Main Event (33,000 NT$)

Erwin Ng finishes in 21st place and Jun Zhong Wang in 22nd place. Both players earn NTD 164,000 (~US$ 5,130).

Action folds to the button Erwin Ng and min-raises. Small blind Wei Chun Cheng three-bets 110,000, Ng tank-folds.

Big blind Erwin Ng calls utg Kau Hung Hu's min-raise then again calls 30,000 at the flop K♥ 2♦ 8♣ . Both check down the turn 7♥ and river 7♣ . First to show Ng flips over K♣ 4♥ and Hu mucks.

Main Event Day 1B is a wrap! Navigating to the top of the counts was Singapore's Erwin Ng with 1,071,000 (89 bb) bagged at the end of day. A total of 35 players advanced out of the 229 entries. Stay tuned for the recap.

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Three players in a raised pot see a flop 5♦ J♦ 3♠ , Erwin Ng leads out 25,000, Lee Chang Gil calls, Kai Cheng Hsu bumps it up to 75,000, Ng opts to let it go while Lee calls. After Lee checks, Kai quickly shoves the turn 4♠ , Lee tank-folds.

Erwin Ng makes it 20,000 to continue, Shiina Okamoto re-raises 45,000, Ng calls to see a flop 3♣ K♠ Q♦ . Ng passes the action to Okamoto who c-bets 28,000, Ng check-raises 100,000, Okamoto tosses her hand away.

Double up for Lin, hand-for-hand continues.

Down to 4 bb, Erwin Ng slides it in with Q♦ 7♦ to battle with and doesn't get past Hwasoo's Q♥ Q♠ to bump the rail just before the bubble round.

Andrew Ma gets dealt 9♦ 9♣ and raises 20,000. Button Erwin Ng and big blind Teng Yu Yu call and see a flop 6♣ 3♣ 2♣ . Ma continues with a 40,000 bet, only Ng calls then both check the turn T♠ and river 5♦ . Ma reveals his pair and Ng mucks.

From the small blind Hyunsup Kim three-bets 36,000 and Erwin Ng defends his raise. Both check to the turn K♦ K♣ T♣ T♥ , Ng bets 28,000, Kim check-calls, river is 7♠ . Kim resumes aggression with a 43,000 bet, Ng tank-folds.