4,000 BB Ante

On a board 7♦ 4♠ T♥ 9♦ Q♠ and 115,000 in the pot, big blind Duhan Lee bets 32,500, button player tanks for some time then opts to give up his stake on the big pot.

4,000 BB Ante

Two short stacks are all in, the dominated player has 4♦ 4♥ , Carter Chan holds 6♥ 6♠ . The board is 3♦ 3♠ K♠ K♣ 7♠ for Chan to take it and send one packing.

4,000 BB Ante

WSOP Online bracelet winner Paul Teoh defends his big blind by calling mid position player Hyun Sup Kim‘s 8,000 raise. At the flop 8♦ J♣ 3♣ , Kim continues with an 11,000 bet, Teoh check-calls. Both players check the turn 2♣ but on the river Q♥ , Teoh jams his remaining 29,000 stack, Kim tank-folds.

4,000 BB Ante

Ko Chia Chiang once sat with a commanding stack but has since dropped after numerous bad runs. His luck turns around in a hand against Tan Tong who raises from under the gun +1 to 8,000. button Chiang calls. At the flop 9♥ 2♥ 9♦ , Tong c-bets 5,000 and Chiang calls. The turn J♦ , action switches up with Chiang betting 9,000 and Tong check-calling. Same action on the river with Tong check-calling a much larger 55,000 bet. Chiang opens A♥ J♥ and is very happy to collect the pot. He is back up to 150,000.

4,000 BB Ante

Blinds are up, 56 players remaining out of 261 entries. Play stops at ITM of 33 players. Tsai Yu You Ci maintains the lead with nearly 600,000.

3,000 BB Ante

Hyun Sup Kim raises to 6,000 and is called by the blinds. At the flop 8♦ 6♠ 7♠ , action is checked to Kim who lays out a 7,000 bet. Sb Paul Teoh opts to fold and the dealer mucks his hand and the board. The TD is called to figure out what to do next as big blind Ko Chia Chiang is in the hand. After the decision is made, both players check the turn 6♣ . On the river 3♥ , Kim bets 12,000, Chiang calls then mucks to A♠ A♦ .

3,000 BB Ante

On a board 8♦ 4♠ 7♣ 7♠ and 26,000 in the pot, Duhan Lee check-calls 16,500 then bets 22,500 on the 5♠ river. No call to take it down. Lee shows one card 4♣ pair. Lee climbs to 365,000.

3,000 BB Ante

From hijack Ko Chia Chiang limps, cutoff Tse Paul Lee raises to 22,000, three folds then back to Chiang who calls. At the flop T♠ 5♥ T♣ , Chiang check-calls Lee’s 22,000 bet then both check the turn 6♥ . Chiang leads out 25,000 on the river A♥ , Lee flats. Chiang has J♣ J♦ , Lee has him A♣ Q♠ top pair on the river.

3,000 BB Ante

 One of the two ladies left in the field scores a lucky boost against Chang Ming Lo. On a turn board 3♦ T♣ J♠ K♠ , Mei San Ang is all in with Q♣ J♦ and is getting up to leave the table when Chang opens A♦ A♠ . The river comes 9♠ to award her the straight and celebrates her win.

3,000 BB Ante

Blinds are up, 61 players remaining out of 261 entries. Day 1A plays down to ITM of 33 players. Tsai Yu You Ci maintains his lead of roughly 540,000.

2,500 BB Ante

The dealer was counting out WSOP Online bracelet winner Paul Teoh’s stack with Q♦ Q♥ winning a double up off Ko Chia Chiang. The board was 4♦ 8♦ 5♥ 7♥ J♦ . We missed Chiang’s hand.

2,500 BB Ante

Liu Yu Che outdraws an at risk player with A♣ T♣ beating A♠ J♥ on a board that spreads 6♥ 5♦ T♠ 5♠ 7♠ . Che rises to 170,000.

2,500 BB Ante

Down to his last 5 BB, Kingston Wang slides it all in with A♣ K♠ to battle with, he is called by a player with K♣ Q♣ . Big slick holds on a nine-high board for a double up.

