Record breaking Taiwan Millions Tournament 14 Main Event resumes with 408 players remaining out of 3,485 entries; prize pool settles at NTD 22.9 Million

The 14th edition of the Taiwan Millions Tournament MAIN EVENT, Sponsored by Natural8, was a sight to see with intense wall to wall action daily resulting in an astounding 3,485 entries across five entry days. The incredible turnout absolutely shattered the NTD 10M guarantee for a prize pool that ballooned to NTD 22,987,100 (~USD 733,700). A total of 408 players advanced to Day 2, each one earning a share and each one aiming for the massive NTD 3,600,000 (~USD 114,900) top prize.

Catch the action via the Day 2 live updates at the bottom of the page.

TMT 14 Main Event numbers

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

1st place: NTD 3,600,000 (~USD 114,900)

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

You can read up on the Day 1 action via the Live Updates.

Day 2 – Live Updates
Day 2 players: 408
Chips in play: 87,125,000

Final 9 players

Remaining payouts

01:45: Kuan Chieh Liu eliminated in 10th place – NTD 258,100 (~USD 8,240)
Level 18: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000

Kuan Chieh Liu goes bust in two hands to miss the final table. First hand sees a pot grow to 2,800,000 preflop and a flop . Kuan Chieh Liu shoves holding , Ming Zheng Cai check-calls with . The turn is and river .

Next hand, Liu shoves draw on a flop , Beng Cheng Lin calls with , the turn and river are no help to Liu to fall in 10th place.

Ming Zheng Cai – 5,800,000
Beng Cheng Lin – 20,600,000
Kuan Chieh Liu – eliminated in 10th place

01:35: Chia Shaw wins two pots
Level 18: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000

Shortly after Chia Shaw lost a pot to Wei Kai Su, he chipped up on two hands against Bing Yi Chen. The first hand saw a pot build to 1,800,000 by the turn . Cutoff Shaw bet 700,000, Chen folded.

Next hand, Chen raised from utg to 800,000, big blind Shaw defended, the flop ran . Chen c-bet 800,000, Shaw fired a check-raise of 2,000,000. Chen folded.

Chia Shaw – 10,000,000
Bing Yi Chen – 4,000,000

01:30: Wei Kai Su scores a big pot with trips
Level 18: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000

By the turn there was 3,000,000 in the pot. Cutoff Wei Kai Su bet 1,200,000, button Chia Shaw calls, the river lands . Both players check. Wei shows trips, Shaw mucks.

Wei Kai Su – 9,500,000
Chia Shaw – 6,000,000

01:20: Lo Yu Jung eliminated in 11th place – NTD 258,100 (~USD 8,240)
Level 17: 150,000-300,000 ante 300,000

Teng Wei Lien is all in with , shorter stacked Lo Yu Jung risks with , the board ensures the win for Lien with a king on the board.

Teng Wei Lien – 11,000,000
Lo Yu Jung – eliminated in 11th place

01:15: Kai Hung Hu bets on every street
Level 17: 150,000-300,000 ante 300,000

Cutoff Kai Hung Hu raises to 600,000 Bing Yi Chen defends the big blind, the flop is , Chen checks then calls Kai’s 400,000 c-bet. Same action on the turn with a 1,100,000 c-bet check-called by Chen. On the river , Kai bets 4,000,000, Chen folds.

Kai Hung Hu – 11,300,000
Bing Yi Chen – 6,200,000

01:10: Yu Yung Lin eliminated in 12th place – NTD 258,100 (~USD 8,240)
Level 17: 150,000-300,000 ante 300,000

All in preflop, Yu Yung Lin at risk with against big stacked Beng Cheng Lin with . No help comes on the board to send Lin packing.

Beng Cheng Lin – 16,500,000
Yu Yung Lin – eliminated in 12th place

01:05: Good call by Fate Wang, exposes Chen’s bluff
Level 17: 150,000-300,000 ante 300,000

Button player Bing Yi Chen raises to 600,000, Fate Wang defends the big blind, both players see the flop . Chen c-bets 450,000, Wang check-calls then both check the turn . On the river , Chen sends out 1,700,000, Wang check-calls. Chen has missed draw, Wang wins it with pair.

Fate Wang – 8,200,000
Bing Yi Chen – 9,000,000

01:00: Set for Chia Shaw
Level 17: 150,000-300,000 ante 300,000

On a board , big blind Ming Zheng Cai bets 1,250,000, button Chia Shaw calls and shows set, Ming mucks.

Chia Shaw – 9,000,000
Ming Zheng Cai – 2,400,000

00:55: Chia Yun Wu wins two pots
Level 17: 150,000-300,000 ante 300,000

Chia Yun Wu has chipped up to 9,000,000 on two hands. The first pot saw Chia raise to 600,000 big blind calls, flop runs , Chia c-bets 600,000 and takes it down.

Next hand, two players built a pot of 2,900,000 by the turn . Chia bets 2,300,000, Lo Yu Jung folds.

