Chi Jen Chen Wins the Titan Stack Daily at The Trial of Wisdom; Trio to Battle for GOP High Roller Gauntlet

Day number three of The Trial of Wisdom has concluded at the Asia Poker Arena in the heart of Taipei City and the sixth edition of the Gods of Poker live series is gearing up for the crown jewel, the NT$ 33,000 Main Event. However, until then there are plenty of trophies to be won here at CTP Club and several other storylines have already emerged within the first three days.

We have the first two-time champion of the series and it comes as little surprise that he is from Japan, who has been sporting several winners just in the last 24 hours alone. There was also a decent chance of a repeat champion in the Titan Stack Daily which once again gave some extra value via small overlay. To find out what happened, keep scrolling further down.

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The first trophy of the day went to Japan's Yusuke Hinaka in Event #17 PLO Bounty for NT$ 14,160. Hong Kong's Ming Pui Cheung was the massive chip leader during three-handed play in the Aphrodite's Event while Jade Kosasih won a race with 10 ♦️ 8 ♦️ against the 4 ♠️ 4 ♦️ of Ching Ching Yuen thanks to ten on the flop. Yuen busted soon thereafter and left Kosasih with a mountain to climb.

Jade Kosasih

It ultimately turned out to be a task too tall. After keeping her short stack afloat with several all-ins that went through, Kosasih then flopped a pair with 6 ♥️ 5 ♠️ but Cheung's K ♠️ Q ♥️ turned a pair of queens on the J ♦️ :7hj: 6 ♠️ Q ♠️ 3 ♠️ runout. That brought the trophy and HK$ 28,800 top prize to Cheung from Hong Kong.

Ming Pui Cheung

It was a Japanese duel for the trophy in the NT$ 16,500 Midday Mid-Stakes between Kenta Saito and Fumito Murayama with the latter taking home the NT$ 108,000 top prize. It was the second trophy for Murayama and he even saw his previous winner shot on the screen rotation prior to the start of the heads-up duel.

Junsu Lee may have burst the bubble in the NT$ 3,500 Hyper Turbo Event, but Xiao Xu Chen defeated Malaysia's Maximillion Woollaston in heads-up for the NT$ 23,080 top prize.

Fumito Murayama

The third flight of the NT$ 5,500 Accumulator Event attracted another 45 entries to increase the overall tally to 119 entries with another seven players bagging up chips. They will be joining the ten survivors of the previous two heats and have already locked up a portion of the NT$ 3 Million guarantee.

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Chi Jen Chen

Chi Jen Chen Denies Shi Rong Wang Repeat Victory in Titan Stack Daily

In the third edition of the Titan Stack Daily, the field was bolstered to 92 entries for yet another small overlay but it was slightly less than yesterday's edition which drew 89 entries for the NT$ 1 Million guaranteed low-stakes competition. Among those with bigger stacks at the end of late registration were Anthony Abram and Chi Jen Chen whereas Japan's Tatsuya Hashimoto flipped to more than the starting stack in the most classic of flips with A ♥️ K ♦️ versus Q ♥️ Q ♦️ thanks to a king in the window.

Early casualties included Horikoshi Shingo, Hideo Sawai, Leh Hua Wei, Yuan Hsu Lee and Takeshi Shinohara to name all but a few. Vietnam's Nhat Sinh Truong put his hopes on A ♣️ 7 ♣️ for two straight draws but the 10 ♣️ 10 ♦️ of Jia Hong Hsueh turned top set to hold up, vaulting Hsueh to one of the larger stacks. The same applied for Chai Chang Cheng, who came out on top of A ♥️ J ♠️ against the A ♠️ 5 ♠️ when the latter got his fumes in after previously running into a full house.

Yesterday's finalist Chun Wei Chang found the perfect spot to get back into contention with K ♦️ K ♣️ when Chien Te Lee flopped top pair and top kicker on a queen-high board, another king even came thereafter while Lee busted moments later. By that time, the field was nearly cut in half with the likes of Hyunjun Kim, Hao Wang, Yuto Ishibashi, Naohiro Matsuda and yesterday's runner-up Tsung Wei Lee all on the rail.