2,500 BB Ante

On a board J♦ 3♣ K♦ 7♠ K♣ and 42,000 brewed, Sin Ren Chen check-folds to Wei Kai Lin’s 25,000 bet. Chen shows his J♠ top pair at the flop, Lin returns the gesture showing K♠ trips.

2,500 BB Ante

Players are on break. 76 remaining out of 261 entries. They play down to ITM of 33 players. Here are the leaders.

2,000 BB Ante

All in preflop, Chien Fa Chou dominates Patrick Liang with Q♣ Q♦ over T♣ T♠ . No help arrives for Liang. Chou chips up to 75,000.

2,000 BB Ante

All in preflop with Ari from Mongolia holding pocket Fives against an at risk player with pocket Queens. The ladies are denied with one of Ari’s fives finding the board. Ari ships it as one player drops out.

1,500 BB Ante

After shipping a three-way, Kuan Han Chen continues to dominate his table. On a flop 5♦ 4♠ 5♣ , Justin Chan bets 4,300, Chen check-raises to 11,000, Chen calls. The turn 6♥ , Chen leads out 13,000, Chan raises to 33,000, Chen shoves and claims the pot.

The next hand Chen raises to 3,500, Chan repops all in for 26,600. Chen snap calls.

Justin Chan J♦ T♦ Kuan Han Chen A♠ T♠

The board is overkill T♥ A♥ 4♥ A♣ A♦ , Chan falls, Chen rises to 370,000.

1,500 BB Ante

Duhan Lee has chipped up significantly from just 60,000 to 270,000. It happens in a few hands. Contributing everything is Li Wei Sun. Both players are all in preflop, Li 8♣ 8♦ , Lee T♠ T♦ . The board runs Q♦ 4♦ 8♠ T♥ J♥ . This sends Lee up to 135,000, Li plunges to 8,500.

On the very next hand Li recovers some of the lost chips taken by Lee with 5♣ 5♥ lucking out against Lee’s J♥ J♠ with a Five finding the flop. Immediately after, Lee gains the lost chips by winning a 20,000 pot with T♠ T♥ on a Seven-high board.

On the fourth consecutive hand, Lee delivers a double bust.Lee opens with a 3,300 raise, button Li jams, big blind joins the party, Lee snap calls.

Big blind A♥ K♥ Li Q♦ J♠ Lee A♣ A♠

The board runs 6♦ 7♦ 5♦ K♣ J♥ for Aces to hold and send two players out of the running.

1,500 BB Ante

Thai players have arrived and already battling for chips is pro Thananat Therdtakoonrat. He sends it all in with A♥ A♣ , gets the call from Wei Kai Lin, the board runs dry for a double up to 50,000.

1,500 BB Ante

Mystery Bounty champion Kuan Han Chen 陳冠翰 delivers a harsh blow to two players simultaneously. The casualties are Shyh Chyn Lim and Leopold Godefroy. It was all in preflop.

Lim A♥ J♥ Godefroy T♦ T♣ Chen 陳冠翰 J♠ J♦

When the flop comes 2♥ 3♥ 3♦ , all are quiet, then players roar at the T♠ turn that gives Godefroy a full house. By this point, Lim is drawing dead. The river J♣ draws an even louder cheer as Chen 陳冠翰 lands the one-outer to knock out both players.

1,200 BB Ante

Tsai Yu You Ci has been one of the chip leaders for some time and surges further in a failed bluff by his opponent. On a board 5♦ 9♣ T♠ 6♦ , hijack Tsai bets 20,500, button calls, big blind check-folds. The river 4♠ , Tsai checks, button jams, Tsai snap calls.

Tsai A♠ A♦ Button Q♥ 8♥

Tsai ships in a massive pile to rise to 380,000.

1,200 BB Ante

Steven Wang

On a board 7♣ 3♠ 2♠ T♣ , Steven Wang bets 20,000 then calls an all in by a shorter stack who opens A♣ 8♣ . Wang has J♣ J♥ , the river is 8♠ for Wang to ship it and boot one out in the process.

