After more than ten and a half levels of live poker action at the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City, the final table has been set in the 2026 Gods of Poker Taipei II Main Event. Out of a field of 520 total entries, the largest slices of the NT$ 17 Million guaranteed prize pool are still up for grabs when the winner is set to be crowned on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
Perhaps it comes as no surprise that the two of the most aggressive contenders can be found near the top of the leaderboard. Seven players from Taiwan are aiming to keep the trophy on home soil for the flagship tournament of the festival held in cooperation with the local CTP Club.
Leading the way is Tsu Yun Yang who five-bet jammed ace-king suited in the final hand of the night to take a chunk out of the stack of Daeyoung Park to bolster his stack to 13,715,000, while the South Korean dropped just outside of the overnight podium with 9,565,000.
Second in chips is the only other player from outside of the country, Singapore's Ravn Teo (12,385,000), who already carried over the largest stack across the five starting flights into Day 2. Sheng Hung Kao bagged up 9,850,000 in chops which is good enough for third place and he was responsible for bursting the final table bubble after winning a classic flip with pocket jacks against the ace-king of the always talkative Chia Hsiang Ko.
Final Table Seat Draw
| Seat |
Player |
Country |
Chip Count |
Big Blind |
| 1 |
Chieh Wei Lee |
Taiwan |
4,775,000 |
32 |
| 2 |
Ravn Teo |
Singapore |
12,385,000 |
83 |
| 3 |
Yu You Ci Tsai |
Taiwan |
1,600,000 |
11 |
| 4 |
Daeyoung Park |
South Korea |
9,565,000 |
64 |
| 5 |
Sheng Hung Kao |
Taiwan |
9,850,000 |
66 |
| 6 |
Tsu Yun Yang |
Taiwan |
13,715,000 |
91 |
| 7 |
Sin Ren Chen |
Taiwan |
2,530,000 |
17 |
| 8 |
Hung Te Lee |
Taiwan |
4,680,000 |
31 |
| 9 |
Yu Jui Chen |
Taiwan |
3,135,000 |
21 |
On the final table bubble, the chip stacks on both tables experienced heavy swings and perhaps the one to suffer the most was Sin Ren Chen. He left five big blinds behind against Hung Te Lee, quadrupled once thereafter and high-fived everyone from the outer table when he made it through with the second-lowest tally of 2,530,000. Lee was running hot to become the run-away chip leader on the final two tables only to fall from grace and advance in the middle of the pack with 4,680,000.
That's still worth 39 big blinds, though, with 28 minutes left in level 20 at blinds of 100,000-150,000/150,000. For the final table, the action will switch to hand-based number during each level instead of the usual 60-minute clock.
Final Table Payouts
| Place |
Prize (in NT$) |
Prize (in USD) |
| 1 |
3,424,400 |
$107,800 |
| 2 |
2,079,800 |
$65,472 |
| 3 |
1,403,400 |
$44,179 |
| 4 |
1,014,600 |
$31,940 |
| 5 |
770,100 |
$24,243 |
| 6 |
606,400 |
$19,089 |
| 7 |
491,000 |
$15,457 |
| 8 |
406,600 |
$12,800 |
| 9 |
342,900 |
$10,794 |
The final nine players have already locked up at least NT$ 342,900 for their efforts, however all of them very likely have their eyes set on the stunning GOP gauntlet trophy and top prize of NT$ 3,424,400. All of the action from the final table will be available with cards-up coverage and Chinese commentary on a 30-minute delay on the Gods of Poker YouTube channel.
Across the five starting flights which each played down to the money, a total of 73 players secured a cash prize and returned to their seats at half past noon local time. The early stages were actually rather timid as only one player busted in the first half an hour.
Chia Yun Wu dashed a bad beat to Hayato Kitajima during the very first few hands with sixes versus queens and Japanese pro never recovered from that to bow out in 54th place eventually. Among the early casualties were also Lance Goh, Charles Tsai, GOP Manila 2026 finalist Aleksei Zhukov, Jie Zhang and Ori Kossonogi. The latter turned the nut straight but aforementioned Park rivered a full house.
Malaysia's Jeremy Chan mounted a short stack comeback but bowed out in 41st place, soon followed by the "one chip behind master" Taehwan Kim in 39th place for HK$ 84,200.
On the bubble to the final three tables, Kristof Segers was aiming to collect a multi-way single-raised pot with ace-queen suited but Paulus Wijaya looked him up with ace-king to oust the always dangerous Belgian.
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Another storyline was American Dakota Anderson, who not only reached the final table of the last GOP Manila Main Event but staged a heads-up comeback to take down the title. Anderson arrived a few days ago here in Taipei and jumped into the Special Boosted Edition of the Titan Stack in which he finished ninth.
Anderson used the Main Event ticket from that deep run to enter Flight D, back up a solid stack and get involved in many of the pots early on Day 2. Eventually, he became short on the final three tables and three-bet jammed ace-ten. Tsu Yun Yang called with king-jack and spiked a jack on the turn to deny a possible back-to-back victory in 26th place for NT$ 111,900.
Harry Halim went from one of the big stacks to the rail in 21st place when he clashed one too many times with Yang. His missed flush draw and rivered two pair ran into the nut straight of the eventual chip leader for the final table.
Day 2 raced towards a rapid conclusion when Vinay B and Paulus Wijaya jammed dominated pairs for a lot of big blinds, especially considering that their exits were accompanied with bustouts on the live stream table as well.
One of the most accomplished and experienced players still in the mix was Hong Kong's King Lun Alan Lau, who eventually succumbed to a short stack in 12th place. Sin Ran Chen rivered a straight from three big blinds to quadruple and stay in contention before Jui Heng Tsai ran with fours into eights.
Eventually, it would be Ko who was silenced and stunned after losing a flip to bow out in tenth place to conclude the action for the night. All nine finalists will return to their seats at 12.30 p.m. local time on the live stream table inside of the Asia Poker Arena to determine the champion.
