Eric Tsai Eric Tsai has been followed around all week by a cameraman documenting his run at the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe . He put on a cinematic masterpiece that saw the Taiwanese poker ambassador take the chip lead into the final table of the WSOP Europe Main Event .
Tsai was on the right side of a flurry of eliminations, including the last one of the night when he busted Yulian Bogdanov in ninth place, to end up with 23,650,000 and in pole position to bring the Main Event gold bracelet back to Asia.
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A number of Asian-born poker players have won WSOP Main Events in the past, but they had all settled in the United States long before achieving poker stardom. Tsai would be the first Asian-based poker player to capture a Main Event title. The popular content creator, with more than 125,000 subscribers to his SixPoker YouTube channel, recognizes what a win would mean for the poker community back home.
“In the past, poker in Asia, it’s not so popular. Maybe 20 or 30 percent know about Texas Hold’em,” he said after bagging up his chips. “But during COVID, poker is blooming now. Not just in Taiwan but also in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and Korea. It’s unbelievable. So, I think if I can get a good result, even win the bracelet. I think it’s a very important milestone for Asia’s poker.”
In order to get there, Tsai has to overcome a talented group of seven opponents challenging him at the final table for the bracelet and €1,500,000 top prize. Kasparas Klezys , in second place with 13,950,000, already has five cashes at the WSOP Europe, including a third-place finish in the €5K Pot-Limit Omaha event. The Lithuanian pro is looking for his first bracelet, but he does have two WSOP Circuit rings and finished second in a WSOP Online event last year.
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