Erwin Ng Tops TMT Championship Main Event B; Philip Wang, Mak Chun Wing, Eosoo Lee, Anson Yu Top Sides

11/03/2024

Taiwan poker is alive and booming as seen at the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City where the inaugural TMT Championship is in full swing. A spin-off of the beloved low stakes Taiwan Millions Tournament, this newly introduced high tier is proving just as popular with the Main Event on track to smash its USD 600,000 guarantee. This is incredibly impressive for this homegrown event.

TMT Championship

The TMTC kicked off on October 25 and will run through its final day on November 5. Due to a one day typhoon postponement, the Main Event was pushed one day later to November 1 attracting 329 on its first flight. On the following day, Flight B took the stage bringing in another 229 entries. Check out the highlights below. In addition to the main, the TMTC also crowned another batch of winners.

Erwin Ng Tops TMT Championship Main Event B

Erwin Ng tops TMT Championship Main Event Flight B

Singapore’s Erwin Ng exploited the bubble round at the TMT Championship Main Event Flight B to bag up the largest stack of 1,040,000 (89 bb). Like Andrew Ma at Flight A, Ng was the only player to amass seven digits at his flight.

Flight B brought in another healthy crowd with 229 on register and 35 advancing to the ITM round. In addition to Ng, among the players finding success in this heat were Justin Chu, Chi Jen Chen, Manlok Chan, Shyh Chyn Lim, Seunghun Ko, and WSOP bracelet winner Shiina Okamoto.

On the flip side, among the day’s fallen were Jereld Sam, Anton Widjaya, Hon Cheong Lee, and on the bubble Young Mi Kim. Luckily, there are still two flights to play out for them to get back in the running.

Philip Wang Wins Big O

One of Taiwan’s veteran poker players and PLO sharks, Philip Wang shipped the second installment of the Big O at the TMT Championship. This was Wang career 12th PLO win which came with a cool NTD 81,100 (~US$ 2,540) top prize.

Date: November 2, 2024
Buy in: NTD 8,000 (~US$ 250)
Entries: 30
Prize pool: NTD 197,900 (~US$ 6,200)
ITM: 5 places

Mak Chun Wing Triumphs At the Single Day High Roller

Mak Chun Wing wins Single Day High Roller

Hong Kong’s Mak Chun Wing entered the final table as chip leader and stayed ahead of the pack throughout to clinch the title and a payout of NT$ 691,000 (~US$ 21,635). This was Wing’s career first title and largest poker career payout.

Date: November 2, 2024
Buy in: NTD 40,000 (~US$ 1,250)
Entries: 55
Prize pool: NTD 1,974,000 (~US$ 61,800)
ITM: 9 places

Eosoo Lee wins Lady's Event NLH — Eosoo Lee wins Lady’s Event NLH

Maiden victory for Eosoo Lee at the Ladies Event NLH. Lee outlasted the 52 entry field to earn the NTD 108,100 (~US$ 3,385) top prize and a trophy to start her collection.

Date: November 2, 2024
Buy in: NTD 7,000 (~US$ 220)
Entries: 52
Prize pool: NTD 300,200 (~US$ 9,400)
ITM: 8 places