TMT Championship: Chan Chun Wai Wins Mini Main, Ko Chia Hsiang, Kristof Segers among side winners

Day 5 of the inaugural TMT Championship 2024 brought another offering of significant poker events at the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City, Taiwan. The ongoing festival has been running since October 25 and will continue through to November 4. This is the first high stakes tier of the homegrown Taiwan Millions Tournament created by the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club), the pioneers of poker in Taiwan. Here are the latest highlights.

TMT Championship Day 5 Highlights

Wrapping up was the multi-day Mini Main (NT$ 3M GTD), which kicked off its Final Day with 87 qualifiers playing down to a champion. And while that finished off, the TMT Championship opened another multi-day event with the PFGT x Taipei Cup Mystery Bounty (NT$ 4M GTD), partnering with Korean brand, Poker Face Global Tournament (PFGT).

Another highlight of the day was The Hendon Mob Championship (THMC), brought by the The Hendon Mob group that is responsible for the largest poker database of events, poker pros and results, and contributes a large part to the international growth of the poker industry. The Single Day High Roller (Event #H4) also made its offering for those with deeper pockets.

Chan Chun Wai Wins Mini Main

Chan Chun Wai emerged victorious in the Mini Main Event (NT$ 3M GTD), topping a field of 566 entries. The event featured four starting flights across two days, which propelled the prize pool to NT$ 5,929,500 (~US$ 185,000), nearly doubling the NT$ 3 Million guarantee. A total of 87 qualifiers advanced to the Final Day, each securing a minimum payout of NT$ 18,000 (~US$ 560). However, all eyes were set on claiming the championship title and its rewarding top prize.

Entering heads up, Chan had a 3 to 1 advantage against Hao Chen Cheng. It didn’t take long before he applied the pressure and emerged as the champion, winning the grand payout of NT$ 1,022,000 (~US$ 31,830) and a TMT Championship trophy. The victory is Chan’s first big major championship and biggest career cash.

Read up on the Final Day action and check out the payouts via the SMP Mini Main Live Updates.

Mini Main – Results

• Date/s: October 27-28, 2024
• Buy-in: NT$ 12,000 (~US$ 370)
• Entries: 566
• Prize Pool: NT$ 5,929,500 (~US$ 185,000)
• ITM: 87

Final Table Payouts

1st Chan Chun Wai – NT$ 1,022,000 (~US$31,830)
2nd Hao Che Cheng – NT$ 718,000 (~US$ 22,360)
3rd Tsz Lo – NT$ 464,000 (~US$ 14,450)
4th Yu Yung Lin – NT$ 342,000 (~US$ 10,650)
5th Cheung Yiu Fai – NT$ 263,000 (~US$ 8,190)
6th Yin Yeung Leung – NT$ 210,000 (~US$ 6,540)
7th Koki Ikeda – NT$ 175,000 (~US$ 5,450)
8th Kuo Wei Kao – NT$ 140,000 (~US$ 4,360)
9th Zi Hsiang Hsu – NT$ 106,100 (~US$ 3,300)

PFGT X Taipei Cup Mystery Bounty

The Poker Face Global Tournament (PFGT) kicked off its multi-day tournament with Flights A and B opening. The two flights brought together a combined 174 entries with the top 27 players from both advancing to the Day 2 Final on October 31, following the conclusion of two more flights still to be played. 

The top chip leader among the 27 is Wei Jen Wang from Flight B who amassed a commanding 713,000 chips. Following him is Flight A chip leader Yu Chien Kung with 358,000. Rounding up the top three is Seung Hyuk Jung with 313,000, earning his chips from Flight A.

Flight A & B – Top 10 in Chips

Wei Jen Wang – 713,000
Yu Chien Kung – 358,000
Seung Hyuk Jung – 313,000
Dacja Termsinvanit – 303,000
Che Chun Chu – 285,000
Sio Fat Lan – 276,000
Chun Yu Ma – 257,000
Xun Ming Zhuo – 243,000
Guy Sun – 232,000

Flight Results

Date/s: October 29 to 31, 2024
Buy-in: NT$ 16,500 (~US$ 510)
Guarantee: NT$ 4,000,000 (US$ 124,600)
Flight A Entries: 110 entries / 17 advanced
Flight B Entries: 64 entries / 10 advanced
ITM: 27 players 

Third Time’s The Charm For Ko Chia Hsiang At Single Day High Roller

The TMT Championship offers a daily high-roller tournament for those with deeper pockets. Since the TMT Championship series began in October 25, Taiwanese poker pro Ko Chia Hsiang has come in 3rd and 2nd, and on the third try, he locked up the win. Ko bested a field of 44 entries to earn a payout of NT$ 584,300 (~US$ 18,220)

• Date: October 29, 2024
• Buy-in: NT$ 40,000 (~US$ 510)
• Entries: 44
• Prize pool: NT$ 1,579,200 (~US$ 49,195)
• ITM: 7 places

Payouts

1st Ko Chia Hsiang – NT$ 584,300
2nd Lok Ming Chan -NT$ 347,400
3rd Daniel Yang -NT$ 213,200
4th Yuting Chen – NT$ 150,000
5th Yu Chen Huang – NT$ 118,400
6th Zhi Yu Wang -NT$ 94,800
7th Chen Wei Hung – NT$ 71,100

Kristof Segers Wins The Hendon Mob Championship

Belgian Kristof Segers outlasted 36 entries who made the NT$ 15,000 (~US$ 465) buy-in and built a prize pool of NT$ 471,500 (~US$ 49,195). With 6 places paid, Segers took home the THMC trophy and the top share of NT$ 183,900 (~US$ 5,735).  Segers defeated famous Taiwanese player Wu Chiayun in heads-up battle. Wu made NT$ 108,400 for his second place finish.

Read up on all the side action via the SMP Daily Updates:

TMT Championship – Daily Updates

For more information on the TMTC 2024, please see the following:

TMTC SCHEDULE
TMTC – Festival Results
TMTC – Daily Updates
TMTC – Photo Gallery