GOP Taipei 2026 Day 4 Recap: Pandora’s Mystery Bounty Concludes as Super High Roller and Titan Stack Take Shape

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Day 4 of GOP Taipei 2026: The Titan Assembly saw traffic surge into CTP Asia Poker Arena as players packed the room from early afternoon, helped in part by a popular freeroll that awarded seats into the evening’s Stairs Main Event Satellite. With momentum building across the floor, several key events reached critical stages while more trophies were added to an already busy series.

By the end of the day, seven more champions had been crowned, Pandora’s Mystery Bounty found its winner, and both the GOP Super High Roller and Titan Stack had completed their opening flights.

Soohyeok Lee Wins Pandora’s Mystery Bounty

Pandora’s Mystery Bounty was the headline event of the day, drawing 215 entries across four starting flights. Thirty-one players returned for the Final Day already guaranteed a share of the TWD 3,343,680 prize pool, but much of the attention was focused on the mystery envelopes, including three top bounties worth TWD 160,000 each.

Soohyeok Lee added his second trophy of the series by winning the event and claiming a Silver Spartan. Lee had already picked up a Shield earlier in the festival and followed that up with a composed run through the Final Day, surviving several close moments along the way.

Lee nearly exited at six-handed play when his second pair and gutshot ran into two pair, only to spike Broadway on the river. At three-handed, all the chips went in with Lee holding king-ten, Dong Yan pocket sevens, and Deric Liang nine-eight suited. A rivered king eliminated Yan and vaulted Lee into the lead.

Heads-up was brief. Lee snap-called Liang’s shove on the turn holding a made straight, and the river bricked out to seal the win. Lee also uncovered the final top bounty ticket, finishing the event with a total payout of TWD 742,380.

Among the biggest bounty winners was Yan, who entered the Final Day with just nine big blinds and finished third. Yan collected TWD 228,000 in bounties, boosting his total winnings to TWD 446,100. Xuan Ming Jason Chin also found one of the top bounty tickets after finishing 22nd, turning a modest payout into TWD 184,400.

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Soohyeok Lee – GOP Taipei

GOP Super High Roller: Four Players Advance

The GOP Super High Roller drew 20 entries at a buy-in of TWD 230,000, creating a prize pool of TWD 4,149,660. Only four players survived to the Final Day, each locking up a payout and a shot at the Gold Gauntlet.

Marc Rivera , fresh off his Demigods Challenge win, returned to make another deep run and secured a seat in the money after eliminating Yohwan “BoxeR” Lim. Joining him in the Final Day lineup are Edgar Asehan Jr., Jin Woo Jung, and chip leader John Niko Costiniano , who bagged the largest stack heading into play.

The Super High Roller resumes at 12:30 PM on January 12 and will be livestreamed via the Gods of Poker Facebook page and CTP Twitch.

Titan Stack: Flights Complete, Final Day Set

The Titan Stack also reached a key point, with 140 entries recorded across three flights. Twenty-one players advanced to the Final Day, all guaranteed a share of the TWD 3,000,000 prize pool.

Yoshimoto Shinya emerged as the standout, bagging the only seven-figure stack and entering the Final Day with approximately 75 big blinds. Chi Jan Liu and Hayato Kitajima also sit near the top of the counts, while Kevin Choi returns with a playable stack after previously winning the Titan Stack High Roller in Jeju.

Play resumes at 12:30 PM on January 12, with the eventual champion set to earn TWD 742,000.

Day 4 Side Event Winners

Side events continued to deliver, with six additional trophies awarded. Martijn Gerrits maintained his remarkable run by winning the Hyper Turbo High Roller, marking his fourth trophy in as many days. Tony Khoang also picked up his second title of the series after taking down the 5 Card PLO Double Board Bomb Pot.

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Martijn Gerrits – GOP Taipei

Other winners on Day 4 included Patrick Quealy, Ma. Arlene Rivera, Tomoyuki Maeda, and Jarryd Russell Godena, each adding Shield or Aphrodite Mirror trophies to the growing collection at GOP Taipei.

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Ma Arlene Rivera – GOP Taipei

Up Next

As the festival moves into Day 5, attention turns to the Final Days of the GOP Super High Roller and Titan Stack, alongside the much-anticipated GOP Main Event.

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GOP Taipei – Schedule Jan 12

For full results and chip counts, check out the Gods of Poker website, and for image galleries from the series, check out the Gods of Poker Flickr page.