World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Taiwan wrapped up its second day of festivities at the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City, Taiwan. Two players joined the winners circle – Ting Yi Tsai and Moo Jae – to share the top spot in the Player of the Festival race. At other events, 26 players survived Day 1B of the Main Event Warm Up with Yih Chia Shaw bagging the chip lead and Hsuan Chao Chen topped the 14 survivors of the Mini Superstack Classic.
The festival kicked off on August 8 and will run for two weeks, concluding on August 21. The star attraction is the Main Event featuring a seven figure USD 1,000,000 guarantee. That event gets underway on August 17, 2023. Scroll down for all the info and for the day’s results.
WPT Prime Taiwan – Festival Results
WPT Prime Taiwan – Player Guide
Event 1: Main Event Warm Up – Day 1B results
Opening the festival was the Main Event Warm Up which wrapped up its second starting day. It drew a pool of 206 entries with 26 players advancing to the next stage. This brought the cumulative turnout to a combined 368 for a prize pool that eclipsed the TWD 3M guarantee. That pot will continue to grow with one starting day remaining. Currently, 47 players secured their spot in money round.
Leading the chip counts is Hong Kong’s Alan Cho Fung Wong who topped Day 1A. Taiwan’s Yih Chia Shaw bagged the lead at Day 1B and is ranked sixth. Other players making the cut were Yu Sheng Lin, Kyle Bao Diep, and Edwin Dela Cruz.
Buy in: TWD 10,000 (~USD 314)
Guarantee: TWD 3,000,000 (~USD 94,300)
Day 1A: 162 entries / 21 advanced (ITM)
Day 1B: 206 entries / 26 advanced (ITM)
Day 1C: Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 12pm
Cumulative entries: 368
Prize pool: TBA
Day 2 qualifiers / ITM
| Player | Flag | Stack |
| Alan Cho Fung Wong | Hong Kong | 574,000 |
| Kuang Hung Lee | Taiwan | 554,000 |
| Herry Lian | Germany | 509,000 |
| Yan Chen Jiang | Taiwan | 431,000 |
| Chia Wei Chang | Taiwan | 429,000 |
| Yih Chia Shaw | Taiwan | 399,000 |
| Chia Yu Shr | Taiwan | 399,000 |
| Tsun Fai Lai | Hong Kong | 391,000 |
| Jun-Zhong Wang | Taiwan | 320,000 |
| Bella Liu | Taiwan | 305,000 |
| Shih-Chuan Feng | Taiwan | 299,000 |
| Chia Yun Wu | Taiwan | 289,000 |
| Ming Song Huang | Taiwan | 271,000 |
| Erwin Ng | Singapore | 271,000 |
| Ka Shun Tsang | Hong Kong | 270,000 |
| Yu Sheng Chien | Taiwan | 265,000 |
| Jules Blondel | France | 264,000 |
| Wen Yi Tseng | Taiwan | 261,000 |
| Chang Hau Huang | Taiwan | 258,000 |
| Seung Yong Yi | Korea | 254,000 |
| Xian-Ming Chang | Taiwan | 250,000 |
| Jing-Jie Chen | Taiwan | 233,000 |
| Yu Fan Tsai | Taiwan | 230,000 |
| Jackie Wu | China | 228,000 |
| Chia Hsiang Ko | Taiwan | 226,000 |
| Alan Pham | Australia | 224,000 |
| Yu Sheng Lin | Taiwan | 208,000 |
| Taiga Sato | Japan | 197,000 |
| Lim Sangbeom | Korea | 191,000 |
| Tao Chu | Taiwan | 187,000 |
| Chih Hsuan Chiang | Taiwan | 179,000 |
| You Da Tsai | Taiwan | 161,000 |
| Chen Wei Tseng | Taiwan | 160,000 |
| Patrick Liang | Taiwan | 152,000 |
| Chen Yun Chien | Taiwan | 148,000 |
| Kai Yang | USA | 147,000 |
| Che-Wei Chao | China | 116,000 |
| Wai Kin Lam | Hong Kong | 115,000 |
| Kyle Bao Diep | Vietnam | 110,000 |
| Shao Hong Yu | Taiwan | 103,000 |
| Hung Kai Hsu | Taiwan | 102,000 |
| Edwin Dela Cruz | Philippines | 95,000 |
| Lo Chang Ming | Taiwan | 60,000 |
| Yu-Jung Lo | Taiwan | 54,000 |
| Yu Chi Liu | Taiwan | 52,000 |
| Yu You Ci Tsai | Taiwan | 52,000 |
| Kun Tai Lu | Taiwan | 28,000 |
Moo Jae wins the PLO Warm Up
46 took interest in the two-day Pot Limit Omaha Warm Up with 6 players advancing to the final day, each one guaranteed a piece of the TWD 1,307,000 (~USD 41,085) prize pool. Emerging victorious was USA’s Moo Jae for his career first WPT win and a payout of TWD 121,900 (~USD 3,830).
