Main Event (16,500 NTD)

When the board ran T♥ 4♠ J♥ J♠ 6♣ , Zong's ace held to rail Looi in 9th place while Chen was dismayed at seeing the results.

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.

Chip leader Nick Lai defended his big blind against join Jonathan Looi to see the flop 6♠ T♥ 8♠ . Looi continued for 100,000 which was about half pot, Lai answered with a huge check-raise of 300,000. After using up a time-bank, Looi called.

The turn came 2♦ to which Lai fired again, this time 600,000. Looi called once more to complete the board A♠ . Lai remained unrelenting, going all in for 1,500,000. With less behind Looi tanked for one time bank then folded and showed T♦ T♠ set. Lai didn't return the gesture instead just collected the massive pile.

Bad timing for Mao Lun Yu to get J♥ J♦ only to shove into Jonathan Looi with Q♥ Q♣ . No help arrived on the board 2♥ 7♥ 5♠ T♣ 2♦ to end Yu's run in 20th place.

Jonathan Looi defends his big blind and checks the flop K♣ 3♣ T♣ . Zeng Guo Jin does the same for a free turn card A♦ . Looi checks again while Zeng opts otherwise and bets 130,000. Looi calls and it's off to the river 7♠ . Looi switches up and leads out 65,000, Zeng pays to see Looi's hand which he shows Q♣ 4♣ flush at the flop. Zeng mucks.

With action folding to the button Jonathan Looi, he raised 50,000. Big blind Wu Yi Syuan called and a flop landed 3♦ 3♥ Q♣ . Looi continued for 30,000, Syuan responded with a check-raise of 80,000, Looi called. On the turn 5♥ , action was checked to Looi again, he fired 135,000, Syuan let it go.

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.

With a raise to 2,400 from UTG and a three-bet to 5,000 from the LJ, Jonathan Looi pumps it further to a total of 13,000 that only keeps LJ Leonardo Drago in the hand to see the first three community cards Q♦ 4♥ 7♥ . Checked to the four-bettor, another 8,000 go in the middle and get called to reveal the turn J♦ . Four checks and the river 9♥ later Leonardo Drago flips over Q♦ Q♣ to pick up the pot.