TMT Main Event (9,000 NEW TAIWAN DOLLAR)

Chih Chieh Chang raises 20,000 then calls and covers Chiu Yi Kat's 102,000 shove as both go into a showdown.

Chih Chieh Chang: T♠ T♥

Chiu Yi Kat: Q♥ Q♣

Board T♣ 5♥ 3♥ A♦ 9♥

Chang hits the set on the flop and leads all the way, eliminating Kat at the 107th spot and ending Day 1 as the remaining 106 players advance to Day 2.

In a battle of the blinds, Liao Chin Kai pushes all-in and is called by big blind Dun Chen, putting his last 88,000 at risk of elimination.

Liao Chin Kai: 5♥ 8♥

Dun Chen: Q♦ Q♠

Board 6♦ 9♥ 3♣ 2♣ A♣

Kai hoped for a gut-shot straight, but nothing came as the pocket queens of Chen hold up to double up.

Liao Chin Kai: 210,000

Dun Chen: 186,000

UTG+2 player raises to 25,000 with Hung Yi Chen re-raising all-in for 153,000. The next seat over Wang Li Wei calls for his remaining 33,000 at the big blind and UTG+2 completes for his last 123,000 for a three-way showdown.

Kalki Chien min-raises under the gun and gets 2 callers to see a K♦ 7♣ 8♥ flop. Big blind checks the action to Chien who c-bets 20,000 and finds a customer in Hsieh Pei Shan while the big blind folds. Both see the turn T♦ . Shan calls a 40,000 bet and both check the river 4♦ . Chien shows K♥ 9♥ for top pair, but loses to Shan's kicker K♣ Q♣.

Jian Hong Chen raises to 20,000 from under the gun and is called by Po Jun Liu on the next seat. Everyone else folds as both players see a flop of A♦ T♥ 7♦ . Chen continues for 17,000 and Liu calls. Chen fires 22,000 on the J♦ turn and Liu calls again. On the 2♣ river, Chen check calls Liu's 95,000 bet.

Chen shows A♠ Q♦ for top pair while Liu flashes J♠ T♠ for two-pair. Po Jun Liu is the new chip leader

Players are playing hand for hand as Day 1A reaches the bubble.

With the two big blinds remaining, Cai Zheng Xuan at the small blind pushes all-in for 113,500 and is called by Kuo Yang Huang.

Kuo Yang Huang: A♠ K♥

Cai Zheng Xuan: 7♣ 9♦

Board K♣ 5♠ 8♥ K♠ Q♥

Big slick holds well and Kuo Yang Huang eliminates Cai Zheng Xuan as the bubble boy.

At a separate table, Is Masi Xuan is all in 52,000 against Jin Fang Lin on the big blind.

Jin Fang Lin: J♣ T♣

Is Masi Xuan: A♠ K♦

Board J♦ J♥ 9♦ 8♣ K♣

Is Masi Xuan was dead on the flop and sent home as another bubble.

Jin Fang Lin: 300,000

Both Cai Zhen Xuan and Is Masi Xuan will chop up the minimum payout of TWD14,400 as a consolation for bursting the bubble together.

The 158 players are guaranteed a minimum payout and will continue to play until only top 106 survivors remain to advance into Day 2.

Cut-off player raises to 15,000, Sheng He Chen on the big blind makes it 40,000, cut-off pushes all-in for 130,000 and Chen makes the call for a showdown.

Cutoff: J♥ J♣

Sheng He Chen: K♠ Q♣

The board runs K♥ 9♥ 9♦ A♦ 8♥

Chen wins the coin flip and sends another player to the rail with one more to go before the bubble bursts.

Hsieh Pei Shan raises from under the gun to 14,000, button player calls for a flop T♦ A♥ 5♣ . Hsieh c-bets 8,000 and gets called to reveal a 3♠ turn. Hsieh slows to a check then calls the 20,000 bet to lead to the K♣ on the river. Hsieh switches up again and leads 40,000, dealer button folds flashing an A♣ before throwing it to the muck.

Wen Yi Tseng raises to 11,000 from cut-off and blinds Venus Cheng and Sunwoo Kim make the call. On the flop of K♣ K♦ 5♦ , action is checked to Tseng who bets out 18,000 and gets Venus to call. Kim, however, check-raises to 52,000 and both players don't play any further.

Liu Yu Che min-raises from lojack and the blinds defend. On a flop of 8♥ 3♥ 9♠ big blind check-calls Che's all-in of 82,000.

Liu Yu Che led with a set of eights while big blind hoped for a flush draw. The turn 9♣ gave Liu Yu Che a full house. The river 4♦ chunks the big blind player while Liu Yu Che takes down the pot.

