Superstar Challenge (66,000 NTD)

Hsuan Cheng Lai shoved all in for 3,275,000 from under the gun and Kristof Segers called form the cutoff to put Lai at risk.

Hsuan Cheng Lai A♦ 5♠

Kristof Segers A♣ J♣

The board ran out T♠ 8♥ A♥ T♦ 7♠, sending Lai to the rail in fifth place for a payday of NTD 291,600.

Hsuan Cheng Lai opened the cutoff to 320,000 and Ori Kossonogi three-bet to 895,000 from the small blind, which Lai shoved all in for around 6,405,000. Kossonogi called off his remaining chips and put himself at risk.

Ori Kossonogi A♣ K♦

Hsuan Cheng Lai T♦ T♠

The board rolled out: J♥ 2♠ 6♠ Q♣ A♠, The ace on the river gave Kossonogi the higher pair of aces and securing himself a double-up.

Hsuan Cheng Lai shoved all in for around 2,700,000 from the cutoff and Kai Cheng Hsu called off on the button.

Kai Cheng Hsu A♦ K♦

Hsuan Cheng Lai A♣ A♠

The clean board swiftly rolled off 7♥ J♣ 6♥ 5♠ 4♥, sealing the elimination for Hsu in seventh place.

Hsuan Cheng Lai raised to 240,000 from late position and Kristof Segers called on the button.

Both saw a flop of K♠ 3♥ 5♣, and Lai bet 240,000, which Sergers dropped in a call to the 8♣ turn, where the action went check-check.

The river brought the Q♥, and Lai checked over again. Sergers fired out 450,000, forcing Lai to fold

Dave Erquiaga raised from under the gun and Hsuan Cheng Lai three-bet to 1,000,000, which Erquiaga shoved all in for around 1,190,000. Lai dropped in a call to put Erquiaga at risk.

Dave Erquiaga A♣ K♣

Hsuan Chen Lai K♠ K♦

The clean runout revealed 4♥ 6♥ 7♠ 7♦ 6♠, sending Erquiaga out of the table in ninth place.

Meng Ling Lin shoved al in from the hijack for and received four callers, Jason Lau from the cutoff, Kai Cheng Hsu on the button, Hsuan Cheng Lai from the small blind, and Ori Kossonogi from the big blind.

The four callers checked through the board of 6♠ 3♠ 8♥ A♣ K♥. Lin tabled J♥ 8♦, Lau showed 5♣ 5♦, Hsu flipped K♠ J♦, Kossonogi revealed 9♦ 3♥, Lai showed A♠ J♠, Lai's Pair of Ace on the turn wins the multi pot, sealing the deal of Lin’s elimination in eleventh place.

Kai Hung Hu opened to 50,000 from the hijack, and Hsuan Cheng Lai three-bet to 150,000 from the cutoff, which Taisei Sakamoto from the big blind and Hu made the call. Three players read a flop of 8♥ J♥ 3♦. Sakamoto and Hu checked the action to Lai, who then fired out 250,000 only to be jammed by Sakamoto for 350,000. Only Hu stuck around.

Taisei Sakamoto K♥ K♣

Kai Hung Hu 3♣ 3♥

Hu held the lead with a flopped set against Sakamoto’s pocket kings. The dealer delivered a runout of 2♣ and A♦, sealing the end of Sakamoto’s tournament life.

The action was picked up on the turn with a board showing J♥ A♣ 3♥ 8♥ and around 100,000 chips in the pot when Hsuan Cheng Lai checked from late position to Armon Van Wijk, on the button, who fired out 60,000, sending Lai into the tank. After a long time, Lai dropped in a call. The T♦ revealed on the river, where Lai checked over and Wijk fired a barrel of 110,000, leaving only 10,000 behind. Lai finally threw his cards back to the dealer after long consideration.