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Final Day
ck Off - Final Day
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Carter Ching Wei Chen 陳靖惟 wins the Kick Off - TWD 547,000 (~$18,130)
Carter Ching Wei Chen 陳靖惟 outlasted the Kick Off event’s final day 48 players to lift the trophy and the TWD 547,000 (~$18,130) top cash prize. After Chen 陳靖惟 eliminated Kun Han Lee 李昆翰 in 3rd place, he amassed enough ammo to move ahead of Jacky Wang 王立傑 at heads up. One hand was all it took. Chen 陳靖惟 pocket Queens delivered the blow to win the first big title of the USOP: Poker2U Taiwan Series.
Congratulations to the new champ! Standby for the recap.
Final table payouts
Payouts
| Place | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | WS |
| 8 | |
| 9 |
Final table
Chips by seat
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,360,000 | 1,330,000 | |
| 1,600,000 | 270,000 | |
| 1,400,000 | 490,000 | |
| 1,180,000 | 60,000 | |
| 1,040,000 | 190,000 | |
| 485,000 | -150,000 | |
| 480,000 | -45,000 | |
| 430,000 | 10,000 | |
| 380,000 | 105,000 |
Blinds up, 14 players remaining
30,000 BB Ante
Players have just returned from a break. 14 remaining. Blinds are up 15,000-30,000, 30,000 BB Ante. Taiwan’s Carter Ching Wei Chen 陳靖惟 leads with 1,330,000.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,330,000(44 BB) | 1,330,000 | |
| 1,120,000(37 BB) | 920,000 | |
| 1,030,000(34 BB) | 330,000 | |
| 910,000(30 BB) | 910,000 | |
| 850,000(28 BB) | 850,000 | |
| 810,000(27 BB) | 810,000 | |
| 635,000(21 BB) | 635,000 | |
| 550,000(18 BB) | 550,000 | |
| 525,000(18 BB) | 525,000 | |
| 475,000(16 BB) | -170,000 | |
| 420,000(14 BB) | 195,000 | |
| 275,000(9 BB) | 275,000 | |
| 205,000(7 BB) | 205,000 | |
| 175,000(6 BB) | 175,000 |
Six players bust within the first fifteen minutes
6,000 BB Ante
The first fifteen minutes brings the field down to 42 players after six quickly busted. Among the executioners is France’s Leopold Godefroy who sends Taiwan’s Nien Heng Li 李念恆 out of the running with a higher spread of trips queens.
At the same table, Taiwan’s Yi Wei Peng 彭亦瑋 cleans out a short stack with pocket Aces dominating pocket Jacks. He chips up to 175,000. And at table 23, Malaysia’s Ang Yang Siang 洪揚翔 9♣ 9♠ holds to dust Taiwan’s Yu Chan Tsai 蔡昱群 A♦ Q♦ . The board comes T♠ 6♣ 8♦ 7♥ 4♣ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 225,000(38 BB) | 225,000 | |
| 170,000(28 BB) | 170,000 | |
busted | ||
busted |