On pre-flop action, button raises to 10,000, small blind Liao Jia Hong re-raises to 26,000, big blind Tsai Shan Guang four-bets his final 91,000, and finds no callers to take down the pot without a flop.

A 91,000 pot was built up to the river with a board showing 9♦ K♣ 8♣ 2♠ 4♠ . Zheng Xuan Cai checked-raised all-in on Tsz Hin Chow's 45,000 bet. Chow tanked before putting his remaining 191,000 at risk.

Cai flipped over A♣ 5♥ for an ace-high that wasn't good enough to beat Chow's 9♠ 8♠ two-pair.

Player UTG+1 pushes his last 39,000 all-in and gets a call from Sheng He Chen.

Board: J♦ 9♦ 4♦ 6♠ 4♥

UTG+1: K♣ Q♣

Sheng He Chen: 9♦ 9♣

Chen flops a set, and provides some hope for UTG+1 to get a gut-shot straight that runs cold and sends him to the rail instead.

With pre-flop action folded to the two blinds, small blind Chiang Hsiang Hao raises to 15,000 with the big blind shoving all his 101,000 chips at risk. Chiang Hsiang Hao makes the quick call.

Chiang Hsiang Hao: A♥ Q♥

Big Blind: K♠ 9♣

Board runs Q♠ Q♦ 7♦ T♣ 7♣

The big blind's hope for a gut-shot straight on the river didn't happen and was sent to the rail with Hao's full-house.

Under the gun player moves all-in for his last 30,000 and the cutoff shoves his last 67,000. Chienchi Liu calls from the BB

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Board 4♦ A♥ A♦ J♠ 9♠

A miracle two-outer nine on the river brings Liu the win and sends home two players.

Hung Yi Chen raises to 5,000 from early position and gets two callers to see a 9♣ 9♦ 2♠ flop. Small blind checks action to Chen who leads with a 5,800 bet with only Liao Po Chieh calling from the button. Both players see a turn J♣ . Chen bets out 28,000 and Chieh gives up the pot.

Hung Yi Chen: 450,000

Liao Po Chieh : 112,000

UTG+1 raises to 6,200 and gets two callers before Wei Cheng Lai at the small blind re-raises to 21,000 and gets shoved by UTG+1 for 83,700. Lai makes the call.

UTG+1: A♠ 5♠

Wei Cheng Lai: Q♠ Q♣

Board A♥ 6♦ K♠ 2♥ Q♥

UTG+1 Player leads on the flop, but Wei Cheng Lai catches the 2-outer queen on the river to improve to a set and set the player to the rail.

Shun Yi Zheng raises to 6,00 with 3 callers behind to see a flop of 5♦ 2♣ 7♦ . Kalki Chien from the SB leads with 20,000 with only Zheng calling to see a Q♠ on the turn. Both check to see a 9♥ on the river. Chien check-calls 30,000 from Zheng who shows J♥ J♦ while Chien only shows a 7♠.

Shun Yi Zheng: 330,000

Kalki Chien: 195,000

UTG+2 Chang Hsiang Hao raises to 5,000 and gets four callers to see a flop 3♦ 2♦ 5♠ . The blinds check their option to Hao who fires out 15,000 and meets no resistance to win the pot. Chang Hsiang Hao has taken the lead.

Four players built up a 36,200 pot up to the turn with the board showing T♥ 9♥ 8♠ 7♠ . Small blind Liao Po Chieh bets 35,000, Yuhsin Ho pushes all-in for his last 57,300 and Hung Yu Chen calls as does Liao Po Chieh for three players to see a 4♣ on the river.

Liao Po Chieh check folds the all-in bet of Hung Yu Chen and only two remain at the show down.

Yuhsin Ho shows A♥ J♠

Hung Yu Chen K♠ J♣

Both players make a seven-to-jack straight splitting the pot.

Player at Hijack min-raises then Wei Sheng Lin at the button re-raises to 10,000 then calls the four-bet all-in of 48,500.

Hijack: A♥ 5♦

Wei Sheng Lin: K♣ J♣

Board runs 6♦ 6♣ 7♠ K♦ 9♥

While at a slight disadvantage, Wei Sheng Lin catches a King on the turn to knock out a player and improve his stack.

Player at Hijack raises and gets called by the blinds. Hijack c-bets the flop 8♦ 9♥ A♦ with only Hsuan Cheng Lai check-calling. Lai check-calls the 17,000 bet on the turn Q♥ and then bet-calls the all-in for 83,000 on the river 3♠ .

Hijack shows K♣ 6♣ while Hsuan Cheng Lai turns over Q♦ 3♦ for a pair of queens to take down the pot and eliminate the other player.

Hsuan Cheng Lai: 235,000

Unknown: Out

Day 1A registration closes at 1,061 entries to set a new record for this flight! Players will now race to ITM of 159 players.

