GOP Main Event - Flight C - (40 Mins) - NT$ 17,000,000 GTD

Vinay B

There wasn't really any short stack on table 27 and the bubble would burst there with Vinay B jamming a loaded pot to the 8 ♦️ 4 ♥️ 2 ♥️ A ♥️ turn out of the small blind. His shove was for 381,000 and once Masaki Saito snap-called, Vinay B instantly exclaimed "oh fuck me" when the cards were flipped over.

Vinay B: A ♦️ 2 ♦️

Masaki Saito: K ♥️ J ♥️

The river was the Q ♦️ and the Indian bubbled.

Guo Jin Zeng and Minsung Jun

Guo Jin Zeng raised to 50,000 and Jie Zhang called in the small blind before Minsung Jun jammed from the big blind. Zeng shipped it in and Zhang folded.

Minsung Jun: J ♥️ 10 ♥️

Guo Jin Zeng: A ♣️ K ♠️

The Q ♥️ 10 ♦️ 5 ♥️ J ♦️ K ♦️ board was a roller coaster in which Jun came up short with two pair versus broadway.

One table over, the bubble could have even burst but there was no call. In a three-bet pot to the J ♦️ J ♠️ 10 ♥️ flop, Hayato Kitajima bet 200,000 from the small blind. Tomo Miyagi jammed for 439,000 and Kitajima reluctantly folded.

With 11 players left, the field is on the stone bubble and two minutes will be deducted for each hand.

Chia Hsiang Ko

The field is down to the final 12 players and ten of them get to bag up chips once the Flight C bubble has burst.

Ting Chieh Chi and Chia Hsiang Ko won't be among them, as they are the two late night casualties without anything to show for.

Chi pushed a short stack and Jung Ho Im called all-in for 75,000, all other players folded.

Jung Ho Im: A ♥️ J ♥️

Ting Chieh Chi: A ♦️ K ♠️

The jack came on the J ♦️ 6 ♣️ 6 ♠️ 8 ♥️ 9 ♦️ runout.

Chi was even shorter and then busted to Chaehun Ryu in a flip with A ♣️ J ♠️ versus 6 ♥️ 6 ♦️ on the 10 ♣️ 7 ♥️ 5 ♠️ 5 ♠️ 9 ♣️ run out.

Over on the other table, Vinay B three-bet jammed the button and Ko called all-in for 206,000 in the small blind, Ngan Paulus Wijaya folded.

Ko's A ♣️ K ♦️ flipped versus 7 ♥️ 7 ♦️ and bricked the J ♠️ 10 ♣️ 9 ♣️ 3 ♥️ 6 ♣️ runout.

Back to the other table, Im got lucky with 9 ♦️ 6 ♦️ against the pocket sevens of Chi Jen Chen to double once more.

Taehwan Kim

Minsung Jun and Chaehun Ryu doubled their shorter stacks on table 28 while there was a larger clash on table 27.

In a preflop flip, Taehwan Kim was all-in with 10 ♥️ 10 ♠️ against the A ♠️ K ♣️ of Hayato Kitajima. The king came on the K ♠️ 8 ♣️ 4 ♦️ 7 ♣️ Q ♦️ board before the blinds went up shortly thereafter to 1,000-25,000/25,000.

Po Jui Chen

Soon after losing a big portion of his stack, Po Jui Chen was all-in with the J ♦️ J ♣️ and he needed to hold against the K ♠️ 10 ♠️ of Taehwan Kim.

However, his luck ran out on the K ♥️ 6 ♦️ 3 ♣️ 2 ♠️ 4 ♠️ board and the field in Flight C was down to the final 15 hopefuls.

Masaki Saito

Ting Chieh Chi called a bet of 125,000 by Chi Jen Chen on the J ♦️ 8 ♦️ 5 ♠️ 5 ♣️ turn and Chen then checked the 8 ♠️ on the river. Chi used one time bank and bet 150,000, Chen folded ... only to recover most of the losses minutes later.

