
Day 1A
Jian Lin Sets The Bar At Day 1A

The third edition of the Won Poker Cup completed its first of four Main Event flights with 70 turning up for Day 1A. Among the contenders were well known pros such as Bien Mai, Martin Gonzales, Dhaval Mudgal, Kyle Bao Diep, and Khayal Abbasov to mention a few. By the time ITM was reached, with only 9 players securing a piece of the $600,0000 guaranteed prize pool, at the top of the list was Taiwan's Jian Lin, a newcomer to the festival. Lin bagged up 526,000 (65 bb) and set the standard for the next flight.
End Of Day 1A - 9 Players
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JL Jian Lin | 526,000(66 BB) |
LC Lewis Cowell | 417,000(52 BB) |
VA Viet An Nguyen | 372,000(47 BB) |
CF Chang Fan | 265,000(33 BB) |
MS Michael Smith | 219,000(27 BB) |
SK Sergey Kharitonov | 108,000(14 BB) |
CH Chee Hoong Yeoh | 103,000(13 BB) |
NG Neeraj Gajria | 62,000(8 BB) |
SR Santiago Ramos | 28,000(4 BB) |
Chee Hoong Scores the Knockout in Three-Way All-In

Action escalated preflop with a three-way all-in. Tu Xungang, the shortest stack, moved all in for 17,000. Chee Hoong followed with 39,000, and Viet An Nguyen, having both players covered, called to put them at risk.
Tu Xungang Q♦ J♥
Chee Hoong A♠ Q♥
Viet An Nguyen 7♦ T♦
The board ran out A♥ K♥ 9♣ 7♥ J♦
Chee Hoong flopped top pair with his ace and held through the runout. Tu Xungang picked up a pair on the river, but it wasn’t enough to survive.
With that, Tu Xungang was eliminated as the bubble, and the remaining 9 players are now officially in the money.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
TX Tu Xungang | D | busted |
CH Chee Hoong Yeoh | SB | 103,000(13 BB) |
VA Viet An Nguyen | BB | 372,000(47 BB) |
Updated Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JL Jian Lin | 377,000(94 BB) |
LC Lewis Cowell | 224,000(56 BB) |
VA Viet An Nguyen | 210,000(53 BB) |
SK Sergey Kharitonov | 196,000(49 BB) |
SR Santiago Ramos | 195,000(49 BB) |
KG Kian Giap Ng | 174,500(44 BB) |
MS Michael Smith | 145,000(36 BB) |
CH Chee Hoong Yeoh | 143,500(36 BB) |
TX Tu Xungang | 141,000(35 BB) |
RN Rindra Norodom | 103,000(26 BB) |
TC Tan Chan | 86,000(22 BB) |
NG Neeraj Gajria | 47,000(12 BB) |
Updated Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DS Denis Semerenko | 106,000(177 BB) |
RN Rindra Norodom | 79,600(133 BB) |
QD Quoc Dinh Dang | 66,300(111 BB) |
CH Chee Hoong Yeoh | 62,500(104 BB) |
MS Michael Smith | 48,800(81 BB) |
BM Bien Mai | 42,800(71 BB) |
KN Khin Naing | 41,400(69 BB) |
KA Khayal Abbasov | 37,400(62 BB) |
NG Nikolai Guliaev | 36,400(61 BB) |
Table 1 Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
CH Chee Hoong Yeoh | 54,500(182 BB) | 1 | 1 |
MS Michael Smith | 47,600(159 BB) | 1 | 2 |
TT Thipthan Thanapon | 27,600(92 BB) | 1 | 3 |
KD Kyle Diep | 32,500(108 BB) | 1 | 4 |
MG Malik Gagandeep | 8,500(28 BB) | 1 | 5 |
QD Quoc Dinh Dang | 42,200(141 BB) | 1 | 6 |
ZL Zhang Lei | 19,400(65 BB) | 1 | 7 |
ML | 45,000(150 BB) | 1 | 8 |
KA Khayal Abbasov | 28,700(96 BB) | 1 | 9 |
Updated Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CH Chee Hoong Yeoh | 62,400(312 BB) |
MS Michael Smith | 45,800(229 BB) |
WZ Wei Zheng | 43,400(217 BB) |
ML | 42,000(210 BB) |
41,200(206 BB) | |
NG Neeraj Gajria | 34,000(170 BB) |
RN Rindra Norodom | 32,000(160 BB) |
TQ Thuy Quynh | 29,700(149 BB) |
28,500(143 BB) |