Kick Off (10,000 NTD)

Nguyen Van Nam opened to 45,000 from utg, called by two players behind. On flop 6♠ 5♥ J♥ , Nguyen continued for 55,000, and Lok Chan puts in the call. Yun Kun Yang then raised all-in with only Nguyen tank calling off for his entire 291,000. Yun shows two pair 5♣ 6♣ , ahead of Nguyen's Q♠ Q♥ . Lucky for the Vietnamese, the turn Q♣ shipped him the advantage, earning the pot as river A♠ completed the board.

Kung Yuan Li opened to 24,000, joined by Yun Kun Yang and Fu Chen Wei on flop 4♦ 5♣ 5♦ . Kung continued for 55,000 and saw Yun put in a raise to 110,000. Action back to Fu, he check raised all-in for 395,000 total and shipped the pot following two folds.

First break sees only 33 players remain in the running out of the 71 survivors into Day 2. Po Chun Liu currently stands in the lead, stacking over 900K as he nears the seven digit mark. Action will play down to a winner where the NT$ 709,500 (~US$ 22,110) is deemed to be claimed.

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On their third back-to-back clash, action folded to Hungte Lee on the small blind who pushed all-in for 64,000. Yun Kun Yang made the call and finished Lee in quick fashion with top pair on board K♥ 9♥ 3♣ 7♦ 6♠ .

With 150,000 in the pot on board 2♣ 5♥ K♠ Q♦ 6♣ , utg Hungte Lee was seen leading out for 110,000. Yun Kun Kang right behind slammed his entire 253,500 in and took it down after Lee tank folded.

Date/s: October 25-26, 2024

Buy in: NT$ 10,000 (~US$ 310)

Guarantee: NT$ 3,000,000 (~US$ 93,500)

Entries: 462

Prize Pool: NT$ 3,943,700 (~US$ 122,980)

ITM: 71 players