APT Main Event (55,000 TWD)

The 2025 APT Taipei Main Event has come to a dramatic close inside the Red Space venue in Taipei, Taiwan, as Japan's Akira Takasugi cemented his name into the history books by conquering the largest and richest APT Main Event ever held in the tour’s 19-year history.

Takasugi outlasted a record-shattering field of 2,547 entries, collecting the lion’s share of the massive TWD 121,033,440 (~$3.7 million) prize pool, along with an APT Championship Main Event seat valued at TWD 350,000. For his efforts, the Japanese pro earned a life-changing TWD 19,009,440 (~$586,710) and the glory of lifting the most sought-after trophy on the APT calendar.

The final table was packed with storylines — from comebacks, coolers, and cracked aces, to relentless aggression and a clinical closing out display from Takasugi. After a seven-hour rollercoaster, it was Takasugi who proved to be the best, defeating Iat Man Leong heads-up to claim the title and secure the most prestigious victory of his career.

*Plus an APTC Main Event Seat worth TWD 350,000

Final Table Action

The final table started off rather slow, as expected, with everyone playing snug and hoping to ladder up the pay jumps. But after about 40 minutes of nerve-racking poker, Rintaro Kagawa put Leong virtually all in on the river. Leong eventually called with a rivered boat and was thrilled to see he got there against Kagawa's turned Broadway straight. That pot catapulted Leong into the chip lead and left Kagawa near the bottom of the counts.

An hour later, the only female player and only former APT Main Event champion left in the field was out in ninth for TWD 1,500,000 (~USD 46,300). Dang Thi Hue got the majority of her short stack in preflop with ace-ten, then committed the rest on the flop with second pair. Kagawa had outflopped her with a pair of queens holding king-queen, and no help from the dealer meant the end of Hue’s run.

Now Kiwanont Sukhum of Thailand occupied the bottom spot, but that quickly changed when his pocket tens held in a flip against Nishant Kumar's Big Slick — and suddenly Kumar was the one on life support.

When the blinds crept up, Wayne Lam kept the pressure on, steadily chipping up while the rest of the finalists jostled for position. Kumar nearly tripled his stack when he jammed his three big blinds over an open with pocket fives. Owen Chong over-jammed behind with ace-queen to isolate, but the safe runout kept Kumar alive — and put Chong into the danger zone.

Next to hit the rail was Chong — and in brutal fashion. He shoved ace-four of hearts and was called by Kano Shinichiro, who had the same hand in clubs. A chop looked almost guaranteed, but a three-club flop left Chong drawing dead, with just a bad beat story and TWD 1,969,000 (~USD 60,770) for his eighth-place finish.

Still unable to recover from the early cooler, Kagawa was out next in seventh for TWD 2,721,500 (~USD 84,000). His ace-queen couldn’t improve despite flopping a flush draw versus Shinichiro’s pocket nines.

Yet again, Sukhum found himself as the short stack — a spot he’s clearly studied well. He survived an all-in against Lam when his ace-queen made two pair versus Takasugi’s queen-jack.

But the very next hand, Sukhum called off his twelve big blinds from the big blind after Takasugi shoved from the small. Sukhum's queen-ten was dominated by king-ten, and this time Sukhum couldn’t pull off another escape. He was out in sixth, banking TWD 3,564,000 (~USD 110,000).

Kumar had shown he wasn’t afraid to get aggressive, but after losing a flip earlier, he was forced to tighten up. Still, he doubled up to ten big blinds with ace-five against Leong’s king-ten. Just a few hands later, he jammed over Leong’s open with ace-seven of spades — only for Shinichiro to wake up with pocket aces in the blinds.

Shinichiro looked comfortable — that is, until two spades came on the flop. The turn was clean, but a rivered spade gave Kumar life and sent his rail into a frenzy.

With five players left, the stacks evened out. It felt like whoever made the move to take control would end up lifting the trophy. Takasugi showed no fear — raising and barreling relentlessly to take the chip lead, a spot he wouldn’t give up again.

