Chia Yun Wu conquers record breaking Taiwan Millions Tournament Main Event for NTD 3.6M (~USD 114.9K)

Asia-Pacific
Live Poker
08/01/2023

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The dust may have settled but the awe lingers. On July 27 to 31, the most popular homegrown tournament in Taiwan, the Taiwan Millions Tournament (TMT) Main Event, shocked players and organizers across Asia. The headliner drew a massive 3,485 entries, setting a new record for this event.

For those in attendance, it was more than special as the prize pool surged to NTD 22,987,100 (~USD 733,700). In the aftermath, Taiwan’s well known local pro, Chia Yun Wu conquered to turn his NTD 8,000 (~USD 265) buy in into a jaw-dropping career high NTD 3,600,000 (~USD 114,900).

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Chia Yun Wu

In a brief interview with the champion, Chia shared, “I am very very happy! This was the biggest tournament we’ve ever had with so many entries. I enjoy playing here, it is very competitive. The level of play is one of the strongest in Asia and the environment is really good.”

Chia entered the final table running third in chips and dropped to near bottom before he clawed his way back up the ranks. He shared,

“I didn’t have a specific strategy coming into the final table I was just looking at the individual gameplay, their style, how the chips moved around, and made adjustments based on those. At the start of the final table, I remember I was card dead for a very long time and then I got pocket Eights on the button. I chose not to go all in, instead just three-bet. I chose to play slow that when I faced a shove on the river, I had to make a really tough laydown.

Chia added a new feather to his cap. Not only was he a multiple TMT Player of the Series champion, he was also a Team Leader, and now the TMT Main Event champion of a record field.

You can read up on Chia’s incredible run via the Final Day Live Updates or you can watch the blow by blow action via the recorded livestream on the CTP Twitch channel.

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David Tai – CTP Founder – File photo

The 14th edition of the Taiwan Millions Tournament was sponsored by online platform Natural8. The Main Event was the book-ender of a festival that kicked off on July 14 at the newly erected Asia Poker Arena (APA). CTP founder and APA owner David Tai shared,

“The number of players in this tournament has indeed exceeded our expectations, with many players from overseas, including teams from Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, and South Korea in attendance. Additionally, our 2-3 years of promotional work in universities, hosting live and online satellites before the tournament, even games overseas, such as the TMT Main Event Day 1 heats in Singapore and in Hong Kong, as well as in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, all contributed to boosting the numbers.

We would like to express our special thanks to the title sponsor, Natural8, for their support. Prior to the tournament, we had already generated 280 qualifiers via the online platform.”

Main Event results

Buy in: NTD 8,000 (~USD 256)
Guarantee: NTD 10,000,000 (~USD 319,760)
Entries: 3,485
Prize pool: NTD 22,987,100 (~USD 733,700)
ITM: 408 players

Day 1 results

Day 1A: 639 entries / 77 ITM survivors
Day 1B: 648 entries / 78 ITM survivors
Day 1C: 670 entries / 81 ITM survivors
Day 1D: 903 entries / 108 ITM survivors
Day 1E: 533 entries / 64 ITM survivors

