TMT Championship Wraps Up, Announces TMT 17 Featuring Main Event USD 1M Guarantee

Running from October 25 to November 5, 2024, the first ever TMT Championship concluded at the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City, Taiwan with 31 champions and Chiehchi Liu as the most envied for his triumph at the Main Event. Also victorious on the final day was Anton Lu to become the only player to win two titles at the series.

Before we get to the final wrap, the next Taiwan Millions Tournament has been announced. TMT 17 will run from January 12 to 20, 2025 and will once again feature a jaw dropping USD 1,000,000 Main Event guarantee.

As the most popular low stakes event in Taiwan, the previous TMT edition drew 6,953 entries and paid out an incredible NTD 51,594,800 (~US$ 1.57 Million). Champion Lam Ka Fai turned his NTD 8,800 (~US$ 280) buy in into a monster payout of NTD 5,748,790 (~US$ 175,000). The Main Event will have eight entry flights scheduled at the venue along with Online Qualifiers at Natural8 and Overseas flights yet to be announced.

TMT Championship Final Wrap

A proud creation of the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club), the inaugural TMT Championship was the high stakes version of the beloved homegrown festival – Taiwan Millions Tournament. Buy ins ranged from NTD 2,200 to NTD 200,000. Here are the final highlights.

TMTC Main Event Review

The crown jewel TMTC Main Event featured a bold USD 600,000 guarantee and easily blew past it with 936 entries contributing the NTD 33,000 (~US$ 1.030) buy in. This sent the prize pool north to NTD 27,237,600 (~USD 852,000), which was an impressive result for its first staging.

The field was dominated by the local force along with a strong turnout of Koreans. A scatter of other international players were also seen, among them were WSOP bracelet winners Shiina Okamoto and Lok Ming Chan. At the final table, the Taiwanese dominated with six in contention for the title. In the end, one of their own Chiehchi Liu shipped it. Liu knocked out six players at the final table and defeated Macau’s Manlok Chan in just three hands heads up.

Read up on the Main Event via the Live Updates

Anton Lu Wins Two Events

A successful run for Australia’s Anton Lu at the TMTC with four cashes, all of them were final tables that included two titles. Lu was the only multi-winner. He first won the High Roller Event 3: High Roller Single Day then on the festival’s final day, Lu outlasted the 22 entry field of the Super High Roller to add NTD 1,843,800 (~US$ 57,730) to his earlier winnings. In total, Lu pocketed NTD 2,997,800 (~US$ 93,860).

Other Notable Winners

The Mystery Bounty event was sponsored by Korean group PokerFace Global Tournament (PFGT) attracting 444 to the tables. Taiwan’s Yu Yung Lin held his head high to win a total of NTD 971,000 (~US$ 30,400). Yu’s only knockout was Jung Seunghyuk at heads up. Yu also ran deep at the Mini Main placing 4th for NTD 342,000 (~US$ 10,700).

Over at The Hendon Mob Championship (THMC), Kristof Segers rose to the throne and nearly hoisted a second trophy but had to settle for runner up at the inaugural World Poker Federation (WPF) Taiwan Open. Macau’s Eurico Machado championed this event, outlasting the 171 field.

WPF and APSA

A ground-breaking meeting took place at the Asia Poker Arena, where leaders of the World Poker Federation (WPF) and the Asian Poker Sports Alliance (APSA) presented their vision, goals, and achievements to an audience of distinguished international guests from the Asian poker community. This collaboration aims to assist others in helping establish poker as a legitimate mind sports game by respective governments. Among those represented were Thailand, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan.

That wraps up the SMP coverage of the TMT Championship. Stay tuned for more information on the upcoming TMT 17.

Links:

TMTC SCHEDULE
TMTC – Festival Results
TMTC – Main Event Live Updates
TMTC – Daily Updates
TMTC – Photo Gallery