The World Poker Tour brought together the largest gathering of players to Taiwan for its richest Prime series this season. Over the course of three starting days, the Asia Poker Arena was booming with action as 1,359 blazed in to set new heights for the brand in Asia.
The WPT Prime Taiwan festival kicked off on August 8, 2023 with the star attraction, MAIN EVENT, lighting up the room on August 17, 2023. Day 1A was certainly a sign of what was ahead with the line snaking up the steps and out onto the street. By the close of registration, 337 entries (266 uniques) was the tally with 43 reaching ITM.
The following day – Day 1B – saw an even larger turnout of 393 entries with 49 players advancing to Day 2. However, it was the third and final entry flight that was the clincher. Day 1C jam-packed the floor with over 50 tables in use to accommodate the roaring 629 entries (477 uniques). Combined, this was the largest Prime series turnout to-date of 1,359 entries, easily surpassing the previous record of 1,224 entries set at Gold Coast, Australia last February.
More good news, that was not the only figure that was breached, the prize pool was also exceeded. With a buy in of TWD 33,000 (~USD 1,055) each, the pot ballooned to TWD 39,546,900 equivalent to roughly USD 1,236,845. Coming Day 2 on Sunday, August 20, 171 players will shave off portions with the money ensured. The minimum payout is TWD 52,500 (~USD 1,640). While Day 2 won’t see a champion crowned yet, the players will be eyeing the top prize of TWD 6,652,200 which includes a USD 10,400 ticket to WPT World Championship Season XXI.
Several players are in great position to take it deep starting with Taiwan’s Chih Wei Fan who bagged up a towering 819,000 (137 big blinds) stack at Day 1C. He is trailed by Jack Ung by just 4 big blinds. To round out the top three is Day 1A heat leader Kenji Harada with 130 big blinds.
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Chih Wei Fan – Photo by WPT
Date: August 17 to 21, 2023
Buy in: TWD 33,000 (~USD 1,055)
Guarantee: USD 1,000,000
Total entries: 1,359
Prize pool: TWD 39,546,900 (~USD 1,236,845)
ITM: 171 players
Main Event – Day 2 – 171 players / ITM
Player
姓名
Flag
Stack
Chih Wei Fan
范植威
Taiwan
819,000
Jack Ung
Singapore
799,000
Harada Kenji
原田憲児
Japan
733,000
Chun Kit Lee
李俊傑
Hong Kong
710,000
David Soin
Singapore
687,000
Shun Ping Wang
王舜平
Taiwan
666,000
Seung Hun Ko
Korea
578,000
Wen Kai Chen
陳文凱
Taiwan
563,000
Feng Wen Chen
陳豐文
Taiwan
552,000
Hsiao Wei Wu
吳孝維
Taiwan
540,000
Henrieto Acain
Usa
525,000
Teng Kuei Hsu
許登貴
Taiwan
520,000
