Day 3 - October 27, 2024
Chia Huang: TMT Championship 2024 HighRoller Champion
Chia Huang - TMT Championship 2024 HighRoller Champion TMT Championship 2024 HighRoller (Event #H1)
After two days of poker action, Chia Huang bested 56 entries to become the TMT Championship 2024 HighRoller champion. Chia Huang earned a very juicy NT$ 874,800 (~US$ 27,200) for the win along with a prestigious trophy
Huang's last foray as a tournament champion was back in July 2024 when he won the NT$ 4,000 NLH Kick Off at the 16th Taiwan Millions Tournament in Taipei. Huang has made some cashes after that including two runner-up finishes during the WPT Prime Taiwan back in August. Chia Huang must be elated to once again be at the top of the podium.
Chia Huang has more than US$ 100,000 in total live earnings, and this win will certainly give a healthy boost to his career winnings.
It's All Over!!! Chia Huang Crowned TMT Championship 2024 HighRoller Champion
Chia Huang - TMT Championship 2024 HighRoller ChampionTMT Championship 2024 HighRoller (Event #H1)
Chia Huang made a min-raise to 80,000 and was called by Zhi Wang to enter a flop of 5♦ 4♣ 3. Zhi Wang was first to act and made a 65,000 bet. Chia Huang riffed his chips and counted off 200,000 for a raise. Zhi Wang meditated his way into the astral planes, hoping for a better read to the situation. After much pondering and chip riffling, Wang made the call to see a 2♠ on the turn. Zhi Wang checked to Huang who applied the pressure by going all-in. Wang made the call for his last 390 chips and realized he was drawing dead against the straight of Huang.
This was the part on the MMA brawl where Zhi Wang was clinically being barraged with strikes by Chia Huang, waiting for the referee stoppage.
The 9♥ on the river was a late hammer fist to the face after the ref had already stopped the fight.
Chia Huang takes home the lion's share of NT$ 874,800 (~US$ 27,200) as the champion of the TMT Championship 2024 HighRoller and a very cool trophy.
Zhi Wang earns a commendable NT$ 500,000 (~US$ 15,500) for the runner-up finish.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
CH Chia Huang ![Taiwan [TWN]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/tw.svg "Taiwan [TWN]"){kind=small} Taiwan | 9♦6♥ | 2,800,000(70 BB) |
ZW Zhi Wang Taiwan | T♥3♥ | busted |
Zhi Wang Battles Back
Zhi WangTMT Championship 2024 HighRoller (Event #H1)
After being awarded some blinds from a couple of pre-flop folds, Zhi Wang woke up to cards worthy enough to move all-in from the small blind for 250,000. Chia Huang made the call from the big blind.
Wang was ahead but the flop offered a scare, adding an open-ended straight to the outs of Huang. Eventually, the board bricked and Wang's king-high was the better hand to double up and take a small bite from Chia Huang's stack.
This is the part in the MMA brawl where Zhi Wang grappled to get back to his feet again, showing that he still had some fight left.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
ZW Zhi Wang Taiwan | K♣2♥ | 530,000(18 BB) |
CH Chia Huang Taiwan | 9♦8♦ | 2,270,000(76 BB) |
Chia Huang Makes A Critical First Strike
Chia HuangTMT Championship 2024 HighRoller (Event #H1)
Chia Huang completed from the small blind and Wang checked the big blind to enter a flop of 9♥ 9♣ Q♥. Both checked to a 9♦ turn and checked to a Q♣ river. With the board showing a full house, Huang sneaked in a 100,000 bet. Zhi Wang, of course, called to at least split the pot. But Huang flipped a queen to show the better full-house, leaving Wang with less than 5BBs.
If this was a MMA brawl, then Huang just threw a quick straight jab that knocked Wang to the mat, but Wang was still able to intelligently defend himself to prevent a referee stoppage despite seeing stars.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
CH Chia Huang Taiwan | A♠Q♦ | 2,625,000(88 BB) |
ZW Zhi Wang Taiwan | 125,000(4 BB) |
Huang vs Wang
TMT Championship 2024 HighRoller (Event #H1)
The TMT Championship 2024 High Roller is now down to its last 2 combatants, following the elimination of Chih Fang at third place. It's a heads-up showdown between Chia Huang and Zhi Wang. Chia Huang is a favorite with a near 5-to-1 advantage in chips over Zhi Wang. But then, of course, this is poker. Skill may take you to the final table, but it is the poker gods who will decide where luck falls. Insert smiley emoji here.