One table over, Masaki Saito flipped with 3 ♥️ 3 ♦️ for 430,000 against the A ♥️ Q ♣️ of Po Jui Chen. The "ohhhh's" came because of the A ♦️ 10 ♥️ 4 ♦️ 3 ♠️ 7 ♠️ runout.

Minsung Jun

Minsung Jun flipped with A ♦️ Q ♦️ against the 10 ♣️ 10 ♥️ of Jung Ho Im for 273,000 and spiked the ace on the turn of a 7 ♠️ 6 ♣️ 5 ♦️ A ♠️ 9 ♠️ board to double.

Tomo Miyagi three-bet jammed for 282,000 with 8 ♣️ 8 ♦️ and Po Jui Chen called with the 6 ♠️ 6 ♥️ - the J ♦️ J ♥️ 10 ♣️ Q ♦️ 9 ♣️ board changed nothing.

Jie Zhang then won a flip with A ♥️ K ♠️ against Sun's 8 ♦️ 8 ♥️ because the king appeared on the K ♣️ 9 ♣️ 2 ♠️ Q ♦️ 2 ♣️ runout.

Im was all-in with a severe short stack and 10 ♥️ 2 ♥️ soon after, up against an ace and nearly out on an ace-high flop. Running cards to a straight came for the rescue.

Vinay B

At the end of the previous level, there were two double ups on table 27.

Vinay B bet the 9 ♦️ J ♠️ 3 ♦️ flop for 55,000 and Ting Chieh Chi check-called to check the 4 ♦️ turn. Vinay B pushed all-in and forced a fold.

Guo Jin Zeng was then all-in for 367,000 with 6 ♥️ 6 ♣️ against the A ♣️ J ♣️ of Chi. The pocket pair held on the 8 ♦️ 4 ♦️ 3 ♥️ 2 ♠️ 9 ♦️ runout.

Kosuke Ito

Kosuke Ito was all-in for only 30,000 and found three players interested to come along as they headed to the 8 ♠️ 6 ♦️ 2 ♥️ flop. Vinay B jammed some 149,000 in the big blind and the other two players folded.

Kosuke Ito: J ♠️ 5 ♠️

Vinay B: J ♣️ 8 ♦️

Ito needed running cards to survive but the 9 ♣️ turn and 4 ♦️ river were not enough. There are now 16 players left and the top ten will advance.

Tomo Miyagi

Chia Hsiang Ko limped the small blind and Tomo Miyagi raised to 58,000. Ko then piled in chips before reassuring the dealer three times he meant to raise. Miyagi fell for it and jammed his last 154,000 to get snapped off.

Tomo Miyagi: K ♣️ J ♦️

Chia Hsiang Ko: Q ♠️ Q ♣️

The A ♠️ A ♦️ 10 ♠️ K ♦️ 5 ♥️ board delivered the improvement on the turn.

One table over, the board showed J ♠️ J ♥️ 3 ♠️ J ♣️ 5 ♠️ and Chi Jen Chen bet 175,000. Chaehun Ryu was deep in the tank and flicked in a call after using five time banks. Chen tabled his Q ♣️ Q ♥️ for a full house to win even more chips.

Chi Jen Chen

Jung Ho Im raised to 32,000 and Kosuke Ito jammed for 314,000 right behind. Chi Jen Chen two seats from them then called all-in on the button for 284,000 and the blinds folded, as did Im.

Chi Jen Chen: K ♣️ K ♦️

Kosuke Ito: A ♥️ K ♠️

No ace appeared on the 8 ♠️ 8 ♦️ 2 ♥️ J ♠️ 5 ♦️ runout for Chen to double.

Po Jui Chen raised to 32,000 and Ngan Paulus Wijaya was the only caller from the big blind. They checked all the way to the 9 ♣️ 9 ♠️ 5 ♠️ 4 ♦️ A ♣️ river on which Chen's bet of 31,000 took it down uncontested.

We are still at 17 players remaining while the Titan Stack Boosted Edition Flight B has concluded with Dakota Anderson as the chip leader.

