TMT Main Event (9,000 TWD)

Jae Joong Kim pushed his last 3,200,000 in the middle off the hijack and saw Yamaguchi Junya take the spot right from the big blind.

In for a race, Junya immediately spiked top pair on flop J♥ 5♦ 7♥ , with the runout A♣ 6♥ leaving Kim's king-high headed for the muck.

Jae Joong Kim raised all-in on the cutoff and saw Cheng Chih Cheng snap call on the big blind for his last 3,400,000.

Flipping for his tournament life, Cheng was glad to see a ten right on board Q♣ 8♦ T♥ Q♠ 6♣ , giving him more room to maneuver with the added boost.

Zi En Huang defended his big blind against Jae Joong Kim's 1,200,000 button open, and check called another 1,500,000 on flop A♦ 3♣ 9♥ . Both players checked turn J♣ through to river K♥ , where Huang led 1,200,000. Kim raised it up to 4,000,000, and Huang made the final call.

Kim showed two pair K♣ J♠ , no good against Huang's better A♥ 9♦ .

With 4,800,000 in the pot across board 3♦ 8♦ 4♠ 2♦ 6♦ , Jae Joong Kim fired a final bet of 2,500,000, and saw Yamaguchi Junya check call to showdown. Kim revealed the nut flush A♦ Q♥ and earned the pot.

TMT Main Event action is down to its final two tables with Ching En Chen towering over the field. Each remaining contender is now guaranteed NTD 265,000 (~USD 8,085) in winnings, and a step closer to clinching the NTD 5,324,500 (~USD 162,425) top prize.

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Action folded to Chun Hong Ha on the small blind, prompting him to shove 2,900,000 in. Jae Joong Kim unfazed, made the call for a race.

Slightly ahead, Chun kept his advantage on board 3♣ 9♣ Q♦ 2♣ , up until the river J♠ landed Kim a pair to knock him out.

Jae Joong Kim opened utg+1 and went on to four bet jam against Pai Cheng Qun's button raise. Pai snap called the rest with the best hand in the deck, putting Kim at risk.

Lucky for Kim, the board 3♥ 4♥ 7♥ A♥ 5♥ ran all hearts, offering a flush on board for a split pot.

Jae Joong Kim open shoved 1,800,000 utg and saw Chun Chi Hsu call off for his last 700,000.

Dominated, Chun failed to hang on as board 3♦ 6♦ 3♣ 7♥ 4♥ left Kim's better ace-high good for the bust.

Daito Kamei shoved 760,000 in against an open and saw Jaejoong Kim behind push likewise. Initial raiser got out of the way, leaving the two to showdown.

A classic NLH flip, board Q♠ 7♥ 8♦ T♣ Q♦ favored Daito's pocket pair this time, running him quads for the pot.

Wang Ka Seng (UTG) raises 25,000 all-in pre-flop holding J♠ J♣ while Jaejoong Kim (UTG+1) calls holding K♣ K♠ . The board brings A♠ Q♦ 7♦ 2♠ 5♥ . Jaejoong Kim claims the pot with pocket Kings knocking out Wong Kai Seng.