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Chen Among the Larger Stacks

by Christian Zetzsche • September 25, 2026 - 8:21 AM

Kuan Lun Chen

With fewer than half an hour to go in level three, the clocks show 122 players out of 171 entries remaining and the overall tally has climbed to 316 entries. That is still a long way to go to reaching the guarantee, but the evening flight as of 5 p.m. local time is expected to have a solid turnout.

Hirohito Marunaka may have to re-enter soon because the player from Japan bet-folded the A ♥️ J ♠️ 3 ♥️ Q ♠️ 4 ♠️ river when he made it 30,000 to go for nearly half of his stack. Table big stack Kuan Lun Chen piled in his large chips and Marunaka let go.

Also on the table is David Erquiaga, one of the most decorated poker players from the Philippines.

Player Chip Count
Kuan Lun Chen 390,000
Hirohito Marunaka 37,000