30,000 BB Ante

Zachary Duce risked his remaining stack on A♥ T♥ and had a fifty-fifty chance against Hong Che Wang’s 5♣ 5♠ . The board felt otherwise, running low to end Duce’s run in 24th place.

12,000

According to Hieu Tran, Hong Che Wang is running good. Apparently Wang has won every flip and has had four pocket Queens that held. One of those power ladies sends Enoch Tan out who pushes on a flop 9♦ 7♣ Q♦ with T♦ 8♦ and is called by Q♣ Q♠ . The turn is 8♥ and river 3♥ .

Main Event - Day 1B

It took hours for the 201 entry field to crunch down to ITM of 26 players. Filipino player Edwin Dela Cruz bagged an enormous stack of 573,000 (95 BB). Sliding in during bubble to claim second rank was Taiwan’s Hong Che Wang 王洪哲. Cruz and Huang 王洪哲 were the only two players to close the day in the 500K mark. Other notable players through to the next stage were decorated high roller Wai Kiat Lee and WSOP bracelet winners Paul Ming Juen Teoh and Webster Chin Wei Lim. You can read up on the day’s action via the Live Updates.

Top 10 in chips

The Main Event has drawn a combined 462 entries over two starting days (Day 1A - 261, Day 1B - 201). Up next are Day 1C and Day 1D (Turbo) both take place on Friday, February 17. The TWD 10 Million guarantee is headed for a crushing, how high it will go has yet to be seen. A combined 59 players are now in the money and are through to Day 2.

For the Day 1B results, click on the Live Updates Main Event CHIP COUNTS tab

6,000 BB Ante

Bubble time here with all ins on two tables. At table 5, Chien Fa Chou raises to 13,000, Jen Li Liu shoves, Chou calls. Liu A♠ Q♥ , Chou K♥ K♠ , the board runs out T♣ 2♥ 7♦ 7♥ 9♣ . Liu is eliminated on the bubble.

At table 6, mid position Hong Che Wang raises to 15,000, Teng Kuei Hsu three-bets to 40,000 Wang calls. Both players check the flop and turn Q♠ 6♠ 8♣ 5♠ . On the river K♥ , Hsu checks, Wang bets 40,000, Hsu jams with roughly 280, Wang tanks and contemplates risking his 166,000 stack behind. After two minutes, Wang calls. Hsu opens A♦ 5♦ bottom pair, Wang ships a double with K♦ Q♦ two pair.