1,200 BB Ante

Action folds to the button Li Wei Sun who raises to 2,500, blinds call to see the flop A♦ J♠ J♥ . All check to get a free turn look 8♠ , Li bets 4,000, both blinds call. On the river 5♣ , Li sends out 8,000, small blind check-calls, bb folds. Li shows A♥ 7♣ for two pair.

12,000 BB Ante

Registration has closed here at Day 1A of the Main Event with a booming 261 entries. That means we are halfway through the guarantee. Expect the TWD 10 Billion to be crushed at Day 1B. There are 122 players remaining. They play down to ITM of 12.5% of the field which is 33 players.

1,000 BB Ante

1,000 BB Ante

Level is up but blinds are the same, 30 BB for new entries. 230 entries and climbing. This is the last full level to enter. Registration closes at the start of Level 10.

1,000 BB Ante

Singapore’s Benedict Koh eliminates fellow Singaorean WSOP Online bracelet winner Aaron Siyang Phua. We missed Phua’s hand but Koh had Ace-Ten two pair. Koh chips up to 63,000.

1,000 BB Ante

Action folds to the small blind Tan Tong who shoves with T♠ 9♠ , big blind Sukumar Letchmunan calls with A♣ Q♥ . The board brings a Ten which holds for a pair to Tong and a double up.

1,000 BB Ante

Under the gun raises to 7,000, action folds to the big blind Vitto Jeevanji who doesn’t notice the raise and is forced to call it. On the flop 9♣ 7♠ 2♦ , Jeevanji shoves and takes it. He reveals his 9♥ top pair and says “I’m lucky”.

1,000 BB Ante

Late position player raises to 2,200, button Tse Paul Lee calls, big blind three-bets to 16,000, initial raiser folds while Lee tank-calls. At the flop 5♠ J♠ 8♠ , big blind quickly jams, Lee calls.

Big blind 9♦ 9♥ Lee 5♣ 5♥

The turn J♣ and river 8♥ keep Lee ahead to boot one out. Seconds after, the player re-entered and is seated back on the same seat.

Level 8 up next

Main Event is on an unscheduled time-out for the official opening ceremony of the USOP: Poker 2U Taiwan Series. CTP Owner David Tai, USOP COO Tse Ian Lee, and USOP Alex Wong delivered welcome speeches which was followed by a ribbon cutting.

800 BB Ante

Carter Chan picks up a few good pots consecutively and mentions to us after that he lost a big chunk to a player that hit a flush to his set. Despite the drop, Chan has made a comeback to around to just under 60,000.

His first big pot sees a flop 8♠ T♦ 6♦ and a 5,500 pot. Table leader Kun Han Lee bets 1,500, Chan check-raises from the small blind to 9,500, this is followed by two folds then Lee calls. On the turn A♦ , Chan shoves and Lee mucks.

Next hand is another raised pot preflop with three players in the hand. The cards come J♠ 4♥ 7♠ . Chan check calls a 4,000 bet as one player drops out. The turn 8♠ , no bets land. The river 5♠ , Chan leads out 5,200 and wins it without a challenge. Third hand, Chan wins another 7,800 pot.

800 BB Ante

Three players stare down a flop K♥ J♥ 7♠ , small blind Jackson Hui checks, middle position bets 4,000, button player folds, Hui raises to 20,000. Mp calls and the turn is A♣ . Hui bets 20,000 again and is called. The river 5♣ , Hui lowers his bet to 19,000, gets the call, shows J♦ J♠ set to scoop it up.

800 BB Ante

Four players beef up the pot to 8,000, the flop runs 8♥ 9♠ 6♦ . Hijack Wei Kai Lin c-bets 2,300, cutoff Ang Yang Siang and big blind Norman Leaw call. On the turn 8♣ , all three check. The river K♥ , Lew sends out 14,000, Siang folds, Lin calls. Lin wins it with K♠ T♣ .

800 BB Ante

Blinds are up, the field is about to breach 200 entries with 193 on the screens. Registration closes at the start of Level 10. Blinds increase every 40 minutes.

