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.