WPT Prime Taiwan: Hon Cheong “Ivan” Lee ships Super High Roller; Im Heesoo wins Single Day HR; Masaya Hayami leads PLO Day 1, 14 remain

 

WPT Prime Taiwan enters its eighth day at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) with games kicking off on November 11 and running through November 21. A total of 13 events have completed with two new champions emerging last night. Hong Kong’s Hon Cheong Lee aka Ivan Lee shipped the Super High Roller and Korea’s Im Heesoo topped the Single Day High Roller. At the PLO event, 14 players survived led by Japan’s Masaya Hayami. We’ve got those results below including an update on the Player of the Festival race.

With the festival down to its final stretch, at the top of the menu is the Main Event featuring a NT$ 10,000,000 guarantee. That figure is well on its way to being shattered with 189 entries seen at Day 1A and a much larger turnout anticipated for Day 1B which starts at 1pm today, Friday, November 18. Click on the link provided for all the info.

WPT Prime Taiwan – MAIN EVENT info
WPT Prime Taiwan – MAIN EVENT Day 1A

HON CHEONG “IVAN” LEE ships the Super High Roller

Hon Cheong Lee aka Ivan Lee lifted his career first WPT title and it couldn’t have been more glorious than taking down the Super High Roller event. Lee topped a stellar field of fellow pros that included multi decorated Michael Soyza and hottest running Asian player today, Thailand’s Punnat Punsri. For his achievement, Lee locked up the NT$ 2,944,000 (~$95,187) top prize and a trophy for his collection. He also slid into the top spot of the Player of the Festival race.

The NT$ 200K buy in Super High Roller event was a two-day affair with 33 players and 14 re-entries for a total prize pool of NT$ 8,662,100 (~$280,060). Entering the final day, 14 players returned with Hamish Crawshaw at the helm however he could not turn it into cash. Same as well for Natalie Teh. Both players reached the final table but fell short.

The first to the money was Soyza in 7th place followed by the last two locals hoping to seal the win for Taiwan. The remaining four players were hunting down their first WPT title. For Punsri, he had just returned from cashing at the WSOPE Main Event and was looking for redemption. However, it was not to be, settling instead for 3rd place while Lee went on to defeat Seung Hun Ko to capture his first live tournament title of the year.

Buy in: NT$ 200,000 (~$6,465)
Entries: 47
Prize pool: NT$ 8,662,100 (~$280,060)
ITM: 7 places

1st	Hon Cheong Lee	Hong Kong	$2,944,000
2nd	Seung Hun Ko	South Korea	$1,962,600
3rd	Punnat Punsri	Thailand	$1,308,400
4th	Jun Hao Wu	Singapore	$907,400
5th	Wen Kai Chen	Taiwan	$655,600
6th	Chia Yun Wu	Taiwan	$494,300
7th	Michael Soyza	Malaysia	$389,800

Korea’s IM HEESOO wins the Single Day High Roller

Buy in: NT$ 100,000 (~$3,230)
Entries: 33
Prize pool: NT$ 297,700 (~$96,250)
ITM: 5 places

1st	Im Heesoo	South Korea	$1,220,500
2nd	Chi Hung Ho	Taiwan	$744,200
3rd	Phachara Wongwichit	Thailand	$446,600
4th	Sparrow Cheung	Hong Kong	$327,500
5th	Sung Joo Hyun	South Korea	$238,200

Event 15: PLO (2-Day Event) – Day 1 chip counts

The lone PLO event saw 73 runners take on this variant for a prize pool of NT$ 1,607,400. By the end of the 16 scheduled rounds of play, 14 survived. They return today, Friday, November 18 at 1pm to chase down the money which starts at 10th place and the NT$ 492,600 top prize.

Player	Flag	Chips	BB
Masaya Hayami	Japan	328,500	41
Yoon Kang	Australia	250,788	31
Michael Soyza	Malaysia	248,500	31
Kristof Segers	Belgium	217,500	27
Chih Feng Li	Taiwan	181,735	23
Ming Chang Xiao		155,000	19
Hayato Kitajima	Japan	152,500	19
Wei Cheng Yin	Taiwan	135,500	17
Daisuke Ogita	Japan	135,500	17
Chao Ting Cheng	Taiwan	129,000	16
JP Yu	Taiwan	105,000	13
Hisahi Yamanouchi	Japan	99,000	12
Chun Han Lin	Taiwan	89,500	11
Rolands Norietis	Latvia	72,000	9

Player of the Festival – after 11 events

Hon Chenog Lee takes the lead after 11 events. Lee topped the Super High Roller event and placed 2nd at the Megastack NLH.

HON CHEONG LEE	725
CHINYAO WANG	500
CHUNG YI HO	475
SPARROW CHEUNG	435
MOTOYOSHI	400
LEE KUN HAN	375
SEUNG HUN KO	375
YI WEI PENG	350
WEI TING CHEN	300
YU SHENG LIN	300
CHUNG LIANG LIN	300
WU HUNGHSIANG	300
NATALIE TEH	300
VICTOR CHONG	300
PI YING HSU	300

Stick with us at Somuchpoker as we bring you updates of the ongoing series.

Links:

WPT Prime Taiwan – Event Payouts

WPT Prime Taiwan – Main Event Day 1A results

WPT Prime Taiwan underway – first five events 
WPT Prime Taiwan – Event 6 – 9