Chia Yun Wu – 9,000,000
Lo Yun Jung – 6,000,000

00:51: Yu Jen Wei eliminated in 13th place – NTD 258,100 (~USD 8,240)
Level 17: 150,000-300,000 ante 300,000

Cutoff player Yu Jen Wei shoves holding and is at risk against bigger stacked Lo Yu Yung with live cards. With the board running , Yu is outdrawn to fall in 13th place.

Lo Yu Yung – 6,700,000

00:50: 13 players remaining
Level 17: 150,000-300,000 ante 300,000

00:35: Ming Zheng Cai doubles up with jacks
Level 16: 125,000-250,000 ante 250,000

Ming Zheng Cai is all in on a three-bet pot with , Wei Kai Su attempts to eliminate with , the board runs . Ming’s jacks hold for a double up.

Ming Zheng Cai – 2,700,000
Wei Kai Su – 6,800,000

00:30: Kuan Chieh Liu doubles with big slick
Level 16: 125,000-250,000 ante 250,000

Button player Bing Yi Chen goes all in holding , big blind Kuan Chieh Liu puts Chen at risk calling with , the board runs . Kuan doubles up.

Kuan Chieh Liu – 8,100,000
Bing Yi Chen – 10,500,000

00:25: Small pair holds for Chia Yun Wu
Level 16: 125,000-250,000 ante 250,000

From utg Beng Chen Lin raises to 550,000, Chia Yun Wu defends the big blind. At the flop , Chia check-calls 325,000. Both players check the turn and river . Chia shows , Lin mucks.

00:10: Beng Chen Lin eliminates Ting Wei Liu
Level 16: 125,000-250,000 ante 250,000

Hijack player Ting Wei Liu shoves for 1,850,000, big blind Beng Chen Lin calls. Liu shows , Beng with overcards for a flip. The board runs . Liu is eliminated.

Beng Chen Lin – 11,500,000
Ting Wei Liu – eliminated in 14th place

00:00: Yu Yung Lin doubles up as Feng Ming Hsu plunges and out
Level 16: 125,000-250,000 ante 250,000

Hijack Feng Ming Hsu goes all in for 1,550,000, big blind Yu Yung Lin risked it all as well with less chips. Hsu shows , Lin with , the board runs for ace-high to double through.

Shortly after, both players face off again, Hsu is eliminated with unable to crack Lin’s .

Yu Yung Lin – 4,300,000
Feng Ming Hsu – eliminated

23:55: 15 players remaining
Level 16: 125,000-250,000 ante 250,000

15 players remaining, only six eliminations before Day 2 bags up.

22:15: Kai Hung
Level 13: 75,000-125,000 ante 125,000

21:35: Fate Wang’s pocket pair is good
Level 12: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000

Two players build a pot of 750,000 and see the flop . Both check, and do the same on the turn and river. Fate Wang wins it with over .

21:25: Wei Yu Lu rails short stacked Wang
Level 12: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000

All in preflop, small blind Yi Sheng Wang with , big blind Wei Yu Lu calls with {10c9c}. The board runs out . Wang busts.

21:07: 32 players left
Level 12: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000

21:05: Chia Yun Wu claims the pot
Level 11: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000

Battle of the blinds see a flop of [3c} and a pot of 500,000. Small blind Hun Teng Yu bets 140,000, big blind Chia Yun Wu calls, the turn lands . Again Yu bets out 350,000 this time and Chia calls. The river , Yu checks, Chia fires 500,000, Yu folds.

Chia Yun Wu – 4,900,000
Hun Teng Yu – 1,500,000

20:55: Big check-raise by Chun Teng Yu tanks Kai Hung Hu
Level 11: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000

On a board that completed and 650,000 brewed, mid position Kai Hung Hu bet 450,000, big blind Chun Teng Yu check-raised all in for 1,050,000, Kai tanked then folded.

Chun Teng Yu – 2,200,000
Kai Hung Hu – 4,400,000

20:40: Tsuan Pin Lim’s ducks survive overcards
Level 11: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000

Action folds to the small blind Tsuan Pin Lim who shoves with . Big blind Sheng Chen You calls with . The board runs for ducks to hold. Lim doubles up.

Tsuan Pin Lim – 1,600,000
Sheng Chen You – 400,000

20:35: Chia Yun Wu lands one-card flush
Level 11: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000

All in preflop, Chia Yun Wu with , at risk player with , board runs . Chia land a one card flush to ship it and send one packing.

20:30: Ming Zheng Cai
Level 11: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000

Big pot of 1,300,000 brewed by the turn . Small blind Ming Zheng Cai bets 250,000, button player Jun Hao Tsai raises to 650,000, Ming three-bets 1,650,000, Jung calls. On the river , Ming shoves 1,030,000, JUng tank-calls and opens two pair, Ming ships it with trips.

Ming Zheng Cai – 6,800,000
Jung Hao Tsai – 1,600,000

20:10: Bing Yi Chen hard-bets Chi Jen Chen
Level 10: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000

On a board showing with 600,000 in the pot, utg+1 Bing Yi Chen bets 480,000, big blind Chi Jen Chen check-calls. On the river , Bing shoves, Chi is covered, he tank-folds.