HighRoller
Date/s: October 26-27, 2024
Buy-in: NT$ 50,000 (~US$ 1,555)
Entries: 56
Prize pool: NT$ 2,498,800 (~US$ 77,895)
ITM: 9 places
Remaining Payouts:
1st - NT$ 874,800 (~US$ 27,200)
2nd - NT$ 500,000 (~US$ 15,500)
Final Heads-Up Chip Count
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
CH Chia Huang Taiwan | 2,325,000(78 BB) |
ZW Zhi Wang Taiwan | 475,000(16 BB) |
Chih Fang Finishes At 3rd
Chih Fang - 3rd PlaceTMT Championship 2024 HighRoller (Event #H1)
Chih Fang pushed all-in for 605,000 chips from the dealer button and got a call from Chia Huang to defend the big blind. Huang paired a queen on the flop, leaving Fang in the hunt for two outs. The poker gods didn't offer any, but gave the consolation that Fang made a full-house as a final hand even though he lost to a better boat. Chih Fang was almost out of the tournament in the early levels of the final table, but managed to keep alive through the swings. However, Chih Fang's adventurous run came to an end at third place, where he is awarded a healthy payout of NT$ 306,000 (~US$ 9,500).
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
CH Chia Huang Taiwan | K♣Q♠ | 2,325,000(78 BB) |
CF Chih Fang Taiwan | 3♦3♠ | busted |
Chih Fang Doubles From Chia Huang
Chia HuangTMT Championship 2024 HighRoller (Event #H1)
Chia Huang continued to use the "monster stack all-in strategy" in the next hand from under the gun and was called by Chih Fang at the dealer button for his remaining 325,000. Huang was ahead pre-flop and even hit an ace on the flop to solidify the lead and drain the hope for Fang. Fang spiked an eight on the turn to give a lifeline of nine outs leading to the river. The poker gods were generous enough to give one of the outs for Fang to make a gut-shot straight and double-up. Huang's stack was shook a little, but still remained as the biggest stack on the table.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
CF Chih Fang Taiwan | Q♣8♦ | 700,000(23 BB) |
CH Chia Huang Taiwan | A♦5♠ | 1,530,000(51 BB) |
Kai Hsu Falls At Fourth Place
Kai Hsu - 4th PlaceTMT Championship 2024 HighRoller (Event #H1)
Once again, Chia Huang applied the strategy of using the monster million stack to apply pressure on the small-stacked blinds by pushing all-in from the button. A desperate Kia Hsu made the call for the last of his 170,000 from the big blind.
Kai Hsu looked dominating pre-flop, but Huang paired a four on the flop and maintained the lead to bust Hsu at fourth place. Kai Hsu bagged 4th - NT$ 218,000 (~US$ 6,800) for the final four finish.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
CH Chia Huang Taiwan | 8♠4♠ | 1,850,000(62 BB) |
KH Kai Hsu Taiwan | A♠6♣ | 2(0 BB) |
Chia Huang Holds Biggest Stack In Final Four
Chia HuangTMT Championship 2024 HighRoller (Event #H1)
Chia Huang leads the final four players at the TMT Championship 2024 HighRoller with 1,490,000 chips at the second break of the day. Chia Huang started the day's 9-handed final table among the bottom three, but has steadily moved up the ranks to the top. Hopefully, Huang can maintain the momentum leading up to the championship where a grand prize payout of NT$ 874,800 (~US$ 27,200) awaits.
HighRoller
Date/s: October 26-27, 2024
Buy-in: NT$ 50,000 (~US$ 1,555)
Entries: 56
Prize pool: NT$ 2,498,800 (~US$ 77,895)
ITM: 9 places
Remaining Payouts:
1st - NT$ 874,800 (~US$ 27,200)
2nd - NT$ 500,000 (~US$ 15,500)
3rd - NT$ 306,000 (~US$ 9,500)
4th - NT$ 218,000 (~US$ 6,800)
Final Table Chip Counts
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
CH Chia Huang Taiwan | 1,490,000(60 BB) |
ZW Zhi Wang Taiwan | 725,000(29 BB) |
CF Chih Fang Taiwan | 325,000(13 BB) |
KH Kai Hsu Taiwan | 255,000(10 BB) |
FC Fan Chih Wei Taiwan | busted |
AL Anton Lu ![Australia [AUS]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/au.svg "Australia [AUS]"){kind=small} Australia | busted |
HK Hyunsup Kim ![Korea (Republic of) [KOR]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/kr.svg "Korea (Republic of) [KOR]"){kind=small} Korea (Republic of) | busted |
CC Cheng Chao Ting Taiwan | busted |
SJ Sang Jun Lee Korea (Republic of) | busted |
Fan Chi Wei Eliminated At Fifth
Fan Chi Wei - 5th PlaceTMT Championship 2024 HighRoller (Event #H1)
The action was folded to the dealer button, where Chia Huang applied pressure on the blinds by shoving 1,000,000 chips all-in, covering the stacks of both blinds and putting their tournament life in peril if they were to call and lose. Fan Chi Wei decided to make the call from the small blind for and pushed the short-stacked 190,000 chips in the middle.
