Unstoppable Run! Chung Tang Lin Captures Double Major at PS Championship III Taipei

Natural8 Open Main Event Results

The Main Event drew 565 entries across five flights, creating a prize pool of TWD 8,054,700 distributed among 86 players. Lin dominated the final table, which lasted 181 hands. At heads-up play, Lin faced Hon Leung Ip with a significant chip advantage of 92 to 20 big blinds.

The deciding hand came when Ip shoved on the river and Lin called, correctly identifying a bluff to win the championship and TWD 1,350,000 first prize.

Final Table Results:

• 1st: Chung Tang Lin (Taiwan) – TWD 1,350,000
• 2nd: Hon Leung Ip (Hong Kong) – TWD 927,700
• 3rd: Kristof Segers (Taiwan) – TWD 680,000

Other Tournament Results

Superstar Challenge: Day 1 attracted 38 entries, surpassing its TWD 3,000,000 guarantee. Rangka Tekarn Teeraphat leads the 20 survivors.

PS National Cup: 400 players competed across three flights, generating TWD 3,417,600 in prize pool money. Sixty-one players advanced to Day 2.

Side Events: Additional tournaments crowned champions including Yih Ming Hsu (Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo), Jia Lin Luo (Ladies' Night), and Ray Chang (PLO Double Board).

The championship continues through March 10 at Asia Poker Arena in Taipei with 84 total trophy events.