WPT Prime Taiwan MAIN EVENT shatters records! 629 entries for $1.23M prize pool; Chih Wei Fan leads the 171 survivors into Day 2
The World Poker Tour brought together the largest gathering of players to Taiwan for its richest Prime series this season. Over the course of three starting days, the Asia Poker Arena was booming with action as 1,359 blazed in to set new heights for the brand in Asia.
The WPT Prime Taiwan festival kicked off on August 8, 2023 with the star attraction, MAIN EVENT, lighting up the room on August 17, 2023. Day 1A was certainly a sign of what was ahead with the line snaking up the steps and out onto the street. By the close of registration, 337 entries (266 uniques) was the tally with 43 reaching ITM.
The following day – Day 1B – saw an even larger turnout of 393 entries with 49 players advancing to Day 2. However, it was the third and final entry flight that was the clincher. Day 1C jam-packed the floor with over 50 tables in use to accommodate the roaring 629 entries (477 uniques). Combined, this was the largest Prime series turnout to-date of 1,359 entries, easily surpassing the previous record of 1,224 entries set at Gold Coast, Australia last February.
More good news, that wasn’t the only figure that was breached, the prize pool was also exceeded. With a buy in of TWD 33,000 (~USD 1,055) each, the pot ballooned to TWD 39,546,900 equivalent to roughly USD 1,236,845.
Coming Day 2 on Sunday, August 20, the 171 returning players will shave off portions. The minimum payout is TWD 52,500 (~USD 1,640). While Day 2 won’t see a champion crowned just yet, it won’t stop the players from coveting the top prize of TWD 6,652,200 which includes a USD 10,400 ticket to WPT World Championship Season XXI.
Several players are in great position to take it deep starting with Taiwan’s Chih Wei Fan who bagged up a towering 819,000 (137 big blinds) stack at Day 1C. He is trailed by Jack Ung by just 4 big blinds. To round out the top three is Day 1A heat leader Kenji Harada with 130 big blinds.
You can track the action via the WPT Live Updates.
Date: August 17 to 21, 2023
Buy in: TWD 33,000 (~USD 1,055)
Guarantee: USD 1,000,000
Total entries: 1,359
Prize pool: TWD 39,546,900 (~USD 1,236,845)
ITM: 171 players
Main Event – Day 2 – 171 players / ITM
Player | 姓名 | Flag | Stack |
Chih Wei Fan | 范植威 | Taiwan | 819,000 |
Jack Ung | Singapore | 799,000 | |
Harada Kenji | 原田憲児 | Japan | 733,000 |
Chun Kit Lee | 李俊傑 | Hong Kong | 710,000 |
David Soin | Singapore | 687,000 | |
Shun Ping Wang | 王舜平 | Taiwan | 666,000 |
Seung Hun Ko | Korea | 578,000 | |
Wen Kai Chen | 陳文凱 | Taiwan | 563,000 |
Feng Wen Chen | 陳豐文 | Taiwan | 552,000 |
Hsiao Wei Wu | 吳孝維 | Taiwan | 540,000 |
Henrieto Acain | Usa | 525,000 | |
Teng Kuei Hsu | 許登貴 | Taiwan | 520,000 |
Richard Marquez | Philippines | 510,000 | |
Jie Lo | 羅傑 | Taiwan | 502,000 |
Sparrow Park Yu Cheung | Hong Kong | 484,000 | |
Jereld Sam En Zhi | Singapore | 478,000 | |
Su Yeol Lee | South Korea | 474,000 | |
Sumit Sapra | India | 466,000 | |
Hazel Chui | 徐烷珊 | Hong Kong | 435,000 |
