Super High Roller (50,000 NTD)

Meng Ling Lin moved all-in for her last 575,000 on the button and was called by both opponents. Action on board J♠ J♣ 7♦ 2♣ 6♦ was checked all the way to the river, where David Erquiaga led for 250,000. Tom Verbruggen opted out, revealing Erquiaga's two pair K♦ 7♥ , good against Lin's Q♦ 9♦ .

David Erquiaga pushed for his last 2,225,000 on the button and was challenged once more by fellow short stack Meng Ling Lin.

Dominated this time, Lin was left with crumbs after board K♠ 5♠ 8♥ 4♥ A♠ left her with jack high.

A blind vs blind clash saw both stacks rush to the middle, David Erquiaga at risk against Meng Ling Lin.

With the same hand, no player was dusted as the two chopped it up on board J♥ J♠ 6♦ 4♦ K♥ .

Tom Verbruggen defended his big blind against Meng Ling Lin's button open, and went on to check raise 1,600,000 on flop J♠ 8♥ 2♠ vs Lin's 50,000 cbet. Lin surrendered, extending Verbruggen's lead once more.

A blind vs blind battle saw Tom Verbruggen open 750,000, called behind by Meng Ling Lin. On board J♠ 9♠ 7♥ K♦ , Verbruggen barreled - 500,000 and 1,200,000, with Lin calling down both streets. Verbruggen fired a final 2,825,000 on river 2♥ and finally convinced Lin to lay it down.

Tom Verbruggen pushed for his last 1,350,000 on the button and was put to the test by Meng Ling Lin on the small blind.

Lin dominated, was in luck to flop two pair on A♦ 9♦ K♥ , turning the tables in her favor. The runout Q♣ 3♣ however, put Verbruggen back in the lead, earning the Dutch the full double up.

David Erquiaga opened 500,000 utg, joined by Meng Ling Lin on the big blind onto flop A♥ 2♥ 4♦ . Action checked round to turn 9♣ , where Lin led 400,000. Erquiaga made the call and arrived at showdown after river J♣ was checked through.

Lin showed bottom pair 5♣ 2♣ , no good against Erquiaga's 7♥ 7♣ .

Meng Ling Lin raised all-in on the small blind, and saw David Erquiaga behind call off for his 2,825,000 stack.

Slightly ahead, Erquiaga secured the double up, having landed top pair on board Q♦ T♦ 3♥ A♦ 6♣ .

Meng Ling Lin completed on the big blind against Eddy Cheng's 500,000 utg open, and check called her opponent's 1,725,000 jam on flop Q♦ 3♠ 3♥ .

Eddy Cheng J♦ 9♠

Meng Ling Lin Q♥ 2♥

Drawing only to a runner runner, Cheng found no hope as the runout 3♦ T♥ completed the board, ending his run in 5th place.

A blind vs blind battle saw Meng Ling Lin open to 500,000, called behind by David Erquiaga. On board 8♣ 4♦ 3♦ 5♥ 4♠ , Lin triple barreled - 300,000, 800,000, and a final 1,400,000, with Erquiaga calling down all three streets. Lin revealed trip fours Q♦ 4♣ , crushing Erquiaga's J♦ 8♦ by the river.

David Erquiaga with half of the chips in play, has been fairly active across the final table and pulled another 400,000 open utg. Meng Ling Lin on the big blind sent out a three bet to 1,000,000, and called off for her 2,775,000 behind after Erquiaga moved all-in.

The biggest pot of the day so far with nearly 8 million in the middle dealt a flop of T♠ T♥ 7♠ , giving some hope to Erquiaga for a straight. The runout T♦ T♣ however, bricked out for the Filipino, shipping the tower of chips as well as the lead over to Lin.

Tom Verbruggen opened 400,000 on the button yet gave it up after Meng Ling Lin on the big blind made it 1,000,000 to go.

Tom Verbruggen opened 240,000 on the button and was met with a three bet to 600,000 from Meng Ling Lin on the big blind. Verbruggen answered with an all-in for 1,800,000 more, enough to convince Lin to let it go.