Rank Player Payouts in NTD
1 Chia Yun Wu 3,600,000
2 Wei Kai Su 2,530,000
3 Beng Cheng Lin 1,664,000
4 Bing Yi Chen 1,220,000
5 Kai Hung Hu 904,000
6 Ming Zheng Cai 722,000
7 Fate Wang 565,000
8 Teng Wei Lien 461,500
9 Yih Chia Shaw 359,500
10 Kuan Chieh Liu 258,100
11 Yujung Lo 258,100
12 Yu Yong Lin 258,100
13 Yu Jen Wei 196,100
14 Ting Wei Liu 196,100
15 Feng Ming Hsu 196,100
16 Po Hsuan Li 154,300
17 Wei Yu 154,300
18 Chihwei Yang 154,300
19 Jia Xiang Tu 121,500
20 Po Hsiang Yang 121,500
21 Tak Chung Yan 121,500
22 Yi Hing Cheng 100,700
23 Mingchang Hsiao 100,700
24 Chun Teng Yu 100,700
25 Hongen Fu 80,300
26 Chi Jen Chen 80,300
27 Shao Chi Chang 80,300
28 Yisheng Wang 61,300
29 Wey Hon Wu 61,300
30 Chung Lin Huang 61,300
31 Yu Sz Tu 61,300
32 Tsuan Pin Lin 61,300
33 Jung Hao Tsai 61,300
34 Sheng Chieh You 61,300
35 Keng Hui Chiu 61,300
36 Wen Hai Liu 61,300
37 Hung Chun Wu 48,000
38 Cheng Yen Yen 48,000
39 Hung Kai Wang 48,000
40 Chieh Kai Chang 48,000
41 Man Ho Chong 48,000
42 Ting Yu Lin 48,000
43 Jifu Tsai 48,000
44 Hua Hsuan Li 48,000
45 Bojia Su 48,000
46 Hok Shing Ho 40,000
47 Hsu Huang 40,000
48 Xuan Han Huang 40,000
49 Yu Chun Chen 40,000
50 Han Yang Liu 40,000
51 Chin Wai Pak 40,000
52 Conrad Lumaban 40,000
53 Benny Chung 40,000
54 Yenlun Chen 40,000
55 Pin Chao Lee 35,500
56 Kenny Hsiung 35,500
57 Yan Ning Ke 35,500
58 Tsuyoshi Yanagida 35,500
59 Nguyen Van Dai 35,500
60 Yu Hung Liu 35,500
61 Chung Wei Huang 35,500
62 Liang Su 35,500
63 Yuhsuan Chen 35,500
64 Tiansheng Huang 33,100
65 Weichen Lin 33,100
66 Pohe Huang 33,100
67 Chihchien Shen 33,100
68 Yang Lin 33,100
69 Chih Tsung Hsieh 33,100
70 Yanchen Qiu 33,100
71 Philip King Chung Wang 33,100
72 Yu Xuan Pan 33,100
73 Wai Kwok Hui 31,300
74 Yin Wei Cheng 31,300
75 Yisiang Kao 31,300
76 Xiaoxu Chen 31,300
77 Shih Cheng Kao 31,300
78 Ming Jui Hsu 31,300
79 Shen Sun Chou 31,300
80 Tsuenshi Chiang 31,300
81 Inkuei Tan 31,300
82 I Lin Chiu 29,500
83 Liao Jung Chuan 29,500
84 Yim Chiu Ting 29,500
85 Kaustubh Mahesh 29,500
86 Cheng Yuan Zhang 29,500
87 Yuan Hsu Lee 29,500
88 Hong Zhe Wang 29,500
89 Hao Kai Wu 29,500
90 Jia Chi Lee 29,500
91 Chinangming Liu 27,700
92 Yufeng Lu 27,700
93 Bo Chuian Chen 27,700
94 Tsz To Wan 27,700
95 Yenpo Chen 27,700
96 Chuan Ching Chen 27,700
97 Ming Hong Chuang 27,700
98 Gung Fu Lin 27,700
99 Shan Jen Cheng 27,700
100 Dickson Chew 25,900
101 Yu Kai Wang 25,900
102 Jasper Liu 25,900
103 Lo Chun Ting 25,900
104 Ngai Yeung 25,900
105 Junlong Jian 25,900
106 Yu Hsien Lin 25,900