Bing Yi Chen – 5,500,000
Chi Jen Chen – 900,000

20:00: Good call by Yi Sheng Wang
Level 10: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000

On a board , small blind bets 420,000 onto a pot of 850,000, cutoff Yi Sheng Wang tank-calls. Small blind shows pair, Wang wins it with higher pair.

Yi Sheng Wang – 2,400,000

19:50: Chia Yun Wu running hot
Level 10: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000

All in preflop, Chia Yun Wu dominating cutoff player’s . The board is {6c. Chia boots one out and rises to 4,300,000.

19:45: Chia Yun Wu gets queens to fold
Level 10: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000

Chia Yun Wu drained 1,000,000 off a player’s stack on a preflop betting war that led to his opponent folding . Chia chipped up to 3,900,000.

19:40: Fate Wang rails one
Level 10: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000

Xuan Han Huang all in with , Fate Wang calls with , the board offers no help to Huang to bump the rail.

Fate Wang – 4,000,000

19:30: Leaders at the break. 51 left
Level 9: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000

Bing Yi Chen – 5,300,000
Yih Chia Shaw – 4,100,000
Yu Jen Wei – 4,200,000
Ming Zheng Cai – 3,600,000

19:28: Top pair good for Yu Jen Wei
Level 9: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000

Catching the action on a board with 500,000 brewed, lojack Yu Jen Wei bets 225,000, cutoff Hsu Huang calls to see the river . Yu bets 200,000, Huang calls again then mucks to Yu’s top pair.

Yu Jen Wei – 4,200,000
Hsu Huang – 300,000

19:15: Big slick for Teng Wei Lien
Level 9: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000

All in preflop, Teng Wei Lien with premium , Ping Chao Lee risks with less holding , the board is jack-high to end Lee’s run.

Teng Wei Lien – 3,100,000

19:10: Yih Chia Shaw gets Yi Sheng Wang to fold top pair
Level 9: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000

From utg+1 Yih Chia Shaw raises to 100,000, cutoff Yi Sheng Wang calls, the flop runs . Yih c-bets 135,000, Wang tank-folds and shows top pair,

Yih Chia Shaw – 3,900,000

19:07: Wei Yu Lu three-bet shoves for the pot
Level 9: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000

With 400,000 in the pot and a board , Wei Yun Lu bets 230,000, mp player folds, cutoff raises to 550,000, Wei three-bet shoves, inducing a snap-fold.

Wei Yun Lu – 3,300,000

19:05: Bing Yi Chen rails Kenny Hsiung
Level 9: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000

Kenny Hsiung all in with , down the orbit Bing Yi Chen puts Hsiung at risk calling with . The board runs out , Hsiung busts.

Bing Yi Chen – 5,000,000

19:00: Jung Hao Tsai rails two
Level 9: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000

All in preflop, Jung Hao Tsai with , at risk player with , the board runs . Tsai ships it. Next bust, Tsai raises to 100,000 big blind shoves, Tsai calls with and is flipping against . The board runs , cutoff misses.

Jung Hao Tsai – 4,100,000

18:50: Bing Yi Chen flushes out Huang
Level 9: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000

Utg+1 Bing Yi Chen raises to 100,000 and finds three callers to the flop . Chen c-bets 175,000, cutoff folds, button Chung Wei Huang and big blind call. On the turn , Chen sends out 500,000, only Huang continues to see the river . Chen jams, Huang is covered and tank-calls. Huang shows top pair and is eliminated by Chen’s flush on the river.

Bing Yi Chen – 4,200,000

18:45: 64 players left
Level 9: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000

18:30: Kenny Hsiung one card flush
Level 8: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000

Utg+1 Kenny Hsiung raises to 90,000, cutoff player three-bets all in for 600,000, Hsiung calls with and is flipping against . With lots of love on the board , Hsiung’s heart wins it with the flush to boot one out.

Kenny Hsiung – 1,400,000

18:20: Yih Chia Shaw triple barrels
Level 8: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000

Hijack Yih Chia Shaw raises to 80,000, big blind defends, the flop runs . Shaw c-bets 65,000, bb calls. Shaw gets 200,000 on the turn, bb folds.

Yih Chia Shaw – 3,000,000

18:15: Tu Yu Sz nut flush to survive
Level 8: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000

Heavy preflop betting action leads to Tu Yu Sz all in with and Tsuyoshi Yanagida looking to eliminate with . The board runs out for Tu to improve to the nut flush for a double up.

Tu Yu Sz – 1,500,000
Tsuyoshi Yanagida – 1,000,000

18:05: Tsuyoshi Yanagida’s nut flush rails one
Level 8: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000

Tsuyoshi Yanagida is ahead with , at risk player has , the board runs for the better hand to further improve to a nut flush.

Tsuyoshi Yanagida – 1,700,000

18:00: 83 players left
Level 8: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000