CTP Club Gears Up for Inaugural TMT Championship End Of October

Nonstop poker in Taiwan as the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association – CTP Club – gears up for the next highlight on their annual live poker schedule. For the first time, the beloved homegrown Taiwan Millions Tournament will stage its first ever TMT Championship, taking place from October 25 until November 4, 2024. Players can look forward to custom-made trophies and hardwood plates from home soil.

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Once more the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City is the host venue and will be co-sponsored by Natural8, which has several poker pros and content creators from Taiwan as part of their ambassador roster such as Charlie Chiu, 2023 WSOP Europe Main Event runner-up Eric Tsai aka “SixPoker”, Nevan Chang and Hua-Wei Lin “WinPokerCouple”, as well as Kitty Kuo.

TMT Championship

In January 2024, the low-stakes buy in TMT 15 Main Event attracted 3,891 entries and generated a prize pool of TWD 25,296,116 (~ USD $806,215). This was followed by a gargantuan field of 6,953 entries in July’s TMT 16 for a record breaking prize pool of TWD 51,594,800 (~US$ 1,572,390).

Those tremendous attendance tallies will be out of reach for the time being with the first ever TMT Championship buy-in set at a higher price of TWD 33,000 (~USD $1,033). This is matched with a TWD 22 Million (~ USD $600,000) guarantee.

Four different starting days are available, three of which come with a level duration of 40 minutes each while the final turbo heat has a reduced level time of 20 minutes each. On Day 2, the levels rise to 50 minutes each before the grand finale will be played with 60-minute levels.

TMT Championship Features 22 Trophy Events

While all eyes will be set on the Championship, there are a total of 22 trophy events, 21 satellites, and nine High Roller competitions available for players of all stakes along with two Ladies Events. The action gets underway in Event #1 Kick-Off with a moderate buy-in of TWD 10,000 (~USD $314), which is followed by the Mini Main Event from October 27 to 29 at an entry cost of TWD 12,000 (~USD $377).

TMTC High Roller Events

All but two days during the series include more expensive tournaments for players to showcase their talents. The opening High Roller Event #1 costs TWD 50,000 (~USD $1,553) to enter and a Single Day edition with TWD 80,000 price tag (~USD $2,484) follows thereafter. By far the most expensive competition on the schedule is the Super High Roller on the final two days with a price tag of TWD 200,000 (~USD $6,280).

Expect some of the region’s top pros in action such at Justin Chu, Sparrow Cheung, Japanese influencer Usako, King Lun Lau, and Asia’s top female player / 2024 WSOP Ladies Event champion Shiina Okamoto.

TMTC Sponsored Events

Many mid-stakes players will certainly look forward to two events taking place on October 29, “The Hendon Mob Championship” (THMC) and the PFGT x Taipei Cup Mystery Bounty.

The THMC uses the GPI Asia license and has a buy-in of TWD 15,000 (~USD $466), features levels of 20 minutes each and a starting stack of 20,000 chips.

Korean brand Poker Face GT – PFGT Taipei Cup Mystery Bounty comes with a price tag of TWD 16,500 (~USD $518) and a staggering guarantee worth TWD 4 Million (~USD $126,000).

Stay tuned for more updates as the TMT Championship draws near!