MAIN EVENT ($1,320)

The second Won Poker Cup III Main Event qualifier on schedule, Day 1B, added another 89 entries onto the tally, bringing 11 more survivors onto the next round. Emerging at the top of the counts was Azerbaijan’s Khayal Abbasov, who bagged a towering 566,000 in chips — surpassing the Day 1A benchmark set by Jian Lin (526,000).

Abbasov steadily grew his stack throughout the day and was consistently found stacking atop the charts once registration closed. His biggest boost however, came in the last hour of the day after a preflop confrontation with Chak Hei Chan saw him clutch a massive 80 big blind pot. Abbasov continued to dominate following the win, and later on delivered the bubble elimination to ring the Day 1B curtains close.

Two more flights are due to run tomorrow, May 19th, anticipated to draw the largest fields across the list. Don't miss the action and join the chase for a chance to win a chunk of the $600,000 guaranteed prize pool!

Won Poker Cup III Main Event

Date/s: May 17-21, 2025

Buy-in: USD 1,320

Guarantee: USD 600,000

Day 1A: 70 entries, 9 qualified

Day 1B: 89 entries, 11 qualified

Day 1C: Monday, May 19

Day 1D Turbo: Monday, May 19

Day 2: Tuesday, May 20

Day 3/ Final: Wednesday, May 21

With 13 players remaining, Day 1B ended abruptly as two eliminations occurred at the same time, skipping the usual hand-for-hand bubble play.

Among those eliminated was Nguyen Thai Quang, who moved all-in for his final 40,000 from the big blind, facing off in a race against chip leader Khayal Abbasov. The board ran out A♦ 3♦ 8♠ J♠ 6♦ , offering no help to Nguyen, as Abbasov stayed ahead from start to finish.

On the other table, Lining Tan joined Nguyen in disappointment, falling just a few spots short of reaching Day 2 and securing a cash.

Only six more eliminations are due before the flight wraps up, leaving just 11 players out of the 89-entry field onto Day 2 by night's end.

Chip Counts

Reigning chip leader Khayal Abbasov extended his lead even more so, having picked up yet another pot to crack the 500K threshold.

Abbasov opened on the cutoff and saw player on the small blind commit 55,000 of his stack, leaving himself with one chip behind. Abbasov effectively put him all-in and easily delivered the bust on board A♠ Q♦ 3♦ K♥ J♣ .

With action folded to the button, Khayal Abbasov lodged a 10,000 open and was met with a 40,000 three bet from Chak Hei Chan on the small blind. The raise opened the action for Abbasov to pad the pot further to 90,000, resulting in an all-in from Chan with his newly acquired chips of over 200,000.

Abbasov snap called with the cowboys and scooped up the chip leader pot with no issues as board 5♠ 3♥ J♦ 3♦ 3♣ ran clean.

Khayal Abbasov opened from early position and was joined by both players on the blinds onto flop 7♥ 8♠ 4♣ . Abbasov continued for 3,000, check called by Nguyen Thanh Long on the small blind.

On turn J♥ , Abbasov fired another 11,500, and was this time, met with a check raise to 25,000 from his opponent. Abbasov gave it a thought yet elected to surrender, conceding the pot to Nguyen.