Richard Marquez
Philippines
510,000
Jie Lo
羅傑
Taiwan
502,000
Sparrow Park Yu Cheung
Hong Kong
484,000
Jereld Sam En Zhi
Singapore
478,000
Su Yeol Lee
South Korea
474,000
Sumit Sapra
India
466,000
Hazel Chui
徐烷珊
Hong Kong
435,000
Yong Sheng Ho
Singapore
432,000
Charles Ying Wai Wong
王英偉
Hong Kong
430,000
Chih Hsien Lin
林志憲
Taiwan
423,000
Lee Heungbum
Korea
414,000
Hung Te Lee
李泓德
Taiwan
413,000
Guillem Segarra
Spain
411,000
Chia Yu Shr
施佳祐
Taiwan
410,000
Mai Bien
Viet Nam
407,000
Seung Yong Yi
Korea
405,000
Yi Syun Chen
陳逸勳
Taiwan
403,000
Kun Kan Lee
李昆翰
Taiwan
403,000
Tsung Wen Huang
黃琮文
Taiwan
392,000
Chi Chun Cheung
張志進
Hong Kong
392,000
Haro Clement
France
385,000
Woo Jong Ha
South Korea
378,000
Jacky Wang
Singapore
370,000
Tao Wei Chang
張道為
Taiwan
368,000
Kai Yu He
何剴喻
Taiwan
367,000
Kim Dong Kyu
South Korea
366,000
Michael Enouqvez
Philippines
358,000
Phillip Nguyen
Australia
353,000
Paul Vas Nunes
United Kingdom
350,000
Yeh Po Chen
陳彥博
Taiwan
348,000
Philippines
348,000
Ho Shing Wong
黃可成
Hong Kong
344,000
Kyle Bao Diep
Vietnam
343,000
Leonard Yannick
France
341,000
Wei Hsiang Huang
黃韋翔
Taiwan
323,000
Jun Yi Ho
Singapore
322,000
Eli Chang
Usa
320,000
Edwin Dela Oruz
Philippines
316,000
Seonguk Huh
South Korea
313,000
Tsun Hin Barry Wong
黃浚軒
Hong Kong
305,000
Florencio Campomanes
Philippines
301,000
Ka Shun Tsang
曾家信
Hong Kong
300,000
Yong Kyun Kim
金勇均
Korea
287,000
Takashi Taniguchi
Japan
285,000
Hideki Nakamura
中村秀樹
Japan
282,000
Dester Chua
蔡俊杰
Singapore
282,000
Peng Sen Wu
吳鵬森
Taiwan
278,000
Shu Leung Yau
邱書良
Hong Kong
276,000
Chao Ting Cheng
鄭兆廷
Taiwan
274,000
Jia Hao Yang
揚家豪
Taiwan
274,000
Kuen Wai Tang
鄧權威
Hong Kong
270,000
Bishmer Sekaran
Singapore
269,000
Alex Tung Nguyen
Vietnam
268,000
Tokuya Shuto
Japan
264,000
Shiou Min Lin
林修民
Taiwan
262,000
Bryan Santos
Philippines
260,000
Chia Yun Wu
吳家運
Taiwan
256,000
Wai Shing Au-Yeung
歐陽偉誠
Hong Kong
249,000
Yu Yung Lin
林煜湧
Taiwan
243,000
Yin Sau Ho
何彥修
Hong Kong
237,000
Cheng Han Lin
林政漢
Taiwan
232,000
Kai Cheng Hsu
徐楷程
Taiwan
230,000
I Lin Chiu
邱奕霖
Taiwan
229,000
Dhanesh Chainani
Singapore
229,000
Nebojsa Blanusa
Australia
226,000
Chia Hsuan Hsu
許佳煊
Taiwan
221,000
Shih Kun Chou
周世坤
Taiwan
219,000
Alan Pham
Australia
215,000
Anson Tsang
曾恩盛
Hong Kong
212,000
Vincent Salaun
France
211,000
Kai Yang
United States
208,000
Chun Yen Ho
何俊彥
Taiwan
207,000
Ming Song Huang
黃明嵩
Taiwan
198,000
Ker Paw Lin
林克寶
Taiwan
198,000
Jass Chew
周煒竣
Singapore
195,000
Renato Jr Villanueva
Philippines
195,000
Kolja Luecking
Germany
193,000
Chi Wang
王璣
Taiwan
191,000
Bier Romain
France
189,000
Sriram Maniam