600 BB Ante

On a board showing 6♣ 9♥ Q♠ T♣ and 19,000 in the pot, hijack player checks, Norman Leaw shoves his sizable stack that well covers his opponent’s 12,000. Hijack tanks then opts to fight another hand. Leaw collects the pot and climbs to 58,000.

600 BB Ante

Down to 15K, Richard Lu shoves with Q♠ Q♦ and is looked up by a player with 7♠ 7♥ . No bad beat comes for the ladies to hold. Lu doubles up to 32,000.

600 BB Ante

Two shorties at table 6 send it in preflop. Hong Che Wang A♠ 7♠ , Shaun Tan 9♠ 9♥ , the board is 7♦ 6♦ 6♥ 4♦ 3♣ . Wang is eliminated, Tan rises to 40,000.

600 BB Ante

Four players toss in 1,500 to see the flop 2♦ Q♠ 8♣ . Two checks are followed by 3,000 bet by Yeuh Chiao Yang. Everyone calls. On the turn 6♣ , Yang sends out 6,500 and takes it with no callers. He rises to 55,000.

600 BB Ante

New level, the tally is no 175 entries. Registration closes at the start of Level 10 which is at 19:30.

500 BB Ante

Three way shove preflop with Xiao Yung Lung 蕭詠隆 T♣ T♦ besting overcards A♦ K♦ and K♥ J♦ to zoom to 70,000 on a board completing 2♦ 6♠ 7♥ Q♠ 7♣ .

500 BB Ante

Kevin Ang picks up a pile of chips with an unlikely hand. From cutoff, he raises to 1,000, button Chung Yi Ho three-bets to 2,500, small blind calls, Ang calls, the flop is Q♠ 8♥ 5♥ . Chung c-bets 3,200, small blind check-folds, Ang check-calls. The turn 6♠ Ang check-calls 7,100. On the river 9♠ , both players check. Ang opens first and shows 2♣ 2♠ , Chung mucks.

500 BB Ante

From under the gun, Kingston Wang raises to 2,000, action folds around to the big blind Patrick Liang who calls. The flop runs J♦ 7♠ 9♦ , Liang check-pushes Wang’s 2,000 c-bet. Wang snap calls.

Wang J♠ J♥ Liang A♦ T♦

The turn is 9♠ for a victorious full house to Wang. The river is 3♦ . Liang pays up.

500 BB Ante

Sin Ren Chen raises to 1,100 that finds three callers to the flop 4♣ 3♠ 8♣ . Action checks to the button who tests the waters with a 2,100 bet. Only one player continues to the turn K♠ . No bets land. The river 7♣ sees no bets again. Cutoff opens A♥ Q♠ , button Hong-Che Wang wins it with 5♣ 5♥ . He is back to starting stack.

500 BB Ante

Blinds have gone up to 300-500, 500 BB Ante. Registration closes at the start of Level 10. There are currently 150 entries with 122 seated.

400 BB Ante

From mid-position, Zong Chi He 何宗奇 plays 2♣ 3♣ and gets it all in by the river 3♠ 5♦ 4♣ 3♦ 9♥ for a double up against a player’s Q♣ [qd}. Zong 何宗奇 chips up to 37,000.

400 BB Ante

Kick Off fifth placer Ang Yang Siang 洪揚翔 shoves his remaining 20,200 on a board of Q♥ J♠ 8♣ A♠ 4♣ with a pot of 14,400 in the middle. He get called and paid with T♠ 9♠ straight beating a player’s J♠ J♦ set. Siang 洪揚翔 rises to 54,800.

400 BB Ante

Kuo Liwei has been moved and has quickly initiated action. Middle position opens for 1,000, small blind Alex Wong and big blind Kuo call, the flop is J♠ 8♠ 7♣ . Kuo check-calls 1,100 after Wong folds. Both players check the turn 4♠ . The river J♣ Kuo leads and wins it then and there.

Two hands after, Kuo is in a hand again. On a board 5♦ A♦ 8♠ K♣ and 5,400 in the pot, cutoff Kuo bets 4,000, button Tan Tong raises to 12,000, Kuo folds.