Ting Chieh Chi

Chi Jen Chen had been cruising with a very healthy stack but that all changed when he clashed with Ting Chieh Chi. His A ♥️ Q ♦️ was no good on a board of A ♠️ 10 ♥️ 4 ♠️ 5 ♣️ 8 ♥️ as Chi's 5d: 5 ♠️ had turned a set of fives for the full double.

Jaegeol Cho

Jaegeol Cho raised to 32,000 and Po Jui Chen called. Kai Hung Hu then jammed for 160,000 and Cho reshoved for 321,000. Chen asked for a count on both and folded.

Kai Hung Hu: 8 ♦️ 8 ♠️

Jaegeol Cho: A ♦️ Q ♠️

"Thank you, thank you," Hu said while laughing hysterically, happy to flip against one opponent.

The A ♣️ J ♥️ 2 ♦️ flop pulled Cho into the lead, who replied with the same "thank you" and a smirk.

No eight came on the K ♦️ turn and Q ♣️ river to knock out Hu.

The 18 remaining players in Flight C are back in their seats for level 10 with new blinds of 8,000-16,000/16,000 and the average is still well above 30 big blinds.

In the meanwhile, the NT$ 3,500 Main Event satellite is gearing up towards the end of late registration with nearly half the guaranteed prize pool of 15 Main Event tickets as overlay.

Flight B of the Titan Stack Boosted Edition is down to the final 11 players and 10 will advance, they are now on the bubble.

Hayato Kitajima

Hayato Kitajima raised to 24,000 and Tomo Miyagi three-bet the cutoff to 52,000. All players behind folded and Kitajima four-bet to 108,000 for Miyagi to call.

On the J ♦️ 8 ♣️ 5 ♠️ flop, Kitajima continued for 80,000 and did so again for 150,000 on the 9 ♣️ turn. The 6 ♣️ river brought a possible flush and Kitajima tanked for a minute to then check, forfeiting one time bank.

Miyagi bet small for only 60,000 and Kitajima used another time bank to call. Miyagi nodded and showed his A ♦️ 10 ♦️ for a bluff, Kitajima earned the pot with Q ♥️ Q ♦️ for a pair of queens.

Tomo Miyagi

Three ways to the Q ♦️ J ♥️ 2 ♠️ 4 ♥️ turn, Kai Hung Hu bet 31,000 out of the big blind. Tomo Miyagi in early position was the only caller. Hu also bet the 4 ♣️ river for 50,000 to get called and showed the K ♣️ 9 ♣️ for a missed gutshot, Miyagi claimed the pot with the A ♥️ A ♠️ for aces and fours.

On a four-card straight board showing 9 ♦️ 8 ♣️ 7 ♣️ 10 9 , Hayato Kitajima bet 13,000. Chia Hsiang Ko called and was shown the 10 ♦️ 7 ♠️ for tens and nines. Ko had that beat with the A ♦️ 9 ♥️ for trips nines to win the pot.

With current blinds of 6,000-12,000/12,000, the average is at a mighty 40 big blinds and action for Flight C will conclude with 10 players left.

Three players have been eliminated in quick succession to whittle the field down from 21 to the last 18 hopefuls, and table 29 broke after it had previously lost Chanyoot Ruangsakul. On the other two tables, Hao Ran Li and Chun Yin Lau departed while Po Jui Chen jumped back to a big stack.

Jung Ho Im has been experiencing somewhat of a roller coaster lately. He had chipped up to a healthy big stack again but lost two pots. One of them saw him squeeze to 180,000 into Chaehun Ryu's three-bet worth 72,000. Ryu then jammed and Im folded.

Hayato Kitajima

Hayato Kitajima raised and Haneul Kim three-bet to 60,000. Kitajima made it 125,000 to go and from there on, they got the chips into the middle as Kim snap-called against a shove behind.

Haneul Kim: K ♥️ K ♣️

Hayato Kitajima: Q ♥️ Q ♦️

The inferior pocket pair got there again on the 10 ♠️ 7 ♠️ 3 ♥️ Q ♠️ 4 ♣️ board and Kim was sent to the rail.

"Lucky lucky," Kitajima replied to Chun Yin Lau who had glanced at him after being as fortunate only a few minutes ago.

