Days 10 through 12 of the Taiwan Millions Tournament (TMT20) saw the festival crown its third Incense Cedar Trophy Plate champion in the Mini Main, a double-up performance from Pei Hsi Lin across the nightly action, and the long-awaited kickoff of the TMT20 Main Event at the Asia Poker Arena & Red Space .

Hsu Cheng Pin Wins TMT20’s Third Incense Cedar Trophy Plate

The TMT20 Mini Main, the third Incense Cedar Trophy Plate event of the series, played down to its final nine across Day 11 before wrapping up on Day 12.

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Hsu Cheng Pin emerged from the final table to claim the title, coming from off the top of the counts to lift the series’ third Incense Cedar Trophy Plate of TMT20.

Six further titles were also handed out on the same day across the Daily MegaStack, High Roller, Freezeout NLH, mixed games and Head Hunter events, capping a seven-champion day for the festival.

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Pei Hsi Lin Strikes Twice in TMT20 Side Action

Among the run of nightly side events, Pei Hsi Lin stood out with a double, first taking down Event #27 NLH 10s Action for TWD 85,000 on Day 10, then returning a day later to win Event #28 PLO 10s Action for TWD 33,000, backing up the win in a different format inside 24 hours.

Elsewhere, the High Roller schedule produced two of the festival’s bigger paydays so far, with Sungmoon You taking down Event #H8 High Roller for TWD 270,000 (~$8,245), before Jong Min Choi went one better in Event #H9 High Roller, banking TWD 425,000 (~$12,975).

Notable Side Event Winners, Days 10-11

Event	Winner	Prize (TWD)
#H9 High Roller	Jong Min Choi	425,000
#H8 High Roller	Sungmoon You	270,000
#27 NLH 10s Action	Pei Hsi Lin	85,000
#29 NLH Head Hunter (Bounty $500)	Wich Wisuttiprabha	67,000
#M19 Mix Triple Draw	Bo Shen Wang	50,000
#M21 B-E-A-S-T	Ryoga Tsuda	40,000
#M22 NL Single Draw Mix Win The Button	Li Ta Hsu	38,700
#28 PLO 10s Action	Pei Hsi Lin	33,000
#D10 Daily MegaStack Stair (Mini Main)	Ching Ku Huang	25,800
#D11 Daily MegaStack (Main)	Poching Lee	23,100

TMT20 Main Event Gets Underway

The festival’s centerpiece, the TMT20 Main Event, kicked off on Day 12 with a TWD 9,000 buy-in and a TWD 60,000,000 (~$1.83 million) guarantee. Day 1A and Day 1B both fired on July 19, with further starting flights still to come before the field consolidates.