WPT Prime Taiwan Main Event: Singapore’s Carter Chan delivers the bubble to earn Day 1A chip lead

 

World Poker Tour Prime Taiwan brought together 189 runners to the Main Event and after 11 hours of play, Singapore’s Carter Chan stole the show, delivering the bubble to end Day 1A. Chan also set the bar high for the next starting day, bagging up a mammoth 691,000 in chips. Read up on the action via the Live Updates on WPT.com

End of Day 1A chip counts

Carter Chan	Singapore	691,000
Yo Hwan Lim	South Korea	575,000
Kuan Chieh Chen	Taiwan	485,000
Erwin Ng	Singapore	426,000
Tsung Mao Liao	Taiwan	419,000
Kenji Hata	Japan	312,000
Chun Liang Kuo	Taiwan	278,000
Yen Po Chen	Taiwan	276,000
Yi Wei Peng	Taiwan	255,000
Tao Chu	Taiwan	250,000
Je Young Park	South Korea	185,000
Chi Yin Tsai	Taiwan	154,000
Woon Harvey	Singapore	146,000
Deng Kai Deng	Taiwan	143,000
Chen Hsuan Ting	Taiwan	138,000
Pi Ying Hsu	Taiwan	131,000
Seung Hwan Baek	South Korea	125,000
Chieh Fu Lin	Taiwan	111,000
Jun Feng Wang	Australia	110,000
Yu Je Nam	South Korea	107,000
Yi Syun Ciou	Taiwan	95,000
Yu Fan Chang	Taiwan	92,000
Peter Borremans	Belgium	92,000
Yen Han Chen	Taiwan	85,000

The Main Event opened at 1pm on Thursday, November 17 at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) in Taipei City. Welcoming in the players was WPT CEO Adam Pliska, along with WPT Live Events Specialist Danny McDonagh, WPT Host Ashleigh Lawrence, CTP Club’s Raymond Wong and Ross Wen. 

Less than two hours in, the field breached 100 entries and eventually closed at 189. Among the bigwigs that graced the felt were Chen An Lin, Brian Tougias, and Yohwan Lim. Only the latter advanced, packing up the second largest stack out of the 24 remaining players. Another notable player surviving the heat was Yen Han “Pete” Chen though as the shortest stack.

Besting Lim by one spot was Carter Chan who eliminated Joseph Phua on the bubble. During the hand, Chan four-bet shoved and Phua  called for his tournament life. Chan had , Phua , the board ran a nutty for a victorious flush to Chan.

The Main Event continues on Friday, November 18 with Day 1B up on the plate. Cards in the air at 1pm. It is expected to be a big one so for those looking to join the action, get there early to avoid the line. For a buy in of NT$ 33,000 (~$1,070), you’ll have a shot at the NT$ 10,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

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