The World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Taiwan concluded another round of thrilling games at the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Taiwan at Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City with five players claiming trophies. The top story was the Mystery Bounty event where Thibaut Blondel captured his first live title and Hao Wai Kim pulling the biggest reward. Here are the highlights and results.
WPT Prime Taiwan – Festival Results
WPT Prime Taiwan – Player Guide
Thibaut Blondel captures maiden live title at Mystery Bounty
Big day for France’s Thibaut Blondel who entered Day 2 of the Mystery Bounty event ranked 82nd out of 87 returnees then walked away as champion. The victory was Blondel’s career first. He pocketed the TWD 1,225,000 (~USD 38,500) top prize and several bounties to pad up his earnings.
Thibaut Blondel
At heads up against Yu Jung Lo, Blondel had Lo covered over 2:1 when the final hand was tabled. The board completed 
, Lo check-called throughout then led out on the river only to face a shove by Blondel. Lo tank-called for his tournament life with 
two pair, Blondel dominated with 
set.
You can relive the Blondel’s race to victory via the livestream, just click the link provided below.
Mystery Bounty – Final Table – Livestream
Mystery Bounty – Day 2 Chip Counts
The Mystery Bounty event was a big one with 692 entries for a prize pool of TWD 10M. 87 players returned, each one was guaranteed a piece of the TWD 6,712,400 (~USD 210,980) cash pool while all hopes were on pulling the biggest bounty reward of TWD 600,000 (~USD 18,860). That lucky moment was granted to Hao Wai Ku, with his wife finding the lone ticket. Hao went on to cash in 6th place for an added payout of TWD 248,000.
Hao Wai K
Date: August 11 to 13, 2023
Buy in: TWD 16,500 (~USD 520)
Guarantee: TWD 5,000,000 (~USD 157,160)
Entries: 692
Prize pool: TWD 6,712,400 (~USD 210,980)
Bounty pool: TWD 3,356,200 (~USD 105,490)
ITM: 87 places
Final 9 payouts – bounties not included
Place
Player
Flag
1
Thibaut Blondel
France
1,225,000
2
Yu Jung Lo
Taiwan
860,000
3
Yu Chung Chang
Taiwan
555,000
4
Yu Sheng Lin
Taiwan
407,000
5
Romain Bier
France
312,000
6
Hao Wai Ku
Taiwan
248,000
7
Shingo Horikoshi
Japan
205,000
8
Kong Fung
Hong Kong
164,000
9
Jia Chi Lee
Taiwan
122,900
*Full payouts to be posted in WPT Taiwan – Festival Results
Other winners
Sohei Obara wins Hyper Turbo High Roller
Sohei Obara
Date: August 12, 2023
Buy in: TWD 50,000 (~USD 1,575)
Entries: 25
Prize pool: TWD 1,124,500 (~USD 35,345)
ITM: 4 places
Place
Player
Flag
1
Sohei Obara
Japan
502,000
2
Yen Han Chen
Taiwan
310,200
3
Park Yu Cheung
Hong Kong
189,600
4
Mai Bien
Vietnam
122,700
Matthew Cook wins maiden title at the day’s Deepstack
Matthew Cook
Date: August 13 to 14, 2023
Buy in: TWD 10,000 (~USD 315)
Entries: 191
Prize pool: TWD 1,390,900 (~USD 43,720)
ITM: 24 places
Final table payouts
Place
Player
Flag
1
Matthew Cook
USA
422,500
2
Ka Shun Tsang
Hong Kong
288,000
3
Yi Hing Cheng
Hong Kong
171,000
4
Jen Chieh Liu
Taiwan
104,000
5
Park Yu Cheung
Hong Kong
80,300
6
Kai Cheng Hsu
Taiwan
66,500
7
Chunyen Lee
Taiwan
56,700
8
Patrick Liang
Taiwan
50,000
9
Kai Lun Zhuang
Taiwan
42,400
Peter Ng wins career first WPT title at the Turbo
Peter Ng
Date: August 13, 2023
Buy in: TWD 6,000 (~USD 190)
