Chia Yun Wu conquers record breaking Taiwan Millions Tournament Main Event for NTD 3.6M (~USD 114.9K)
The dust may have settled but the awe lingers. On July 27 to 31, the most popular homegrown tournament in Taiwan, the Taiwan Millions Tournament (TMT) Main Event, shocked players and organizers across Asia. The headliner drew a massive 3,485 entries, setting a new record for this event.
For those in attendance, it was more than special as the prize pool surged to NTD 22,987,100 (~USD 733,700). In the aftermath, Taiwan’s well known local pro, Chia Yun Wu conquered to turn his NTD 8,000 (~USD 265) buy in into a jaw-dropping career high NTD 3,600,000 (~USD 114,900).
In a brief interview with the champion, Chia shared, “I am very very happy! This was the biggest tournament we’ve ever had with so many entries. I enjoy playing here, it is very competitive. The level of play is one of the strongest in Asia and the environment is really good.”
Chia entered the final table running third in chips and dropped to near bottom before he clawed his way back up the ranks. He shared,
“I didn’t have a specific strategy coming into the final table I was just looking at the individual gameplay, their style, how the chips moved around, and made adjustments based on those. At the start of the final table, I remember I was card dead for a very long time and then I got pocket Eights on the button. I chose not to go all in, instead just three-bet. I chose to play slow that when I faced a shove on the river, I had to make a really tough laydown.
Chia added a new feather to his cap. Not only was he a multiple TMT Player of the Series champion, he was also a Team Leader, and now the TMT Main Event champion of a record field.
You can read up on Chia’s incredible run via the Final Day Live Updates or you can watch the blow by blow action via the recorded livestream on the CTP Twitch channel.
The 14th edition of the Taiwan Millions Tournament was sponsored by online platform Natural8. The Main Event was the book-ender of a festival that kicked off on July 14 at the newly erected Asia Poker Arena (APA). CTP founder and APA owner David Tai shared,
“The number of players in this tournament has indeed exceeded our expectations, with many players from overseas, including teams from Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, and South Korea in attendance. Additionally, our 2-3 years of promotional work in universities, hosting live and online satellites before the tournament, even games overseas, such as the TMT Main Event Day 1 heats in Singapore and in Hong Kong, as well as in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, all contributed to boosting the numbers.
