It is down to the Final 8 at the record breaking Taiwan Millions Tournament! From what started with a mammoth 6,953 entries is now down to eight players each one seeking the honor and title of becoming this edition’s champion. Along with all the glory, the eventual winner will pocket the massive NT 6,360,000 (~USD 193,853) top prize and the iconic TMT Main Event shield.
Leading the race is Teng Yu Yu with a sizable lead of 85 bb with the closest challenger sitting on 41 bb, less than half the leader’s stack.
Cards start flying ta 6:30pm at the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City, Taiwan. Live updates will be running throughout, you can also watch the livestream via CTP Twitch.
Taiwan Millions Tournament
The Taiwan Millions Tournament set itself an ambitious USD 1 million guarantee which was well over its highest amount at that time, Expecting around 5,000 participants, the beloved homegrown tournament shattered all expectations with 6,953 in participation. This is the largest ever seen in Asia for tournament of this buy in. In turn, the prize pool ballooned to a ground-breaking NTD 51,594,800 (~USD 1,572,390), only seen at bigger buy in events.
At Day 2, 686 players returned, all hunting down a spot to today’s finals. After nearly sixteen hours of play, the finalists were formed with two players going bust simultaneously. Read up on the Day 2 action via the updates.
Final 8 Players
| Player | Stack | BB |
| Teng Yu Yu | 68,375,000 | 85 |
| Li Chih Hao | 32,800,000 | 41 |
| Ceng Guo Yi | 16,400,000 | 21 |
| Lam Ka Fai | 14,550,000 | 18 |
| Cheng Rong Jie | 13,950,000 | 17 |
| Cheng Hao Che | 12,500,000 | 16 |
| Yujung Min | 9,300,000 | 12 |
| Hou Chien An | 5,250,000 | 7 |
Remaining Payouts
| Payout in NTD | Payout In USD |
| 6,360,900 | 108,864 |
| 4,258,300 | 72,879 |
| 3,158,300 | 54,053 |
| 2,368,300 | 40,532 |
| 1,788,300 | 30,606 |
| 1,358,000 | 23,241 |
| 1,048,300 | 17,941 |
| 813,300 | 13,919 |
By The Numbers
Date: July 21 to July 29, 2024
Buy in: NTD 9,000 (~USD 280)
Guarantee: NTD 32,000,000 (~USD 1,000,000)
Entries: 6,953
Prize pool: NTD 51,594,800 (~USD 1,572,390)
Day 1 Local & Overseas: 507 entries / 32 advanced
Day 1A: 1,060 entries / 107 advanced
Day 1B: 504 entries / 54 advanced
Day 1C: 503 entries / 51 advanced
Day 1D: 770 entries / 77 advanced
Day 1E: 739 entries / 74 advanced
Day 1F: 854 entries / 86 advanced
Day 1G: 1,224 entries / 122 advanced
Day 1H: 792 entries / 80 advanced
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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