Lester Edoc Leads Record-Breaking TMT Championship Main Event Final Table
The penultimate day of TMT Championship 2026 concluded on Sunday, October 25, at CTP Asia Poker Arena in Taipei, with just nine players remaining in the Main Event.
Filipino poker veteran Lester Edoc leads the final table with 14,825,000, narrowly ahead of South Korea's Injae Jeong on 14,025,000.
The final nine have all secured at least TWD 615,000, while Monday's champion will walk away with TWD 5,763,000 from the TWD 42,880,320 prize pool.
Elsewhere on Sunday, Nevan Chang won the TWD 100,000 High Roller for TWD 1,566,200, while Pete Chen picked up his second title of the festival in the High Roller Battle Stack.
Lester Edoc Leads TMTC Main Event Final Table
Edoc heads into Monday with a narrow advantage over Jeong, with Sangjun Jung third on 9,875,000.
India's Aditya Agarwal sits fourth with 8,200,000, while Hao Che Cheng leads the Taiwanese contingent on 6,700,000.
Ronald Haverkamp carries 6,325,000 into the final day, followed by Kuan Ying Chen, Sunho Yoo and Feng Hsien Ching.
Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Philippines | 14,825,000 | |
2 | South Korea | 14,025,000 | |
3 | South Korea | 9,875,000 | |
4 | India | 8,200,000 | |
5 | Taiwan | 6,700,000 | |
6 | Netherlands | 6,325,000 | |
7 | Taiwan | 5,650,000 | |
8 | South Korea | 2,625,000 | |
9 | Taiwan | 2,400,000 |
The final table was set when Chih Hsuan Chiang moved his short-stack into the middle from under the gun.
Kuan Ying Chen reshoved from the cutoff and the rest of the table folded. Chen had ace-queen, dominating Chiang's ace-jack. Neither player improved through the board, and Chiang was gone as the final table bubble boy in tenth place, bringing Day 2 to a close.
Main Event Final Table Payouts
Place | Payout |
|---|---|
1st | TWD 5,763,000 |
2nd | TWD 3,900,000 |
3rd | TWD 2,900,000 |
4th | TWD 2,178,000 |
5th | TWD 1,653,000 |
6th | TWD 1,270,000 |
7th | TWD 985,000 |
8th | TWD 774,000 |
9th | TWD 615,000 |
Main Event Sets New Record With 1,418 Entries
This year's Main Event has continued the rapid growth of the TMT Championship 2026 since its introduction in 2024.
The inaugural Main Event attracted 936 entries before that figure increased to 1,076 in 2025. This year's record-breaking 1,418 entries represent a rise of 32% from last year and 51% compared with the first edition.
The growth is particularly notable given the disruption caused by Typhoon Champi during the opening fights of the Main Event. The storm affected Taiwan, canceling almost 1,000 airline flights. However, all the Main Event flights still went ahead, attracting massive numbers despite the travel complications.
Even with those conditions, the Main Event comfortably surpassed its TWD 30 million guarantee and generated a whopping TWD 42,880,320 prize pool.
The record turnout also underlines the growing pull of the TMTC and the TMT series as a whole. Even with a typhoon bringing dangerous conditions and major travel disruption, players still found a way to reach Taipei and go all-in on their chance to become a TMT Championship Main Event winner.
Nevan Chang Wins TWD 100K High Roller
Nevan Chang took home a trophy after finishing third in Friday's Super High Roller, winning Sunday's TWD 100,000 High Roller.
The tournament attracted 51 entries and generated a TWD 4.6 million prize pool, with eight players reaching the money.
Chang earned TWD 1,566,200 for the victory, with Australia's Anton Zhen Zhao Lu finishing runner-up and South Korea's Bongjae Lee taking third.
Pete Chen Claims Second Festival Title
Pete Chen added a second trophy to his TMT Championship 2026 haul by winning the TWD 50,000 High Roller Battle Stack.
Chen, who had already won the Mini Main earlier in the festival, topped a 24-entry field to collect TWD 471,000 from the TWD 1 million prize pool.
Anson Lau finished runner-up, while Kristof Segers took third.
Hyunseung Choi Tops 343-Entry NLH-Master
South Korea's Hyunseung Choi came through one of Sunday's largest fields in the TWD 15,000 NLH-Master.
The tournament attracted 343 entries, more than doubling its TWD 2 million guarantee to create a TWD 4.4 million prize pool.
Choi collected TWD 605,400 for first place, with Josei Kamei finishing runner-up.
Sunday Side Event Winners
Philippines' Ferlyn Cabaling won the Ladies Event, while Shao Ting Jian claimed the NLH 6-Max.
Ming Hin Wong won the R-O-S-E-T, while Taiwan's Ting Chieh Chi took down the Battle Stack NLH.
Japan's Keita Yamashiro won the Turbo-NL Single Draw Dealer's Choice 7 Games, and Pei Hsi Lin rounded out the day's winners in the NLH Head Hunter.
Sunday Side Event Winners
Event | Entries | Winner | Winner's Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
NLH-Master | 343 | TWD 605,400 | |
R-O-S-E-T | 27 | TWD 69,000 | |
High Roller | 51 | TWD 1,566,200 | |
Battle Stack NLH | 124 | TWD 150,000 | |
Ladies Event | 58 | TWD 62,000 | |
NLH 6-Max | 106 | TWD 106,400 | |
High Roller Battle Stack | 24 | TWD 471,000 | |
Turbo-NL Single Draw Dealer's Choice 7 Games | 20 | TWD 26,800 | |
NLH Head Hunter | 111 | TWD 45,800 |
TMTC Final Day Begins Monday at 1 PM
The nine Main Event finalists return at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, October 26, and will play until the 2026 champion is crowned.
Somuchpoker will carry live updates throughout the final day.
Seven side events also remain on the closing-day schedule, including a TWD 1 million guaranteed MegaStack Last Chance, TWD 60,000 High Roller and TWD 50,000 High Roller Battle Stack.
Monday, October 26 Schedule
Start | Event | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|
1:00 p.m. | TMTC Main Event Final Day | TWD 35,000 |
1:00 p.m. | MegaStack Last Chance, TWD 1M GTD | TWD 8,000 |
2:00 p.m. | High Roller | TWD 60,000 |
3:00 p.m. | PL Drawmaha Mix (High, Dugi, 2-7) | TWD 5,000 |
4:00 p.m. | Battle Stack NLH Head Hunter, TWD 2,000 Bounty | TWD 6,000 |
6:00 p.m. | Mystery Bounty | TWD 10,000 |
7:00 p.m. | High Roller Battle Stack | TWD 50,000 |
9:30 p.m. | NLH Head Hunter, TWD 1,000 Bounty | TWD 3,500 |
TMT Championship 2026 concludes Monday with the Main Event champion and the festival's final side-event winners set to be crowned.
Some images courtesy of CTP Club.
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About the Editor
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.
