APL MAIN EVENT (26,000 TWD)

Three down, three to go, today's APL Taipei Main Event Day 1C flight is in the books with another 33 survivors joining the Day 2 order. A smashing turnout was seen at the CTP Asia Poker Arena this afternoon with a total of 223 entries racked up, ringing its biggest showing yet. South Korean runners have been faring well across the qualifiers, taking half of today’s top ten spots.

Leading the charge is Jungjun Lee, who carries a mighty 649,000 (81 BB) chip count onto the next round, stacking just below initial chip leaders Seok Young Lee and Chao Hao Ting. Lee’s late-day boost came courtesy of a massive 128 big blind pot, where his pocket aces held strong against Andrew Ma’s pocket queens. On his tail is local favorite Yoda Lin with 591,000 (74 BB), followed by China's Xiangyu Yu 581,000 (73 BB) one big blind behind.

Other notables advancing through include The Naing 280,000 (35 BB), Wu Chiayun 251,000 (31 BB), Hsuan Yu Lai 212,000 (27 BB), and Soo Jo Kim 155,000 (19 BB).

/As the headliner heads toward its final stretch, only two more flights stand between players and a shot at the NT$ 21,000,000 (~US$ 700,800) prize pool. Tomorrow marks the last day to qualify, so don't miss the chance to stake your claim and walk away a winner!

APL Taipei Main Event

Date/s: June 11-16, 2025

Buy-in: NT$ 26,000 (~US$ 865)

Guarantee: NT$ 21,000,000 (~US$ 700,800)

Day 1A: 132 entries, 20 qualified

Day 1B: 78 entries, 12 qualified

Day 1C: 223 entries, 33 qualified

Day 1D: June 12, 2025

Day 1E: June 13, 2025

Day 1F: June 13, 2025

Day 2: June 14, 2025

Day 3: June 15, 2025

Final Table: June 16, 2025

Jungjun Lee opened the action utg to 10,000, followed by a 25,000 three bet from Andrew Ma two seats over. Action folded back to Lee, pushing him to pad the pot further to 50,000. Ma completed, setting up a thrilling 100K pot straight away.

The flop came 4♥ 4♣ 8♣ . Lee checked his option, and Ma bet 45,000. Lee responded by going over the top for his remaining 201,000, immediately called by Lee for an interesting showdown.

Lee A♥ A♣

Ma Q♥ Q♣

Ma in rough shape, arrived at a loss as runout 3♣ 4♠ made no difference, leaving his ladies in pieces against Lee's rockets.

With action folded down to the small blind, Jungjun Lee open raised all-in and was snapped by Suya Lee for his last 44,000 right beside.

Board K♦ 7♥ 7♠ 5♦ 4♣ offered no surprises, quickly pushing the pot over to Lee with top pair.

With 57 players left and only 33 advancing to Day 2, we may be heading into the final break of the day. Leading the pack is Yoon In Jun, who’s just crossed the 500K mark, with Yoda Lin close behind, both sitting comfortably with over a hundred big blinds.

Top Chip Counts

Seungmin Yang shot out a 3,500 three bet against Jungjun Lee's early open and was met with another raise to 8,500 from the initial raiser. Yang completed, and read a flop of J♦ T♠ 6♠ . Following a series of back and forth between the two, Yang capped the action by making the final call for his entire 42,500.

Lee Q♦ Q♣

Yang J♣ T♣

Lee behind Yang's two pair, forked over half his stack shortly after runout T♥ 7♦ further improved his opponent to a full house to take it down.

Seungmin Yang raked in an early double up to start his day, beginning with a 2,000 three bet against Jungjun Lee's utg open. Lee completed and read a flop of T♦ 4♦ 9♣ , where action checked to turn 2♣ . Lee went for a bet of 4,300 and snap called Yang's raise to 10,000.

On river J♣ , Lee stuffed his remaining 28,000, only to be called by Yang with a set 9♦ 9♥ , crushing his two pair J♠ T♥ on all streets.