PS Championship High Roller

In just the second heads up hand, Kwon Tae Young opens 250,000, Seungmook Jung three-bets all in, Kwon snap-calls and it’s a flip.

Kwon Tae Young: 9♣ 9♠

Seungmook Jung: A♠ 10♦

The flop quickly improves the leader 5♦ 3♠ 10♠ and with the turn 5♠ and river 8♥ no help to Kwon, he finishes in 2nd place.

The PS Championship High Roller is now heads up between two Korean players: Seungmook Jung and Kwon Tae Young. Both players are guaranteed TWD 920,000 with the champion padding up an extra TWD 580,000.

Jung holds a commanding lead with 71 big blinds to Kwon’s 15 big blinds.

Kristof Segers jams and chip leader Seungmook Jung snap-calls. Segers is far behind with K♣ 9♣ agains Jung’s A♣ Q♣. Both players get a piece of the flop6♠ 9♦ A♠ with the leader maintaining his lead which holds through the turn 8♠ and river 4♣ .

Kristof Segers opens then folds to the heavy action with the leader Seungmook Jung shoving 7♠ 7♦ and Jing Hong Chen J♦ J♣ following for all of his chips. Chen’s hooks are far ahead however the flop 8♠ K♠ 3♠ brings a scare with Jung headed for a possible bad beat with a flush.

That’s exactly the case on the turn 10♠ to end Chen’s run in 4th place. The river is a meaningless 10♥.

Jing Hong Chen K♥ 10♦ makes it 175,000 from under the gun and big blind Seungmook Jung A♦ 9♦ defends. Action continues at the flop 3♥ A♣ 5♠ with a bet of 130,000 from Chen, and Jung calls.

More chips find the middle on the turn 8♠with a bet of 260,000 from Chen that Jung calls again. Chen barrels for the third time when the 3♦ river comes, firing 650,000. Jung doesn’t hesitate and calls to expose Chen’s bluff.

After the loss, Kwon Tae Young A♦ J♦ is all in and Seungmook Jung K♣ J♠ calls. The board runs K♦ 3♦ 6♥ 10♦ 5♠ for flush over top pair to double through.

Two hands after, Kwon K♦ 3♦ limps in from the small blind and Kristof Segers Q♦ 2♦ taps it for a flop of7♥2♠ 3♠. Kwon leads 80,000 and Segers calls.

More chips go in on the turn 3♥ with Kwon in control, sending out a 240,000 bet. Again, Segers calls to bring the river Q♠.

Kwon tanks then bets 180,000. For the third time, Segers calls then mucks to the trips.

Kwon Tae Y0ung Q♥ Q♦ Q♣ K♠ opens then snap-calls Kristof Segers’s A♠7♦ J♣three-bet shove. Segers is far behind with only the ace to keep him in the game.

The board immediately grants Segers not just the ace but two pair and when it runs out 7♥ A♥ 2♦ 9♠ 8♥, he doubles up.

Small blind Seungmook Jung A♣ 9♣ limps in and Jing Hong Chen 9♦ 3♥ checks the big blind.

Both players proceed to check the flop5♠ 8♠ 3♣ then Chen bets 100,000 on the turn 2♣ . Jung fast-calls then Jung checks again when the river comes 7♣. This time Chen checks back and Jung laughs showing the nut flush.

Out of the cutoff seat, Jing Hong Chen K♠ 7♥ min-raises and big blind Kristof Segers A♦ 6♥ checks. They keep it friendly at the flop 2♦ 6♣ 5♥ then bets resume on the turn 7♠ with Segers leading out 175,000, and Chen flats.

The river 7♣ pairs the board, giving Chen trips. Segers continues the aggression firing a 350,000 bet and this time he is challenged back with a raise to 850,000. Segers has around 1,100,000 behind and tanks.

After burning through two time extensions, Segers folds.

Level 25 is underway with blinds of 40K-80K ante 80K. The final table is now down to four players with Seungmook Jung leading the pack. The top prize is TWD 1,500,000.

Kwon Tae Young 9♠ 8♣ jams out of the small blind and Yu-Chung Chang9♦ 7♥ takes the risk for his last 3 big blinds.

The board tables 9♣ 8♠ 3♦ A♣ K♣ to end Chang’s run in 5th place.

Seungmook Jung K♦ 5♣ min-raises on the button and big blind Kwon Tae Young Q♦ 3♦ defends his big blind. The flop comes Q♠ 10♣ 4♦ for top pair to Kwon and he shoves. Jung quickly folds, relinquishing his stake in the pot.

Jing Hong Chen 7♠ 7♣ min-raises out of the cutoff seat, Kwon Tae Young A♥ 10♣ challenges all in for 910,000, Chen lets it go.

With a rabbit feature in the livestreaml Chen would have won it with a seven on the window.

Level 24 is underway with blinds of 30K-60K ante 60K. The race for the PSC High Roller title and TWD 1,500,000 top prize is down to just five players.

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Yu-Chung Chang 10♠ 10♥ opens 100,000 then calls Kristof Segers’s A♣ J♥ shove. Chang has a covering stack and a pocket pair. Segers is flipping and needs to connect on the board.

