Main Event (16,500 NTD)

Lee Shun Hei gets dealt A♦ A♣ from ugt and raises it up to 50,000. Down the orbit Chunyao Hou also has a pair, dealt J♣ J♦, and sends it north to 160,000. Action back to Lee who four-bets 400,000, Hou shoves 1,500,000, and with aces, Lee snap-calls for a total of 900,000.

With the board running 5♦ 2♥ 2♠ T♥ 9♦ , Lee's rockets prevail to rake in a massive double up to 75 bb. Hou drops to 24 bb.

With A♠ Q♦ on hand, Yu Liang Chen four-bet all in for 450,000 and still wasn't able to push out the larger stacked Chunyao Hou who had J♥ J♦ . The board ran T♥ 8♥ Q♥ for a higher pair to Chen however with the turn K♥ , Hou improved to a flush and Chen was drawing dead.

Action folded to the day's entering chip leader Chen Po Jui and he bumped it up to 25,000. Small blind Chunyao Hou countered with a 76,000 three-bet that didn't scare away the leader who called. At the flop J♥ T♣ T♠ , Hou fired another 76,000 and this time it was enough to take down the pot uncontested.

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.

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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.

Chunyao Hou pumps it to 22,000, Nick Lai makes it 70,000, Chun counters with 172,000, after one time-bank, Lai gives up his stake on the pot.