Entries: 113
Prize pool: TWD 559,100 (~USD 17,575)
ITM: 15 places
Place
Player
Flag
1
Peter Ng
Hong Kong
165,000
2
Yim Chiu Ting
Hong Kong
102,100
3
Josei Kamei
United
61,000
4
Yu Tang Hu
Taiwan
39,100
5
Tin Ka Lee
Hong Kong
29,600
6
Kensuke Tajika
Japan
24,600
7
Hernan Jaybee Villa
Philippines
21,200
8
Kar Wee Chee
Malaysia
18,700
9
Yuan Hsu Lee
Taiwan
16,500
Full payouts in WPT Taiwan – Festival Results
Vamerdino Magsakay claims trophy at Turbo 50K Survivor event
Date: August 13, 2023
Buy in: TWD 16,500 (~USD 520)
Entries: 54
Prize pool”: TWD 435,700 (~USD 13,695)
ITM: 7 places
*Heads up deal, play for trophy
Place
Player
Flag
1
Vamerdino Magsakay
Philippines
128,500*
2
Lee Kun Han
Taiwan
128,600*
3
David Erquiaga
Philippines
58,800
4
Hon Cheong Lee
Hong Kong
41,400
5
Ty C
Taiwan
32,700
6
Jong Eun Kim
Korea
26,100
7
Chien Chih Weng
Taiwan
19,600
Events resuming on August 14, 2023
Event 15: Mini High Roller – Day 1 results
Date: August 13 to 14, 2023
Buy in: TWD 66,000 (~USD 2,075)
Entries: 39
Prize pool: TWD 2,269,800 (~USD 71,340)
ITM: 6 places
Top prize: TWD 806,800 (~USD 25,360)
Final 4 players by stack
Player
Flag
Stack
Toshio Kataoka
Japan
3,015,000
Ping Hsien Chan
Taiwan
1,190,000
Cha Minan Lok
Macau
935,000
Po Wen Fang
Taiwan
705,000
Event 16: PLO – Day 1 results
Date: August 13 to 14, 2023
Buy in: TWD 11,000 (~USD 345)
Entries: 60
Prize pool: TWD 582,000 (~USD 18,290)
ITM: 8 places
Top prize: TWD 209,500 (~USD 6,585)
Player
Flag
Stack
Selim Souissi
Tunisia
357,000
Wei Tsung Chen
Taiwan
136,000
Chih Feng Li
Taiwan
183,000
Chih Ping Yu
Taiwan
156,500
Yi Wei Peng
Taiwan
91,000
Jong Bum Bae
Korea
56,500
Bo Jia Su
Taiwan
59,500
Sean Wu
Taiwan
149,000
WPT Player of the Festival
The WPT Player of the Festival race is on! Below are the standings after ten completed events,More points to collect with over 40 point-generating events scheduled. The player with the most points accrued at the end of the series wins a WPT Passport worth USD 5,000 to any WPT Main Tour in 2023.
WPT Prime Taiwan Season XXI Key Highlights
Five days in the books with plenty of action still ahead. WPT Prime Taiwan boasts the richest and most extensive lineup ever announced by the global brand in Asia. A total of 46 trophy events are scheduled highlighted by the Main Event. Make sure to check the schedule link provided for all the details and structure.
WPT Prime Taiwan – Full Schedule
The WPT Prime Main Event gets underway on August 17 and runs until August 21. For a buy in of TWD 33,000 (~USD 1,075), players have a shot at the mighty USD 1,000,000 guarantee. This is the largest tournament prize pool advertised by the WPT for Taiwan. To further display the worth of this event, the champion will receive a 2023 WPT World Championship seat worth USD 10,400. The WPT value-adds airfare and accommodation.
Other big events are the Mystery Bounty TWD 5,000,000 (~USD 162,245) guaranteed from August 11 to 13 and 8 Max Championship TWD 2,000,000 (~USD 65,150) guaranteed from August 14 to 15.
For high rollers, the CTP High Stakes Challenge is the most expensive with buy in of TWD 300,000 (~USD 9,475). The WPT Prime Super High Roller and WPT Prime High Roller 3K are also big wig favorites and are certain to attract the creme de la creme of the region.
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