The stalemate finally broke when Leong jammed queen-jack from the small blind and Kumar — maybe feeling invincible after cracking aces — called off with slightly fewer chips holding pocket fives. A jack on the flop sealed Kumar’s fate. He bowed out in fifth for TWD 4,419,500 (~USD 136,400).

With APT Championship tickets worth TWD 350,000 up for grabs for a podium finish, the jump from fourth to third meant more than just money. Takasugi knew this, and he leaned on the pressure, building up to half the chips in play.

His aggressive play paid off again when he rivered a flush against Shinichiro’s trips, leaving the Japanese player with under ten bigs. Shinichiro moved all in shortly after with ace-nine, but ran into Takasugi’s pocket queens. No help came, and Shinichiro was out in fourth for TWD 5,292,500 (~USD 163,350).

Down to three, Leong and Lam were virtually tied behind Takasugi’s mountain of chips. Lam was next to fall, and in a particularly nasty way.

Takasugi opened the button — as he had been doing nonstop — and Lam jammed two sevens from the small blind. Leong woke up with pocket queens and had a chance to take the tournament heads-up. A seven in the window gave Lam a glimmer of hope, but a queen followed right behind it, giving both players a set. No miracle came, and Lam had to settle for third and TWD 6,867,000 (~USD 211,950).

Heads-up began with Takasugi holding a 2:1 chip lead, which he quickly stretched to 4:1 thanks to relentless aggression — and a little run-good.

Eventually, Leong found a double with ace-ten against Takasugi’s queen-ten to narrow the gap, but it didn’t shift the momentum. Takasugi just went right back to grinding, slowly bleeding Leong down to ten big blinds.

In the final hand, Takasugi jammed king-six, and Leong made his stand with queen-deuce suited. Both flopped a pair, but Takasugi held the lead, and the river bricked out. Just like that, Takasugi was crowned APT Taipei 2025 Main Event Champion.

He shook hands with Leong — who earned TWD 10,133,000 (~USD 312,750) for his incredible runner-up finish — before sprinting to his rail to explode in celebration.

When asked by the APT announcer if he had anything to say to the world watching him win the Main Event, Takasugi kept it simple:

“I am the best.”

What a champion!

In a tournament filled with twists, talent, and tension, it was Takasugi who had the final say — etching his name into APT history as the champion of its biggest Main Event ever.

Hand 147 Akira Takasugi shoved from the button, and Iat Man Leong called off his last 11,000,000 from the big blind. With the cards turned over, Takasugi had the opportunity to clinch the title.

Iat Man Leong: Q♦ 2♦

Akira Takasugi: K♦ 6♠

Takasugi was ahead with king-high, needing only a clean runout from the dealer to be crowned the champion.

The flop came K♣ T♣ Q♥ , giving both players a pair. Takasugi remained in front with top pair, but Leong still had outs.

The turn brought the 8♦ , changing nothing. Takasugi was now just one card away from sealing the win in the biggest APT Main Event in history.

The river fell the 4♠ —and it was all over. Takasugi had done it. From a field of 2,546 entries, he stood alone as the APT Taipei 2025 Main Event Champion.

He shook hands with Leong, who bowed out in second place with an outstanding runner-up performance worth TWD 10,133,000 (~USD 312,750).

Hand 144 Akira Takasugi got a walk in the big blind.

Hand 145 Iat Man Leong got a walk.

Hand 146 Leong raised to 2,400,000 from the button with 9♣ 8♥ and Takasugi defended his big blind holding 9♦ 4♦ .

The dealer put out a flop of 5♠ K♦ Q♦ and Takasugi checked. Leong bet 2,000,000, which Takasugi called.

The J♠ fell on the turn and both players checked to see the 5♦ hit the river. Takasugi bet 5,000,000 and Leong let go of his hand.

Hand 141 Takasugi folded and Leong won the pot.

Hand 142 Leong raied the button to 2,400,000 with K♠ 3♦ and Takasugi called from the big blnd with Q♠ 5♦

On the flop of Q♣ 2♦ 7♠ , Takasugi checked to Leong who continued for 1,600,000. Takasugi called.