Yong Sheng Ho | Singapore | 432,000 | |
Charles Ying Wai Wong | 王英偉 | Hong Kong | 430,000 |
Chih Hsien Lin | 林志憲 | Taiwan | 423,000 |
Lee Heungbum | Korea | 414,000 | |
Hung Te Lee | 李泓德 | Taiwan | 413,000 |
Guillem Segarra | Spain | 411,000 | |
Chia Yu Shr | 施佳祐 | Taiwan | 410,000 |
Mai Bien | Viet Nam | 407,000 | |
Seung Yong Yi | Korea | 405,000 | |
Yi Syun Chen | 陳逸勳 | Taiwan | 403,000 |
Kun Kan Lee | 李昆翰 | Taiwan | 403,000 |
Tsung Wen Huang | 黃琮文 | Taiwan | 392,000 |
Chi Chun Cheung | 張志進 | Hong Kong | 392,000 |
Haro Clement | France | 385,000 | |
Woo Jong Ha | South Korea | 378,000 | |
Jacky Wang | Singapore | 370,000 | |
Tao Wei Chang | 張道為 | Taiwan | 368,000 |
Kai Yu He | 何剴喻 | Taiwan | 367,000 |
Kim Dong Kyu | South Korea | 366,000 | |
Michael Enouqvez | Philippines | 358,000 | |
Phillip Nguyen | Australia | 353,000 | |
Paul Vas Nunes | United Kingdom | 350,000 | |
Yeh Po Chen | 陳彥博 | Taiwan | 348,000 |
Philippines | 348,000 | ||
Ho Shing Wong | 黃可成 | Hong Kong | 344,000 |
Kyle Bao Diep | Vietnam | 343,000 | |
Leonard Yannick | France | 341,000 | |
Wei Hsiang Huang | 黃韋翔 | Taiwan | 323,000 |
Jun Yi Ho | Singapore | 322,000 | |
Eli Chang | Usa | 320,000 | |
Edwin Dela Oruz | Philippines | 316,000 | |
Seonguk Huh | South Korea | 313,000 | |
Tsun Hin Barry Wong | 黃浚軒 | Hong Kong | 305,000 |
Florencio Campomanes | Philippines | 301,000 | |
Ka Shun Tsang | 曾家信 | Hong Kong | 300,000 |
Yong Kyun Kim | 金勇均 | Korea | 287,000 |
Takashi Taniguchi | Japan | 285,000 | |
Hideki Nakamura | 中村秀樹 | Japan | 282,000 |
Dester Chua | 蔡俊杰 | Singapore | 282,000 |
Peng Sen Wu | 吳鵬森 | Taiwan | 278,000 |
Shu Leung Yau | 邱書良 | Hong Kong | 276,000 |
Chao Ting Cheng | 鄭兆廷 | Taiwan | 274,000 |
Jia Hao Yang | 揚家豪 | Taiwan | 274,000 |
Kuen Wai Tang | 鄧權威 | Hong Kong | 270,000 |
Bishmer Sekaran | Singapore | 269,000 | |
Alex Tung Nguyen | Vietnam | 268,000 | |
Tokuya Shuto | Japan | 264,000 | |
Shiou Min Lin | 林修民 | Taiwan | 262,000 |
Bryan Santos | Philippines | 260,000 | |
Chia Yun Wu | 吳家運 | Taiwan | 256,000 |
Wai Shing Au-Yeung | 歐陽偉誠 | Hong Kong | 249,000 |
Yu Yung Lin | 林煜湧 | Taiwan | 243,000 |
Yin Sau Ho | 何彥修 | Hong Kong | 237,000 |
Cheng Han Lin | 林政漢 | Taiwan | 232,000 |
Kai Cheng Hsu | 徐楷程 | Taiwan | 230,000 |
I Lin Chiu | 邱奕霖 | Taiwan | 229,000 |
Dhanesh Chainani | Singapore | 229,000 | |
Nebojsa Blanusa | Australia | 226,000 | |
Chia Hsuan Hsu | 許佳煊 | Taiwan | 221,000 |
Shih Kun Chou | 周世坤 | Taiwan | 219,000 |
Alan Pham | Australia | 215,000 | |
Anson Tsang | 曾恩盛 | Hong Kong | 212,000 |
Vincent Salaun | France | 211,000 | |
Kai Yang | United States | 208,000 | |
Chun Yen Ho | 何俊彥 | Taiwan | 207,000 |
Ming Song Huang | 黃明嵩 | Taiwan | 198,000 |
Ker Paw Lin | 林克寶 | Taiwan | 198,000 |
Jass Chew | 周煒竣 | Singapore | 195,000 |
Renato Jr Villanueva | Philippines | 195,000 | |
Kolja Luecking | Germany | 193,000 | |
Chi Wang | 王璣 | Taiwan | 191,000 |
Bier Romain | France | 189,000 | |
Sriram Maniam | India | 188,000 | |
Yu Jung Lo | 羅宇榮 | Taiwan | 183,000 |
Kai Fung Ngai | 魏介鋒 | Hong Kong | 180,000 |
Amir Abbas | Australia | 174,000 | |
