over 9♦ 8♥ straight. Confirming Lin's fear, Yu turned over J♦ 5♦ flush.

With a board showing 3♥ 8♦ T♦ 4♣ and around 10,000 chips in the pot, Hsu Wen Chun checked the action from the big blind to Mao Lun Yu from under the gun, who also checked it over. The c revealed on the river, where Chun fired out 10,000 and Yu snap-called to take it to a showdown. Chun tabled 3♦ 3♠ for a rivered quads, leaving Yu no choice but to muck the hand.