The J♥ came on the turn, and it went check-check.

The board-pairing J♠ hit on the river, where Takasugi bet 3,500,000 and won the pot.

Hand 143 Takasugi raised to 2,400,000 with T♦ 4♥ and Leong called with K♣ 3♦

A flop ran out 5♦ J♦ T♥ , Takasugi got a pair. The aciton went check-check.

The T♠ landed on the turn, improving the Japanese palyer to trip tens, and it was another check round.

The 2♦ hit on the river. Leong fired out 5,000,000 and Takasugi raised to 14,000,000. Leong folded.

Hand 137 Iat Man Leong got a walk.

Hand 138 Akira Takasugi got a walk.

Hand 139 Takasugi raised to 2,400,000 with 4♣ 3♠ from the button and Leong called holding Q♣ 4♦ .

On the K♥ J♥ K♠ flop Leong check-folded to Takasugi's bet of 1,200,000.

Hand 140 Leong opened J♣ 2♦ on the button with a min-raise and won the pot.

Hand 132 Leong folded and Takasugi won the pot.

Hand 133 Takasugi shoved on the button and won the pot.

Hand 134 Leong folded and Takasugi won the pot.

Hand 135 Takasugi folded and Leong won the pot.

Hand 136 Leong shoved all in for 14,000,000 and Takasugi snap-called.

Akira Takasugi: Q♣ T♣

Iat Man Leong: A♥ T♦

Leong was ahead on the flop of 4♣ K♥ 6♠ . The 8♦ hit on the turn, leaving Takasugi drawing thin.

The river brought a 2♠ , locking up a double-up for Leong.

Hand 130 Iat Man Leong limped the button and Akira Takasugi checked his option.

The 2♣ A♣ K♣ flop checked through to see the A♦ on the turn.

Takasugi checked and Leong bet 1,500,000. Takasugi called.

The T♥ river checked through and Leong took down the pot with K♣ 2♦ .Takasugi mucked Q♥ 3♣ .

Hand 131 Takasugi raised to 2,000,000 with 5♦ 5♣ and Leong defended with T♦ 8♦

On the monotone K♥ T♥ 6♥ flop, Leong check-called a bet of 1,000,000 from Takasugi.

Leong checked the 8♥ turn and Takasugi bet 3,000,000 to see the 9♦ roll off on the river. Leong checked, and Takasugi bet 10,000,000, forcing Leong to fold.

Hand 127 Takasugi raied to 2,000,000 on the button with K♠ 4♣ and Leong called from the big blind with 9♦ 7♣ .

On the flop of 5♠ T♣ 3♠ , Leong checked to Takasugi, who bet 2,500,000 and Leong folded.

Hand 128 Leong called on the button with T♠ 3♠ and Takasugi raised to 3,500,000 with A♣ Q♦ to win the pot.

Hand 129 Takasugi raised to 2,000,000 on the button with K♠ 4♠ and Leong called with 7♦ 5♦ from the big blind.

On the flop of 9♠ 4♥ 7♠ , Leong checked to Takasugi, who bet 1,500,000. Leong cranked it up to 4,500,000 and Takasugi called.

The A♣ hit on the turn and Leong bet 5,000,000, only to be jammed on by Takasugi for 62,000,000. Leong snap-folded.

Hand 124 Iat Man Leong called with J♥ T♥ on the button and Akira Takasugi checked wiht K♦ 5♠ from the big blind.

On the flop of K♠ Q♥ 2♣ , it went check-check.

The 7♣ hit on the turn, wher Akira bet 2,500,000 and Leong called.

The Q♦ showed on the river, Takasugi checked to Leong, who bet 2,500,000. Takasugi called to win the pot.

Hand 125 Takasugi raied to 2,000,000 in the button with 5♣ 3♠ and Leong three-bet to 5,000,000 with Q♦ J♦ to win the pot.