Chun Ling Kuo

Inaugural winner Shi Rong Wang ran up a stack rather quickly and was joined atop the leaderboard by TMT20 Crown Main Event Chun Ling Kuo when the latter dispatched Zhe Wei Li with A ♥️ A ♦️ versus Q ♥️ J ♠️ in a preflop all-in. Singapore's Boh Jun Lim picked the wrong time to defend 10 ♥️ 8 ♥️ and jam second pair on the flop because Wun Kai Liang was not folding red jacks for the overpair. With more than half the field gone in level eight, the average remained at a steady 30 big blinds. The big names remained in contention towards the final two tables whereas Chang was sent to the rail without anything to show for this time.

Lance Goh, Po Jui Chen and Hideo Sawai all ran out of chips as well. It actually took a while to reach the final two tables as the field was stuck on 22 players for what seemed to be an eternity with Kuo no longer in contention. Teng Yu Yu joined the chip leaders when his A ♥️ K ♠️ held versus A ♣️ J ♣️ while was denied a knockout at the same time with A ♠️ Q ♥️ versus A ♥️ 5 ♥️ preflop, as Jui Chia Lin spiked a five on the flop for the last eleven blinds. Josei Kamei then bowed out before Anthony Abram ran with J ♦️ J ♣️ into the Q ♥️ Q ♣️ of Wang, who cemented his lead with 19 left and 13 spots paid.

No cash for Chia Yun Wu today

Three away from the money, the average was only 14 big blinds and CTP Club legeng Chia Yun Wu was among the prior casualties. Yun Fan Yang then lost a flip with 10 ♦️ 10 ♥️ against the A ♣️ Q ♠️ of Shi Earn Wong before Chi Jen Chen earned a full double for ten blinds with A ♥️ J ♣️ versus A ♣️ 10 ♣️ . That showdown left Chi Wang on fumes and she busted one hand later to set up the bubble play. In the second all-in and call, Chuyi Huang had a sweat to endure despite flopping broadway for the nuts and survived with now 12 big blind average.

Half a min-cash for Kai Cheng Hsu

Chip leader Shi Rong Wang and Huang were denied bursting the bubble on three occasions before there were two eliminations on separate tables. Kai Cheng Hsu lost his last single chip before Wang knocked out Wong to chop the min-cash for two players. Within two minutes, another three players were gone and the nine-handed final table was set as Kazuharu Inamura earned a double knockout – he was the only player from outside of Taiwan still in contention.

Despite his previous double on the bubble, Hsueh became the first casualty of the final when ace-trey was beaten by the ace-five of his previous nemesis Huang. Jui Chia Lin then came up second-best with K ♥️ 10 ♦️ against the A ♥️ 10 ♣️ of Teng Yu Yu to bring the field down to the last seven. In the next three-way all-in, Inamura started best with pocket tens and came up last while no player busted. Sin Lan Chen had won the tiny side pot and bowed out to Chi Jen Chen moments thereafter.

Inamura never recovered from the blow and bowed out to Chen next followed by Yu With Q ♠️ 9 ♥️ against the K ♣️ 8 ♠️ of Chai Chang Cheng. Wang's commanding lead absorbed a double for Chen as he then flipped Cheng to the rail with nines versus king-queen. Chen doubled once more through Wang and then prevailed with K ♠️ Q ♠️ against the 8 ♦️ 8 ♥️ of Huang to set up the duel for the title. There would be no repeat winner this time, as the A ♣️ 10 ♦️ of WaChi Jen Chen Wins Titan Stack Daily September 20 (1)ng was up against Chen's A ♦️ J ♠️ and the 9 ♦️ 8 ♣️ 2 ♣️ 10 ♥️ Q ♣️ runout provided the queen-high straight.

While Wang had to settle for the runner-up spot, he took home and NT$ 172,900 and made a strong case for a potential leaderboard hunt during this festival. Chen, who already has more than $1.4 million in live tournament cashes according to The Hendon Mob, showcased his talents once more and took home the trophy and NT$ 279,000 top prize.

