From a starting field of 306 entrants, just 114 players remaining in contention in the TWD 27,500 (~$875) Poker King Cup Taiwan Main Event, playing out at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association in Taipei, Taiwan.
It is Taiwan’s Chi Hang the man out in pole position after topping the Day 1B counts with a stack of 277,800, overtaking Day 1A frontrunner Edwin Gerard at the top of the counts, with the US player returning second in the overall counts with a stack of 267,900. Taiwan’s Wei En Shih rounds out the top three stacks after a stellar run on Day 1B.
Other notables in contention include Hong Kong's Sparrow Cheung (95,500) current Taiwan No. #1 on the GPI Taiwan List, Pete Chen (73,400), Chen An Lin (45,000) and current No. #1 on the Taiwanese All Time Money List James Chen, though the latter is one of the short stacks with 22,600.
Of the 114 remaining players, just 36 of them will make the hallowed money spots, with a min-cash coming in at TWD 50,500 (~$1,610). A seat at the official nine-handed final table is good for TWD 164,000 (~$5,230), with the eventual winner walking away with a TWD 1,639,000 (~$52,300) top prize in addition to something much more valuable than money — the accolade of becoming the inaugural Poker King Cup Taiwan Main Event Champion!
Poker King Cup Taiwan Payouts
| Place | Payout (TWD) | Payout (US$) |
|---|
| 1st | 1,639,000 | 52,300 |
| 2nd | 1,150,100 | 36,670 |
| 3rd | 739,700 | 23,600 |
| 4th | 547,500 | 17,470 |
| 5th | 411,000 | 13,115 |
| 6th | 328,600 | 10,485 |
| 7th | 273,000 | 8,710 |
| 8th | 218,800 | 6,980 |
| 9th | 164,000 | 5,230 |
| 10th-12th | 119,500 | 3,810 |
| 13th-15th | 98,000 | 3,125 |
| 16th-18th | 83,900 | 2,675 |
| 19th-21st | 73,500 | 2,345 |
| 22nd-24th | 65,300 | 2,080 |
| 25th-27th | 57,900 | 1,845 |
| 28th-36th | 50,500 | 1,610 |
Blinds will resume at 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante when cards are back in the air at 1:00 p.m. sharp, with level length increasing from 40 to 60-minutes, with the plan for the day to play six levels. However, according to Tournament Director Bryan Lo, the money bubble will be reached and breached today, and play will continue until it does so, even if this takes longer than the scheduled six levels.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the action, so let’s see who has what it takes to make the money as the tournament approaches the business end.
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Chen An LinEdwin GerardJames ChenPete ChenSparrow Cheung
saw Chen pair his jack to thin the field by one and stack up to over 120,000 in chips.