107 Wei Chia Huang 25,900
108 Yuchen Huang 25,900
109 Dong Hao Jiang 24,300
110 Hung Wei Yeh 24,300
111 Maximilian Chen 24,300
112 Hsinhui Peng 24,300
113 Yen Cheng Liu 24,300
114 Chih Cheng Chen 24,300
115 Peng Sen Wu 24,300
116 Jun Wei Chen 24,300
117 Alex Lee 24,300
118 Tung Wing Wong 23,000
119 Lita Hsu 23,000
120 Hai Shien Tan 23,000
121 James Wu 23,000
122 Kai Yang 23,000
123 Ting Wei Chao 23,000
124 Cun Wu Hong 23,000
125 Yang Ching 23,000
126 Chien Liang Chi 23,000
127 Sheng Kai Wang 22,000
128 Yoda Lin 22,000
129 Ka Wing Leung 22,000
130 Dicky Siu Hang 22,000
131 Yuki Kakumoto 22,000
132 Cheng Lin Tsai 22,000
133 Yoshi Lin 22,000
134 Duming Tsai 22,000
135 Yu Hsin Kan 22,000
136 Shunping Wang 21,100
137 Yen Han Chen 21,100
138 Yuesheng Wu 21,100
139 Lai Ping Jui 21,100
140 Kuan Cheng Wu 21,100
141 Lee Kuang Hung 21,100
142 Jiang Weiren 21,100
143 Wei Hao Lin 21,100
144 Yan Chen Jiang 21,100
145 Chien Yun Han 20,300
146 Tao Chu 20,300
147 Justin Wu 20,300
148 Dingchen Chang 20,300
149 H V 20,300
150 Po Kai Ho 20,300
151 Ping Chieh Wu 20,300
152 Sih Yi Chen 20,300
153 Yi Feng Hsiao 20,300
154 Jui Hung Huang 20,300
155 Yutse Shih 20,300
156 Yong Yao Jiang 20,300
157 Justin Pak Kwan 20,300
158 Xiu Yuan Zhang 20,300
159 Zhengqun Bai 20,300
160 Zhung Li 20,300
161 David Gill 20,300
162 Chingshun Wu 20,300
163 Yu Fan Tsai 19,500
164 Fu An Huang 19,500
165 Shen Xing Liang 19,500
166 Huawei Lin 19,500
167 Jihua Zhang 19,500
168 Cheng Cheng 19,500
169 Linchi Lu 19,500
170 Guoyi Ceng 19,500
171 梓恩 黃 19,500
172 Chi Ho Kevin Chi Ho 19,500
173
174 Yang Chen Yu 19,500
175 Cheng Ze Lin 19,500
176 Benson Sung 19,500
177 Yu Chuan Tsai 19,500
178 Hung Yi Chiu 19,500
179 Weihan Wang 19,500
180 Chienyu Sung 19,500
181 Chi Hao Chu 18,700
182 Yenyung Lee 18,700
183 Jian Tsung Yang 18,700
184 Chang Hau Huang 18,700
185 Lee Chiang 18,700
186 Hsienwei Tseng 18,700
187 Yong Chun Chu 18,700
188 Pi Ying Hsu 18,700
189 Chi Shan Hsu 18,700
190 Yong Qi Zhang 18,700
191 Jing Yan Li 18,700
192 Chun Lin Shih 18,700
193 Lee Ni Hon 18,700
194 Yihung Chen 18,700
195 Chien Ting Wu 18,700
196 Chenchin Wu 18,700
197 Zong Chi He 18,700
198 Hsu Chenchia 18,700
199 Chia Wei Shen 18,000
200 Weichen Liu 18,000
201 You Ci Tsai Yu 18,000
202 Chien Hsun Wang 18,000
203 Min Jie Zhuang 18,000
204 Seigai Kou 18,000
205 Chung Yi Ho 18,000
206 Yu Kai Lo 18,000
207 Chia Lun Lin 18,000
208 Cheng Pin Hsu 18,000
209 Chia Hao Chang 18,000
210 Tsu Ynu Yang 18,000
211 Ty C 18,000
212 Kai Yu Liu 18,000