Player from mid-position raises all-in pre-flop and BB Cheng Hung Cheng makes to call to put his stack at risk, covered by just 2,000 chips.

MP: A♥ J♦

Cheng Hung Cheng: A♣ K♣

Board runs 6♥ 2♦ 8♣ T♦ A♠

All in preflop Chia Yun Wu Q♠ Q♥ up against A♦ J♥ and a player that mucked on a board Q♣ 2♠ 4♠ 2♣ 9♦ . Wu sweeps and ships.

Chia Wei opens 2000 and finds three callers. When the board completes 8♠ 7♠ 6♥ J♣ Q♣ , Chia bets 4000 gets two callers, 5000 one caller, and jams, no caller.

Back from a successful trip to the WSOP where he placed 67th at the Main Event, Chen is already at the TMT felt but didn't last long. He nosedived on a hand against Lee Kin Fung with 2♥ 2♦ dominated by 6♥ 6♣ then busted shortly after. He will likely re-enter.

One of the most decorated local players at CTP is Chia Yun Wu who has a TMT Main Event title to his name. Wu is in action here at Day 1A. In a hand against big blind Liao Jia Hong, Wu and button call Liao's 10,000 three-bet then they all check down to the river A♦ 9♠ 5♦ 9♦ 3♠ . Liao bets 15,000, No callers.

Hung Yi Chen three-bets 4200 then calls the 12,700 four-bet to see the flop 9♠ 6♦ J♦ . Aggressor bets 15,000, Hung snap-shoves and wins the pot after the tank-fold.

Heavy preflop action sees three players call a raise then hijack four-bets, button five-bets all in, two players continue for a three-way.

Four-bet pot sees three players go to the flop 4♦ 9♦ 2♥ . Chao Ting Wei shoves, hijack ad cutoff both join in with less chips.

Big blind Allen Tsai four-bets 9000 and only one player calls to the flop T♠ 2♠ 3♠ . Tsai shoves and is snap-called by his opponent with T♦ T♣ set. Tsai needs help with Q♠ Q♥ . The help comes with a runner runner 5♠ 8♠ for the flush.

Action folds around to the small blind Liao Jia Honh who opens 1800, big blind three-bets 4000, Liao four-bets 8500, and big blind flats. After the heavy betting pre, both check the flop 4♣ 3♥ 9♥ and turn A♥ lands. big blind goes all in for 10,000, Liao tanks then calls.

Chun Wei Chu four-bets 10,000 and three-players call while losing the initial raiser. Flop comes A♦ Q♦ 5♥ , Chun jams 13,500 and only Liu Zi Hao calls.

On a board showing 8♦ K♣ 9♠ 4♦ J♦ with 12,000 in the pot, Zhen Xuan Cai bets all in and a shorter stack calls. Zheng wins it with Q♥ T♠ straight over 4♥ 4♣ set to send the player packing.

430 entries strong at the start of Level 3! Day 1A record breaker is highly likely...

Nick Chen opens 600, lojack three-bets 1200, five players call including Chen for a flop 4♣ 4♥ 6♠ . Lojack continues for 2100, only two players join to the turn 3♠ . Lojack fires 6700, small bllind check-calls, Chen check-raises all in, lojack and sb call for a three-way showdown.

It is just Level 2 and the field has now grown to 300 entries! At this pace, breaking the current record of 700 Day 1A entries will likely be smashed.

The clock has only been running nine minutes and already a bust out! Facing a 300 raise, and 1200 three-bet, small blind Erick Chen four-bets 6200, big blind five-bets 16,000, two folds follow, Chen six-bet shoves.

Cards in the air for Day 1A and immediately 179 players are at the tables. Good luck to all!

After 10 days of festivities, the Taiwan Millions Tournament brings players the much awaited 1 Million USD guaranteed Main Event! This is the first time in history a prize pool of this size has been announced for the TMT and it is already a new record for this event.

Kicking off at 12pm today, the Main Event is geared to play through its first set of flights with Day 1A and Day 1B on the felt today, Sunday, July 21, 2024. Action continues three days later with the next six heats setting off until the 27th.

Each entry buys runners a starting stack of 25,000 to course through 30 minute blind levels (Turbo: 20 min) and secure a spot into the Day 2 festivities. TMT’s newest champion will be crowned by the festival’s concluding day, taking with him a six figure USD score along with the exclusive Calocedrus Formosana wooden Main Event trophy, endemic to Taiwan.

Dates: July 21 to 29, 2024

Guarantee: NTD 31,000,000 (~USD 1 Million)

Buy in: NTD 9,000 (~USD 280)

Day 1A – Day 1B: July 21, 2024

Day 1C – Day 1H: July 24 – 27, 2024

Day 2: July 28, 2024

Day 3/Final Day: July 29, 2024

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