The World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Taiwan concluded another round of thrilling games at the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City with five players claiming trophies during the Day 6 festivities. The top story was the Mystery Bounty event where Thibaut Blondel captured his first live title and Hao Wai Kim pulling the biggest reward. Here are the highlights and results.
WPT Prime Taiwan – Festival Results
WPT Prime Taiwan – Player Guide
Thibaut Blondel captures maiden live title at Mystery Bounty
Big day for France’s Thibaut Blondel who entered Day 2 of the Mystery Bounty event ranked 82nd out of 87 returnees then walked away as champion. The victory was Blondel’s career first. He pocketed the TWD 1,225,000 (~USD 38,500) top prize and two bounties – runner up and his own amounting to TWD 60,000 – for a total payout of TWD 1,285,000 (~USD 40,190).
At heads up against Yu Jung Lo, Blondel had Lo covered over 2:1 when the final hand was tabled. The board completed 
, Lo check-called throughout then led out on the river only to face a shove by Blondel. Lo tank-called for his tournament life with 
two pair, Blondel dominated and won it with 
set.
You can relive Blondel’s race to victory via the livestream, just click the link provided below.
Mystery Bounty – Final Table – Livestream
Mystery Bounty – Day 2 Chip Counts
The Mystery Bounty event was a big one with 692 entries for a prize pool of TWD 10M. 87 players returned in Day 2, each one guaranteed a piece of the TWD 6,712,400 (~USD 210,980) cash pool while all hopes were on pulling the biggest bounty reward of TWD 600,000 (~USD 18,860). That lucky moment was granted to Hao Wai Ku, with his wife finding the lone ticket. Hao eliminated a total of 4 players to amass the largest collection of TWD 775,000 in bounties. He walked away with a cool TWD 856,500 (~USD 26,790) to rank third overall in payouts.
Date: August 11 to 13, 2023
Buy in: TWD 16,500 (~USD 520)
Guarantee: TWD 5,000,000 (~USD 157,160)
Entries: 692
Prize pool: TWD 6,712,400 (~USD 210,980)
Bounty pool: TWD 3,356,200 (~USD 105,490)
ITM: 87 places
Final 9 payouts
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in TWD | Bounties |
Total payout
|
| 1 | Thibaut Blondel | France | 1,225,000 | 60,000 | 1,285,000 |
| 2 | Yu Jung Lo | Taiwan | 860,000 | 55,000 | 915,000 |
| 3 | Yu Chung Chang | Taiwan | 555,000 | 60,000 | 615,000 |
| 4 | Yu Sheng Lin | Taiwan | 407,000 | 407,000 | |
| 5 | Romain Bier | France | 312,000 | 185,000 | 497,000 |
| 6 | Hsiao Wei Wu | Taiwan | 248,000 | 500,000 | 748,000 |
| 7 | Shingo Horikoshi | Japan | 205,000 | 205,000 | |
| 8 | Kong Fung | Hong Kong | 164,000 | 164,000 | |
| 9 | Jia Chi Lee | Taiwan | 122,900 | 15,000 | 137,900 |
*Full payouts in WPT Taiwan – Festival Results
Other winners
Matthew Cook wins maiden title at the day’s Deepstack
Large turnout at the day’s Deepstack tournament with 191 firing up the floor to generate a prize pool of TWD 1,390,900 (~USD 43,720). Several well known players reached the final table, Patrick Liang, Park Yu Cheung, and Ka Shun Tsang who missed a series second title, falling to Matthew Cook at heads up. Cook locked up the TWD 422,500 (~USD 13,213) top prize and his career first title.
Date: August 13 to 14, 2023
Buy in: TWD 10,000 (~USD 315)
Entries: 191
Prize pool: TWD 1,390,900 (~USD 43,720)
ITM: 24 places
Final table payouts
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in TWD
|
| 1 | Matthew Cook | USA | 422,500 |
| 2 | Ka Shun Tsang | Hong Kong | 288,000 |
| 3 | Yi Hing Cheng | Hong Kong | 171,000 |
| 4 | Jen Chieh Liu | Taiwan | 104,000 |
| 5 | Park Yu Cheung | Hong Kong | 80,300 |
| 6 | Kai Cheng Hsu | Taiwan | 66,500 |
| 7 | Chunyen Lee | Taiwan | 56,700 |
| 8 | Patrick Liang | Taiwan | 50,000 |
| 9 | Kai Lun Zhuang | Taiwan | 42,400 |
Peter Ng wins career first WPT title at the Turbo
Another trophy for Hong Kong with Peter Ng outlasting the 113 entry field of the Turbo event to claim his career first WPT win. Ng pocketed the TWD 165,000 (~USD 5,160) top prize and a cool trophy to commemorate the achievement.
