Jereld Sam Wins WPT Prime Taiwan Championship (TWD 8,065,000 /~US$ 250,699); Kosei Oguri Eliminated In 2nd Place TWD 5,390,000 /~US$ 167,547)

Photo: Jereld Sam

Hand #155: Down to 11 bb, Kosei Oguri open shoves, Jereld Sam looks at his cards and quickly calls. 

Jereld Sam
Kosei Oguri

When the flop runs it is looking good for Sam, and with the turn and river , it’s all over. Sam’s king dominates to eliminate Oguri in 2nd place.

Photo: Kosei Oguri

It took almost ten hours for a champion to emerge at the CTP Club in Taipei City, as the final day saw 13 hopefuls out of a record-breaking 1,666-entry strong field return to their seats in pursuit of glory. They were still playing for the biggest slice of the TWD 51,389,500 (~$1,597,435) in the 2024 WPT Prime Taiwan Championship Event and Sam returned as the chip leader, albeit by a small margin.

Photo: Jereld Sam

The Singaporean ultimately prevailed in a topsy-turvy heads-up duel against Oguri, who has only started playing poker less two years ago and recorded his first five-figure cash prize. During heads-up play, Oguri pulled ahed as far as ten-to-one but Sam came back from as little as 11 big blinds to earn the top prize of TWD 8,065,000 (~$250,699).

In addition to this, Sam also receives the $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in December whereas runner-up Oguri has to settle for a consolation prize of TWD 5,390,000 (~US $167,547). He was one of four players from Japan on the final table, but it was the sole Singaporean who recorded the largest live poker score of his career so far.

For the fourth time, the World Poker Tour held an event in cooperation with the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association, which operates seven branches in Taiwan including Asia’s largest permanent poker room inside of the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City. The series produced the largest field size for a live poker event in Taiwan with a buy-in of $1,000 or higher and has also set the attendance record for the Prime Championship Event outside of the World Championships in Las Vegas.

Final Table Result

1st. Jereld Sam – TWD 8,065,000* (~US $250,699*)
2nd. Kosei Oguri – TWD 5,390,000 (~US $167,547)
3rd. Ka Shun Tsang – TWD 3,995,000 (~US $124,184)
4th. Jun Li – TWD 2,990,000 (~US $92,944)
5th. Yuya Arito – TWD 2,260,000 (~US $70,252)
6th. Junya Yamaguchi – TWD 1,720,000 (~US $53,466)
7th. Tomoyuki Yoshimiya – TWD 1,325,000 (~US $41,187)
8th. Wei Chun Cheng – TWD 1,029,500 (~US $32,002)
9th. Paul Hong – TWD 810,000 (~US $25,179)
* The winner also receives the $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas on top of his cash prize.