Warm Up Mystery Bounty

The second of four Warm Up Mystery Bounty qualifiers, Flight B drew in a slightly lesser 70 entries across ten levels of registration, and similarly played down to 15% of the field at 11 players. Local runner Wei Jen Wang stacked the largest by the end of the night, bringing in a commanding 448,000 chip count onto the Final Day games. Wang extended his lead right after the last break, and utilized the last couple of levels to his advantage, propelling him to the top just as the day closed. Wang surpasses initial chip leader Chan Lok across the overall order, and sets the benchmark for tomorrow's final two heats.

All Day 1 survivors have secured a piece of the NTD 4,000,000 (~USD 123,040) guaranteed prize pool, and will have a day to rest as they return for the Final Day battle on Sunday, December 15th, where the bounty prizes are due to kick in.

Warm Up Mystery Bounty

Date/s: December 13-15, 2024

Buy-in: NTD 12,000 (~USD 380)

Guarantee: NTD 4,000,000 (~USD 123,040)

Flight A: 74 entries, 11 qualified

Flight B: 70 entries, 11 qualified

Flight C: December 14

Flight D: December 14

Final Day: December 15

Wei Jen Wang opened utg and saw Zong Chi He commit his last 12,000 right on the big blind.

Still a race, board A♣ A♦ 5♠ 7♣ 5♦ ran dry for both, leaving Wang's queen-high good for the bubble bust.

Yuting Chen opened to 12,000 on the button and was met with a 42,000 three bet from Kristof Segers on the big blind. Chen answered with another raise to 80,000, yet folded shortly after Segers demanded for the rest right on bubble time.

Chen Jui flicked in his last 20,000 utg, called by a player on the cutoff. Won Bae on the button, sent out a raise to 60,000 and successfully isolated the short stack battle to showdown.

Up against the best starting hand in poker, Chen headed out two places shy of the money shortly after board 7♦ 8♥ K♣ 7♥ 3♣ landed on the felt.

Facing a late position open and a call, Yuting Chen on the big blind raised all-in for 138,000 and was challenged by initial raiser Chen Jui.

Ahead with a pair, Yuting Chen cruised to victory as board ran 7♦ Q♣ 3♥ 8♣ 8♠ , crippling Chen Jui in the process.

Kristof Segers opened on the cutoff, joined by player on the button and Wei Jen Wang on the big blind. All three checked flop J♠ K♣ 6♠ through to turn Q♥ , where Wang led 15,000. Segers put in the call and paid another 20,000 blind bet on river 6♦ , only to muck as Wang revealed two pair K♠ T♦ .

Yung Yang opened utg and called a 26,500 three bet from Masataka Setoguchi on the button. Setoguchi continued for another 26,500 on flop T♠ T♥ 9♥ , enough for Yang to let it go.

Yung Yang opened to 8,000 utg+1, followed by an 18,000 three bet from Yuting Chen behind. Edward Lin on the big blind, cold called, joined by Yang onto flop T♦ 9♦ 2♠ . Action checked round to turn 2♦ , where Lin led all-in for 15,500. Yang folded, and left Chen to pause for a minute. Chen eventually found the call with K♠ 9♠ , ahead of Lin's A♥ K♥ all the way through river 8♦ for the win.

Today's last side event on schedule, Hyper Turbo, is officially closed for registration with a total of 48 entries locked in. Eight players out of the remaining 26 currently seated will bank a share of the NTD 200,500 (~USD 6,165) prize pool, with the eventual champion taking the largest cut at NTD 67,600 (~USD 2,080).

Hyper Turbo

Date/s: December 13, 2024

Buy-in: NTD 5,000 (~USD 160)

Entries: 48

Prize pool: NTD 200,500 (~USD 6,165)

ITM: 8 places

Full Payouts

1st - NTD 67,600

2nd - NTD 40,700

3rd - NTD 26,400

4th - NTD 18,700

5th - NTD 15,100

6th - NTD 12,400

7th.- NTD 10,600

8th - NTD 9,000

Kao Kuo Wei committed his entire 101,500 with A♣ Q♠ and ran smack into Yung Yang's K♦ K♠ right beside.

Board 6♠ 5♣ 9♣ 6♦ 6♥ offered no help to Wei's demise, sending him out of the Flight B running entirely.

Kai Cheng Hsu opened utg and went on to fourbet jam his entire 75,500 against a raise from Kong You Lai right behind. Kong snap called with his premium pair, and delivered the bust shortly after board 6♠ K♥ 3♣ J♥ 7♦ rolled on the felt.

An all-in preflop situation saw Chen Jui at risk for his 57,500 stack against Liang Yeh on the big blind.

Board A♥ 5♠ 9♦ A♦ 2♦ missed to pair either player, leaving Chen's queen high good for the take down.

With 65,500 in the middle spread out across board 5♥ K♦ 9♣ T♣ 7♣ , Hsu Chin Ling made an attempt for 20,500 on the big blind. Initial raiser Kristof Segers bumped it up to 85,000, called by a player behind for his lesser 57,500. Hsu opted out, leaving the two to showdown.

Segers revealed flush A♣ 6♣ , crushing his opponent's second nuts K♣ 8♣ for the pot.

Wei Jen Wang fired a 19,000 three bet against Chen Chih Wei's button open, and saw the latter complete. On flop 3♦ J♥ K♣ , Chen tank called a 20,500 cbet from Wang, revealing turn K♥ . Wang this time, check called 35,000 from his opponent and arrived at showdown for cheap after Chen checked back river 5♣ . Wang showed 8♠ 8♥ and Chen mucked.

A slightly lesser 70 entries have been recorded for today's last Warm Up Mystery Bounty qualifier, with only 28 players currently remaining in the running. Action will close once the field is down to 11 players standing, all ensured a share of the NTD 4,000,000 (~USD 123,040) guaranteed prize pool.

Two more flights will follow on tomorrow's schedule, where Flight C will run 30 minute blind levels, followed by Flight D in the evening featuring a similar faster paced 20 minute gameplay.

Today marks the start of the highly awaited Players Series in Taipei, Taiwan! Eleven days of thrilling poker action awaits, beginning with its first highlight on the list - Warm Up Mystery Bounty. Two flights are geared to take flight this opening day, each playing down to 15% of the field (ITM). The second heat on schedule, Flight B features a faster paced 20 minute gameplay with its end of day survivors set to join Flight A's 11-player pack.

Warm Up Mystery Bounty

Date/s: December 13-15, 2024

Buy-in: NTD 12,000 (~USD 380)

Guarantee: NTD 4,000,000 (~USD 123,040)

Flight A: 74 entries, 11 qualified

Flight B: December 13

Flight C: December 14

Flight D: December 14

Final Day: December 15