We would like to express our special thanks to the title sponsor, Natural8, for their support. Prior to the tournament, we had already generated 280 qualifiers via the online platform.”
Main Event results
Buy in: NTD 8,000 (~USD 256)
Guarantee: NTD 10,000,000 (~USD 319,760)
Entries: 3,485
Prize pool: NTD 22,987,100 (~USD 733,700)
ITM: 408 players
Day 1 results
Day 1A: 639 entries / 77 ITM survivors
Day 1B: 648 entries / 78 ITM survivors
Day 1C: 670 entries / 81 ITM survivors
Day 1D: 903 entries / 108 ITM survivors
Day 1E: 533 entries / 64 ITM survivors
Rank | Player | Payouts in NTD |
---|---|---|
1 | Chia Yun Wu | 3,600,000 |
2 | Wei Kai Su | 2,530,000 |
3 | Beng Cheng Lin | 1,664,000 |
4 | Bing Yi Chen | 1,220,000 |
5 | Kai Hung Hu | 904,000 |
6 | Ming Zheng Cai | 722,000 |
7 | Fate Wang | 565,000 |
8 | Teng Wei Lien | 461,500 |
9 | Yih Chia Shaw | 359,500 |
10 | Kuan Chieh Liu | 258,100 |
11 | Yujung Lo | 258,100 |
12 | Yu Yong Lin | 258,100 |
13 | Yu Jen Wei | 196,100 |
14 | Ting Wei Liu | 196,100 |
15 | Feng Ming Hsu | 196,100 |
16 | Po Hsuan Li | 154,300 |
17 | Wei Yu | 154,300 |
18 | Chihwei Yang | 154,300 |
19 | Jia Xiang Tu | 121,500 |
20 | Po Hsiang Yang | 121,500 |
21 | Tak Chung Yan | 121,500 |
22 | Yi Hing Cheng | 100,700 |
23 | Mingchang Hsiao | 100,700 |
24 | Chun Teng Yu | 100,700 |
25 | Hongen Fu | 80,300 |
26 | Chi Jen Chen | 80,300 |
27 | Shao Chi Chang | 80,300 |
28 | Yisheng Wang | 61,300 |
29 | Wey Hon Wu | 61,300 |
30 | Chung Lin Huang | 61,300 |
31 | Yu Sz Tu | 61,300 |
32 | Tsuan Pin Lin | 61,300 |
33 | Jung Hao Tsai | 61,300 |
34 | Sheng Chieh You | 61,300 |
35 | Keng Hui Chiu | 61,300 |
36 | Wen Hai Liu | 61,300 |
37 | Hung Chun Wu | 48,000 |
38 | Cheng Yen Yen | 48,000 |
39 | Hung Kai Wang | 48,000 |
40 | Chieh Kai Chang | 48,000 |
41 | Man Ho Chong | 48,000 |
42 | Ting Yu Lin | 48,000 |
43 | Jifu Tsai | 48,000 |
44 | Hua Hsuan Li | 48,000 |
45 | Bojia Su | 48,000 |
46 | Hok Shing Ho | 40,000 |
47 | Hsu Huang | 40,000 |
48 | Xuan Han Huang | 40,000 |
49 | Yu Chun Chen | 40,000 |
50 | Han Yang Liu | 40,000 |
51 | Chin Wai Pak | 40,000 |
52 | Conrad Lumaban | 40,000 |
53 | Benny Chung | 40,000 |
54 | Yenlun Chen | 40,000 |
55 | Pin Chao Lee | 35,500 |
56 | Kenny Hsiung | 35,500 |
57 | Yan Ning Ke | 35,500 |
58 | Tsuyoshi Yanagida | 35,500 |
59 | Nguyen Van Dai | 35,500 |
60 | Yu Hung Liu | 35,500 |
61 | Chung Wei Huang | 35,500 |
62 | Liang Su | 35,500 |
63 | Yuhsuan Chen | 35,500 |
64 | Tiansheng Huang | 33,100 |
65 | Weichen Lin | 33,100 |
66 | Pohe Huang | 33,100 |
67 | Chihchien Shen | 33,100 |
