TMT Championship: Lo Cheng Yen Bags Overall Lead; Tae Hoon Han, Kwan Hoo Lam Win Trophies

While a storm brewed outside, it did not deter players from making their way to the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City, Taiwan for the inaugural TMT Championship. An offshoot of the popular Taiwan Millions Tournament, the ongoing festival has been running since October 25 and has now crossed the halfway mark with Day 6 in the books.

Midway through the day, the Taiwanese government announced the closure of work and school due to the approaching Typhoon Kong-Rey. As a result, TMTC has suspended October 31 gameplay and will resume on November 1. All remaining events have been pushed forward one day. The festival now wraps up on November 5, 2024.

Now here are the highlights of TMTC Day 6.

TMT Championship Day 6 Highlights

Multiple events lit up the floor on TMT Championship Day 6 and by night’s end, the spotlight shined on Tae Hoon Han and Kwan Hoo Lam for their side event victories. Also wrapping up were the last two flights of the PFGT x Taipei Cup Mystery Bounty with Lo Cheng Yen bagging the overall chip lead for Day 2.

Lo Cheng Yen Earns Overall Flight Leader Position

The main highlight of the day was Flight C and Flight D of the PFGT x Taipei Cup Mystery Bounty with a combined 270 entries generated. Added to the earlier flights, the event drew 444 total entries which was more than enough to crush the NT$ 4M guarantee. The advancing 68 players are now looking at a healthier prize pool of NT$ 6.4 Million (~US$ 199,600).

The overall largest entry day was Flight C with 150 signing up and 23 advancing to the ITM round. Lo Cheng Yen bagged the chip lead after delivering the bubble with pocket aces on hand. He will enter Day 2 with a towering 810,000 (135 bb) stack.

Over at Flight D, 120 pulled up seats with 18 advancing to the ITM round. Leung Yiu Yeung topped the counts and just one bb behind was well known tournament crusher / WSOP bracelet winner Lok Ming Chan.

PFGT x Taipei Cup

• Date/s: October 29 to 30, 2024
• Buy-in: NT$ 16,500 (~US$ 510)
• Guarantee: NT$ 4,000,000 (US$ 124,600)
• Entries: 444
• Prize pool: NT$ 6.4 Million (~US$ 199,600)
• ITM: 68 players (Full List)

Flight Results

• Flight A Entries: 110 entries / 17 advanced
• Flight B Entries: 64 entries / 10 advanced
• Flight C: 150 entries / 23 advanced
• Flight D: 120 entries / 18 advanced

With the schedule adjustment, Day 2 now takes place on Friday, November 1, 2024 starting at 1pm. The prize pool, payouts, and biggest bounty have yet to be announced.

Tae Hoon Han Wins Single Day High Roller

Since September of this year, Korea’s Tae Hoon Han has been seen at all the major festivals hosted by the CTP Asia Poker Arena and has done well with multiple cashes in each one. Han continued his strong run at the TMTC, outlasting the 35-entry field of the Single Day High Roller. Han dominated the final table, knocking out the last three players in quick fashion to lift the trophy which was his first on Taiwan soil along with a payout of NT$ 489,900 (~US$ 15,315).

Single Day High Roller

• Date: October 30, 2024
• Buy-in: NT$ 40,000 (~US$ 510)
• Entries: 35
• Prize pool: NT$ 1,256,200 (US$ 39,275)
• ITM: 6 places

Payouts

Kwan Hoo Lam Wins Megastack

Hong Kong’s Kwan Hoo Lam made quick work of the Megastack event, dusting the 55-entry field in just seven hours of work. This was Lam’s first recorded title on Hendon Mob and career high payout of NT$ 129,300 (~US$ 4,040).

Megastack

• Date: October 30, 2024
• Buy-in: NT$ 8,000 (~US$ 250)
• Entries: 55
• Prize pool: NT$ 369,400 (US$ 11,550)
• ITM: 9 places

Payouts

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