Hand 126 Leong raised the button to 2,000,000 with A♣ J♥ and Takasugi called with T♠ 6♣ .

A flop ran out A♥ A♠ K♥ , and Takasugi checked to Leong who bet 1,000,000. Takasugi folded.

The APT Taipei Main Event has seen remarkable growth over the years, showcasing the continued success and prestige of the Asian Poker Tour. An analysis of the prize pool figures reveals a constant upward trend, underscoring the event’s increasing popularity and the expansion of poker in the region.

The prize pool for APT Taipei 2025 has skyrocketed to an astounding TWD 121,033,440 – more than double that of APT Taipei 2023, which set the bar two years ago with a prize pool of TWD 62,594,100.

This dramatic increase not only highlights the success of the event but also demonstrates the growing appeal of poker tournaments in Asia. With each successive year, APT's prescence in Taipei has delivered ever-larger guarantees and even bigger field numbers, culminating in this series' largest and richest Main Event in APT's 19-year history.

Additionally, the guaranteed prize pools (GTD) have also experienced consistent growth. For instance, APT Taipei 2023 had a GTD prize pool of TWD 30,000,000, APT Taipei 2024 and the Taipei Poker Classic 2024 saw a GTD prize pool of TWD 65,000,000. The APT Taipei 2025 took it even further with a GTD prize pool of TWD 70,000,000, continuing the upward trajectory.

This growth reflects the APT's commitment to providing world-class poker experiences, offering players greater opportunities to win life-changing amounts of money.

The APT continues to evolve, it has cemented its place as one of the leading poker tours in the world, attracting both seasoned professionals and passionate amateurs.

The increasing prize money demonstrates the trust players have in the APT’s ability to deliver top-tier events, and the Taipei stop remains a highlight on the poker calendar.

With an upward trajectory in prize money and participation, the APT Taipei Main Event looks poised for even greater achievements in the future, strengthening its reputation as a premier destination for poker.

The last two players are taking a short break before the final duel. Stay tuned for the heads-up battle of the hitory-making APT Main Event!

Hand 123 Akira Takasugi made it 2,000,000 from the button, and Wayne Lam three-bet to 8,000,000 from the small blind. Iat Man Leong four-bet jammed for 20,000,000. Takasugi folded, but Lam stuck in his last 6,000,000 to put himself at risk.

Wayne Lam: 7♠ 7♦

Iat Man Leong: Q♦ Q♥

The chip leader coming into the final table was on the ropes and needed a seven from heaven to stay alive.

The window card was the 7♥ to give Lam a set, but his jubilation was short-lived as the Q♣ T♣ followed to give Leong a higher set.

The 8♣ turn meant Lam had to hit a one-outer on river to double. He couldn't do it though as the 6♠ fell, meaning the tournament was now heads-up and Lam was out in third for TWD 6,867,000 (~USD 211,950).

Hand 122 Shinichiro shoved for 8,900,000 from under the gun and Akira Takasugi also shoved from the small blind for 54,000,000.

Shinichiro Kano: A♠ 9♣

Akira Takasugi: Q♦ Q♣

Takasugi held the lead with pocket queesn on the flop of K♣ 2♦ 6♥ .

The turn showd an 8♦ , and Shinichiro was still looking for an ace to stay alive.

Unfortunately, the river bricked off the 7♣ , sending Shinichiro to rail in 4th place for a payday of TWD 5,292,500 (~USD 163,350).

Hand 120 Wayne Lam raised to 8,000,000 on the button with A♣ 3♥ to win the pot.

Hand 121 Kano Shinichiro shoved for 6,400,000 on the button with A♦ K♦ and collected the pot.

Hand 119 Akira Takasugi raised the button to 2,000,000 with 5♦ 3♦ and Kano Shinichiro defended his big blind holding K♣ 7♣

The flop fell A♠ K♦ 9♦ and Shinichiro check-called a bet of 1,500,000 from Takasugi.

The 8♦ turn checked through for the K♠ to hit the river. Shinichiro led out for 5,000,000 and was met by a raise to 12,000,000 by Takasugi.