India
188,000
Yu Jung Lo
羅宇榮
Taiwan
183,000
Kai Fung Ngai
魏介鋒
Hong Kong
180,000
Amir Abbas
Australia
174,000
Jung Sup Yun
South Korea
170,000
Shou Dien Chen
陳守鈿
Taiwan
168,000
Jaruplavath Raju
India
163,000
Tomaya Kuratani
Japan
161,000
Pradeep Nudurumati
India
158,000
Victor Chen
陳治言
Taiwan
158,000
Chi Hao Chu
朱麒豪
Taiwan
157,000
Raymond Ho
Singapore
154,000
Kaxuo Yamamoto
山本和生
Japan
151,000
Man Hin Yeung
楊玟軒
Hong Kong
150,000
Ling Wei Wu
吳陵瑋
Taiwan
148,000
Tin Long Cheng
鄭天朗
Hong Kong
147,000
Chien Chih Weng
翁芊智
Taiwan
145,000
Yu Chun Chen
陳昱均
Taiwan
142,000
Jung Won Wook
South Korea
140,000
Ta Wei Tou
竇大衛
Taiwan
135,000
David Chen
Usa
134,000
Jack Wei
魏錫原
Taiwan
132,000
Yong Ha Kim
Korea
129,000
Jackie Wu
吳振宏
Taiwan
127,000
Hsu Sheng Wang
王敘昇
Taiwan
126,000
Tung Wing Wong
Hong Kong
125,000
Blondel Jules
France
119,000
Warren Villa
Philippines
118,000
Yi Cheng Lee
李祐承
Taiwan
117,000
Yi Cheng Lu
盧奕承
Taiwan
117,000
Chien Yu Su
蘇建宇
Taiwan
113,000
Chung Heng Hsueh
薛仲恒
Taiwan
112,000
Justin Yang
楊曉亦
Taiwan
111,000
Yu Sheng Lin
林祐聖
Taiwan
109,000
Shingo Sarkar
Japan
106,000
Chun Kit Lee
李進傑
Hong Kong
104,000
Matthew Chan
Singapore
104,000
Ka Him Chan
陳嘉謙
Singapore
104,000
Sui Ming Huang
黃穗明
Hong Kong
103,000
Yen Han Chen
陳彥翰
Taiwan
103,000
Kwang Chung Tan
Singapore
101,000
Tsang Chak Lam
Hong Kong
101,000
Shu In Li
李書吟
Taiwan
99,000
Hsin Fu Chen
陳信甫
Taiwan
99,000
Tao Chu
曲濤
Taiwan
98,000
Burton Lam
Hong Kong
98,000
Chun Han Lin
林君翰
Taiwan
98,000
Thibaut Blondel
France
94,000
Jun Young Park
South Korea
92,000
Guan Zhong Lai
賴冠中
Taiwan
90,000
Wei Hao Lin
林唯皓
Taiwan
88,000
Ka Hei Fung
馮家熹
Hong Kong
88,000
Chih Feng Li
李志峯
Taiwan
84,000
Chi Ying Tsai
蔡季瑛
Taiwan
79,000
Kwok Yim Wong
黃國寅
Hong Kong
79,000
Jung Chou Chen
陳榮州
Taiwan
74,000
Le Ngoc Khanh
Vietnam
73,000
Steve Arnold
United States
73,000
Ignatius Ee
Singapore
62,000
Benny Chung
鍾志豪
Taiwan
60,000
Shing Kai Lam
林藍楷
Hong Kong
60,000
Cheng Yi Hing
Hong Kong
57,000
David Erquiaga
Philippines
56,000
Man Hang Tse
謝文亨
Hong Kong
54,000
Anil Adiani
India
53,000
Pin Lun Li
李品綸
Taiwan
52,000
Chia Lin Huang
黃珈霖
Taiwan
48,000
Herry Lian
Germany
47,000
Liew Bernice
Singapore
43,000
Yi Ching Lin
林苡晴
Taiwan
42,000
Philemon Ip
Hong Kong
40,000
Hsiang Chuan Kung
孔祥川
Taiwan
40,000
Xiang Jun Thomas Po
Singapore
38,000
Dou Houng Chien
簡道桓
Taiwan
37,000
William Noble Bolton
Australia
35,000
Yiu Yeung Leung
梁耀揚
Hong Kong
35,000
Yu Ming Hsu
許祐銘
Taiwan
28,000
Edward Jay Cabanlet
Philippines
23,000
Yang Lin
林陽
Taiwan
21,000
Toshihiko Akizuki
Japan
20,000
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