Main Event (16,500 NTD)

Small blind Chang Ming Hung J♣ 9♥ limps in and big blind Sin Lan Chen 6♥ 3♣ checks. On the flop T♥ 2♦ K♣ , Chang bets 200,000, Chen doesn't believe and calls. The turn 4♦ is checked by both, Chang checks again on the river 4♥ while Chen bets 2,000,000. Chang folds.

Facing a min-raise by cutoff Zong Chi He A♦ 4♥ , short stacked Chang Ming Hung K♠ 2♥ on the big blind three-bet to 1,000,000. Zong let him have it.

Zong Chi He K♥ 4♥ and Chang Ming Hung Q♦ 9♥ in a raised pot see a flop T♦ T♠ 3♦ . Zong continued 140,000, Chang check-raised 420,000, Zong called, and a K♦ came on the turn. Chang fired again for 320,000, Zong called with top pair, then both checked the river 8♣ .

After five hands without a flop, the board finally completed with Chan Ming Hung taking down the first showdown of the day. Re-raising from cutoff with K♣ K♥ , open raiser Ruei Jiun Liang with A♠ Q♠ called.

On the flop 3♠ 6♠ 3♣ , more chips got dumped in with Chang c-betting 425,000, Liang check-raising all in, and snap-called by Chang. With the turn 7♦ and river 9♥ , Liang misses, and Chang ships a double up.

Welcome to the final day of the Players Series Taipei 2024! Multiple events will be heating up the floor headlined by the Main Event where only nine players remain on the hunt for the inaugural title.

Attracting 748 entries, the prize pool remained at NTD 15 Million with the money round reached in the middle of Day 2. The field trimmed further in Day 3 with 47 players returning and bagging up at the final 9.

When the finalists return, they are all guaranteed NTD 246,000 (~US$ 7,657) however the target will be the top prize of NTD 2,503,000 (~US$ 77,000).

Cards start flying at 1pm local time. The SMP team will follow the livestream on PS YouTube which will be delayed by 30 minutes.

Just over seven hours of actual play, the Main Event field trimmed from 47 players down to the final 9 . The locals dominated with six of the players waving the flag. Bagging the chip lead was Taiwanese hotshot Zong Chi He who experienced a late game surge. Zong also railed Fu Sheng Kuang in 10th place to end the day.

Sitting only one big blind behind the leader was Hong Kong's Lee Shun Hei who railed multiple players along the way including the day's entering chip leader Chen Po Jui in 11th place.

The final 9 players return on Monday, December 23 at 1pm to chase down the inaugural PS Taipei Main Event title and the coveted NTD 2,503,000 top prize.

Chang Ming Hung opens from utg, several spots over Lee Shun Hei re-raises 155,000, small blind Erwin Ng sends it further north to 450,000 and finds no callers.

Chip leader Lee Shun Hei kicks it off with a raise from cutoff and is denied the steal with big blind Chang Ming Hung defending. Both check to the turn board 6♥ A♣ 2♠ 7♠ which Chang checks again while Lee makes it 130,000 to continue. Chang calls then checks the river 5♣ . Lee uses a time bank then bangs out 400,000, Chang gives up the challenge.

With action folding to the button Chang Ming Hung, a raise of 30,000 was sent out front. Erwin Ng wasn't giving up his big blind that easy and called. At the flop K♣ J♠ A♥ , Chang continued for 18,000 and Ng called once again. Both players then kept is friendly with checks on the turn 8♥ and river J♥ . Ng flipped over his A♣ 4♥ top pair and won the pot.

The inaugural Players Series 2024 Main Event resumes with Day 3 kicking off at 1pm local time at the CTP Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City, Taiwan. Returning today are the final 47 players, each one now guaranteed NTD 68,000. The plan is to play down to the final table of 9 players.

At the top of the leaderboard is Chen Po Jui with a towering 127 bb. Chen has been in great shape since Day 1B where he bagged the chip lead and carried it into Day 2 as the second largest. Also making today's lineup is Liao Bo Lin who topped the Day 1 flights. Liao enters with a decent 33 bb.

The game gets underway with blinds at 6000-12,000 with 20:35 remaining in the clock. Average stack is 477,446 (39 bb) giving players plenty of time to maneuver.

Somuchpoker is onsite to bring you fresh updates from start to finish.

With 47 players remaining, Day 2 has reached its target number. The clock has been paused at 20:35 and will resume tomorrow. At the top of the leaderboard is Po Jui Chen who catapulted after knocking out Yoda Lin to wrap up Day 2.