Man Hin Siu

Man Hin Siu first had pocket aces in a three-way all-in and made top set but he only won the side pot while Tomo Miyagi tripled with a straight.

Siu was then all-in again versus two opponents including Chun Yin Lau and Po Jui Chen.

Man In Siu: J ♦️ J ♣️

Chun Yin Lau: Q ♠️ Q ♣️

Po Jui Chen: K ♥️ K ♠️

The board ran out Q ♦️ 10 ♦️ 10 ♣️ 2 ♠️ 4 ♥️ and Lau flopped queens full to nearly triple while Siu was gone.

Hyunsup Kim

Masaki Saito took a flip for some 19 blinds with A ♠️ K ♠️ against the 5 ♥️ 5 ♦️ of Chanyoot Ruangsakul and got there on the A ♥️ Q ♦️ 4 ♥️ J ♦️ 6 ♦️ board.

Hyunsup Kim was then all-in with pocket nines and Jaegeol Cho flipped against that with the K ♥️ J ♥️ . The Js: 10 ♥️ 2 ♥️ 5 ♣️ Q ♣️ board brought the jack to knock out Kim.

Po Jui Chen

Po Jui Chen squeezed to 150,000 preflop and then faced the all-in of Shung Er Sua for 312,000. Chen had that covered by a fraction of a big blind and eventually got the chips into the middle for what turned out to be a big flip.

Shung Er Sua: J ♣️ J ♠️

Po Jui Chen: A ♥️ Q ♥️

Chen's over cards improved on every street of the Q ♣️ 9 ♠️ 3 ♠️ A ♣️ A ♠️ board and his 318,000 stack also covered.

While Flight C of the NT$ 33,000 Main Event continues on the final three tables and still has some ways to go before getting to the money, the Boosted NT$ 3,500 Satellite with 15 seats is underway as well as a NT$ 3,500 Hyper Turbo Event.

In Flight B of the Titan Stack, there are 23 players out of 68 entries remaining including reigning GOP Manila Main Event champion Dakota Anderson and fellow finalist Aleksei Zhukov. The latter just three-bet jammed a short stack with A ♠️ 5 ♥️ into 10 ♦️ 10 ♠️ and spiked the ace to survive.

Flight C has started with two tables and the field is now up to 148 entries total.

Chien Hung Chi

Flight A bubble boy Chien Hung Chi raised to 16,000 and Taehwan Kim called on the button, as did Chanyoot Ruangsakul in the big blind. The 7 ♥️ 6 ♠️ 2 ♥️ flop was checked to Chi who bet 25,000. Only Kim called and they checked the 3 ♦️ on the turn.

Down to around 55,000, Chi jammed the 10 ♦️ river and Kim beat him into the pot. Chi tabled his A ♠️ 5 ♠️ for a bluff gone wrong while Kim had the 6 ♥️ 6 ♦️ for a flopped set of sixes.

Shortly after, Ori Kossonogi also departed to bring the field down to the last 25 players.

Haneul Kim raised to 16,000 and was called by Kai Hung Hu on the button as well as Chia Hsiang Ko and Tomo Miyagi in the blinds. They checked to the 8 ♣️ 5 ♠️ 5 ♥️ J ♣️ turn on which it was Hu who bet 36,000 when checked to.

Ko then check-raised to 125,000 and it won the pot uncontested.

After several short stack doubles, Jeon Tak departed from table 29 and that brought the field down to the last 27 players. Table 31 was the one to break randomly but not before a blind battle concluded to boost the stack of Chi Jen Chen.

Kosuke Ito bet the 8 ♠️ 7 ♠️ 5 ♠️ 8 ♣️ 5 ♦️ river for more than 120,000 and Chen reluctantly called. Ito tabled the K ♣️ Q ♠️ for a bluff and Chen won the pot with his 7 ♣️ 2 ♥️ .

Ori Kossonogi

Right after coming back from the break, Ori Kossonogi pushed for 58,000 at big blind 8,000 and was called by Hao Ran Li two seats over in the small blind.

