Players Series Taipei 2024: Zong Chi He, Lee Shung Hei Lead Main Event Final 9; Sam Hung Bags Big At SS Challenge

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Players Series Taipei Main Event 2024
Players Series Taipei Main Event 2024

On December 22, 2024, the inaugural Players Series kicked off its penultimate day with multiple events on the floor. Under the spotlight was the Main Event with 47 players in pursuit of a final table seat. After a roller coaster day of triumphs and bad beats that ran for over seven hours, the final 9 players emerged.

Read up on the action: PS Main Event Live Updates
PS Taipei Main Event – Payouts

Final 9 Of Players Series Main Event

Players Series Main Event final table
Players Series Taipei Main Event final table
Seat Player Flag Stack BB
9 Zong Chi He Taiwan 4,370,000 55
4 Lee Shun Hei Hong Kong 4,350,000 54
1 Ruei Jiun Liang Taiwan 2,960,000 37
2 Nick Hsuan Yu Lai Taiwan 2,910,000 36
5 Sin Lan Chen Taiwan 2,265,000 28
7 Yu Cheng Hsu Taiwan 2,135,000 27
3 Chang Ming Hung Taiwan 1,430,000 18
8 Erwin Ng Singapore 1,230,000 15
6 Jonathan Looi Tek Wye Malaysia 810,000 10

The Players Series Taipei 2024 rolled in on December 13 with eleven days of games set to conclude on December 23. Taking place at the CTP Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City, Taiwan, the Main Event guaranteed the largest prize pool of NTD 15 Million. This drew a 748 turnout with the money starting at 112th place.

Zong Chi He, Lee Shun Hei Lead Final 9

Zong Chi He at Players Series Main Event
Zong Chi He at Players Series Main Event

At Day 3, only 47 returned ending with the final 9. Two players separated by just 1 big blind headlined the counts – Zong Chi He with 55 bb and Lee Shun Hei with 54 bb. 

Lee Shun Hei eliminated Chen Po Jui at Players Series Main Event
Lee Shun Hei eliminated Chen Po Jui at Players Series Main Event

Both players contributed to forming the final table. With 11 players remaining, Lee burned the day’s entering chip leader, Chen Po Jui, with a straight on the turn. To close out the day, Fu Sheng Kuang improved against Zong at the flop then fell back on the turn to fall in 10th place.

Read up on all the action via the Day 3 Live Updates.
PS Taipei Main Event – Payouts

Remaining Payouts

Place Payout in NTD In ~USD Equivalent
1 2,503,000 76,992
2 1,581,000 48,631
3 1,050,000 32,298
4 820,000 25,223
5 638,000 19,625
6 498,000 15,318
7 390,000 11,996
8 309,000 9,505
9 246,000 7,567

Sam Hung Leads Superstar Challenge

After ten 40-minute levels, Day 1 of the Superstar Challenge NTD 3M guaranteed concluded with 27 players remaining. A total of 51 entries were recorded with the field expected to grow as late registration remains open until Level 13 in Day 2. For those planning to enter, buy in is NTD 66,000 (~US$ 2,090) which gives you a 250,000 starting stack. Entering blinds are 5000-10,000.

Chen Yu Hung aka Sam Hung leads Superstar Challenge
Chen Yu Hung aka Sam Hung leads Superstar Challenge

Chen Yu Hung aka Sam Hung led the pack with a towering stack of 1,311,000 (131 bb) heading into the Final Day. Helping him get there was the elimination of David Erquiaga with a dominating pocket Aces.

Another stack surpassing the one-million mark belonged to Belgium’s Kristof Segers, the decorated five-time CTP title owner. He capped off Day 1 with a chunky stack of 1,188,000 (119 bb) to begin Day 2. Hot on Segers’ heels were Ori Kossonogi (998,000 / 99 bb)) and Ko Chia-Hsiang (930,000 / 93 bb).

Other players advancing to Day 2 include Hsu Kai-Cheng (823,000), Ha Baron (740,000), Jason Lau (634,000), Martin Gonzales (536,000), and Adrien Favre (194,000).

Superstar Challenge Review

  • Date: December 22 to 23, 2024
  • Buy in: NTD 66,000 (~US$ 2,090)
  • Guarantee: NTD 3,000,000 (~US$ 92,300)
  • Entries: 51
  • Starting stack: 250,000

Top 10 Stacks

Rank Player Flag Stack BB
1 Chen Yu Hung Taiwan 1,311,000 131
2 Kristof Segers Belgium 1,188,000 119
3 Ori Kossonogi Taiwan 998,000 100
4 Ko Chia Hsiang Taiwan 930,000 93
5 Hsu Kai Cheng Taiwan 823,000 82
6 Ha Baron Taiwan 740,000 74
7 Jason Lau Malaysia 634,000 63
8 Nguyen Kinh Huyen Vietnam 615,000 62
9 Martin Gonzales Philippines 536,000 54
10 Ko Byung Hak Korea 506,000 51

PS Superstar Challenge – Chip Counts

Mini Main Event Review

Yoon Jae Seoung
Yoon Jae Seoung

Over at the highly popular Mini Main Event,  it did not disappoint with a roaring 266 entries across two flights. This utterly smashed the guarantee. While we await the official prize pool, what is certain is the ITM list with 40 players assured a cut of the pot. Leading that lineup is Korea’s Yoon Jae Seoung who bagged a massive pile at Mini Main B.

  • Date: December 22 to 23, 2024
  • Buy in: NTD 8,500 (~US$ 270)
  • Guarantee: NTD 1,000,000 (~US$ 30,750)
  • Prize pool: TBA
  • ITM: 40 players

Chip Counts – 40 Players

Player Stack
Table-Seat
Yoon Jae Seoung 835,000 8-8
吳奕緯 516,000 3-4
黃漢威 447,000 7-8
陳志忠 426,000 6-4
Kataoka Toshio 406,000 2-8
梁耀揚 316,000 3-2
Ii Satoshi 298,000 6-3
鄭哲承 260,000 8-3
陳樂名 240,000 6-8
張興運 239,000 7-5
Tan Keng-Yeow 219,000 8-7
朱家賢 213,000 2-7
Yun Jihee 208,000 6-7
Deocampo Andrew 201,000 7-6
盧景暉 193,000 8-4
Ip Hon Leung 190,000 7-4
廖柏霖 187,000 3-8
陳俊偉 186,000 2-3
Lee Minchul 175,000 3-1
Thomas Liffick 164,000 7-3
王凱弘 158,000 7-7
李沐澤 155,000 6-2
陳啟泰 150,000 2-6
郭柏均 150,000 3-3
余澤林 138,000 7-2
Kim Kun Woo 133,000 2-2
林千聿 127,000 6-5
陳曉明 124,000 8-5
梁嘉誠 114,000 6-6
劉峻豪 111,000 3-7
Sakamoto Taisei 107,000 3-6
Soin David 102,000 7-1
Idnani Gauray 93,000 6-1
郭展熙 88,000 2-4
Yugebdra Pual 63,000 3-5
王人焌 60,000 2-5
Cerbito Marciel 55,000 8-1
朱永進 46,000 2-1
Lam Wei-Ming 46,000 8-2
Wolterink Bart 39,000 8-6

Links:

Players Series Taipei 2024 – Schedule
Players Series Taipei 2024 – Festival Results
Players Series Taipei 2024 – Photos 

Author:Tricia David