Welcome to Day 1B of the 2019 Poker King Cup Taiwan Main Event

Welcome back poker fans, to thePokerNews live coverage of the 2019 Poker King Cup Taiwan.

Today is the second and final day for starting flights for the TWD 27,500 (~$875) Poker King Cup Taiwan Main Event, with Day 1B kicking off at 1:00 p.m. local time (GMT+8) and the third and final turbo flight, Day 1C, getting underway at 6:00 p.m.

Both remaining starting flights will follow the same format as Day 1A, which saw 55 entrants battle it out at the baize in an attempt to lock up a Day 2 berth, with 21 successful in their quest.

Players begin with 30,000 in chips and will play twelve 40-minute levels, with breaks every three levels, and a 40-minute dinner break scheduled at the end of level 9 - around 8:00 p.m. - with play scheduled to conclude around 10:30 p.m.

Day 1C will follow the same format, with a slightly faster level length of 30-minutes and will get underway at 6:00 p.m. With the format offering unlimited re-entry, registration will remain open until the end of level 9 (roughly 8:30 p.m.) and any player unable to make it though on Day 1B can try their luck on Day 1C. The tournament is also utilizing the best stack forward, so any player who has already made it through it free to try their luck again to build a bigger stack, with a player’s largest stack taken forward to Day 2 and the other removed from play.

Main Event Day 1 Structure

Level	Duration	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
1	40	50	100	0
2	40	75	150	0
3	40	75	150	150
		15-minute break
4	40	100	200	200
5	40	200	300	300
6	40	200	400	400
		10-minute break
7	40	300	500	500
8	40	300	600	600
9	40	400	800	800
		40-minute break
10	40	500	1,000	1,000
11	40	600	1,200	1,200
12	40	800	1,600	1,600

The man to catch is currently the USA’s Edwin Gerard, who bagged up a robust 267,900 in chips, which equates to a little over 133 big blinds when play resumes for Day 2, which gets underway at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 18.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the action from the Main Event from the first hand dealt to the last card that comes off the top of the deck, so stick around as we see who has what it takes to make Day 2.