213 Mao Lun Yu 18,000
214 Yuanqi Mai 18,000
215 Min Feng Huang 18,000
216 Gingyu Huang 18,000
217 Mao Lin Yu 17,300
218 Lap Wai Hung 17,300
219 Czar Ian Marcos 17,300
220 Zongyan Ho 17,300
221 Yi Wei Peng 17,300
222 Chenwei Tseng 17,300
223 Lun Chun Chou 17,300
224 Jun Da Lin 17,300
225 Chia Yuan Chang 17,300
226 Wei Chen Chiang 17,300
227 Benson Liu 17,300
228 Bo Yun Lee 17,300
229 Xing Jie Chew 17,300
230 Yulun Ye 17,300
231 Po Yen Peng 17,300
232 Pinhung Liao 17,300
233 Justin Jerome 17,300
234 Hsusheng Wang 17,300
235 Chih Hung Shen 16,600
236 Yiching Lin 16,600
237 Shao Chi Chang 16,600
238 Derek Yip 16,600
239 Jun Zhong Wang 16,600
240 Wei Yeh Chen 16,600
241 Shioumin Lin 16,600
242 Li Ming Liu 16,600
243 Chengkuan Chen 16,600
244 Yuling Wang 16,600
245 Hao Chih Yang 16,600
246 Chi Wei Chou 16,600
247 Chun Yueh Chen 16,600
248 Shengwei Wu 16,600
249 Kuowei Lee 16,600
250 Yang Tzu Han 16,600
251 Po Theng Huang 16,600
252 Chihwen Chen 16,600
253 Yen Hsi Lin 16,000
254 Wang Han Chuang 16,000
255 Chih Wei Lin 16,000
256 Zhijun Chen 16,000
257 Yu Guang Chen 16,000
258 Pin Hao Huang 16,000
259 Hsien Tse Chen 16,000
260 Yu Tang Hu 16,000
261 Jikun Zeng 16,000
262 Jackson Chan 16,000
263 Yushang Chen 16,000
264 Chin Hao Weng 16,000
265 Deng Kai Deng 16,000
266 Kuanyu Lin 16,000
267 Shi Kai Yu 16,000
268 Yuk Fung Kwong 16,000
269 Wei Jung Sung 16,000
270 Errol Hon 16,000
271
272 Ren Wang 15,400
273 Karmen Tam 15,400
274 Lee Kun Han 15,400
275 Rui Lu 15,400
276 Hao Wang 15,400
277 Kai Chieh Yu 15,400
278 Pin I Fu 15,400
279 Chienhung Guo 15,400
280 Chih Hua Hsu 15,400
281 Szujui Chiu 15,400
282 Lin Hung Chang 15,400
283 Wei Chen Hsu 15,400
284 Chean Yu 15,400
285 Yuehchiao Yang 15,400
286 Thomas 15,400
287 Chung Hung Lai 15,400
288 Jeffrey Lee 15,400
289 Cheng Kuo Wang 15,000
290 Jen Chieh Liu 15,000
291 Peng Chin Teng 15,000
292 Chun Yi Chu 15,000
293 Chun Wei Shiao 15,000
294 Jyun Ling Li 15,000
295 Zhao Han Pan 15,000
296 Wei Chun Liu 15,000
297 Chia Hui Tu 15,000
298 Lee Chi Wei Lee 15,000
299 Kyoungmi Kim 15,000
300 Lin Nine Heng 15,000
301 Weile Tsai 15,000
302 Rick Li 15,000
303 Chuanchang Peng 15,000
304 Ren Hung Lan 15,000
305 Perry Chen 15,000
306 Park Yu Cheung 15,000
307 Chung Chie Kuan 14,700
308 Ming Hang Cho 14,700
309 Kuan Ying Chen 14,700
310 King Wai Cheung 14,700
311 Ching Yu Lee 14,700
312 Hao Yu Wu 14,700
313 Wen Ming Chen 14,700
314 Ker Paw Lin 14,700
315 Haosyuan Huang 14,700
316 Chih Yang Chen 14,700
317 Pin Lun Li 14,700
318 Yu-Ling Ding 14,700
