TMT Main Event (9,000 TWD)

Liang Hao Lin raised 7,000,000 on the cutoff, leaving himself 500,000 behind. Young Kyu Kim bumped it up on the small blind, and Lin flicked in the rest.

Dominated, Lin managed to outflop his opponent on 8♠ 5♠ 6♣ , but came crashingly shortly as the runout 7♥ T♥ landed Kim a better pair to take it down.

Liang Hao Lin raised 6,000,000 on the cutoff, leaving himself with 500,000 behind. Denny Kruezi a seat after, put in the call, and chucked in the rest on flop 8♠ 4♥ 3♦ for a showdown.

Liang Hao Lin 8♦ 6♦

Denny Kruezi A♦ Q♦

Lin ahead with top pair, locked in the double up as runout T♦ 9♠ faded Kruezi's overcards.

Liang Hao Lin raised 5,300,000 off the small blind against Zi En Huang's hijack open, leaving himself with 400,000 behind. Zi completed, and called for the rest on flop 6♠ 4♠ 5♥ .

Liang Hao Lin A♦ T♣

Zi En Huang A♣ T♦

With the same hand, both split the pot down the middle just as turn 2♣ and river 5♠ completed the board.

Liang Hao Lin defended his big blind against Zi En Huang's 1,000,000 hijack open and headed for battle on flop 8♥ 4♥ 2♦ . Action checked round to turn 8♠ , where Lin led 1,000,000. Huang called and arrived at showdown after river 3♦ met no bets. Huang showed A♠ 2♠ and collected the pot.

Cheng Chih Cheng open shoved 5,000,000 on the cutoff and found himself in rough shape after Liang Hao Lin snap called on the big blind.

Crushed against the cowboys, Cheng was in luck to find two aces on board A♣ 2♠ 7♠ 7♦ A♥ , keeping him in the Main Event running.

Chi Sen Wu flicked in his last 1,600,000 utg and was called by Liang Hao Lin on the big blind.

Wu at risk, was close to locking in the win on board T♣ A♥ 5♠ 2♠ , up until the river 3♣ shot out a wheel straight for his opponent to snag the win away.

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.

Chip Counts

Liang Hao Lin (BTN) raised 1,100,000 before the flop and Bo Han Chen (BB) three-bet all-in with 6,175,000. Hao Ling folds under the pressure handing the pot to Han Chen.

Liang Hao Lin (UTG+2) raised 900,000 pre-flop and Jeorge Lagatuz (BB) calls. The flop brings T♠ 3♦ 8♣ . Hao Lin bets 700,000 causing Lagatuz to fold.

Rick Jason Ambata shoved his last 2,700,000 in from the small blind and saw initial raiser Liang Hao Lin willingly oblige.

In search of an ace, the board 6♠ 5♣ 3♠ 9♠ 6♦ felted none, eliminating Ambata entirely.

Lin Liang Hao (SB) raised 1,500,000 before the flom and Hsiao Shih Yu (BB) responds with an all-in three-bet of 3,800,000. Liang Hao calls and the players show their cards. Hao held 6♦ A♦ while Yi had Q♠ Q♥ . The board ran Q♣ Q♦ 8♦ J♥ 9♦ Yu the winning quads.

Liang Hao Lin opened 1,000,000 utg and called off Bo Han Chen's shove behind for 1,575,000 more.

In for a flip, Bo came crashing down after board 8♦ 7♦ 3♣ 3♦ 4♠ ran the nut flush for his opponent.

Chisen Wu (BTN) raised 600,000 pre-flop and saw Lin Liang Hao (SB) three-bet all-in 4,000,000. Wu calls and the showdown ensues. Wu held Q♥ A♠ while Liang Hao held A♦ J♦ . The board brings K♦ 5♠ 8♣ Q♠ 3♣ giving Chisen Wu the winning pair.

Lin Liang Hao (UTG+2) raised all-in pre-flop 2,200,000 and Lau Wing Yu (BTN) call all-in. The showdown saw that Liang Hao had 9♦ A♣ and Wing Yu hand K♠ Q♥ . The board ran 5♦ J♣ 2♠ 8♠ 6♥ giving Liang Hao the victory.

Liang Hao Lin opened 500,000 utg+1 and was met with an all-in from Rick Jason Ambata for 3,025,000 total. Lin gave it some consideration but eventually tossed his hand in the muck, shipping Ambata the boost.