Warm Up Mystery Bounty (12,000 NTD)

Chih Chang flicked in his last 70,000 and was called by Daniel Yang on the button.

Attempting to hang on, Chang failed to do so after missing board 9♥ Q♥ 6♥ 2♣ 3♠ entirely.

Gerald Foo opened on the hijack and went on to shove his entire 705,000 against Chih Chang's raise behind. Chang snap called with the rockets, putting Foo at risk.

Drawing slim, Foo escaped elimination after the board 9♣ 9♥ 7♣ 6♣ 8♦ ran a straight for his pocket pair.

Chih Pin Chang opened utg+1 and was met with a raise to 115,000 from Yu Chen Huang. Chang came back for 250,000, enough to get Huang to lay it down.

Chih Pin Chang opened 30,000 on the button and called off Chan Lok's all-in for 218,000 total.

Slightly ahead, Chan surrendered his hopes of the trophy after board 8♦ Q♥ 4♦ 8♠ 4♣ ran a slam dunk win for his opponent.

Zi Jin Zhang defended his big blind against Chih Pin Chang's utg open, and check called a 22,000 cbet on flop 5♦ 9♦ A♠ . On turn 4♠ , Chang fired another 38,000 and called 21,000 more following an all-in from Zhang.

Zi Jin Zhang 9♣ 9♠

Chih Pin Chang A♥ T♣

Drawing dead against a set, Chang slided a quarter of his stack to Zhang right on bubble time just as river A♣ completed the board.

Zi Jin Zhang defended his big blind against Chih Pin Chang's utg open, and check raised 33,000 on flop T♣ 3♣ 4♣ . Chang came back with an all-in and ushered a fold from his opponent shortly after.

Vying for 36,000 in the middle across board 2♣ 6♣ 5♣ 6♠ , Chih Chang bet 12,000 on the button and faced an all-in for 69,000 from Baron Ha on the big blind. Chang took a minute before making the call with 8♦ 8♥, and found himself ahead of Ha's A♣ 7♣ . River 4♦ made no difference, shipping Chang another boost while seeing Ha towards the door.

Hu Chung I opened to 5,500 utg+1, called by Chih Pin Chang on the button along with the big blind. On flop 2♣ 2♠ 5♥ , Chang called for another 7,500, revealing turn T♠ . Hu this time, check folded after being faced with a 10,000 bet.

With 36,000 in the pot across board A♣ 4♠ Q♦ 9♣ , Chih Pin Chang led 16,000 on the small blind, called by Chan Lok behind. Chang pulled another 40,000 on river 7♠ , and raked in the boost with top pair A♠ J♣ after Lok tank called and mucked.

The first of four Warm Up Mystery Bounty flights is officially closed for registration with a total of 74 entries recorded across ten levels. Only 34 players remain seated, with action geared to play down to 15% of the field (ITM) at 11 players. One more flight is due to begin in a few, running faster-paced twenty minute blind levels.

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 ITM

Flight B: 6:00 p.m.

Top Chip Counts

A pot of 23,100 was centered around flop 4♣ 9♣ 7♠ . Chih Pin Chang on the small blind, led for 12,000, called behind by Zong Chi He. Chang gunned for another 23,000 on turn 8♣ , and called off Zong's all-in for 40,800 total.

Zong 7♦ 7♣

Chang 8♦ 8♠

Set over set, Chang bagged the chip leader pot as river 9♦ completed the board.

With 11,500 in the middle across flop Q♣ 6♣ 8♣ , a three way all-in was seen with Youngki Jeon holding the nut flush against Chih Chang and Won Bae.

No runner runner arrived on runout 4♦ 5♣ , shipping the 85 BB pot towards Jeon.

Chien Te Lee opened to 2,000 utg, joined by both players on the blinds to flop T♠ A♠ 6♠ . Lee continued for another 2,000, weeding out none to turn T♣ . All checked it through to river 2♦ , where Chih Pin Chang led for 7,000. Lee put in the call, yet mucked as Chang revealed flush Q♠ 3♠ .

Facing an open and a call, Jonathan Looi shoved his last 13,100 and was challenged by Chih Pin Chang on the button. In for a flip, Looi managed to survive through as board K♥ T♥ 4♣ 5♠ 8♣ landed him a set for the win.

San Liu opened to 1,300 utg+1, called by Chih Pin Chang on the small blind. Action on flop 2♦ 5♠ 3♣ was checked round to turn K♦ where Liu bet 3,000. Chang check raised for 4,000 more, allowing Liu to bump it up further to 17,000. Chang finally shoved all-in, more than enough to convince Liu to let it go.

Facing an early open and a 2,100 three bet from Chih Pin Chang on the small blind, Jonathan Looi on the big blind sent out another raise to 7,100, and saw Chang complete. Looi continued for 4,500 on flop 5♠ 6♠ J♦ , check called by his opponent. Turn 8♥ went check check, prompting Chang to lead 7,000 on river T♥ . Looi decided to lay it down and give up the pot.

Chih Pin Chang opened to 800 utg, and went on to fire an 8,600 fourbet vs Baron Ha's raise from the big blind. Ha continued to flop 6♣ 4♠ T♦ and faced a 10,000 cbet from Chang. Ha demanded for Chang's remaining 17,600, to which his opponent happily pushed in the middle.

Ha J♣ J♦

Chang K♦ K♥

An overpair battle, Chang's better holdings remained ahead all the way through turn 4♦ and river 8♦ , earning him the full double up.

With 2,000 centered across board 6♥ 3♠ 7♦ 9♥ , Chih Pin Chang led 1,000 out of the big blind, and was met with a raise to 4,000 from Dan Kwon. Chang bumped it up further to 9,000, called by Kwon behind onto turn 4♦ . Chang sent out another 10,000, leaving Kwon unable to continue.