Ori Kossonogi: K ♦️ Q ♣️

Hao Ran Li: A ♠️ J ♠️

Kossonogi needed help and got there with the 10 ♣️ 9 ♥️ 2 ♣️ 4 ♣️ J ♦️ board for the king-high straight.

Lee Chung Wei

Lee Chung Wei pushed all-in for 86,000 and was isolated by Chun Yin Lau in the next seat, all other players folded.

Lee Chung Wei: J ♥️ J ♦️

Chun Yin Lau: 6 ♠️ 6 ♦️

The 8 ♦️ 6 ♣️ 2 ♣️ K ♥️ K ♦️ board improved Lau to sixes full for the knockout, soon after the last 28 players went on a scheduled 15-minute break.

Taehwan Kim

Heads-up to the Q ♣️ 10 ♣️ 10 ♥️ 9 ♠️ turn, South Korea's Taehwan Kim bet 20,000 with 130,000 behind and table chip leader Jie Zhang checked carefully before he sent his cards into the muck.

"Very big turn," Kim said before he raked in the pot but didn't show any of his cards.

The field has been trimmed to 29 hopefuls as Yuki Yamamoto was also among the latest casualties.

Tatsuto Chinen

Hao Ran Li raised to 12,000 and Tatsuto Chinen three-bet jammed for 41,000. Ngan Paulus Wijaya then went all-in over the top for 243,500 and Li asked for a count before he folded.

Tatsuto Chinen: K ♠️ Q ♠️

Ngan Paulus Wijaya: A ♣️ K ♦️

No help came despite a gutshot on the J ♠️ 9 ♣️ 5 ♣️ 8 ♦️ 6 ♣️ board to send Chinen to the rail.

Chia Hsiang Ko

Li An Lee jammed for a severe short stack with the A ♦️ 9 ♦️ and Sin Lan Chen raised behind. Chia Hsiang Ko then moved all-in over the top and Chen called with the covering stack holding the J ♦️ J ♥️ . Ko had two overs with the A ♣️ Q ♥️ and got there on the 8 ♠️ 6 ♣️ 2 ♦️ Q ♠️ K ♦️ runout to double for 154,000.

Chen was left short and busted.

Yuki Yamamoto

Three ways to the K ♥️ J ♦️ 4 ♣️ flop, the action checked to Yuki Yamamoto and he bet 16,000. Canyoot Ruangsakul called and Vinay B folded. The 3 ♠️ turn was checked and the Q ♠️ river saw Ruangsakul lead for 175,000.

Yamamoto only had a short stack behind and sigh-folded.

The second of three starting flights of the NT$ 11,000 Titan Stack Boosted Edition has closed the registration with 68 entries and some 52 players currently remaining. They are aiming to make it to the top 10 spots to secure a cash prize and NT$ 33,000 Main Event ticket.

One last chance remains as of 8.30 p.m. local time when Flight C kicks off.

Lester Edoc

In a preflop all-in showdown, Lester Edoc was at risk and behind needing some help to stay in contention against Hao Ran Li.

Lester Edoc: A ♦️ J ♠️

Hao Ran Li: K ♥️ K ♦️

The ace never came on the 7 ♣️ 6 ♠️ 4 ♠️ 7 ♦️ 7 ♥️ board to send the Pinoy poker pro to the rail.

Hayato Kitajima

Early in the new level with blinds of 2,500-5,000/5,000, the average is at a staggering 45 big blinds and it may take a while to get remotely close to the bubble with the top ten finishers set to advance to Day 2.

Among the bigger stacks in the field are Kai Hung Hu and Hayato Kitajima who just went into a preflop raising war. Hu three-bet to 30,000 only for Kitajima to make it 75,000 to go. Hu pondered about it for a while and opted to fold.

We are still at 38 players remaining for the time being.

Hiroki Karatsu

In a single-raised pot to the A ♥️ :KD: 10 ♣️ flop, Hiroki Karatsu checked and Tatsuto Chinen checked behind eventually. No more action came on the 6 ♣️ turn and 7 ♣️ river and Karatsu won the pot with the K ♥️ J ♥️ in this duel of shorter stacks.