400 BB Ante

Jia Xiang Li raises to 1,100, finds a caller, Kristof Segers jams his 16,400 stack, much too much. No callers.

400 BB Ante

The players returned from the first ten-minute break of the day. Blinds are up. 115 entries so far with 105 seated. Blinds go up every 40 minutes. Registration is open until the start of Level 10.

300 BB Ante

All in preflop with Kuo Liwei turning over Q♣ Q♠ and caller looking to scoop with A♠ K♦ . The board runs low for the ladies to hold and award a double up to Kuo to 70,000.

300 BB Ante

Four player contribute 2,800 preflop to build a big juicy pot of 12,300. The flop run 6♣ T♠ Q♦ , all check. The turn 5♠ , small blind fired 2,000 that finds three callers. On the river J♠ , action checks to the button who jams his 15,500 stack. Two players fold, Chi Jen Chen tank-calls. Jammer shows A♠ 6♦ bottom pair, Chen ships it with 9♦ 8♦ straight.

300 BB Ante

Blinds are up again, 85 entries so far with 76 seated. Sukumar Letchmunan currently leads with over 100K.

200 BB Ante

With 19,300 in the middle and a board 5♦ 4♣ A♦ 3♣ K♦ , two players are cautious and opt to check. Noel Llamedo wins it with A♥ 3♦ . He climbs to 45,000.

200 BB Ante

On a board showing 8♣ 6♣ 3♠ 4♠ and 25,700 in the pot, middle position player bets 6,200, under the gun Sukumar Letchmunan check raises to 14,000, to his immediate left, under the gun +1 player shoves with less, back to intial bettor who folds reluctantly. Letchmunan has 7♥ 5♥ , at risk player with 5♣ 5c , the river is K♣ to lose a player.

200 BB Ante

From under the gun, Hunseok Kim raises to 600 then faces a three-bet to 1,300 by a mid-position player. Kim four-bets to 4,500 and is quickly called. On the flop 2♠ A♦ A♣ , both players check. The turn A♠ , KIm check-calls a 10,100 bet. No bets on the river K♥ . Kim shows Q♣ Q♥ and is best against J♠ J♥ to rise to 40,000.

200 BB Ante

Forty minutes has quickly gone and so have three players. Among the Level 1 casualties was Alex Wong who commented his pair ran into a set. Luckily there’s plenty of time to get back in the game. Registration closes at the start of Level 10, which is about 19:30 this evening.

100 BB Ante

On a board showing 9♣ 8♥ 9♦ [qc}, action is checked to Cheng Chzeh Yang 楊成傑 who bets 2,000 onto a 3,200 pot. He gets the call and the river comes 7♠ . Yang 楊成傑 bets another 2,000 and gets called again. He 楊成傑 opens J♠ T♥ for a winning straight.

100 BB Ante

Heavy action leads to three players all in. It opens with Justin Chan raising to 300, action folds to the small blind who calls, big blind Eric Chan three-bets to 1800, Justin and small blind call. The flop comes J♣ Q♥ 5♠ , Eric continues for 2000 and is called by both players. The turn T♦ , Eric bets 5,100, Justin shoves for 22,700, small blind tank-calls with more chips, Eric joins for a three-way. The river comes 7♣ .

Small blind busts on the next hand.

100 BB Ante

Early aggression by Richard Liu who opens for 200, cutoff calls, button three-bets to 1,100, small blind four-bets to 3,100, Liu calls and the rest fold. At the flop 6♦ 7♥ 4♣ , small blind checks, Liu shoves and wins the pot. He shows 8♥ 8♣ .

100 BB Ante

Action opened with Li Nien Heng bumping it up to 300 that finds three callers. At the flop T♥ Q♥ T♠ , Li continuation bets 700, and is joined by two players to the turn A♣ . No bets land. The river 3♥ no bets again. Li shows Q♠ J♥ and wins the pot.

