Final Table Set in the 2026 Gods of Poker Taipei II Main Event

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 on Day 9 of The Trials of Wisdom. 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 this Sunday, September 27, 2026.

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. Perhaps it comes as no surprise that the two of the most aggressive contenders can be found near the top of the leaderboard.

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 chips which is good enough for third place and he was responsible for bursting the final table bubble just after when he won a classic flip with pocket jacks against the ace-king of the always talkative Chia Hsiang Ko.

Final Table Seat Draw

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 with six-five suited and high-fived everyone from the outer table when he made it through with the second-lowest tally of 2,530,000. Prior to that, Lee was running hot to become the run-away chip leader on the final two tables only to falter to Teo's aggression 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 150,000-300,000/300,000. 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

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.

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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.

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.

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Day 2 of the Main Event wasn't the only poker to be played in the Asia Poker Arena and two players from Japan added to the country's overall trophy tally, as So Mitsuuchi and Hirohito Marunaka posed for the winner shots. They were joined in the winner's circle by Hao Wei Yu, Dong Yan and Soohak Eo.

The three flights of the NT$ 16,500 Mini Main Event attracted a total of 189 entries and each of them played down to the top 13.5% finishers with 27 players making the cut.

The NT$ 2 Million guarantee was easily surpassed and all of the NT$ 2,721,600 in prize money will be distributed today as of 12.30 p.m. noon local time.

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In the Player of the Series race, Shi Rong Wang continues to sit at the top of the leaderboard with his five cashes and two trophies. He finished in the money in the NT$ 33,000 Main Event as well and has racked up a tally of 16,871 so far.

Kai Cheng Hsu is in second place with three cashes for 11,067 in points while Fendy Kosasih is currently third with three trophies across his four cashes for 10,144 in points. The Indonesian has however already left Taiwan and will not be moving up any further on the final day

Several players are within reach of the podium such as Dong Yan (9,915), Rob Hollink (9,307) and Po Cheng Lai (9,094).

From the nine Main Event finalists, only Teo and Park have one cash to their name with 14,175 in points up for grabs to the eventual champion. They would need to win it quick and then also score in another late Side Event in order to qualify for leaderboard prizes.

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On the final day of The Trials of Wisdom in Taipei, both the Mini Main Event and the crown jewel will be playing down to a winner as of half past noon. The NT$ 11,000 Titan Stack Daily returns with a NT$ 1 Million guarantee and another unique trophy can be won in the NT$ 19,800 Kraken Stack as of 1 p.m. local time.

Several other Turbo and Hyper Turbo Events are available and you can find the full schedule right here on the 2026 GOP Taipei II festival page.