Notable players on the table include Anton Lu and Ori Kossonogi with the latter being just under the average.

Shung Er Sua

Since taking a seat late in the last level, Chun Yin Lau has been jamming a few times and was not called yet to come out with some profit. The same also applies for Shung Er Sua on his re-entry after he just forced out Ravn Teo.

The latter was involved in three-way action to the :Af: 8 ♦️ 3 ♠️ 4 ♣️ and bet 26,000. Sua jammed for around 110,000 and forced two folds to claim the pot.

Jie Zhang

With the completed board showing 7 ♦️ 6 ♥️ 5 ♠️ 7 ♥️ 4 ♣️ , Kanghee Kim bumped it up to 100,000 and Jie Zhang went into a brief tank. The last time Kim had a full house on the paired board.

However, that wasn't the case this time as Zhang called to get shown the 6 ♣️ 5 ♣️ for flopped two pair that were counterfeit by now. Zhang had that beat with the 8 ♠️ 8 ♣️ for the straight.

With the completed board reading A ♠️ Q ♥️ 3 ♦️ Q ♦️ 3 ♠️ , Chaehun Ryu bet 25,000. Jaesung Park pushed all-in for around 100,000 and was snap-called to reveal his J ♠️ 7 ♥️ for a bluff, running right into Ryu's Q ♠️ 10 ♥️ for a full house.

With the start of level four and new blinds of 2,000-4,000/4,000, the late registration for Flight C has closed. Some ten players jumped in at the last minute to bring the field up to 71 entries which means the top 10 finishers will advance today.

Yi Cheng Lo, Minsung Jun, Eo Soohak and Wooseok Kim all busted as one of the recently opened tables broke to make space for Flight B of the Boosted Titan Stack Daily. That one is up to 28 entries for an overall tally of 92 entries - half of the NT$ 2 Million guarantee.

Kozo Yamada

Just before the end of level three and the late registration about to close with the break thereafter, several players were sent to the rail. Jihun Baek ran into the 7 ♣️ 7 ♠️ for sevens full on the 7 ♥️ 6 ♣️ 4 ♥️ 4 ♠️ 5 ♥️ board before Kozo Yamada was all-in preflop against Kosuke Ito.

Kozo Yamada: Q ♠️ Q ♣️

Kosuke Ito: A ♣️ Q ♦️

The ace appeared on the J ♥️ 6 ♦️ 5 ♣️ A ♠️ 5 ♠️ board.

Jung Ho Im

Apologies that we did not catch the cards of Hirohito Marunaka anymore because they were just mucked, and the rest of the table as well as Marunaka on the way out could just smirk when Jung Ho Im once again stole the show and chips with another knockout.

On a board of A ♦️ Q ♦️ 7 ♠️ K ♥️ K ♦️ , the A ♠️ K ♣️ of Im made kings full of aces to reduce the field by one and further grow his early lead.

Shung Er Sua

Shung Er Sua found a decent spot to get his shorter stack in preflop holding the A ♣️ K ♠️ but his timing was quite off, as Man Hin Siu had that crushed with the A ♠️ A ♥️ . The rockets were not cracked on the 7 ♦️ 6 ♣️ 6 ♥️ Q ♥️ 6 ♦️ board and Sua re-entered to the same table and different seat shortly after.

Jihun Baek

The field continues to grow for Flight C and currently has 41 players out of 60 entries remaining. Several players from South Korea entered recently and a three-way pot involved three of them.

Hyunsup Kim checked the 10 ♦️ 6 ♦️ 2 ♣️ flop and Tak Jeon bet 6,000 for Jihun Baek and Kim to call.

On the K ♥️ turn, only Baek called a bet of 25,000 by Jeon who then checked the 9 ♥️ river.

Baek jammed for around 45,000 which was almost identical with the stack of Jeon, who used three time banks before folding.

Kosuke Ito

Kosuke Ito three-bet to 16,000 and was called by Shung Er Sua to lead them to the 9 ♣️ :4c : 2 ♠️ flop. Sua check-called for 18,000 before they checked down the 4 ♥️ turn and Q ♥️ river.

