Main Event (16,500 NTD)

Small blind Yu Cheng Hsu limps and big blind Suya Lee checks. Both check to the turn 2♦ 4♦ 6♠ A♣ . Hsu takes a stab at the pot for 30,000 and Lee calls. Back to checking on the river A♦ . Hsu shows Q♠ 3♠ missed flush, Lee wins the light pot with Q♦ 8♦ higher spread.

Entering the day as second in chips, Ruei Jiun Liang has just taken over the top spot after earning some chips off Suya Lee. From cutoff, Liang opened it with a 24,000 raise and Lee defended his big blind. Liang continued the aggression on the flop K♥ 5♠ 8♦ with a 22,000 bet and Lee check-called. Both opted to pass on the turn T♣ for a free river 7♠ . Lee checked again, Liang counted out 50,000, Lee tank-called then mucked to Liang's K♣ Q♦ top pair.

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.