Main Event - Final Day

Filipino player Edwin Dela Cruz defeated Taiwan’s Jia Song Liu 劉家菘 in just two hands heads up to seize the inaugural USOP Poker2U Main Event title, trophy, and TWD 3,060,000 (~$100,800) top cash prize. Congratulations to the champion!

Final 8 payouts (TWD)

400,000 BB Ante

First heads up hand sees a raise by Jia Song Liu 劉家菘 to 1,200,000, Edwin Dela Cruz calls, the flop runs 4♦ 2♠ 4♣ . Liu 劉家菘 c-bets 2,000,000, Cruz check-calls. The turn 5♥ , both check, and the river is J♥ . Cruz bets 2,000,000, Liu 劉家菘 folds.

400,000 BB Ante

Edwin Dela Cruz is all in with Q♦ 9♠ and Yu Che Liu 劉運哲 has him dominated in chips and in holecards with A♦ Q♠ . With the board running J♦ 3♦ 3♠ 6♠ , it looks like the end for the lone Filipino at the table but the river 9♣ keeps Cruz alive to score a huge double up.

300,000 BB Ante

Edwin Dela Cruz raises from under the gun, and small blind Yu Che Liu 劉運哲 tosses in the call. At the flop 9♣ 7♥ 5♣ , Liu 劉運哲 leads out 700,00, Cruz flats. The turn Q♥ , all the chips go in with Liu 劉運哲 first to fire 1,100,00 then calling Cruz’s shove of 5,2,00,000.

Liu 劉運哲 A♦ 7♣ Cruz 5♦ 5♥

Liu 劉運哲 is drawing dead and proceeds to plunge to to 4 BB. The river 9♥ is of no consequence. With this win, Cruz takes the lead for the first time this final day.

300,000 BB Ante

From cutoff, Yu Che Liu 劉運哲 raises big to 1,000,000, big blind Edwin Dela Cruz three-bets to 3,200,000, Liu 劉運哲 folds, giving up a big chunk of chips.

250,000 BB Ante

Shortly after Lee’s departure, Tiong Lek Lim joins at the rail. His final hand opens with a 550,000 raise from hijack Edwin Dela Cruz, Lim jams from the small blind, back to Cruz who does not hesitate to call.

Lim 6♦ 6♥ Cruz Q♥ Q♣

The board 3♠ 5♠ 2♥ 8♦ K♦ keeps the ladies way ahead to trim the field to six players. Cruz slides to second in chips to Liu.

150,000 BB Ante

From under the gun+2, Edwin Dela Cruz raises to 350,000, big blind Kun Han Lee 李昆翰 defends, the flop comes K♦ 6♦ J♣ . Lee 李昆翰 checks to the aggressor Cruz who lays out a bet and Lee 李昆翰 folds.

150,000 BB Ante

Action folds to the small blind Edwin Dela Cruz, he raises to 400,000, big blind Jia Song Liu 劉家菘 defends. The flop 9♣ 8♠ 9♦ Cruz c-bets 200,000, Liu 劉家菘 calls. The turn T♥ no bets fired to bring the river A♦ . Cruz bets 300,000, Liu 劉家菘 quickly calls. Cruz shows T♦ 8♦ , Liu 劉家菘 has him beat with A♥ 4♦ .

150,000 BB Ante

Kun Han Lee 李昆翰 picks up a couple of pots, this one earning from Edwin Dela Cruz. From cutoff, Lee 李昆翰 raises to 350,000, Cruz defends his big blind. At the flop A♠ 4♦ Q♠ , Lee 李昆翰 c-bets 400,000, Cruz folds.

150,000 BB Ante

With the elimination of Yao Te Tsai 蔡耀德, the Main Event has reached the final 8 players. The race will stream live. Follow this link:

https://m.twitch.tv/ctpclub/home

We will also post live updates of the biggest hands.

120,000 BB Ante

From hijack, lojack, Edwin Dela Cruz opens for 250,000, hijack Jia Song Liu 劉家菘 calls, no other takers to see the flop 4♠ 8♣ 8♥ . Both players check, the turn is 9♠ . Cruz sends out 350,000, Liu 劉家菘 raises to 950,000, Cruz folds.

120,000 BB Ante

The final 9 players have been moved to the livestream table, one bust needed to kick off the broadcast. Here are the chip counts by seat:

Chips in play: 31,171,000 Average stack: 3,476,667

100,000 BB Ante

Another double up as Jason Lee gets the max. Edwin Dela Cruz opens from cutoff for 210,000, Lee jams from the small blind, Cruz tank-calls.

Lee A♦ A♠ Cruz Q♣ T♥

The board A♣ 7♣ 7♠ …. full house to Lee, Cruz is drawing dead and pays the double up.

Main Event - Day 2

80,000 BB Ante

That’s it! A scheduled 12 rounds was played at Main Event Day 2. 11 players survived which means we are still two spots away from the final table. They return tomorrow, Sunday, February 19 at 1pm for the final race to glory.

60,000 BB Ante

Another big pot, this time Edwin Dela Cruz claims it on a sick call against Seongsu Kong. The board completed 8♠ 2♦ 6♠ 5♥ 5♣ with a massive 1,425,000 in the pot. Kong bet 775,000, this sent Cruz tanking for some time until he found the courage to slide in a call. It was the right with as Kong opened A♦ 4♦ that was behind Cruz’s A♣ K♦ .

Main Event - Day 1B

It took hours for the 201 entry field to crunch down to ITM of 26 players. Filipino player Edwin Dela Cruz bagged an enormous stack of 573,000 (95 BB). Sliding in during bubble to claim second rank was Taiwan’s Hong Che Wang 王洪哲. Cruz and Huang 王洪哲 were the only two players to close the day in the 500K mark. Other notable players through to the next stage were decorated high roller Wai Kiat Lee and WSOP bracelet winners Paul Ming Juen Teoh and Webster Chin Wei Lim. You can read up on the day’s action via the Live Updates.

Top 10 in chips

The Main Event has drawn a combined 462 entries over two starting days (Day 1A - 261, Day 1B - 201). Up next are Day 1C and Day 1D (Turbo) both take place on Friday, February 17. The TWD 10 Million guarantee is headed for a crushing, how high it will go has yet to be seen. A combined 59 players are now in the money and are through to Day 2.

For the Day 1B results, click on the Live Updates Main Event CHIP COUNTS tab

3,000 BB Ante

Big hand tabled with Edwin Dela Cruz zooming to the top. The hand opens with lojack Webster Chin Wei Lim raising to 6,000, hijack Cruz calls, small blind Jen Li Liu three-bets to 32,500, Lim folds, Cruz calls. At the flop 6♥ 8♥ J♥ , Liu check calls a 31,000 bet from Cruz. More chips drop on the turn A♥ . Liu bets 46,000, Cruz calls. The river 8♣ , both opt to check. Liu shows K♠ K♦ , Cruz banks it with A♠ K♥ nut flush.