Sua tabled the 7 ♠️ 7 ♥️ but Ito had that pipped with the 8 ♦️ 8 ♠️ .

Hirohito Marunaka

The action was picked up with the flop showing 8 ♣️ 7 ♥️ 3 ♠️ and Jaesung Park checked out of the blinds. Hirohito Marunaka bet 6,000 in early position and Haneul Park called in the next seat, Park also came along.

Park check-folded the Q ♥️ turn when Marunaka bet 20,000 and Kim called. Marunaka then jammed the K ♥️ river for 69,500 and received no call.

Chia Hsiang Ko vaulted out of his chair in disgust when he was all-in and at risk for 106,500 with a premium pocket pair only to find himself up against chip leader Jung Ho Im with the superior pair in hand.

Chia Hsiang Ko: Q ♠️ Q ♣️

Jung Ho Im: K ♠️ K ♥️

There was no surprise on the 10 ♣️ 5 ♥️ 4 ♠️ 3 ♠️ 2 ♣️ runout and that spelled the end for Ko once more.

Jung Ho Im

The field size has increased further to 48 entries of which 30 players remain and among the most recent casualties were Shung Er Sua and Hyunsup Kim.

New in the mix are Anton Lu and Hayato Kitajima among others, and Jaesung Park also sat down recently. Park faced an open raise to 6,000 and a three-bet to 15,000. He cold four-bet to 35,000 and everyone else folded.

The second flight of the boosted Titan Stack Daily is underway with one table running and will certainly grow over the next few hours with the late registration open until 7.15 p.m. local time. That is one hour after Flight C of the Main Event will no longer accept any sign ups.

Early chip leader by some margin is Japan-based South Korean Jung Ho Im with more than five times the starting stack.

Chien Hung Chi

At almost half-way through level three in Flight C, the clock shows 30 players out of 46 entries remaining and perhaps that figure should be lower by one. Man Hin Siu and atsuto Chinen had departed a few minutes ago and Flight A bubble boy Chien Hung Chi then jammed for the last 41,500, only Kozo Yamada called.

Chien Hung Chi: A ♣️ 8 ♦️

Kozo Yamada: K ♣️ K ♦️

The board ran out Q ♦️ 10 ♦️ 5 ♠️ 3 ♦️ A ♠️ and Chi rivered the two outer to survive.

Masaki Saito

On a flop of K ♣️ Q ♥️ 10 ♣️ , Tak Jeon bet 11,000 and Masaki Saito flat-called. The 8 ♣️ came on the turn and Jeon checked, Saito used a time bank and bet 18,000 to get called.

What followed was the Q ♣️ river which paired the board and brought the fourth club on the board. Jeon now led for 55,000 and Saito went deep into the tank. Upon using four time banks, Saito called and Jeon tabled the J ♠️ 8 ♥️ for a bluff, which Saito had beat holding the A ♣️ :Jd with the ace-high flush.

"Nice bluff," the player from Japan said.

Chi Jen Chen

Yuki Yamamoto lost the remainder of his short stack and next to fall as Chia Hsiang Ko, who bowed out in a battle of pocket pairs against Chi Jen Chen.

The J ♠️ J ♥️ of Ko were heavily dominated by A ♣️ A ♦️ and found no escape on the 9 ♣️ 7 ♦️ 3 ♠️ 5 ♥️ Q ♠️ runout.

The first of three flights for the boosted NT$ 11,000 Titan Stack Daily has attracted a field of 64 entries for Flight A of which currently 48 players remain. Only the top nine finishers will be in the money and each receive an NT$ 33,000 Main Event seat from the NT$ 2 Million guarantee.

There is also a bargain NT$ 3,500 Main Event satellite today with 15 seats guaranteed in the evening as well that would be of interest for all low stakes players here in Taiwan.

In the NT$ 320,000 Demigods Challenge, six players out of nine entries remain while the final day of the Accumulator Event is down to the last 16 hopefuls.