A first and second place for Shi Rong Wang in the Titan Stack Daily

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Takuma Goes From From Short Stack to Chip Leader in GOP High Roller

In Flight A of the HT$ 165,000 GOP High Roller, Rene Von Reden was the early frontrunner whereas Fendy Kosasish bowed out twice. Mikael Andersson made his first appearance during the festival and his first bullet was not crowned by success. A new face in the higher stakes buy-ins were Ryosuke Kubodera and Shinnosuke Takuma from Japan, who must have just arrived at the venue and will have plenty of tournaments to pick from in the next week.

Just before the end of the late registration period, two-time GOP gauntlet winner Rudy Edenata lost a flip with ace-king against the pocket sevens of Andersson and he bought back in while the Swede cemented his top spot. The re-entry into the same seat came with the exact same result as Edenata ran with ace-jack into the pocket queens of Andersson to bust from Flight A. Soon after they were down to the final four as Andersson picked up aces against the ace-nine of Tomoya Hasegawa and then won a flip with ace-jack versus pocket sixes to send Kubodera packing.

Mikael Andersson

Down to the final four, the momentum sent Von Reden into a massive lead while Andersson remained in a comfortable second after ace-six outflopped ace-king in the biggest pot of the tournament so far. Takuma then doubled his last seven blinds with A ♦️ Q ♠️ against the A ♣️ 4 ♠️ of Rob Hollink when both players missed the board. The Dutch player then flipped with As: 10 ♦️ against Andersson's 7 ♣️ 7 ♦️ , who continued his knockout spree after the Q ♠️ 6 ♣️ 6 ♦️ J ♠️ 9 ♥️ runout. In the very next hand, the flight could have been over but Takuma held with a superior ace to double through Von Reden for around ten big blinds.

Rene Von Reden

The next double of Takuma came in fortunate fashion when his A ♣️ J ♥️ sucked out against Von Reden's A ♦️ K ♠️ and the German bemoaned that he now “had to play poker”. His rivered two pair were no good against Takuma's ten-high straight either and the stack sizes started to become more even again on the cash bubble. Things went even worse for the German when Takuma hero-called all-in on the river of a 9 ♠️ 8 ♥️ 7 ♣️ 5 ♠️ 2 ♦️ board after burning through several time banks and was good with A ♥️ 9 ♦️ for just top pair against the Q ♠️ J ♠️ bluff.

Takuma continued his rush by taking a big chunk off Andersson and then finished off the Swede, who jammed with K ♣️ Q ♣️ into his A ♣️ K ♠️ to come up short on a J ♦️ 7 ♥️ 6 ♣️ 3 ♥️ 3 ♦️ board.

“What a rush,” Von Reden told Takuma who went from a mere ten blinds to massive chip leader. Von Reden bagged up 329,000 while Takuma soared all the way to 1,126,000 at blinds of 4,000-8,000/8,000.

Shinnosuke Takuma

In the Turbo Flight B, Kosasih overcame his run-bad curse of the first three festival days and “got lucky” to win two all-in in a row against Edenata to advance with 480,000 in chips. He will be second when the action resumes at 12.30 p.m. local time and the average will be close to 60 big blinds deep.

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The Schedule for Day 4 in a Nutshell

Speaking of the conclusion of the NT$ 165,000 GOP High Roller - it will be the first event to kick off half past noon local time. The three returning players battle for their share of the NT$ 2,304,000 and the stunning GOP gauntlet trophy. Kosasih has one from the last stop in Manila and would very much like to double that tally.

Scheduled to kick off at the same time is the NT$ 11,000 Titan Stack Daily with the same NT$ 1 Million guarantee and a late registration until 3.45 p.m. local time. Those wanting more than two cards can showcase their talents in the NT$ 7,700 5-Card PL Omaha - Double Board Bomb Pot Event, too.

The remainder of the daily schedule is very similar with one exception. At 7 p.m. local time, a NT$ 7,700 Satellite to the GOP Taiwan Main Event takes place in which players will win their seat once they accumulate at least 200,000 in chips. The late registration closes at 9.15 p.m. local time, half an hour prior to the deadline to jump into Flight D of the NT$ 3 Million guaranteed Accumulator Event.

In case you want to have a closer look at the full schedule and all respective tournament details, head over to the following page.