68 | Yang Lin | 33,100 |
69 | Chih Tsung Hsieh | 33,100 |
70 | Yanchen Qiu | 33,100 |
71 | Philip King Chung Wang | 33,100 |
72 | Yu Xuan Pan | 33,100 |
73 | Wai Kwok Hui | 31,300 |
74 | Yin Wei Cheng | 31,300 |
75 | Yisiang Kao | 31,300 |
76 | Xiaoxu Chen | 31,300 |
77 | Shih Cheng Kao | 31,300 |
78 | Ming Jui Hsu | 31,300 |
79 | Shen Sun Chou | 31,300 |
80 | Tsuenshi Chiang | 31,300 |
81 | Inkuei Tan | 31,300 |
82 | I Lin Chiu | 29,500 |
83 | Liao Jung Chuan | 29,500 |
84 | Yim Chiu Ting | 29,500 |
85 | Kaustubh Mahesh | 29,500 |
86 | Cheng Yuan Zhang | 29,500 |
87 | Yuan Hsu Lee | 29,500 |
88 | Hong Zhe Wang | 29,500 |
89 | Hao Kai Wu | 29,500 |
90 | Jia Chi Lee | 29,500 |
91 | Chinangming Liu | 27,700 |
92 | Yufeng Lu | 27,700 |
93 | Bo Chuian Chen | 27,700 |
94 | Tsz To Wan | 27,700 |
95 | Yenpo Chen | 27,700 |
96 | Chuan Ching Chen | 27,700 |
97 | Ming Hong Chuang | 27,700 |
98 | Gung Fu Lin | 27,700 |
99 | Shan Jen Cheng | 27,700 |
100 | Dickson Chew | 25,900 |
101 | Yu Kai Wang | 25,900 |
102 | Jasper Liu | 25,900 |
103 | Lo Chun Ting | 25,900 |
104 | Ngai Yeung | 25,900 |
105 | Junlong Jian | 25,900 |
106 | Yu Hsien Lin | 25,900 |
107 | Wei Chia Huang | 25,900 |
108 | Yuchen Huang | 25,900 |
109 | Dong Hao Jiang | 24,300 |
110 | Hung Wei Yeh | 24,300 |
111 | Maximilian Chen | 24,300 |
112 | Hsinhui Peng | 24,300 |
113 | Yen Cheng Liu | 24,300 |
114 | Chih Cheng Chen | 24,300 |
115 | Peng Sen Wu | 24,300 |
116 | Jun Wei Chen | 24,300 |
117 | Alex Lee | 24,300 |
118 | Tung Wing Wong | 23,000 |
119 | Lita Hsu | 23,000 |
120 | Hai Shien Tan | 23,000 |
121 | James Wu | 23,000 |
122 | Kai Yang | 23,000 |
123 | Ting Wei Chao | 23,000 |
124 | Cun Wu Hong | 23,000 |
125 | Yang Ching | 23,000 |
126 | Chien Liang Chi | 23,000 |
127 | Sheng Kai Wang | 22,000 |
128 | Yoda Lin | 22,000 |
129 | Ka Wing Leung | 22,000 |
130 | Dicky Siu Hang | 22,000 |
131 | Yuki Kakumoto | 22,000 |
132 | Cheng Lin Tsai | 22,000 |
133 | Yoshi Lin | 22,000 |
134 | Duming Tsai | 22,000 |
135 | Yu Hsin Kan | 22,000 |
136 | Shunping Wang | 21,100 |
137 | Yen Han Chen | 21,100 |
138 | Yuesheng Wu | 21,100 |
139 | Lai Ping Jui | 21,100 |
140 | Kuan Cheng Wu | 21,100 |
141 | Lee Kuang Hung | 21,100 |
142 | Jiang Weiren | 21,100 |
143 | Wei Hao Lin | 21,100 |
144 | Yan Chen Jiang | 21,100 |
145 | Chien Yun Han | 20,300 |
146 | Tao Chu | 20,300 |
147 | Justin Wu | 20,300 |
148 | Dingchen Chang | 20,300 |
149 | H V | 20,300 |
150 | Po Kai Ho | 20,300 |
151 | Ping Chieh Wu | 20,300 |
152 | Sih Yi Chen | 20,300 |
153 | Yi Feng Hsiao | 20,300 |
154 | Jui Hung Huang | 20,300 |
155 | Yutse Shih | 20,300 |
156 | Yong Yao Jiang | 20,300 |