Wei was quite pleased to be ahead before the flop, but that all changed when Huang's seven paired on the flop and remained its course to take the win and eliminate Wei at 5th place. Fan Chih Wei pocketed NT$ 168,000 (~US$ 5,200) for the 5th place finish.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
CH Chia Huang Taiwan | J♥7♠ | 1,250,000(63 BB) |
FC Fan Chih Wei Taiwan | Q♠3♦ | busted |
Chia Huang Takes From Zhi Wang
Chia HuangTMT Championship 2024 High Roller (Event #H1)
Zhi Wang made a 30,000 min-raise from under the gun and called the 80,000 re-raise from Chia Huang from the cut-off to see a flop of K♦ 7♣ 8♦. Wang check-called the 55,000 c-bet from Huang to see a 2♣ on the turn. Wang check-called again, but this time for 125,000. A J♠ was thrown on the river. Wang checked while Huang announced all-in. Zhi Wang took a moment before surrendering the healthy pot to Chia Huang.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
CH Chia Huang Taiwan | 1,000,000(67 BB) |
ZW Zhi Wang Taiwan | 515,000(34 BB) |
Zhi Wang Leads Final Table At The Break
Zhi WangTMT Championship 2024 HighRoller (Event #H1)
7 players remain at the final table of the TMT Championship 2024 High Roller (Event #H1) out of the 56 entries that began this event yesterday. All 7 players are guaranteed at least NT$ 113,000 (~US$ 3,500), but everyone is focused on the champion's payout of NT$ 874,800 (~US$ 27,200) from the NT$ 2,498,800 (~US$ 77,895) prize pool.
Zhi Wang of Taiwan leads the players at the break with 765,000 chips.
HighRoller
Date/s: October 26-27, 2024
Buy-in: NT$ 50,000 (~US$ 1,555)
Entries: 56
Prize pool: NT$ 2,498,800 (~US$ 77,895)
ITM: 9 places
Remaining Payouts:
1st - NT$ 874,800 (~US$ 27,200)
2nd - NT$ 500,000 (~US$ 15,500)
3rd - NT$ 306,000 (~US$ 9,500)
4th - NT$ 218,000 (~US$ 6,800)
5th - NT$ 168,000 (~US$ 5,200)
6th - NT$ 131,000 (~US$ 4,000)
7th - NT$ 113,000 (~US$ 3,500)
Final Table Chip Counts
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
ZW Zhi Wang Taiwan | 765,000(64 BB) |
FC Fan Chih Wei Taiwan | 435,000(36 BB) |
CH Chia Huang Taiwan | 425,000(35 BB) |
CF Chih Fang Taiwan | 400,000(33 BB) |
KH Kai Hsu Taiwan | 340,000(28 BB) |
AL Anton Lu Australia | 305,000(25 BB) |
HK Hyunsup Kim Korea (Republic of) | 175,000(15 BB) |
CC Cheng Chao Ting Taiwan | busted |
SJ Sang Jun Lee Korea (Republic of) | busted |
Cheng Chao Ting Makes 8th Place Exit
Cheng Chao Ting - 8th PlaceTMT Championship 2024 HighRoller (Event #H1)
Chia Huang and Cheung Chao Ting flirted a bit with raise and re-raises before finally agreeing to go all-in. Ting made the call and put all his remaining 170,000 at risk.
Huang was ahead all the way. The turn may have presented more outs to the pocket nines of Ting, but the jack on the river made a huge statement to knock out Ting at 8th place after beginning the day as the final table chip leader. Cheng Chao Ting will earn NT$ 100,000 (~US$ 3,100) for the effort.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
CH Chia Huang Taiwan | J♥J♠ | 440,000(37 BB) |
CC Cheng Chao Ting Taiwan | 9♣9♠ | 2(0 BB) |
Hyungsup Kim Doubles And Cripples Chih Fang
TMT Championship 2024 High Roller (Event #H1)
Chia Huang made the min-raise of 20,000 from the first seat and got re-raised all-in for 173,000 by Chih Fang at the hi-jack. Hyungsup Kim made the call from the cut-off while Huang stepped out of the way.
