NLH Master (15,000 TWD)

TMT 17 NLH Master Day 1B concluded with Michael Kim Falcon taking the chip lead heading into Day 2 alongside 44 survivors. With a total of 290 entries, the flight ran through 14 intense levels before the bubble burst. NLH Master Day 2 takes place Wednesday, 15 January at 11:00.

The chip leader Michael Falcon accumulated a massive stack of 784,000 [130 BB] in NLH Master Day 1B. The Danish player who had a stack 48,500 at the beginning of Level 8 managed to stay in the race with some masterful and eliminating several players along the way. Among his knockouts were Bart Wolterink, Jonald Garcia, and Ztu Chun Lin.

Coming in second in chips was Taiwan’s Kai Hung Hu with 496,000 [82BB]. In third rank was is Ci Hong Ho of Taiwan with 404,000 [67BB] . Other notable players also moving on were Sukhum Kiwanont of Thailand and Anton Widjaya of Indonesia.

TMT 17 NLH Master built a total prize pool of TWD 6,822,500 (USD 206,767). 79 combined players from Day 1A (35 survivors) and Day 1B (44 survivors) will be competing for the grand prize of TWD 1,048,500 (USD 31,776) at Day 2.

Tse Chun Hong (UTG+2) puts in 8,000 pre-flop while Zong Chi He (BB) calls . The flop brings K♣ J♣ T♦ . Chi He checks while Chun Hong bets 10,000. Chi He calls and the turn brings 7♣ . Chi He makes a big bet of 22,000 after the turn causing opponent to fold.