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

Utg Justin Chan opened to 16,000, called by both players on the blinds - Kuo Long Chueh (SB) and Zhong Zhi (BB). On flop 5♠ K♥ 6♥ , Chan continued for 25,000, check called once more by both opponents. All three checked turn Q♥ through and moved on to river Q♦ . Zhong led for 72,000 and Kuo check called to showdown. Zhong shows A♠ 5♥ , no good against Kuo's K♠ 7♦ .

Utg opened, followed by a three bet to 40,000 from Zhong Zhi. Justin Chan cold calls, revealing flop A♠ 9♥ 8♦ . Zhong continues for 50,000 and shoves all-in on turn T♥ . Chan calls off for his 143,000 behind with A♦ Q♥ and is ahead of his opponent's A♥ J♥ . The river 2♣ seals the win for Chan, shooting him up past the 500k mark.

A threeway raised pot headed to flop 9♣ A♣ 9♠ . Action was checked to Zhong Zhi who sent out a 20,000 bet. Big blind Pang Wei Tsao continues with both checking down turn 7♠ . On river 3♥ , Pang led for 30,000 and ushered a fold from his opponent shortly after.

Zhong Zhi moved all-in and saw Chen Yi Hsuan call off his 41,000 stack. In for a race, the board 4♥ 4♣ 3♦ 6♠ 9♦ landed a straight for Zhong, eliminating Chen close to bubble time.

Small blind Kou Long Chueh limp called a 12,500 raise from Zhong Zhi behind and headed to flop T♥ 9♣ 3♣ . Zhong continued for 15,000 yet folded after Koh check raised for 40,000 more.