Kim's kings held their ground against the queens of Fang. Kim more than doubled while Fang's stack was crippled and reduced to a critical state.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
HK Hyunsup Kim Korea (Republic of) | K♣K♥ | 251,000(25 BB) |
CF Chih Fang Taiwan | Q♣Q♠ | 72,000(7 BB) |
CH Chia Huang Taiwan | 370,000(37 BB) |
Hyunsup Kim Doubles From Chia Huang
Hyunsup KimTMT Championship 2024 HighRoller (Event #H1)
Chia Huang min-rasied to 16,000 from UTG+1 and then called the 46,000 all-in shove by Hyunsup Kim for a showdown.
Huang was dominant when they flipped the cards, but a miracle 4 on the turn kept Kim's tournament life alive, doubling up through Huang.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
CH Chia Huang Taiwan | 8♦8♥ | 231,000(29 BB) |
HK Hyunsup Kim Korea (Republic of) | 4♠4♥ | 112,000(14 BB) |
TMT Championship 2024 HighRoller Final Table Under Way!
High Roller Final 9 PlayersCards have been dealt at the final table of the TMT Championship 2024 HighRoller (Event #H1) here at the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City. The remaining 9 final table players are back to continue from where they left off from yesterday's action after a brief respite. Chip leader Cheng Chao Ting with 523,000 chips is hoping that he will take the big stack all the way to the finish where the grand prize of NT$ 874,800 (~US$ 27,200) awaits the champion. All 9 players are already guaranteed the minimum payout of NT$ 88,000 (~US$ 2,700).
Stay glued here for all the live updates on the final table and other events throughout the day.
HighRoller
Date/s: October 26-27, 2024
Buy-in: NT$ 50,000 (~US$ 1,555)
Entries: 56
Prize pool: NT$ 2,498,800 (~US$ 77,895)
ITM: 9 places
Full Payouts
1st - NT$ 874,800 (~US$ 27,200)
2nd - NT$ 500,000 (~US$ 15,500)
3rd - NT$ 306,000 (~US$ 9,500)
4th - NT$ 218,000 (~US$ 6,800)
5th - NT$ 168,000 (~US$ 5,200)
6th - NT$ 131,000 (~US$ 4,000)
7th - NT$ 113,000 (~US$ 3,500)
8th - NT$ 100,000 (~US$ 3,100)
9th - NT$ 88,000 (~US$ 2,700)
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
CC Cheng Chao Ting Taiwan | 523,000(65 BB) |
FC Fan Chih Wei Taiwan | 490,000(61 BB) |
KH Kai Hsu Taiwan | 409,000(51 BB) |
ZW Zhi Wang Taiwan | 376,000(47 BB) |
SJ Sang Jun Lee Korea (Republic of) | 283,000(35 BB) |
AL Anton Lu Australia | 264,000(33 BB) |
CH Chia Huang Taiwan | 253,000(32 BB) |
CF Chih Fang Taiwan | 116,000(15 BB) |
HK Hyunsup Kim Korea (Republic of) | 75,000(9 BB) |
Day 2 - October 26, 2024
High Roller Final Table is set!
Cheng Chao TingAction on High Roller Day 1 has wrapped up with local runner Chao Ting Cheng leading the charge, having just delivered the bubble to close the day's games. Out of the 56-entry field, only nine players remain in contention for the title, each guaranteed a share of the NT$ 2,498,800 (~US$ 77,895) pot. The focus however, stands to be on the NT$ 874,800 (~US$ 27,270) listed top prize, with Chao in the best position to take it down.
High Roller
Date/s: October 26-27, 2024
Buy-in: NT$ 50,000 (~US$ 1,555)
Entries: 56
Prize pool: NT$ 2,498,800 (~US$ 77,895)
ITM: 9 places
Full Payouts
1st - NT$ 874,800
2nd - NT$ 500,000
3rd - NT$ 306,000
4th - NT$ 218,000
5th - NT$ 168,000
6th - NT$ 131,000
7th - NT$ 113,000
8th - NT$ 100,000
9th - NT$ 88,000
Level 13: 3,000 / 6,000 ante 6,000
Average stack: 311,111 (51 BB)
Final Table Chip Counts
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
CC Cheng Chao Ting Taiwan | 523,000 |
FC Fan Chih Wei Taiwan | 490,000 |
KH Kai Hsu Taiwan | 409,000 |
ZW Zhi Wang Taiwan | 376,000 |
SJ Sang Jun Lee Korea (Republic of) | 283,000 |
AL Anton Lu Australia | 264,000 |
CH Chia Huang Taiwan | 253,000 |
CF Chih Fang Taiwan | 116,000 |
HK Hyunsup Kim Korea (Republic of) | 75,000 |