157 | Justin Pak Kwan | 20,300 |
158 | Xiu Yuan Zhang | 20,300 |
159 | Zhengqun Bai | 20,300 |
160 | Zhung Li | 20,300 |
161 | David Gill | 20,300 |
162 | Chingshun Wu | 20,300 |
163 | Yu Fan Tsai | 19,500 |
164 | Fu An Huang | 19,500 |
165 | Shen Xing Liang | 19,500 |
166 | Huawei Lin | 19,500 |
167 | Jihua Zhang | 19,500 |
168 | Cheng Cheng | 19,500 |
169 | Linchi Lu | 19,500 |
170 | Guoyi Ceng | 19,500 |
171 | 梓恩 黃 | 19,500 |
172 | Chi Ho Kevin Chi Ho | 19,500 |
173 | ||
174 | Yang Chen Yu | 19,500 |
175 | Cheng Ze Lin | 19,500 |
176 | Benson Sung | 19,500 |
177 | Yu Chuan Tsai | 19,500 |
178 | Hung Yi Chiu | 19,500 |
179 | Weihan Wang | 19,500 |
180 | Chienyu Sung | 19,500 |
181 | Chi Hao Chu | 18,700 |
182 | Yenyung Lee | 18,700 |
183 | Jian Tsung Yang | 18,700 |
184 | Chang Hau Huang | 18,700 |
185 | Lee Chiang | 18,700 |
186 | Hsienwei Tseng | 18,700 |
187 | Yong Chun Chu | 18,700 |
188 | Pi Ying Hsu | 18,700 |
189 | Chi Shan Hsu | 18,700 |
190 | Yong Qi Zhang | 18,700 |
191 | Jing Yan Li | 18,700 |
192 | Chun Lin Shih | 18,700 |
193 | Lee Ni Hon | 18,700 |
194 | Yihung Chen | 18,700 |
195 | Chien Ting Wu | 18,700 |
196 | Chenchin Wu | 18,700 |
197 | Zong Chi He | 18,700 |
198 | Hsu Chenchia | 18,700 |
199 | Chia Wei Shen | 18,000 |
200 | Weichen Liu | 18,000 |
201 | You Ci Tsai Yu | 18,000 |
202 | Chien Hsun Wang | 18,000 |
203 | Min Jie Zhuang | 18,000 |
204 | Seigai Kou | 18,000 |
205 | Chung Yi Ho | 18,000 |
206 | Yu Kai Lo | 18,000 |
207 | Chia Lun Lin | 18,000 |
208 | Cheng Pin Hsu | 18,000 |
209 | Chia Hao Chang | 18,000 |
210 | Tsu Ynu Yang | 18,000 |
211 | Ty C | 18,000 |
212 | Kai Yu Liu | 18,000 |
213 | Mao Lun Yu | 18,000 |
214 | Yuanqi Mai | 18,000 |
215 | Min Feng Huang | 18,000 |
216 | Gingyu Huang | 18,000 |
217 | Mao Lin Yu | 17,300 |
218 | Lap Wai Hung | 17,300 |
219 | Czar Ian Marcos | 17,300 |
220 | Zongyan Ho | 17,300 |
221 | Yi Wei Peng | 17,300 |
222 | Chenwei Tseng | 17,300 |
223 | Lun Chun Chou | 17,300 |
224 | Jun Da Lin | 17,300 |
225 | Chia Yuan Chang | 17,300 |
226 | Wei Chen Chiang | 17,300 |
227 | Benson Liu | 17,300 |
228 | Bo Yun Lee | 17,300 |
229 | Xing Jie Chew | 17,300 |
230 | Yulun Ye | 17,300 |
231 | Po Yen Peng | 17,300 |
232 | Pinhung Liao | 17,300 |
233 | Justin Jerome | 17,300 |
234 | Hsusheng Wang | 17,300 |
235 | Chih Hung Shen | 16,600 |
236 | Yiching Lin | 16,600 |
237 | Shao Chi Chang | 16,600 |
238 | Derek Yip | 16,600 |
239 | Jun Zhong Wang | 16,600 |
240 | Wei Yeh Chen | 16,600 |
241 | Shioumin Lin | 16,600 |
242 | Li Ming Liu | 16,600 |
243 | Chengkuan Chen | 16,600 |
244 | Yuling Wang | 16,600 |
245 | Hao Chih Yang | 16,600 |