Buy in: TWD 8,000 (~USD 250)
Entries: 46
Prize pool: TWD 1,307,000 (~USD 41,085)
ITM: 6 places
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in TWD |
| 1 | Moo Jae | USA | 121,900 |
| 2 | Min Ho Cho | South Korea | 71,900 |
| 3 | Bo Ren Chuang | Taiwan | 43,700 |
| 4 | Li-Ta Hsu | Taiwan | 31,200 |
| 5 | Bo Jia Su | Taiwan | 25,000 |
| 6 | Yan Chen Jiang | Taiwan | 18,700 |
Ting Yi Tsai wins the first High Roller event of the festival
The Mini High Roller Warm Up title came down between Taiwan’s Ting Yi Tsai and Hong Kong’s Sparrow Park Yu Cheung. While Cheung qualified from Day 1, Tsai was one of the 17 late signups of the final day. Tsai went on to defeat Cheung to claim his first ever WPT trophy and a payout of TWD 806,000 (~USD 25,335).
On the flip side, Day 1 chip leader David Erquiaga was unable to turn his big stack to cash. Also finding the rail were famous South Korean Yohwan “BoxeR” Lim, I-Chun Chiu, and Chao Ting Cheng.
Buy in: TWD 66,000 (~USD 2,075)
Entries: 39
Prize pool: TWD 2,269,000 (~USD 71,485)
ITM: 6 places
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in TWD |
| 1 | Ting Yi Tsai | Taiwan | 806,000 |
| 2 | Park Yu Cheung | Hong Kong | 538,000 |
| 3 | Yu Chung Chang | Taiwan | 358,700 |
| 4 | Yen Han Chen | Taiwan | 249,100 |
| 5 | Huayan Wu | Taiwan | 180,500 |
| 6 | Chung Ching | Hong Kong | 136,700 |
Event 5: Mini Superstack Classic – Day 1 results
The Mini Superstack Classic drew a crowd of 110 entries for a prize pool of TWD 660,000 (~USD 20,745). The night ended with the bubble bursting and 14 players advancing to the final day led by Hsuan Chao Chen with a monster pile. Chen was the only player that crossed in to a mil in chips. Other notables powering through were Chia Yun Wu, Jia Chi Lee, and Kuang Hung Lee.
Buy in: TWD 6,000 (~USD 190)
Entries: 110 (89 unique, 31 re-entry)
Prize Pool: TWD 660,000 (~USD 20,745)
ITM: 14 places
End of Day 1 chip counts
| Player | Flag | Stack |
| Hsuan Chao Chen | Taiwan | 1,191,000 |
| Chih Hsien Lin | Taiwan | 765,000 |
| Chin Yu Ku | Taiwan | 565,000 |
| Chuan Min Chien | Taiwan | 455,000 |
| Chia Yun Wu | Taiwan | 438,000 |
| Jia Chi Lee | Taiwan | 345,000 |
| Yi Hsuan Chiang | Taiwan | 310,000 |
| Zhe Wei Chen | Taiwan | 275,000 |
| Yang Lin | Taiwan | 240,000 |
| Shih Hsuan Li | Taiwan | 235,000 |
| Kuang Hung Lee | Taiwan | 205,000 |
| Myoung Soo Koh | South Korea | 200,000 |
| Chang Ming Lo | Taiwan | 130,000 |
WPT Player of the Festival
After three completed events, the WPT Player of the Festival race is on! The three event winners each have 300 points. 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. No other festival in Asia awards a POF prize this big for a single festival.
WPT Prime Taiwan Season XXI Key Highlights
Two 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.
Other big events are the Mystery Bounty TWD 5,000,000 (~USD 162,245) guaranteed from August 11 to 13 and 8 Max Championship TWD 2,000,000 (~USD 65,150) guaranteed from August 14 to 15.
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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