Jung Sup Yun | South Korea | 170,000 | |
Shou Dien Chen | 陳守鈿 | Taiwan | 168,000 |
Jaruplavath Raju | India | 163,000 | |
Tomaya Kuratani | Japan | 161,000 | |
Pradeep Nudurumati | India | 158,000 | |
Victor Chen | 陳治言 | Taiwan | 158,000 |
Chi Hao Chu | 朱麒豪 | Taiwan | 157,000 |
Raymond Ho | Singapore | 154,000 | |
Kaxuo Yamamoto | 山本和生 | Japan | 151,000 |
Man Hin Yeung | 楊玟軒 | Hong Kong | 150,000 |
Ling Wei Wu | 吳陵瑋 | Taiwan | 148,000 |
Tin Long Cheng | 鄭天朗 | Hong Kong | 147,000 |
Chien Chih Weng | 翁芊智 | Taiwan | 145,000 |
Yu Chun Chen | 陳昱均 | Taiwan | 142,000 |
Jung Won Wook | South Korea | 140,000 | |
Ta Wei Tou | 竇大衛 | Taiwan | 135,000 |
David Chen | Usa | 134,000 | |
Jack Wei | 魏錫原 | Taiwan | 132,000 |
Yong Ha Kim | Korea | 129,000 | |
Jackie Wu | 吳振宏 | Taiwan | 127,000 |
Hsu Sheng Wang | 王敘昇 | Taiwan | 126,000 |
Tung Wing Wong | Hong Kong | 125,000 | |
Blondel Jules | France | 119,000 | |
Warren Villa | Philippines | 118,000 | |
Yi Cheng Lee | 李祐承 | Taiwan | 117,000 |
Yi Cheng Lu | 盧奕承 | Taiwan | 117,000 |
Chien Yu Su | 蘇建宇 | Taiwan | 113,000 |
Chung Heng Hsueh | 薛仲恒 | Taiwan | 112,000 |
Justin Yang | 楊曉亦 | Taiwan | 111,000 |
Yu Sheng Lin | 林祐聖 | Taiwan | 109,000 |
Shingo Sarkar | Japan | 106,000 | |
Chun Kit Lee | 李進傑 | Hong Kong | 104,000 |
Matthew Chan | Singapore | 104,000 | |
Ka Him Chan | 陳嘉謙 | Singapore | 104,000 |
Sui Ming Huang | 黃穗明 | Hong Kong | 103,000 |
Yen Han Chen | 陳彥翰 | Taiwan | 103,000 |
Kwang Chung Tan | Singapore | 101,000 | |
Tsang Chak Lam | Hong Kong | 101,000 | |
Shu In Li | 李書吟 | Taiwan | 99,000 |
Hsin Fu Chen | 陳信甫 | Taiwan | 99,000 |
Tao Chu | 曲濤 | Taiwan | 98,000 |
Burton Lam | Hong Kong | 98,000 | |
Chun Han Lin | 林君翰 | Taiwan | 98,000 |
Thibaut Blondel | France | 94,000 | |
Jun Young Park | South Korea | 92,000 | |
Guan Zhong Lai | 賴冠中 | Taiwan | 90,000 |
Wei Hao Lin | 林唯皓 | Taiwan | 88,000 |
Ka Hei Fung | 馮家熹 | Hong Kong | 88,000 |
Chih Feng Li | 李志峯 | Taiwan | 84,000 |
Chi Ying Tsai | 蔡季瑛 | Taiwan | 79,000 |
Kwok Yim Wong | 黃國寅 | Hong Kong | 79,000 |
Jung Chou Chen | 陳榮州 | Taiwan | 74,000 |
Le Ngoc Khanh | Vietnam | 73,000 | |
Steve Arnold | United States | 73,000 | |
Ignatius Ee | Singapore | 62,000 | |
Benny Chung | 鍾志豪 | Taiwan | 60,000 |
Shing Kai Lam | 林藍楷 | Hong Kong | 60,000 |
Cheng Yi Hing | Hong Kong | 57,000 | |
David Erquiaga | Philippines | 56,000 | |
Man Hang Tse | 謝文亨 | Hong Kong | 54,000 |
Anil Adiani | India | 53,000 | |
Pin Lun Li | 李品綸 | Taiwan | 52,000 |
Chia Lin Huang | 黃珈霖 | Taiwan | 48,000 |
Herry Lian | Germany | 47,000 | |
Liew Bernice | Singapore | 43,000 | |
Yi Ching Lin | 林苡晴 | Taiwan | 42,000 |
Philemon Ip | Hong Kong | 40,000 | |
Hsiang Chuan Kung | 孔祥川 | Taiwan | 40,000 |
Xiang Jun Thomas Po | Singapore | 38,000 | |
Dou Houng Chien | 簡道桓 | Taiwan | 37,000 |
William Noble Bolton | Australia | 35,000 | |
Yiu Yeung Leung | 梁耀揚 | Hong Kong | 35,000 |
Yu Ming Hsu | 許祐銘 | Taiwan | 28,000 |
Edward Jay Cabanlet | Philippines | 23,000 | |
Yang Lin | 林陽 | Taiwan | 21,000 |
Toshihiko Akizuki | Japan | 20,000 |
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