The crown jewel of The Trial of Wisdom comes with a staggering guarantee of NT$ 17 Million and plenty of chances to dash out extra value to poker enthusiasts from near and far with a sizeable overlay not too far-fetched. Yesterday's opening flight for the NT$ 33,000 buy-in saw 35 entries emerge and five players advance, after which Flight B today attracted a slightly bigger crowd. With another 39 entries to boost, the overall attendance after two of five flights now stands ad 74 and more than 600 are needed to meet the guarantee.
Among the final six players to punch their ticket for the money stages was also local Taiwan resident Kristof Segers who originally hails from Belgium. He busted not far from the bubble in Flight A and came back with a vengeance to turn his 120,000 starting stack into a monstrous 2,085,000 after knocking out Kai Cheng Hsu and Sin Lan Chen minutes apart.
Second-placed Harry Halim made it through with a very respectable 941,000, which is still less than half of Segers' tower of chips which he could observe growing from up close one seat over. Halim is no stranger to deep runs in Gods of Poker tournaments and narrowly missed out on the GOP gauntlet trophy twice during the previous stop in Manila.
Two local players were among to advance from Flight B in Pao Hsuan Hsu (660,000) and Lian An Jian (336,000), while South Korea's Hyungil Jang (469,000) and Charles Tsai (206,000) needed double-ups during the bubble period to stay in contention.
Final Chip Counts Flight B Survivors:
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | BB Day 2 |
| 1 | Kristof Segers | Belgium | 2,085,000 | 130 |
| 2 | Harry Halim | Indonesia | 941,000 | 59 |
| 3 | Pao Hsuan Hsu | Taiwan | 660,000 | 41 |
| 4 | Hyungil Jang | South Korea | 469,000 | 29 |
| 5 | Lian An Jian | Taiwan | 336,000 | 21 |
| 6 | Charles Tsai | Australia | 206,000 | 13 |
Harry Halim
Eventual chip leader Segers was jokingly declaring to "run hot" or "run cold" through various phases of this flight, which saw him involved in a lot of the big pots. The Belgian was responsible for several knockouts to shape his massive stack and the final showdown was the most classic of coin flips with ace-queen against pocket tens. Chen was ahead preflop but a queen appeared to end her run on the stone bubble for Flight B.
Early front runner was yesterday's very first casualty of the Main Event Flight A Chuang Lin Cheng, who ran up a massive stack until the end of the late registration. But as soon as he got moved to Segers' table, things went south and he bowed out just shy of the nine-handed finale. Other notable casualties include Anton Lu, Man Hin Siu, Lester Edoc, as well as Chi Jen Chen.
Another three starting flights remain throughout the following two days here in Taipei City and Flight C on Thursday, September 24, 2026, is a copy of the first two. One level of 60 minutes at 120 big blinds deep from 12.30 p.m. local time onwards is followed by two 120-minute levels before the late registration closes at 6.15 p.m. local time.
All tournament structures and the full schedule can be found on the GOP Trials of Wisdom page, which may be worth a closer look for all poker enthusiasts from Taiwan as there were a few adjustments made.
Three of the existing satellites on September 24 and 25 have had their guarantees boosted to award at least 15 seats each with potential overlay alert, as today's satellite with three seats guaranteed also included plenty of extra value. They feature a buy-in of only NT$ 3,500 and represent the cheapest way to get into the flagship tournament of the series.
Furthermore, the NT$ 11,000 Titan Stack Daily on September 24 has been boosted significantly with a NT$ 2 Million guarantee. The tournament has been expanded to three starting flights which play down to the top 13.5% in the money each. All survivors then return the next day to play to a champion.
However, everyone is already a winner regardless as each player in the money also receives a NT$ 33,000 Main Event ticket which is deducted from the overall prize pool.