Taik Ki Yeo Wins TMT Championship Target Stack for TWD 683,000
Taik Ki Yeo won the TMT Championship Target Stack on Monday at the TMT Championship 2026, coming from tenth in chips at the start of the day to collect TWD 683,000 (~USD 21,380) at CTP Asia Poker Arena in Taipei.
The TWD 12,000 event drew 221 entries across Sunday's three flights, and the TWD 3,000,000 guarantee was paid out in full to the 29 players who returned.
Elsewhere, Wei Huang won a 142-entry Head Hunter, the TMTC × Turn Up Poker Team Championship went to a South Korean pair, and the Mini Main began with its first two flights.
Taik Ki Yeo Wins Target Stack
South Korea's Taik Ki Yeo started the final day with 218,500 chips, tenth of the 29 survivors. By the end of the night, he held the trophy and the top prize of TWD 683,000 (~USD 21,380).
Kristof Segers, seventh in chips overnight, finished runner-up for TWD 480,000 (~USD 15,020). Donghyeon Kim took third for TWD 300,000, one of five South Korean players at the final table.
Overnight leader Chee Hong Loh could not convert his chip lead and finished 23rd. With 221 entries at TWD 12,000, the event fell short of its guarantee and paid out around TWD 348,000 in overlay.
Target Stack NLH Final Table Results
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | TWD 683,000 | ||
2 | TWD 480,000 | ||
3 | TWD 300,000 | ||
4 | TWD 184,000 | ||
5 | TWD 143,000 | ||
6 | TWD 119,000 | ||
7 | TWD 102,000 | ||
8 | TWD 87,000 | ||
9 | TWD 72,200 |
Wei Huang Tops 142-Entry Head Hunter
The late TWD 3,500 NLH Head Hunter, with TWD 1,000 bounties, was the biggest side event of the day at 142 entries.
Taiwan's Wei Huang took it down for TWD 54,500 (~USD 1,710), ahead of Japan's Yujiro Nagao and Pin Liang Kuo.
Twenty-two players reached the money.
More Monday Winners
Five other events finished on Monday, from the TWD 1,500 Daily MegaStack Stair to the TWD 6,000 Team Championship.
Event | Entries | Winner | Country | Winner's Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Daily MegaStack Stair | 64 | TWD 13,200 | ||
NLH Head Hunter (TWD 2,000 Bounty) | 72 | TWD 24,000 | ||
TMTC × Turn Up Poker Team Championship | 59 | TWD 21,250 each | ||
Ladies Event | 24 | TWD 30,900 | ||
Big O | 66 | TWD 59,500 |
Singapore's Rico Xue Kai Tan won the Big O for TWD 59,500 (~USD 1,860), while Jean Jean Yueh took the Ladies Event for TWD 30,900.
Jinhyeok Jung and Wooseok Seo won the Team Championship, splitting TWD 42,500 between them. Wai Kin Tse topped 72 entries in the TWD 2,000 bounty Head Hunter, and Cheng Hung Chen won the Daily MegaStack Stair for TWD 13,200.
Mini Main Continues on Tuesday
The TWD 15,000 Mini Main, carrying a TWD 4,000,000 guarantee, played Day 1A and Day 1B on Monday. Day 1C starts at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday and Day 1D at 6:30 p.m., with Day 2 on Wednesday.
Tuesday's schedule also includes an NLH Freezeout, a Ladies Event and a Head Hunter, alongside satellites to the Mini Main and the TMTC Main Event.
Tuesday, October 20 Schedule
Start | Event | Buy-In |
|---|---|---|
11:00 a.m. | Daily MegaStack Stair | TWD 1,500 |
11:30 a.m. | Satellite to Mini Main | TWD 1,400 |
1:00 p.m. | Mini Main Day 1C (TWD 4M GTD) | TWD 15,000 |
1:00 p.m. | NLH Freezeout | TWD 8,000 |
5:00 p.m. | Satellite to Mini Main | TWD 1,400 |
6:30 p.m. | Mini Main Day 1D (TWD 4M GTD) | TWD 15,000 |
6:30 p.m. | Ladies Event | TWD 3,500 |
6:30 p.m. | Satellite to TMTC Main Event (5 Seats GTD) | TWD 3,800 |
9:00 p.m. | NLH Head Hunter Bounty TWD 1,000 | TWD 3,500 |
The TMT Championship 2026 runs through October 26, with the TWD 30,000,000 guaranteed Main Event starting on Thursday as the festival's headline event on the Taiwan Millions Tournament calendar.
All images courtesy of CTP Club.
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Callum Jury is Somuchpoker's Live Content and Social Media Specialist, reporting live from WSOP and Asia Pacific poker festivals including the APT and PokerStars LIVE series. Originally from the Lake District in the UK, he has covered the Southeast Asian poker circuit since 2025, combining day-by-day tournament reporting with the social and digital content that brings the action to fans.
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