Date: August 13, 2023
Buy in: TWD 6,000 (~USD 190)
Entries: 113
Prize pool: TWD 559,100 (~USD 17,575)
ITM: 15 places
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in TWD
|
| 1 | Peter Ng | Hong Kong | 165,000 |
| 2 | Yim Chiu Ting | Hong Kong | 102,100 |
| 3 | Josei Kamei | United | 61,000 |
| 4 | Yu Tang Hu | Taiwan | 39,100 |
| 5 | Tin Ka Lee | Hong Kong | 29,600 |
| 6 | Kensuke Tajika | Japan | 24,600 |
| 7 | Hernan Jaybee Villa | Philippines | 21,200 |
| 8 | Kar Wee Chee | Malaysia | 18,700 |
| 9 | Yuan Hsu Lee | Taiwan | 16,500 |
Full payouts in WPT Taiwan – Festival Results
Vamerdino Magsakay claims trophy at Turbo 50K Survivor event
The Turbo 50K Survivor event drew 54 entries, among them was Filipino Vamerdino Magsakay who has been running hot since last year with numerous titles and cashes earned in the Philippines and Vietnam. He now has one in Taiwan, his first ever WPT trophy after a heads up deal with Lee Kun Han.
Date: August 13, 2023
Buy in: TWD 16,500 (~USD 520)
Entries: 54
Prize pool: TWD 435,700 (~USD 13,695)
ITM: 7 places
*Heads up deal, play for trophy
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in TWD
|
| 1 | Vamerdino Magsakay | Philippines | 128,500* |
| 2 | Lee Kun Han | Taiwan | 128,600* |
| 3 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 58,800 |
| 4 | Hon Cheong Lee | Hong Kong | 41,400 |
| 5 | Ty C | Taiwan | 32,700 |
| 6 | Jong Eun Kim | Korea | 26,100 |
| 7 | Chien Chih Weng | Taiwan | 19,600 |
Sohei Obara wins Hyper Turbo High Roller
Date: August 12, 2023
Buy in: TWD 50,000 (~USD 1,575)
Entries: 25
Prize pool: TWD 1,124,500 (~USD 35,345)
ITM: 4 places
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in TWD
|
| 1 | Sohei Obara | Japan | 502,000 |
| 2 | Yen Han Chen | Taiwan | 310,200 |
| 3 | Park Yu Cheung | Hong Kong | 189,600 |
| 4 | Mai Bien | Vietnam | 122,700 |
Events resuming on August 14, 2023
Event 15: Mini High Roller – Day 1 results
Date: August 13 to 14, 2023
Buy in: TWD 66,000 (~USD 2,075)
Entries: 39
Prize pool: TWD 2,269,800 (~USD 71,340)
ITM: 6 places
Top prize: TWD 806,800 (~USD 25,360)
Final 4 players by stack
| Player | Flag | Stack |
| Toshio Kataoka | Japan | 3,015,000 |
| Ping Hsien Chan | Taiwan | 1,190,000 |
| Cha Minan Lok | Macau | 935,000 |
| Po Wen Fang | Taiwan | 705,000 |
Event 16: PLO – Day 1 results
Date: August 13 to 14, 2023
Buy in: TWD 11,000 (~USD 345)
Entries: 60
Prize pool: TWD 582,000 (~USD 18,290)
ITM: 8 places
Top prize: TWD 209,500 (~USD 6,585)
| Player | Flag | Stack |
| Selim Souissi | Tunisia | 357,000 |
| Wei Tsung Chen | Taiwan | 136,000 |
| Chih Feng Li | Taiwan | 183,000 |
| Chih Ping Yu | Taiwan | 156,500 |
| Yi Wei Peng | Taiwan | 91,000 |
| Jong Bum Bae | Korea | 56,500 |
| Bo Jia Su | Taiwan | 59,500 |
| Sean Wu | Taiwan | 149,000 |
WPT Player of the Festival
The WPT Player of the Festival race is on! Below are the standings after twelve completed events. More points to collect with over 40 point-generating events scheduled. The player with the most points accrued at the end of the series wins a WPT Passport worth USD 5,000 to any WPT Main Tour in 2023.
WPT Prime Taiwan Season XXI Key Highlights
Six days in the books with plenty of action still ahead. WPT Prime Taiwan boasts the richest and most extensive lineup ever announced by the global brand in Asia. A total of 46 trophy events are scheduled highlighted by the Main Event. Make sure to check the schedule link provided for all the details and structure.
WPT Prime Taiwan – Full Schedule
The WPT Prime Main Event gets underway on August 17 and runs until August 21. For a buy in of TWD 33,000 (~USD 1,075), players have a shot at the mighty USD 1,000,000 guarantee. This is the largest tournament prize pool advertised by the WPT for Taiwan. To further display the worth of this event, the champion will receive a 2023 WPT World Championship seat worth USD 10,400. The WPT value-adds airfare and accommodation.
Another big event is the 8 Max Championship TWD 2,000,000 (~USD 65,150) guaranteed which runs today, August 14 to 15, buy in is TWD 22,000 (~USD 690).
For high rollers, the CTP High Stakes Challenge is the most expensive with buy in of TWD 300,000 (~USD 9,475). The WPT Prime Super High Roller and WPT Prime High Roller 3K are also big wig favorites and are certain to attract the creme de la creme of the region.
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Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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