The board grants Segers a pair on the turn 3♠ 9♠ 6♦ A♦ 3♦ to keep his title dream alive.

Kristof Segers K♣ Q♥min-raises at cutoff, button player Seungmook Jung 9♣ 8♣ flats, then small blind Kwon Tae Young 7♥ 7♣ squeezes all in for 530,000. Segers thinks about it then opts to fold. Jung follows suit behind.

Seungmook Jung Q♥ A♥ opens 110,000 on the button, Jing Hong Chen A♣ J♦ three-bets 300,000, Jung calls. As soon as the flop comes 2♣ 3♠ 8♠, Chen fires another 300,000 and wins the pot uncontested.

Dae Gyu Hwang open jams his last 480,000 and has A♥ K♦ to back him up, Seungmook Jung calls with K♥ K♣ and a covering stack. Hwang needs to pair up the ace to stay in the game, but it doesn’t arrive with the board runnning out Q♣ J♣ 6♥ 8♦ 9♦.

Hwang exits on 6th place.

Jing Hong Chen gets dealt K♥ Q♠ at under the gun to put in a 100,000 raise. Small blind Kristof Segers 5♦ 5♣ and big blind Seungmook Jung Q♥ 10♣ both call.

When the flop lands Q♣ J♣ 6♦, both Chen and Jung improve to top pair and Chen gives it respect with a c-bet of 125,000. Segers folds while Jung calls. Action on the turn 3♥ is the same with Cheng betting and Jung tossing in the call to reach the river 6♠.

Again Jung checks, Chen shoves his last 650,000. Jung can afford it but opts out after using up a time extension.

Level 23 is underway with blinds of 25K – 50K ante 50K. Only 6 players remain on the hunt for the title and TWD 1,500,000 top prize.

Remaining Payouts

Kristof Segers A♥ 5♠ opens the minimum from under the gun, Seungmook Jung K♣ J♣ calls out of hijack and Dae Gyu Hwang7♥ 7♣ defends on the big blind.

The flop comes 3♣ 8♦ 3♠ and Segers continues for 100,000. Jung calls and Hwang opts out for heads up to the turn 3♥. Segers takes his foot off the gas and checks, Jung test-bets 240,000 and it’s good for the pot with Segers folding.

After the costly bluff that led to his plunge to 1 big blind, Cheng Yu Hsuan A♣ 3♦ doubles up through Kristof Segers 10♥ 7♥ on a runout of 2♣ A♦ 10♣ A♥ Q♥.

Boosted to 108,000 he looks down at J♥ 6♣ and raises to 93,000, only Segers 10♣2♦ calls, defending on the big blind. After Segers checks the flop A♣3♥4♠, Cheng tosses the rest in and it doesn’t scare away Segers who calls the light 15,000 bet.

The turn 5♣ seals Segers the win with a straight and after the river tables 5♠, Cheng packs up in 7th place.

Level 22 is underway with blind of 20K-40K ante 40K. The field is down to 7 players all vying for the top prize of TWD 1,500,000.

At cutoff, Kristof Segers looks down at 6♥ 6♠ and bumps it up to 60,000. To his immediate left, Cheng Yu Hsuan peeks at 8♥ 7♥ and wants control on the button to fire a three-bet to 150,000. Segers calls and they head to a flop of 3♥ 5♣ 4♠ .

Segers checks, Cheng continues to represent a strong hand and bets 155,000, Segers flats for the turn to come A♣. Action repeats with Hsuan barreling 250,000. Segers tanks then calls. The river comes2♣ for a straight on the board.

With his higher straight, Segers leads out 800,000, Cheng tries to steal with a shove, Segers calls and gets fully paid for his higher straight as Cheng plays the board and plunges to 1 big blind.

Sung Jin Yun open jams his last 275,000 and is denied the blinds an ante with Dae Gyu Hwan defending his big blind. Once their hands are revealed, Yun is flipping for his tournament life.

Sung Jin Yun: 4♣ 4♦

Dae Gyu Hwang: Q♦ K♦

Yun nearly escapes with a double up until the river foiled his plans on a board 6♦ 8♥ 5♣ J♠ Q♣.

Horace Leung three-bets all in for 441,000 and initial raiser Kristof Segers, having invested 60,000, goes deep in the tank for roughly a third of his stack to call. After using up a time extension, he tosses in the one-chip call

Horace Leung: K♦ K♥

Kristof Segers: A♥ J♣

Leung only needs to dodge the ace and he does so on the flop but Segers didn’t need the ace as his jack landed an instant trips J♥ 3♠ J♦. With the turn 7♥ and river 4♣, Leung goes down on a bad beat.

Kristof Segers 4♦ 4♣ makes it 60,000 to go from the hijack seat and big blind Jing Hong Chen A♥ 10♦ defends to take them to a flop of A♣ 5♦ K♦. Chen defers the betting to the aggressor Segers who continues for 50,000. Chen calls.

No action is seen on the turn 10♠ with both players checking until the river 2♣where Chen tries to extract value with a bet of 75,000. Segers doesn’t bite and Chen picks up the pot.