Main Event (16,500 NTD)

Ruei Jiun Liang has been dealt his last hand. He looked down at A♣ 8♣ and open shoved 1,785,000. From the big blind, chip leader Sin Lan Chen called with K♣ Q♦ live cards. With the board running T♦ 8♠ 7♥ Q♣ 3♠ , Chen paired up to clean out Liang in 6th place.

From cutoff, Sin Lan Chen A♦ 5♦ gave it a bump to 300,000 and the pot grew further with small blind Zong Chi He K♦ J♠ and big blind Ruei Jiun Liang 9♠ 7♣ calling. At the flop 6♦ T♦ 3♥ Zong stole command with a 450,000 bet, this was enough to get Liang to fold while Chen flats with her flush draw. On the turn A♣ , Zong continues with a 550,000 bet, this time he is met with a shove from Chen of 1,610,000, Zong gives it up.

Taking charge from the get-go, utg Nick Lai J♦ 8♠ raises 250,000 and big blind Ruei Jiun Liang defends holding A♦ 4♣ . On the flop and turn Q♦ 2♠ 5♥ K♦ , Lai barrels 150,000 and 525,000, Liang calls then folds to the continued aggression.

Ruei Jiun Liang is on the rise as he picks up another pot. With Q♣ T♣ at cutoff, Liang min-raises and Lee Shun Hei with A♣ 2♠ defends from the big blind. On the flop 2♦ 3♥ 7♥ , Liang slides out 220,000 that Lee check-calls. Both proceed to check the turn 5♣ and river T♥ . Lee's bottom pair loses to Liang's rivered top pair.

When the cards are revealed, Lai sees the bad news and with a flop J♣ 5♠ 3♠ , his hopes grow dimmer. However the turn Q♦ gives Lai exactly what he needs to stay alive, and with the river K♦ , Lai ships a lucky double.

Folded to the small blind Zong Chi He 9♦ 8♦ limps then calls big blind Ruei Jiun Liang's A♦ 5♦ 350,000 raise. On a flop K♠ J♥ 6♠ , Liang continues 200,000 and takes it down.

Nick Lai three-bets 450,000 from the button and after using two time banks, initial raiser Ruei Jiun Liang calls. When the flop comes A♣ 3♠ 3♣ , Lai bets 150,000 and takes down the pot.

Holding 7♠ 7♣ , small blind Ruei Jiun Liang open shoved 1,250,000 and was given a sweat by big blind Nick Lai with A♥ K♦ . With the board coming down J♦ J♣ 5♥ 5♦ T♥, Liang happily scoops up a double up.

After losing half of his stack to Chang Ming Hung, Ruei Jiun Liang steals the blinds on the next two hands then loses another two blinds to Lee Shun Hei. During the hand, Liang looked down at A♦ J♥ from utg+1 and opened for 160,000, from hijack Lee with T♥ 6♥ three-bet 425,000, Liang folded.

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.

Button player Ruei Jiun Liang raises 125,000 and Sin Lan Chen defends her big blind. At the flop 2♦ 2♥ 7♦ , Liang continues for 120,000, Chen check-raises 300,000 and wins the pot easy.

With the board running out Q♦ J♥ 4♠ 6♣ Q♥ , Tse was eliminated in 13th place.

Sitting on hijack, Wu Yi Syuan likes her K♠ J♥ and raises 60,000. Button player Ruei Jiun Liang also likes his hand 6♦ 6♣ and calls. Both head to the flop Q♥ Q♦ 4♠ where Wu continues for 45,000. Liang calls again and the dealer turns it 3♥ . Wu ramps up the aggression and sends out 50,000, Liang doesn't believe and calls to bring the river 4♥ where both check. Liang's pair holds to scoop up a nice pot as Wu drops below 20 bigs.

Three players check to the turn 7♣ 5♣ K♣ 8♥ . No more checking for Nick Lai and slides out 50,000. Only Ruei Jiun Liang calls and they head to the river J♥ . Lai fires a larger 150,000, after a time-bank Liang pays to see then mucks to Lai's A♣ 6♣ nut flush made at the flop.

Big stacked Chen Po Jui opens 35,000 and is joined by three callers to see the flop 8♦ 2♥ 9♦ . No one takes a stab at the pot to bring the turn 7♠ . No more checking for chip leader Ruei Jiun Liang who slides out 70,000. Only Chen calls and they head to the river 2♥ . Liang goes back to checking, Chen sends 120,000 out front, Liang snap-calls and shows J♦ 7♦ mid pair. Chen has Liang way beat with J♠ T♣ straight.

From hijack, big stacked Ruei Jiun Liang was dealt A♣ K♠ and min-raised then didn't hesitate to call Jia Cheng Luo's 148,000 shove. Luo showed a lesser A♥ J♥ . When the flop ran J♣ 4♣ 6♥ , Luo was given hope with a pair however with the turn Q♣ and river 6♣ , it was a runner runner flush for Liang to send Luo to the exit.

Entering the day as second in chips, Ruei Jiun Liang has just taken over the top spot after earning some chips off Suya Lee. From cutoff, Liang opened it with a 24,000 raise and Lee defended his big blind. Liang continued the aggression on the flop K♥ 5♠ 8♦ with a 22,000 bet and Lee check-called. Both opted to pass on the turn T♣ for a free river 7♠ . Lee checked again, Liang counted out 50,000, Lee tank-called then mucked to Liang's K♣ Q♦ top pair.

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.

Action folds to the button Ruei Jiun Liang who looks down at Q♥ T♦ and gives it a raise of 24,000. Small blind Kuang Hung Lee has better Q♠ J♠ and pushes his last 149,000. Back to Liang who tanks then makes the call.

Though behind, the flop T♣ 8♥ 3♦ quickly pairs up Liang's kicker card, and with the turn A♥ and river A♦ , Lee falls in 55th place.

Though not needed, Liang's club wins it for a flush to boot out a player.