Day 9 at the Players Series III Championship Taipei was packed with action, highlighted by 🇰🇷 Kiyoung Kim crowned champion of the PS Championship Super High Roller.
In the Main Event, 🇸🇬 Shixiang Khoo bagged the Flight C chip lead, taking the top spot in the cumulative qualifiers list. At the Women’s Championship, 🇹🇭 Siriwan Sukmekerd staged a dramatic comeback, while 🇸🇬 Darren Wee closed out the night seizing the motherlode at the Mystery Bounty High Roller.
With several more trophies awarded across the schedule, here are the latest highlights from another exciting day at the ongoing series.
🏆 Kiyoung Kim Wins The PS Championship Super High Roller
Photo: Kiyoung Kim and friends
🇰🇷 Kiyoung Kim continued to shine at the series. Just days after he dominated Flight A of the PS Championship Main Event, Kim conquered the PS Championship Super High Roller.
The event attracted 48 entries at TWD 100,000 each, to generate a TWD 4,147,200 prize pool with the top 8 players earning a payout. Following a heads-up deal, Kim secured the larger share worth TWD 1,156,000 while runner-up 🇹🇼 Justin Chu settled for TWD 1,000,000.
| Place | Name | Prize (TWD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 🇰🇷 Kim Kiyoung | 1,156,000 |
| 2nd | 🇹🇼 Chijen Chu | 1,000,000 |
| 3rd | 🇭🇰 Hon Cheong Lee | 590,200 |
| 4th | 🇳🇱 Michel Molenaar | 441,000 |
| 5th | 🇰🇷 Yohwan Lim | 328,000 |
| 6th | 🇰🇷 Sung Jin Yun | 250,000 |
| 7th | 🇰🇷 Hyosung Kim | 202,000 |
| 8th | 🇰🇷 Lee Jongkwan | 180,000 |
Kim made an early statement with a huge triple knockout that catapulted him to the top of the chip counts, a lead he carried into the final table. The road to the title wasn’t without swings, however, as his stack later dipped to just eight big blinds before he mounted a steady comeback.
Facing the highly decorated Chu for the title, Kim quickly seized control, winning a majority of the pots to build a commanding advantage. The final hand saw Kim turn a higher pair to finally seal his first-ever PS title.
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⭐ PS Championship Main Event: Flight C-D
Photo: Shixiang Khoo
The PS Championship Main Event has a new leader, 🇸🇬 Shixiang Khoo, who bagged 883,000 at Flight C, equivalent to 88 big blinds – based on the closing 5K-10K ante 10K blinds. He overtook Flight A chip leader, 🇰🇷 Kiyoung Kim, who is on a heater having won the PS Championship Super High Roller.
Also bagging up a healthy stack was series double major winner 🇹🇼 Chung Tang Lin (Natural8 Open High Roller & Natural8 Open Main Event) with 241,000 (24 bb).
Photo: Chiu Wah Kim
At Flight D, it was Korean slugger 🇰🇷 Chiu Wah Kim who closed as frontrunner with 642,000, equivalent to 80 big blinds – based on the closing 4K-8K ante 8K blinds. Chiu sits fourth in the current Day 2 pecking order.
In numbers, Flight C drew 164 entries and is the largest flight so far while Flight D attracted 76 runners. A combined 37 players was added to the Day 2 lineup.
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👉For Flight D survivor list, click here.
Only two flights remain to enter the festival’s highlight event. Flight E and Flight F both run on Saturday, March 7 at 11AM and 6PM. Buy-in is TWD 33,000.
Currently, the tally is a combined 391 entries with 61 locking up their spot at the ITM round where a guaranteed TWD 20,000,000 prize pool awaits.
🏆 Stunning Comeback For Siriwan Sukmekerd At Women’s Championship
Photo: Siriwan Sukmekerd
It was a grueling grind for the Women’s Championship title, with the final three ladies each burning through their “cat lives” before 🇹🇼 An Qi Huang eliminated 🇸🇬 Mei San Ang to face 🇹🇭 Siriwan Sukmekerd at heads up.
Nearly even at the start, Huang chunked down Sukmekerd to just 3 bb for a lopsided 11 to 1 advantage but was unable to close it out. Sukmekerd recovered then went on to capture the unique all-pink event trophy and the TWD 88,000 top prize.
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🏆 Darren Wee Wins It All At Mystery Bounty High Roller
Photo: Darren Wee
Well past the witching hour, 🇸🇬 Darren Wee defeated 🇰🇷 Yongjae Lee at heads up to clinch the Mystery Bounty High Roller title for his first ever Players Series victory.
The final hand saw Wee’s 
hold against Lee’s 
on a board that ran a doozy 
. Adding more reward to his win, Wee found the biggest bounty in the treasure chest worth TWD 220,000. He also pulled the second largest earlier in the night of TWD 100,000.
In addition to his first PS trophy, Wee walked away richer for a total haul of TWD 775,000.
The Mystery Bounty High Roller drew 31 runners for a prize pool of TWD 1,015,200 with the top 6 players getting paid.
👉For the results, click here.
🏆 Sehoon Yoon Wins First PS Trophy at Deepstack Bounty
Photo: Sehoon Yoon
🇰🇷 Sehoon Yoon captured his first-ever Players Series trophy after topping the Deepstack Bounty field. Yoon outlasted 57 entries to claim the largest slice of the TWD 487,100 prize pool, banking TWD 102,000 for the victory. He also added to his haul by collecting multiple TWD 3,000 bounties along the way.
👉For the results, click here.
🏆 Success Again For Yung Chun Wang At 7 Max Turbo
Photo: Yung Chun Wang
🇹🇼 Yung Chun Wang found success at Day 9 of the series with a victory at the 7-Max Turbo after defeating 🇰🇷 Bumsuk Kang at heads up.
Wang is no stranger to deep runs at the Players Series, boasting six final table appearances including a past title. This time, Wang outlasted the 67-entry field to claim a career second PS side event trophy and TWD 112,000 from the TWD 363,800 prize pool.
👉For the results, click here.
🏆 Thomas Liffick Gets Over The Hump At Win The Button
Photo: Thomas Liffick
After wrapping up in the livestream booth, Players Series commentator,🇺🇸 Thomas Liffick, jumped in the last event on offer,Win The Button – Hyper Turbo, and went the distance. Liffick defeated 🇹🇼 Chun Hsueh Tsai at heads up, leveraging a commanding chip lead to seal the victory.
The win served as redemption for Liffick, who missed a title just days earlier with a runner-up finish in the No Limit Hold’em – Hyper Turbo event. According to Liffick, he will need to buy a suitcase as this triumph could be just the beginning of more wins in the days ahead.
👉For the results, click here.
The PS Championship III Taipei 2026 enters Day 10 at the Asia Poker Arena and is set to run through March 10. With a full slate of events at some of the region’s most accessible buy-ins, there’s a game for every style and every bankroll.
Beyond the PSC Main Event, players can look forward to upcoming attractions featuring big stacks that include the fan-favorites Monster Stack, High Roller Megastack, High Roller Double Stack, and the PSC Mini Championship.
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