Meng Ling Lin opened on the hijack, called by David Erquiaga a seat after. On board K♦ 7♣ 9♠ 3♦ , Lin double barreled - 225,000 and 600,000. Erquiaga called the initial cbet but eventually laid it down by the turn after Lin proceeded with aggression.

Hongyu Huang completed his big blind against Meng Ling Lin's utg open and saw a flop of 6♠ 9♥ 7♥ . Action was checked round to turn 2♦ , where Huang bet 250,000. Lin made the call but gave it up after Huang gunned for another 125,000 on river 5♦ .

Tom Verbruggen opened on the hijack, called by Meng Ling Lin along with the big blind. Verbruggen continued for 175,000 on flop T♦ 6♦ 2♠ , with only Lin paying to see turn J♠ . Both checked it through to river Q♥ , where Verbruggen led a final 1,200,000. Lin put in the call and won the pot with two pair Q♠ J♥ , crushing Verbruggen's 5♦ 5♥ entirely.

Meng Ling Lin opened utg but gave it up after Tom Verbruggen pulled a 650,000 three bet from the small blind.

Anthony Li opened to 200,000 on the small blind, joined behind by Meng Ling Lin on flop K♠ T♥ 4♥ . Li continued for 175,000, raised by Lin to 400,000. Li answered with a shove for 1,010,000 total and Lin put in the final call.

Anthony Li A♦ K♥

Meng Ling Lin K♦ 3♥

A great spot for Li to double up, the turn 3♦ instead, crushed his hopes of the title with the river Q♥ sealing his elimination.

The esteemed PS Super High Roller games is down to its final nine players out of its 85-entry field with Netherlands' Tom Verbruggen leading the charge. Verbruggen delivered two busts in the last hour - Hungte Lee as the money bubble and Wei Jen Wang in 10th place, to come out on top of the field with 5,470,000 (91 BB) in chips. Each runner is now guaranteed NTD 113,000 (~USD 3,475) in winnings and a chance to bank the NTD 1,120,000 (~USD 34,445) largest payout on the list.

Players are taking a short break with play set to resume at 9:40 p.m. local time. Livestream is expected to be up and running by 11:00 p.m.

PS Super High Roller

Date/s: December 15-16, 2024

Buy-in: NTD 50,000 (~USD 1,585)

Guarantee: NTD 3,000,000 (~USD 92,270)

Entries: 85

Prize pool: NTD 3,712,800 (~USD 114,190)

ITM: 13 places

Final Table Chip Counts

Remaining Payouts

Meng Ling Lin opened to 120,000 on the hijack, called behind by Yue Hin Lam on the button. Hyunsick Jang on the small blind, squeezed all-in for 700,000 and saw Lin put in the call. Lam opted out and showed Q♠ Q♣ .

A good fold by Lam, Lin failed to escape the spot, shipping Jang the double up as board 8♣ 5♠ 6♦ J♥ T♣ ran on the felt.

Kuan Chen went with A♠ T♣ for his last three big blinds and faced raiser Meng Ling Lin's K♠ Q♠ for a race. Whilst slightly ahead, Chen bound for the exit as board 9♠ 3♥ 8♦ 7♥ K♦ landed Lin top pair.

The rest is off to bubble time with 14 players remaining and 13 guaranteed a payday.

Meng Ling Lin opened to 100,000 utg+1, raised by Yue Hin Lam to 300,000. Lin made it 750,000 to go, called by Lam, revealing flop A♥ J♠ 7♣ . Lin led 500,000 and showed A♦ K♦ after Lam threw in the fold.

Hyunsick Jang defended his big blind against Meng Ling Lin's hijack open, and went on to check raise 200,000 on flop 5♠ 6♠ 6♦ . Lin completed, peeling turn J♦ . Action checked round to river 3♠ , where Lin bet a final 400,000. Jang check folded, shipping Lin yet another boost.

Yue Hin Lam opened utg+1, followed by a raise to 195,000 from Patrick Wahlquist behind. Meng Ling Lin on the small blind, lodged a cold four bet to 400,000, leaving both unable to see a flop.

Vying for a pot of 320,000 on board J♠ 9♥ 3♦ 9♠ A♠ , Meng Ling Lin led for 175,000, called behind by Eddy Cheng. Lin showed full house A♦ 9♦ , earning her the boost.