246 | Chi Wei Chou | 16,600 |
247 | Chun Yueh Chen | 16,600 |
248 | Shengwei Wu | 16,600 |
249 | Kuowei Lee | 16,600 |
250 | Yang Tzu Han | 16,600 |
251 | Po Theng Huang | 16,600 |
252 | Chihwen Chen | 16,600 |
253 | Yen Hsi Lin | 16,000 |
254 | Wang Han Chuang | 16,000 |
255 | Chih Wei Lin | 16,000 |
256 | Zhijun Chen | 16,000 |
257 | Yu Guang Chen | 16,000 |
258 | Pin Hao Huang | 16,000 |
259 | Hsien Tse Chen | 16,000 |
260 | Yu Tang Hu | 16,000 |
261 | Jikun Zeng | 16,000 |
262 | Jackson Chan | 16,000 |
263 | Yushang Chen | 16,000 |
264 | Chin Hao Weng | 16,000 |
265 | Deng Kai Deng | 16,000 |
266 | Kuanyu Lin | 16,000 |
267 | Shi Kai Yu | 16,000 |
268 | Yuk Fung Kwong | 16,000 |
269 | Wei Jung Sung | 16,000 |
270 | Errol Hon | 16,000 |
271 | ||
272 | Ren Wang | 15,400 |
273 | Karmen Tam | 15,400 |
274 | Lee Kun Han | 15,400 |
275 | Rui Lu | 15,400 |
276 | Hao Wang | 15,400 |
277 | Kai Chieh Yu | 15,400 |
278 | Pin I Fu | 15,400 |
279 | Chienhung Guo | 15,400 |
280 | Chih Hua Hsu | 15,400 |
281 | Szujui Chiu | 15,400 |
282 | Lin Hung Chang | 15,400 |
283 | Wei Chen Hsu | 15,400 |
284 | Chean Yu | 15,400 |
285 | Yuehchiao Yang | 15,400 |
286 | Thomas | 15,400 |
287 | Chung Hung Lai | 15,400 |
288 | Jeffrey Lee | 15,400 |
289 | Cheng Kuo Wang | 15,000 |
290 | Jen Chieh Liu | 15,000 |
291 | Peng Chin Teng | 15,000 |
292 | Chun Yi Chu | 15,000 |
293 | Chun Wei Shiao | 15,000 |
294 | Jyun Ling Li | 15,000 |
295 | Zhao Han Pan | 15,000 |
296 | Wei Chun Liu | 15,000 |
297 | Chia Hui Tu | 15,000 |
298 | Lee Chi Wei Lee | 15,000 |
299 | Kyoungmi Kim | 15,000 |
300 | Lin Nine Heng | 15,000 |
301 | Weile Tsai | 15,000 |
302 | Rick Li | 15,000 |
303 | Chuanchang Peng | 15,000 |
304 | Ren Hung Lan | 15,000 |
305 | Perry Chen | 15,000 |
306 | Park Yu Cheung | 15,000 |
307 | Chung Chie Kuan | 14,700 |
308 | Ming Hang Cho | 14,700 |
309 | Kuan Ying Chen | 14,700 |
310 | King Wai Cheung | 14,700 |
311 | Ching Yu Lee | 14,700 |
312 | Hao Yu Wu | 14,700 |
313 | Wen Ming Chen | 14,700 |
314 | Ker Paw Lin | 14,700 |
315 | Haosyuan Huang | 14,700 |
316 | Chih Yang Chen | 14,700 |
317 | Pin Lun Li | 14,700 |
318 | Yu-Ling Ding | 14,700 |
319 | Hoi Wai Tam | 14,700 |
320 | Hao Hsiang Yeh | 14,700 |
321 | Shihong Huang | 14,700 |
322 | Chang Ming Lo | 14,700 |
323 | Jian Hong Chen | 14,700 |
324 | Chun Yu Ma | 14,700 |
325 | Jui Shen Hung | 14,400 |
326 | Guojin Zeng | 14,400 |
327 | Keng Yao Chong | 14,400 |
328 | Chih Feng Li | 14,400 |
329 | Chun Yen Ho | 14,400 |
330 | Shih Ting Lo | 14,400 |
331 | Weikai Lin | 14,400 |
332 | Ping Tsung Liu | 14,400 |
333 | Alice Hsu | 14,400 |
334 | Kai Yuan Hsieh | 14,400 |
