Players Series Taipei 2024: Zong Chi He, Lee Shung Hei Lead Main Event Final 9; Sam Hung Bags Big At SS Challenge

12/22/2024

On December 22, 2024, the inaugural Players Series kicked off its penultimate day with multiple events on the floor. Under the spotlight was the Main Event with 47 players in pursuit of a final table seat. After a roller coaster day of triumphs and bad beats that ran for over seven hours, the final 9 players emerged.

Read up on the action: PS Main Event Live Updates
PS Taipei Main Event – Payouts

Final 9 Of Players Series Main Event

Players Series Main Event final table — Players Series Taipei Main Event final table

Seat	Player	Flag	Stack	BB
9	Zong Chi He	Taiwan	4,370,000	55
4	Lee Shun Hei	Hong Kong	4,350,000	54
1	Ruei Jiun Liang	Taiwan	2,960,000	37
2	Nick Hsuan Yu Lai	Taiwan	2,910,000	36
5	Sin Lan Chen	Taiwan	2,265,000	28
7	Yu Cheng Hsu	Taiwan	2,135,000	27
3	Chang Ming Hung	Taiwan	1,430,000	18
8	Erwin Ng	Singapore	1,230,000	15
6	Jonathan Looi Tek Wye	Malaysia	810,000	10

The Players Series Taipei 2024 rolled in on December 13 with eleven days of games set to conclude on December 23. Taking place at the CTP Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City, Taiwan, the Main Event guaranteed the largest prize pool of NTD 15 Million. This drew a 748 turnout with the money starting at 112th place.

Zong Chi He, Lee Shun Hei Lead Final 9

Zong Chi He at Players Series Main Event

At Day 3, only 47 returned ending with the final 9. Two players separated by just 1 big blind headlined the counts – Zong Chi He with 55 bb and Lee Shun Hei with 54 bb.

Lee Shun Hei eliminated Chen Po Jui at Players Series Main Event

Both players contributed to forming the final table. With 11 players remaining, Lee burned the day’s entering chip leader, Chen Po Jui, with a straight on the turn. To close out the day, Fu Sheng Kuang improved against Zong at the flop then fell back on the turn to fall in 10th place.

Read up on all the action via the Day 3 Live Updates.
PS Taipei Main Event – Payouts

Remaining Payouts

Place	Payout in NTD	In ~USD Equivalent
1	2,503,000	76,992
2	1,581,000	48,631
3	1,050,000	32,298
4	820,000	25,223
5	638,000	19,625
6	498,000	15,318
7	390,000	11,996
8	309,000	9,505
9	246,000	7,567

Sam Hung Leads Superstar Challenge

After ten 40-minute levels, Day 1 of the Superstar Challenge NTD 3M guaranteed concluded with 27 players remaining. A total of 51 entries were recorded with the field expected to grow as late registration remains open until Level 13 in Day 2. For those planning to enter, buy in is NTD 66,000 (~US$ 2,090) which gives you a 250,000 starting stack. Entering blinds are 5000-10,000.

Chen Yu Hung aka Sam Hung led the pack with a towering stack of 1,311,000 (131 bb) heading into the Final Day. Helping him get there was the elimination of David Erquiaga with a dominating pocket Aces.

Another stack surpassing the one-million mark belonged to Belgium’s Kristof Segers, the decorated five-time CTP title owner. He capped off Day 1 with a chunky stack of 1,188,000 (119 bb) to begin Day 2. Hot on Segers’ heels were Ori Kossonogi (998,000 / 99 bb)) and Ko Chia-Hsiang (930,000 / 93 bb).

Other players advancing to Day 2 include Hsu Kai-Cheng (823,000), Ha Baron (740,000), Jason Lau (634,000), Martin Gonzales (536,000), and Adrien Favre (194,000).

Superstar Challenge Review

Date: December 22 to 23, 2024
Buy in: NTD 66,000 (~US$ 2,090)
Guarantee: NTD 3,000,000 (~US$ 92,300)
Entries: 51
Starting stack: 250,000

Top 10 Stacks

Rank	Player	Flag	Stack	BB
1	Chen Yu Hung	Taiwan	1,311,000	131
2	Kristof Segers	Belgium	1,188,000	119
3	Ori Kossonogi	Taiwan	998,000	100
4	Ko Chia Hsiang	Taiwan	930,000	93
5	Hsu Kai Cheng	Taiwan	823,000	82
6	Ha Baron	Taiwan	740,000	74
7	Jason Lau	Malaysia	634,000	63
8	Nguyen Kinh Huyen	Vietnam	615,000	62
9	Martin Gonzales	Philippines	536,000	54
10	Ko Byung Hak	Korea	506,000	51

PS Superstar Challenge – Chip Counts

Mini Main Event Review

Over at the highly popular Mini Main Event, it did not disappoint with a roaring 266 entries across two flights. This utterly smashed the guarantee. While we await the official prize pool, what is certain is the ITM list with 40 players assured a cut of the pot. Leading that lineup is Korea’s Yoon Jae Seoung who bagged a massive pile at Mini Main B.

Date: December 22 to 23, 2024
Buy in: NTD 8,500 (~US$ 270)
Guarantee: NTD 1,000,000 (~US$ 30,750)
Prize pool: TBA
ITM: 40 players

Chip Counts – 40 Players

Player	Stack	Table-Seat
Yoon Jae Seoung	835,000	8-8
吳奕緯	516,000	3-4
黃漢威	447,000	7-8
陳志忠	426,000	6-4
Kataoka Toshio	406,000	2-8
梁耀揚	316,000	3-2
Ii Satoshi	298,000	6-3
鄭哲承	260,000	8-3
陳樂名	240,000	6-8
張興運	239,000	7-5
Tan Keng-Yeow	219,000	8-7
朱家賢	213,000	2-7
Yun Jihee	208,000	6-7
Deocampo Andrew	201,000	7-6
盧景暉	193,000	8-4
Ip Hon Leung	190,000	7-4
廖柏霖	187,000	3-8
陳俊偉	186,000	2-3
Lee Minchul	175,000	3-1
Thomas Liffick	164,000	7-3
王凱弘	158,000	7-7
李沐澤	155,000	6-2
陳啟泰	150,000	2-6
郭柏均	150,000	3-3
余澤林	138,000	7-2
Kim Kun Woo	133,000	2-2
林千聿	127,000	6-5
陳曉明	124,000	8-5
梁嘉誠	114,000	6-6
劉峻豪	111,000	3-7
Sakamoto Taisei	107,000	3-6
Soin David	102,000	7-1
Idnani Gauray	93,000	6-1
郭展熙	88,000	2-4
Yugebdra Pual	63,000	3-5
王人焌	60,000	2-5
Cerbito Marciel	55,000	8-1
朱永進	46,000	2-1
Lam Wei-Ming	46,000	8-2
Wolterink Bart	39,000	8-6