Pete Chen Wins TMT Championship Mini Main Event for TWD 1.16 Million
TMT Championship 2026 continued on Wednesday, October 21, at CTP Asia Poker Arena in Taipei, with Pete Chen emerging as the Mini Main Event champion.
Chen topped the 606-entry field to collect TWD 1,160,000 from the TWD 7,853,760 prize pool, with Malaysia's Kok Wei Teoh finishing runner-up for TWD 820,000.
Elsewhere, Injae Jeong captured the High Roller Warm Up for TWD 610,000, while Kristof Segers came through a 215-entry field to win the NLH 9-6-2 Fighters.
Pete Chen Wins Mini Main Event for TWD 1.16 Million
A field of 93 players returned for the Mini Main Event Final Day after four starting flights had pushed the TWD 15,000 event well beyond its TWD 4 million guarantee.
Hon Leung Ip had entered the Final Day as chip leader with 1,350,000, while Chen began seventh overall with 848,000.
It was Chen who ultimately claimed the title and TWD 1,160,000 top prize. Kok Wei Teoh finished second for TWD 820,000, while Singapore's Qi Le Wah collected TWD 530,000 in third. Hyundong Lee followed in fourth for TWD 400,000, with Fengchih Hsu completing the top five.
Mini Main Event Final Table Results
Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Taiwan | TWD 1,160,000 | |
2 | Malaysia | TWD 820,000 | |
3 | Singapore | TWD 530,000 | |
4 | South Korea | TWD 400,000 | |
5 | Fengchih Hsu | Taiwan | TWD 310,000 |
6 | Hong Kong | TWD 250,000 | |
7 | Taiwan | TWD 208,000 | |
8 | Thailand | TWD 168,000 | |
9 | Vietnam | TWD 131,200 |
Injae Jeong Wins High Roller Warm Up
Injae Jeong picked up the biggest side-event prize of the day after winning the TWD 25,000 High Roller Warm Up.
The South Korean topped 98 entries to collect TWD 610,000 from the TWD 2,205,000 prize pool.
Fellow South Korean Siung Kim finished runner-up for TWD 379,000, while Hong-Xu Wu took third for TWD 228,000.
Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | South Korea | TWD 610,000 | |
2 | South Korea | TWD 379,000 | |
3 | Taiwan | TWD 228,000 | |
4 | Sreekanth Krishnamoorthy | India | TWD 148,300 |
5 | Taiwan | TWD 113,000 | |
6 | South Korea | TWD 96,000 | |
7 | Taiwan | TWD 84,000 | |
8 | Hong Kong | TWD 74,000 | |
9 | Hong Kong | TWD 65,000 |
Kristof Segers Tops 215-Entry Fighters
Kristof Segers came out on top of the day's largest side-event field in the TWD 8,000 NLH 9-6-2 Fighters.
The tournament attracted 215 entries and generated a TWD 1,403,520 prize pool, comfortably surpassing its TWD 1 million guarantee.
Segers collected TWD 266,100 for the victory, with Seong Hun Jo finishing runner-up for TWD 190,000.
Liang Su Wins Big O, Jhih Wei Shu Takes PLO Head Hunter
Liang Su claimed the TWD 5,000 Big O title after topping a field of 50 entries.
Su collected TWD 66,500 from the TWD 204,000 prize pool, with Craig Anthony Cooper finishing runner-up for TWD 40,600.
Jhih Wei Shu was another Wednesday winner, taking down the TWD 3,500 PLO Head Hunter. The event attracted 90 entries and generated a TWD 257,040 prize pool, with Shu earning TWD 55,000 and Belgium's Koen Paul Schiepers finishing runner-up for TWD 31,400.
Japan's Shusuke Kamada rounded out Wednesday's non-satellite winners by taking down the 77-entry Daily MegaStack Stair for TWD 13,100
Wednesday Side Event Winners
Event | Entries | Winner | Winner's Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
Daily MegaStack Stair (SS) | 77 | TWD 13,100 | |
NLH 9-6-2 Fighters | 215 | TWD 266,100 | |
Big O | 50 | TWD 66,500 | |
High Roller Warm Up | 98 | TWD 610,000 | |
PLO Head Hunter | 90 | Jhih Wei Shu | TWD 55,000 |
TWD 30 Million Guaranteed Main Event Begins Thursday
Attention now turns to the TMT Championship Main Event, which gets underway on Thursday, October 22.
The TWD 35,000 centerpiece carries a TWD 30 million guarantee and features six starting flights across three days. Day 1A begins at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, followed by the Day 1B Turbo at 6:30 p.m.
High roller players will also have plenty to choose from. A TWD 100,000 High Roller begins at 2:00 p.m., while the expanded High Roller schedule continues with a TWD 30,000 High Roller Battle Stack at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 22 Schedule
Start | Event | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|
10:00 a.m. | Satellite to TMTC Main | TWD 3,800 |
11:00 a.m. | Daily MegaStack Stair (SS) | TWD 1,500 |
11:30 a.m. | TMTC Main Event Day 1A | TWD 35,000 |
1:00 p.m. | NLH Freezeout | TWD 10,000 |
2:00 p.m. | High Roller | TWD 100,000 |
4:00 p.m. | PLO | TWD 6,000 |
6:00 p.m. | NLH | TWD 15,000 |
6:30 p.m. | TMTC Main Event Day 1B Turbo | TWD 35,000 |
7:00 p.m. | High Roller Battle Stack | TWD 30,000 |
8:00 p.m. | Satellite to TMTC Main, 5 Tickets GTD | TWD 3,800 |
9:00 p.m. | NLH & PLO Dealer Choice Win The Button | TWD 3,500 |
TMT Championship 2026continues through October 26, with the Main Event champion set to be crowned on the final day of the festival.
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Tim Baker is a UK-born Live Poker Reporter based in Indonesia, covering major poker tournaments across Asia and around the world since 2023. With nearly two decades of experience around live and online poker, he brings deep knowledge of the game and the international poker scene to his tournament coverage.