335 | Zheng Liang Liu | 14,400 |
336 | Bonlin Li | 14,400 |
337 | Chung Linag Kuo | 14,400 |
338 | Lihan Chen | 14,400 |
339 | Tzu Han Chen | 14,400 |
340 | Chin Ling Hsu | 14,400 |
341 | Chen An Lin | 14,400 |
342 | Sam Hung | 14,400 |
343 | Chen Jui Ting | 14,200 |
344 | Ching Wei Lo | 14,200 |
345 | Lieh Li | 14,200 |
346 | Peter Ng | 14,200 |
347 | Tsung Cheng Ho | 14,200 |
348 | Ho Shing Wong | 14,200 |
349 | Haolun Yang | 14,200 |
350 | Yi Min Chang | 14,200 |
351 | Kuanhao Chen | 14,200 |
352 | Chao Min Fan | 14,200 |
353 | Jun Hong Huang | 14,200 |
354 | Tsulin Tsao | 14,200 |
355 | Zihao Zeng | 14,200 |
356 | Yeda Yu | 14,200 |
357 | Yu Xuan Zheng | 14,200 |
358 | Hduan Yu Lin | 14,200 |
359 | Jeffrey Tsang | 14,200 |
360 | He Liang Yu | 14,200 |
361 | Weilien Chiang | 14,000 |
362 | Poyi Chen | 14,000 |
363 | Rui Han Su | 14,000 |
364 | Wei Xing Wang | 14,000 |
365 | Lung Yu Lin | 14,000 |
366 | Chihhsien Hung | 14,000 |
367 | Yu Fan Wu | 14,000 |
368 | Violet Chang | 14,000 |
369 | Chengwei Peng | 14,000 |
370 | Yuan Hao Chang | 14,000 |
371 | Yongjie Syu | 14,000 |
372 | Li Kung Wan | 14,000 |
373 | Chia Lung Tsai | 14,000 |
374 | Yunying Jheng | 14,000 |
375 | Chia Chaing Ko | 14,000 |
376 | Kelly Liu | 13,800 |
377 | Sheng Wei Fan | 13,800 |
378 | Wing Ho Szeto | 13,800 |
379 | Kuna Lin Yu | 13,800 |
380 | Chun Ho Nam | 13,800 |
381 | Chun Te Lee | 13,800 |
382 | Kuoyang Huang | 13,800 |
383 | David Lee | 13,800 |
384 | Yang Hsin Shih | 13,800 |
385 | Hon Cheong Lee | 13,800 |
386 | Pochen Lai | 13,800 |
387 | Shih Wei Hou | 13,800 |
388 | Mu Ze Li | 13,800 |
389 | Jhen En Tong | 13,800 |
390 | Jhih Yao Hsu | 13,800 |
391 | Wang Wei | 13,600 |
392 | ||
393 | Hung Lin Yeh | 13,600 |
394 | Han Yee Seow | 13,600 |
395 | Hung Sheng Lin | 13,600 |
396 | Eric Cc Chen | 13,600 |
397 | Hanguang Lin | 13,600 |
398 | Szu Wei Chiu | 13,600 |
399 | Jui Wei Hsu | 13,600 |
400 | Yuchieh Lee | 13,600 |
401 | Chia Wei Kao | 13,600 |
402 | Kuangchieh Lo | 13,600 |
403 | Wenyi Tseng | 13,600 |
404 | Douhoung Chien | 13,600 |
405 | Chia Hung Chen | 13,600 |
406 | Shingleo Tsai | 13,400 |
407 | Yu Huan Ting | 13,400 |
408 | Chih Hsuan Chang | 13,400 |
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409 | Yan Chen Qiu | 13,400 |
410 | Hua Wei Lin | 13,400 |
411 | Chang Hau Huang | 13,400 |
412 | Pi Ying Hsu | 13,400 |
413 | Chih Hao Chung | 13,400 |
414 | Chien Liang Chi | 13,400 |
415 | Deng Kai Deng | 13,400 |
416 | Chien Hsun Wang | 13,400 |
417 | Yzh Chia Shaw | 13,400 |
418 | Ngai Yeung Edmond Chim | 13,400 |
419 | Yu Lin Wang | 13,400 |
420 | Jian Hong Chen | 13,400 |