319 Hoi Wai Tam 14,700
320 Hao Hsiang Yeh 14,700
321 Shihong Huang 14,700
322 Chang Ming Lo 14,700
323 Jian Hong Chen 14,700
324 Chun Yu Ma 14,700
325 Jui Shen Hung 14,400
326 Guojin Zeng 14,400
327 Keng Yao Chong 14,400
328 Chih Feng Li 14,400
329 Chun Yen Ho 14,400
330 Shih Ting Lo 14,400
331 Weikai Lin 14,400
332 Ping Tsung Liu 14,400
333 Alice Hsu 14,400
334 Kai Yuan Hsieh 14,400
335 Zheng Liang Liu 14,400
336 Bonlin Li 14,400
337 Chung Linag Kuo 14,400
338 Lihan Chen 14,400
339 Tzu Han Chen 14,400
340 Chin Ling Hsu 14,400
341 Chen An Lin 14,400
342 Sam Hung 14,400
343 Chen Jui Ting 14,200
344 Ching Wei Lo 14,200
345 Lieh Li 14,200
346 Peter Ng 14,200
347 Tsung Cheng Ho 14,200
348 Ho Shing Wong 14,200
349 Haolun Yang 14,200
350 Yi Min Chang 14,200
351 Kuanhao Chen 14,200
352 Chao Min Fan 14,200
353 Jun Hong Huang 14,200
354 Tsulin Tsao 14,200
355 Zihao Zeng 14,200
356 Yeda Yu 14,200
357 Yu Xuan Zheng 14,200
358 Hduan Yu Lin 14,200
359 Jeffrey Tsang 14,200
360 He Liang Yu 14,200
361 Weilien Chiang 14,000
362 Poyi Chen 14,000
363 Rui Han Su 14,000
364 Wei Xing Wang 14,000
365 Lung Yu Lin 14,000
366 Chihhsien Hung 14,000
367 Yu Fan Wu 14,000
368 Violet Chang 14,000
369 Chengwei Peng 14,000
370 Yuan Hao Chang 14,000
371 Yongjie Syu 14,000
372 Li Kung Wan 14,000
373 Chia Lung Tsai 14,000
374 Yunying Jheng 14,000
375 Chia Chaing Ko 14,000
376 Kelly Liu 13,800
377 Sheng Wei Fan 13,800
378 Wing Ho Szeto 13,800
379 Kuna Lin Yu 13,800
380 Chun Ho Nam 13,800
381 Chun Te Lee 13,800
382 Kuoyang Huang 13,800
383 David Lee 13,800
384 Yang Hsin Shih 13,800
385 Hon Cheong Lee 13,800
386 Pochen Lai 13,800
387 Shih Wei Hou 13,800
388 Mu Ze Li 13,800
389 Jhen En Tong 13,800
390 Jhih Yao Hsu 13,800
391 Wang Wei 13,600
392
393 Hung Lin Yeh 13,600
394 Han Yee Seow 13,600
395 Hung Sheng Lin 13,600
396 Eric Cc Chen 13,600
397 Hanguang Lin 13,600
398 Szu Wei Chiu 13,600
399 Jui Wei Hsu 13,600
400 Yuchieh Lee 13,600
401 Chia Wei Kao 13,600
402 Kuangchieh Lo 13,600
403 Wenyi Tseng 13,600
404 Douhoung Chien 13,600
405 Chia Hung Chen 13,600
406 Shingleo Tsai 13,400
407 Yu Huan Ting 13,400
408 Chih Hsuan Chang 13,400
重複晉級
409 Yan Chen Qiu 13,400
410 Hua Wei Lin 13,400
411 Chang Hau Huang 13,400
412 Pi Ying Hsu 13,400
413 Chih Hao Chung 13,400
414 Chien Liang Chi 13,400
415 Deng Kai Deng 13,400
416 Chien Hsun Wang 13,400
417 Yzh Chia Shaw 13,400
418 Ngai Yeung Edmond Chim 13,400
419 Yu Lin Wang 13,400
420 Jian Hong Chen 13,400
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