Main Event - Day 1A

It took 13 hours of play for Main Event Day 1A to bag up. Yu You Ci Tsai 蔡余有騏 held the chip lead for a majority of the day and held on to bagging time. He topped the 33 player roster with a 484,000 stack (60 BB). Finishing a close second was Mystery Bounty 9th placer Kar Hou Lin with 468,000 (58 BB), and to round out the top three was Mystery Bounty champion Kuan Han Chen with 452,000 (56 BB). We will have a recap shortly.

8,000 BB Ante

All in preflop with Tak Yan ahead A♥ J♣ against at-risk player with A♣ T♦ . The board runs 7♠ 9♣ 2♦ A♠ 8♦ . That ends Day 1A!

6,000 BB Ante

Cutoff Jackson Hui raises to 15,000, button Kar Hou Lin and big blind Duhan Lee call. The flop comes 4♦ 5♥ 5♣ , Hui bets 10,000, Lim raises to 21,000, Lee check-folds. Back to Hui with a call. The turn 8♦ , Hui check-calls 46,000. The river 6♠ Lin ask Hui a rough count of his stack then fires an 83,000 bet. This sends Hui tanking until he opts to fold and show 5♠ trips.

6,000 BB Ante

Cutoff Tong Tan riases to 5,000, big blind Chi Jen Chen defends, the flop is J♣ K♠ 3♠ . Both check and as well on the T♠ turn. The river 5♦ , Jen bets 50,000, Tan calls, Chen has A♦ 3♦ , Tan wins the pot with A♥ A♠ .

2,000 BB Ante

Short stack shoves J♥ T♥ , big blind Chao Ting Cheng calls with K♣ Q♣ . The board runs out 4♠ J♦ 7♦ T♦ K♦ . With no diamond for either player, Cheng pays the double up.

6,000 BB Ante

Liu Yu Che is at risk on the bubble with less chips than Ari however he opens K♦ K♥ and is in good shape to double up against pocket Sevens. The board ensures it with a King on the turn. Che rises to 295,000. Ari down to 100,000.

6,000 BB Ante

From cutoff, Jackson Hui raises to 12,000, big blind Duhan Lee defends. The flop 9♠ T♣ 7♥ Hui continues with another 12,000 bet, Lee check-folds. Hui chips up to 170,000. Lee sits with just under 500,000.

6,000 BB Ante

Steven Wang sends two players to the exit in back to back fashion. The first hand he is ahead throughout with A♦ A♠ over A♣ T♣ . The next hand it’s a race with Wang holding King-Queen against pocket Tens. The board grants Wang a straight. He now sits with 400,000.

It is bubble time!

6,000 BB Ante

Blinds are up. There are 39 players remaining out of 261 entries. Day 1 bags up at ITM of 33 players which is 12.5% of the field. Tsai Yu You Ci and Duhan Lee are the frontrunners with over 500K.

5,000 BB Ante

Under the gun +1 short stack Steven Wang raises to 11,000, short stacked Shannon Lee shoves from the big blind, Wang tank-calls and is not happy to see Lee’s T♣ T♦ dominating his 9♦ 9♠ . The board is overkill as it runs T♥ 8♥ T♠ 2♣ 8♠ quads. Lee doubles up to 160,000. Wang drops to 220,000 but is still above average.

5,000 BB Ante

Four way to the flop 3♣ Q♠ 7♠ and 56,000 in the pot, everyone checks. From mid position, Eric Chan bets 18,000 on the turn 2♥ and finds one customer in the button Ari. The river 4♠ , Chan sends out 27,000, Ari tank-calls. Chan has A♠ Q♥ , Ari mucks,

5,000 BB Ante

Action folds around to the small blind Tse Paul Lee who jams with Q♥ J♠ . Big blind Tsai Yao Te wakes up with A♥ J♦ and snap calls with his big stack. The board runs A♦ T♣ 4♠ {10} 3♥ ending Lee’s run right there.

5,000 BB Ante

Blinds are up, 41 players remaining out of 261 entries. Day 1A bags up at ITM of 33 players / 12.5% of the field. Leading the race is Tsai Yu You Ci with over 600,000, followed by Duhan Lee with 500,000.