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
重複晉級
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