Welcome to Poker King Cup Taiwan 2019, poker players!
![[L-R:] Pete Chen, Sparrow Cheung, Ray Chiu, Tournament Director Bryan Lo, Poker King Club's Winfred Yu and Vice President, David Chee, Ctpclub''s DavidTai, and Tournament Director, Ross Wen](https://s.pnimg.net/Fx9SuJFE-WrhrbBEf0lgMHodqUnLfEsZRAqlJEJ3AGQ/pr:reporting-leading-desktop/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8y/MDA3LzgxL3g2NDRi/YzgxMjhiLmpwZw.webp)
There was a brief opening ceremony, with Poker King Club President, Winfred Yu, and CTP Chief Executive Officer, David Tai, speaking a few words about the future of poker in Taiwan:
"To our players here today, it is my pleasure to warmly welcome everyone here today for Poker King Cup Taiwan 2019, made possible by our esteemed partner for this event, Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP). Thank you to David Tai for facilitating this event, and I hope this is only the beginning of a prosperous partnership for events here in Taiwan."
"We hope you enjoy every minute of our first venture into Taiwan poker events, including the TWD 5 Million guaranteed Main Event, the TWD 86,000 High Roller event that kicks off this Monday, and the Taiwan-only special Formosa Cup that starts tomorrow." [Sunday, August 18]
"I, on behalf of the whole team, thank all our players for your continuous support of Poker King Club and our events, and we can only hope to consistently provide you with the best poker products in the years to come. However, 2019’s not over yet so we ask you all to mark your calendars for our next upcoming event, this time in Danang, Vietnam, where we’ll be running our first-ever Poker King Cup Vietnam! Join us from November 19th to 27th 2019 – see you there."
"Thank all of you for coming, and we hope you all the best of luck on the felt."
The short speeches were followed by a ceremonial toasting as the pair were joined on stage by Taiwan's No. 1 on the GPI Taiwan List, Pete Chen, HKPPA founders, Sparrow Cheung and Ray Chiu, Tournament Director, Bryan Lo, Poker King Club's Winfred Yu and Vice President, David Chee, Ctpclub's David Tai, and Tournament Director, Ross Wen.