Dragon Of The Year (15,000 NEW TAIWAN DOLLAR)

At heads up, Hiu Man Ng comes from behind with a double up against Che Chun Chu. It is all in on a turn board 5♣ 8♣ T♦ 2♥ with Hiu ahead Q♣ T♣ against the leader Chu's A♦ 8♥ . The river 3♣ sealed the win to jump to 66 bb as Chu dropped to 25 bb.

Fifteen minutes later, Hiu closes it out with K♠ J♣ over 5♣ 4♣ on a board J♥ 9♦ K♥ 2♠ 4♠ .

Congratulations to the champion!

Park Chongmin min-raises then bets the flop and turn 4♣ 9♥ J♣ Q♦ . Che Chun Chu calls the 125,000 and 300,000. On the river A♠ both check. Park flips over A♣ Q♣ , Chu mucks.

From utg, Che Chun Chu opens 80,000, small blind Kai Hung Hu three-bets 200,000, Chu calls and heads to the flop T♥ 2♥ 5♦ . Hu leads out 120,000, Chu raises 300,000, Hu flats. Chu continues on the turn 5♠ , Hu tank-folds.

Che Chun Chu opens 80,000 and is called by big blind Wei Chou Cheng. When the board completes 6♦ 6♠ 4♥ J♠ J♦ , Chu fires 40,000, 200,000 then jams. The first two bets are called, Cheng folds on the river.

Songhau Pham opens 60,000, two players call to the flop 9♣ 6♥ 3♦ . Big blind Chih Hsuan Chang lead out 105,000 and is called by both players. On the turn Q♠ Chang shoves 57,000 and again both players call who go on to check the river 4♠ .

On a flop A♥ 5♥ 4♥ , big blind Jang Jong Bea check-raises all in for 250,000 and Pak Kwan Chan calls.

After his preflop raise, utg+2 Che Chun Chu c-bets the flop 6♠ 6♦ 4♠ and big blind Koh Long Chueh check-calls. Both check the turn 2♦ . Chueh leads out 125,000 on the river 4♦ , Chu raises 380,000, Chueh tank-calls and shows Q♣ 7♠ queen high. Chu rakes it in with 4♥ 5♥ full house.

Wei Chou Cheng opens 50,000 and big blind Zong Chi He defends. When the board completes 9♦ 7♣ T♦ 7♠ K♥ , Cheng continues for 40,000, 75,000, and 180,000, Zong calls the flop and turn bets then tank-folds on the river.

Three players build a 180,000 pot preflop and check to the turn 8♣ 6♣ 2♣ J♥ . Preflop raiser Che Chun Chu bets 65,000, Kou Long Chueh folds, Kai Huang calls for a river T♠ . Chu shoves 170,000, Huang folds.

Wei Chou Cheng opens 45,000 and finds two callers. Wei bets the flop T♦ 9♥ 7♥ and only Zong Chi He calls the 50,000 as Tao Chu folds. The turn A♥ sees 100,000 from Wei, Zong tank-folds.

Kou Long Chueh raises 45,000 and big blind Yu Sheng Lin calls. At the flop 8♠ 5♥ A♦ , Lin check-calls 40,000. On the turn A♠ , Lin check-raises all in for 455,000, Kou calls and covers.

Zong Chi He kicks off the action with a 40,000 raise from button position and big blind Tao Chu defends. Flop comes 2♥ Q♣ 5♦ , Zong continues for 30,000, Tao check-raises 80,000, Zong calls for the turn 5♥ . Zong comes out with a 75,000 bet and claims the pot.

Cutoff Che Chun Chu raises 40,000 and finds two interested players, and all check the flop 2♦ A♥ 5♥ . On the turn T♥ , Kou Long Chueh leads out 60,000, both players call. On the 3♥ river Chueh bets a larger 130,000 and this time claims it unchallenged.

Action folds to the small blind Pang Wei Tsao who opens 42,000 and big blind Mao Lun Yu defends. When the board runs 3♦ 7♣ 6♣ 6♦ , Tsao c-bets 40,000 that's called and 100,000 that's check-raised all in by Yu. Tsao calls with less behind and show trips.

Three players stare down a flop Q♠ T♥ 4♠ , Park Chongmin c-bets 75,000 and both players call. No action on the turn 2♦ and river 4♥ . Yu Sheng Lin wins it with Q♥ 7♥ .

Button Tao Chu makes it 30,000 and big blind Wei Chou Cheng defends for a flop 6♣ 5♣ 8♠ . Tao continues for 31,000, Cheng check-raises 70,000, Tao answers with a jam that Cheng snap-calls.

On a flop K♣ 4♠ 6♥ , aggressor Hung Cheng Lin shoves his last 1 bb and is easily called by the big stacked Kai Hung Hu .

Che Chun Chu defends the big blind then raises from 30,000 to 75,000 on a flop Q♥ 5♠ 8♣ . Koou Long Chueh calls. Both proceed to check the turn K♣ . On the river 2♦ , Chu shoves 247,000, Chueh tank-folds.

Hiu Man Ng thee-bets 50,000 and initial raises Hyunwoo Kang obliges for a flop Q♣ 3♣ K♦ . Ng bangs out 35,000 and is check-called. On the 8♠ turn, Ng goes all in and wins it unchallenged.

Yu An Shih keeps the aggression throughout with a 20,000 raise preflop that's called by Yu Sheng Lin. Shih continues for a large 70,000 on the flop Q♣ Q♥ 2♥ that's called and then shoves the turn 8♦ . Lin folds.

Kai Hung Hu calls Goh Chee Hong's three-bet. Goh is flipping with 6♣ 6♠ against Hu's K♥ J♣ . The board runs 9♠ Q♣ T♣ 7♥ 7♣ .

And they're off! Dragon of the Year Day 2 is underway!

After a day delay, the Dragon Of The Year resumes with 46 players returning to the tables today for the last dash to the inaugural title and the NTD 1,097,000 top prize.

Over the two starting days the NTD 2M guarantee was crushed for a richer prize pool of NTD 5,380,100 (~USD 164,290). The ultimate champion will win the one-of-a -kind Dragon Shield Trophy.

Cards in the air at 3pm.