TMT Main Event (9,000 TWD)

Action folded to Shih Yu Hsiao on the button, who raised all-in for his last 7,700,000. Denny Kruezi on the big blind, looked him up with suited connectors, putting his opponent at risk.

Keeping the positive momentum, Kruezi outran his opponent on board 9♦ 8♠ 4♦ T♥ T♠ , running trip tens to knock Hsiao out.

Having just shoved the hand before against a button open, Yamaguchi Junya did so once more, this time out of the small blind for 9,200,000. Shih Yu Hsiao behind, looked Junya up, putting him at risk.

Dominated, Junya managed to turn the tables, having paired up his jack on board J♠ 2♣ 8♥ K♦ 7♥ to survive through.

Denny Kruezi opened 1,300,000 utg+1, joined by two other players onto flop Q♣ Q♥ 3♠ . Kruezi continued for 2,400,000, check called by Shih Yu Hsiao on the big blind. Both players checked turn 3♦ through to river 7♦ , where Kruezi gunned for a final 3,600,000. Hsiao check jammed, successfully convincing his opponent to lay it down.

Shih Yu Hsiao opened 1,200,000 utg+1, joined by Zi En Huang onto flop T♥ 3♥ 5♠ . Action was checked round to turn Q♠ , where Hsiao bet 1,800,000. Huang check called, and paid another 2,000,000 on river K♥ , only to muck after Hsiao tabled the nut straight A♠ J♥ .

Shih Yu Hsiao picked up back to back pots - first having shoved against a cutoff open, followed by a second all-in on the button, folded to him.

Shih Yu Hsiao opened 2,000,000 on the cutoff and was met with a 5,000,000 raise from Zi En Huang on the small blind. Shih padded it further to 11,000,000, enough to push Zi out of the way.

A button vs big blind situation saw Shih Yu Hsiao risk his entire 3,400,000 preflop with A♥ J♣ against Syu Yong Jie's similar A♠ J♥ .

Board 9♥ 4♥ 8♣ 3♥ 4♠ did no damage to either, offering a split pot for the two.

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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Andrew De Ocampo raised all-in off the small blind and saw utg raiser Shih Yu Hsiao rise to the challenge.

Dominated, De Ocampo exited the arena shortly after failing to catch up on board A♠ 5♣ 8♣ 4♥ 3♥ .

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.

Shih Yu Hsiao opened 500,000 on the button yet gave it up after Yu Cheng Lu pushed for 3,550,000 from the big blind. Yu raked in the boost, adding nearly a million to his stack.

Chisen Wu (SB) raised 500,000 and Shih Yu (BB) calls. The board had 4♠ J♠ 6♦ . Shih Yu bets 700,000 after Wu checks. Wu calls and the turn comes with 2♦ . The players check and the river brings 9♦ . Chisen Wu bets 900,000 causing Shih Yu to fold.

Hsu Chun Chi (CO) raised all-in pre-flop 435,000 with A♠ A♦ in hand while Hsiao Shih Yu (BTN) three-bets all-in with K♦ A♣ in hand. The board brings 6♦ Q♦ 9♣ 5♦ J♠ giving Chun Chi's pocket rockets the pot.

Hsiau Shih Yu (UTG+3) raised 200,000 pre-flop and Ho Man Tsung (HJ) hits back with all-in three-bet with 1,200,000. The players showdown with Shih Yu holding A♠ K♣ while was Man Tsun holding J♠ J♣ . The board had 6♦ 9♣ A♦ T♣ A♣ knocking Man Tsun out and handing the pot to Shih Yu.