Warm Up Mystery Bounty (12,000 NTD)

With 1,200,000 in the middle spread out on board 5♠ 6♥ T♦ K♦ Q♠ , Won Bae led for 900,000 and called for his remaining 1,500,000 after Daniel Yang pushed all-in.

Yang revealed the nut straight A♠ J♣ and sent Bae's two pair K♠ 6♦ towards the muck.

Won Bae raised all-in on the small blind and saw Chia Lin commit his remaining 1,400,000.

An easy win for the pocket pair, Lin scooped up the pot as board 9♠ 9♦ 4♠ A♦ J♣ rolled on the felt.

Chia Lin opened to 400,000 on the button and called off Won Bae's shove for 2,200,000.

A crucial race, Bae kept ahead all the way through board 7♦ 3♥ 8♠ 5♠ 7♠ , leaving Lin down short.

Daniel Yang opened to 500,000 on the button and was joined by Won Bae on the small blind. On board 4♠ 3♣ 8♥ Q♥ , Yang double barreled - 400,000 and 1,000,000, leaving Bae unable to continue by the second bet.

Won Bae open shoved 1,900,000 on the button and was looked up by Chia Lin for another race.

Bae was at the brink of elimination through board 5♠ 2♠ J♣ 9♠ up until the river Q♥ spiked him top pair to fade the bust.

Won Bae opened on the button yet folded after Daniel Yang fired a three bet on the big blind.

On the next deal, Bae raised 650,000 on the big blind, and folded once more after Yang limp jammed his big stack in.

Won Bae opened to 400,000 on the small blind, called behind by Chia Lin. On flop 6♦ K♥ 5♥ , Bae check called Lin's all-in for 500,000 with 4♠ 2♠ , and was left drawing slim against Lin's T♥ 6♥ . No help arrived on either turn T♣ or river 4♦ , keeping Lin in contention for the Warm Up Mystery Bounty title.

Daniel Yang defended his big blind against Won Bae's button open and went to battle on flop J♠ 3♦ A♥ . Action was checked through to turn J♦ , where Yang led 450,000. Bae paid the price but decided to lay it down after Yang pulled a final 1,200,000 on river 8♠ .

Daniel Yang opened to 400,000 on the small blind, called behind by Won Bae. On flop A♠ 7♠ 3♠ , Yang continued for 250,000, and called 250,000 more following a raise from his opponent. Both checked turn 5♠ through to river J♦ , where Yang led 700,000. Bae put in the call, and shipped the pot with a straight 6♥ 4♦ as Yang revealed two pair A♦ J♣ .

Chia Lin opened to 200,000 utg, followed by a raise from Won Bae on the big blind to 600,000. Lin fourbet jammed for the rest of Bae's 28 big blinds behind, leaving the latter to tank fold.

Gerald Foo open shoved 910,000 in on the button and was tank called by Won Bae on the big blind.

A brave call, Bae's decision paid off as the board 9♠ 5♦ 3♣ 5♥ 9♦ landed him a boat to knock another one out.

Won Bae opened 200,000 on the button yet let it go this time after Chia Lin moved all-in for 1,540,000 total.

Won Bae opened utg and snap called Jacob Yin's 1,500,000 jam behind.

Drawing slim, Yin headed out shortly after board 4♣ 8♥ 4♦ 7♦ 6♣ delivered no bad beats.

Won Bae opened 110,000 on the hijack and took a minute before throwing in the call against Chien Lee's 580,000 all-in from the big blind.

Crushed against a premium pair, things turned around for Bae as the board T♠ 5♠ 3♣ Q♥ Q♠ landed him a boat to send Lee home. In addition to his newly won chips, Bae also drew the second largest bounty in the pot, earning him NTD 150,000 (~USD 4,610) more in prizes.

Right on the first hand, Kenneth Chuang committed his 560,000 stack with A♣ J♦ and found himself in rough shape against Won Bae's better A♠ K♣ .

No bad beats were delivered on board 8♠ 7♥ 5♣ 6♠ 6♣ , leaving Chuang to exit as the final table's first casualty.

The Warm Up Mystery Bounty games have whittled down to its final nine players with local runner Daniel Yang holding down the lead. Each remaining contender is now guaranteed in NTD 55,800 (~USD 1,715) in winnings, and a chance to claim the NTD 500,000 (~USD 15,375) top prize!

Kristof Segers defended his big blind against Won Bae's utg open, and check called another 125,000 on flop 9♥ T♣ 2♦ . On turn 8♠ , Bae barreled all-in, leaving Segers to call off for his remaining 925,000 with two pair 9♣ 2♣ . Bae was behind with top pair K♦ T♠ , and booked the loss as river 4♣ completed the board.

Kristof Segers opened 80,000 on the button, but folded after Won Bae raised it up to 280,000.

The next hand saw Segers open on the cutoff, and call a 210,000 three bet from Won Bae right behind. On flop K♦ T♦ 7♦ , Segers let it go after Bae continued for 115,000.

Chien Lee limped utg, followed by a raise to 75,000 from Kristof Segers on the button. Won Bae called on the big blind, and called for 305,000 more after Lee put his tournament life on the line.

A huge favorite, Lee was in a bit of sweat as the flop A♣ 7♣ 9♣ rolled all clubs. The runout 3♠ J♠ however, showed no more, leaving his top set good for the win.

Up against an early open and a call, Wu Chiayun squeezed all-in on the button for 500,000 and was challenged by initial raiser Won Bae.

At risk, no help for Wu arrived on board 7♠ 6♦ 3♦ 6♥ Q♠ , busting him in the process while Bae took the overall chip lead.

Chia Lin threw in a 100,000 three bet vs an utg open and was followed with another raise to 260,000 from Won Bae behind. Initial raiser opted out, and Lin moved all-in for 535,000 total, called by Bae.

A pocket pair battle, Lin's aces cruised to victory on board T♥ 3♥ 8♥ 3♠ 5♣ , earning him the 58 BB pot easily.

Daniel Yang opened utg+1, raised by Yung Yang to 70,000. Won Bae on the small blind, bumped it up further to 158,000, and picked up the pot uncontested.

Wei Jen Wang pushed for 123,000 on the hijack and was called by Won Bae right on the big blind.

Slightly behind, Bae caught up quickly as board K♦ 8♥ 8♠ 3♣ 5♠ landed him two pair to deliver the bust.

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.

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.

Won Bae opened to 2,500 utg, called by three other players behind. Kai Chun Chen on the small blind, shoved all-in for 21,500, and was looked up by Bae.

A pocket pair clash, Chen's better hand held up for the win on board 9♣ 6♥ 6♠ 4♠ 9♥ , leaving Bae down short.

Keyhyun Chung opened to 1,200, called by Yuyeong Jin on the button along with Won Bae on the big blind. On flop A♦ 6♣ 7♣ , all three stacks rushed to the middle with Chung covering both.

Up against several draws, Chung scooped it all as runout 2♥ 4♠ bricked for either opponent.