Kai Hung Hu

With the turn showing A ♦️ 6 ♥️ 2 ♦️ 5 ♠️ , Kai Hung Hu had the all-in triangle in front of him. There were some 48,000 in the middle and Tomo Miyagi had raised to 52,000. The shove of Hu was for some 120,500 total and Miyagi used one time bank extension before he folded.

Hsien Chang Liu

With the turn showing A ♦️ 9 ♠️ 6 ♠️ K ♥️ , Jung Ho Im bet checked and Yuki Yamamoto bet 15,500. Im then used his big stack and check-raised big to force an instant fold from Yamamoto.

Shortly after, Hsien Chang Liu was spotted on the way out with frustration after saying he was "never lucky".

Tak Jeon

Three ways to the A ♣️ J ♦️ 9 ♥️ flop, Shung Er Sua checked and Tak Jeon bet 7,000. That was called by Masaki Saito and Sua before all three checked the K ♦️ turn. On the Q ♦️ river, Sua checked again and Jeon increased his sizing to 32,000 whih forced two folds.

The third level of Flight C has kicked off and the blinds are 1,500-3,000 with a big blind ante of 3,000. There are currently four tables in play and the screens show 27 players out of 37 entries remaining.

Several players have already been eliminated most notably Kojima Takamasa and Kozo Yamada whereas a few notables can be found near the top of the leaderboard.

At 12.30 p.m. local time, the third of five starting flights of the Gods of Poker The Trial of Wisdom Main Event is set to kick off inside of the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City. The flagship tournament of the entire festival comes with a buy-in of NT$ 33,000 and massive NT$ 17 Million guarantee, and the tally after two flights very much indicates that a healthy overlay is looming.

Across Flight A and B, only 74 entries have been recorded and 11 players secured their spots for the money stages so far with Kristof Segers leading the way among them. Segers turned his 120,000 starting stack into massive 2,085,000 and it will be a difficult task to dethrone the Belgian from the top spot for Day 2 in the remaining three flights.

The next chance to do so awaits at half past noon when Flight C commences with the even deeper refined Cronus Structure. Level one features a 60-minute duration with blinds of 500-1,000/1,000 before two 120-minute levels follow. When the registration closed at 6.15 p.m. local time, all entries at the last minute will start their journey with 30 big blinds for level four at blinds of 2,000-4,000/4,000.

One thing is for certain - the poker room here in Taiwan will be buzzing throughout the day with plenty of tournaments taking place. The final day of the NT$ 3 Million guaranteed Accumulator Event brings back 68 players out of 569 entries for a small overlay in the NT$ 5,500 buy-in. Several of those who advanced earned a NT$ 25,000 bonus for bagging up chips in multiple flights and will combine their stacks for the final day.

The action resumes at blinds 8,000-16,000/16,000 with a min cash worth NT$ 10,800 and the winner will take home a very healthy payday of NT$ 543,600 in this low stakes highlight. Current Player of the Festival front runner Shi Rong Wang returns as one of the largest stacks in the field with 1,024,000 whereas Ryusuke Kasawaki is the strongest of double baggers for a combined 982,000.

The Titan Stack Daily NT$ 11,000 guarantee has been boosted once again for a special edition which has seem the figure doubled to NT$ 2 Million with a three flight setup for today at 1.30 p.m., 4.30 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. respectively. Each of the heats plays to the top 13.5% in the money, and all players ITM will receive a NT$ 33,000 Main Event ticket taken from the prize pool on the final day.

Furthermore, the first of three mega satellites to the GOP Taipei Main Event awaits at 9 p.m. local time today as well, promising the potential of extra value with an overlay likely for a bargain price tag of just NT$ 3,500.

The NT$ 320,000 Demigods Challenge is the most expensive tournament on the schedule and will take place today as well as of 1 p.m. local time with the stunning GOP gauntlet trophy up for grabs.

Turbo and Hyper Turbo Side Events with trophies can also be found on today's schedule as well, which you can find right here.

The GOP live updates will pick up the action of the Main Event Flight C as of the third level and continue to provide coverage until the bubble has burst while keeping an eye on what is happening in the Asia Poker Arena throughout the day as well.