Shinichiro made the call and Takasugi flpped over 5♦ 3♦ for a baby flush. Shinichiro mucked K♣ 7♣ for trip kings.

Hand 114 Wayne Lam got a walk with A♠ A♦ in the big blind.

Hand 115 Akira Takasugi raised the button to 2,000,000 with K♥ 5♠ and won the pot.

Hand 116 Kano Shinichiro limped from the small blind with A♣ 3♣ and Iat Man Leong checked from the big blind with 5♦ 4♠

A flop ran out T♣ J♦ J♥ , Shinichiro check-called after a bet of 1,200,000 from Leong.

The turn showed a board-pairing T♠ . It went check-check.

The river brouth an A♠ , and Shinichiro bet 3,500,000 to win the pot.

Hand 117 Lam raied to 2,000,000 from under the gun with 9♣ 8♣ to win the pot.

Hand 118 Shinichiro raied to 2,000,000 from under the gun with 5♦ 5♣ and Leong three-bet to 4,500,000 on the button with A♣ Q♥ . Shinichiro folded.

Hand 109 Iat Man Leong raised to 2,000,000 from the small blind with A♠ Q♦ and Akira Takasugi defended his big blind holding T♣ 2♣ .

On the 3♥ 9♥ 6♥ flop, Leong bet 1,000,000 and Takasugi quickly folded.

Hand 110 Leong min-raised A♦ Q♦ from the cutoff and won the pot.

Hand 111 Takasugi opened the button to 2,000,000 with A♦ 2♣ , and Wayne Lam three-bet to 9,500,000 with J♣ T♣ from the small blind. Everyone folded.

Hand 112 Kano Shinichiro raised to 2,700,000 from the small blind with K♦ 4♣ and won the pot.

Hand 113 Takasugi got a walk.

Hand 105 Wayne Lam riaed to 6,000,000 from under the gun with 7♥ 7♦ to win the pot.

Hand 106 Kano Shinichiro raised to 2,000,000 from under the gun with K♦ Q♥ to win the pot.

Hand 107 Akira Takasugi raised the button to 2,000,000 with J♠ J♥ and Shinichiro called from the big blind with K♥ 6♥ .

A flop ran out A♥ 4♥ 2♠ , and Shinichiro check-called a bet of 1,100,000 from Takasugi.

The J♦ hit on the turn, where Shinichiro checked to Takasugi, who bet 8,000,000. Shinichiro folded.

Hand 108 Takasugi raied to 2,000,000 from under the gun with A♦ Q♦ and won the pot.

Hand 109 Iat Man Leong raied to 2,000,000 from the small blind with A♠ Q♦ and Takasugi called from the big blind with T♣ 2♣ .

On the flop of 3♥ 9♥ 6♥ , Leong bet 1,000,000 and won the pot.

Hand 101 Akira Takasugri got a walk from the big blind.

Hand 102 Wayne Lam got a walk from the big blind.

Hand 103 Wayne Lam limped in from the small blind with 9♦ 7♠ and Kano Shinichiro raiesd to 3,500,000 from the big blind with T♦ T♥ to win the pot.

Hand 104 Takasugi raised to 2,000,000 from under the gun with A♥ 3♠ and Iat Man Leong called from the big blind with K♠ J♥ .

On the flop fo 9♦ A♠ J♣ , it went check-check.

The turn showed a 5♠ and it was another check round.

The river showed the 4♦ , and Leong bet 1,100,000 and Takasugi snap-called to win the pot.

Hand 100 Iat Man Leong shoved from the small blind and Nishant Kumar called from the big blind for his last 13,000,000.

Nishant Kumar: 5♦ 5♣

Iat Man Leong: Q♥ J♦

Leong had one big blind more than Kumar so this flip was basically for both players tournament life.

The flop fell 7♦ K♦ J♠ to catapult Leong into the lead with a pair of jacks. The J♣ turn gave Leong trips and Kumar needed one of the two remaining fives in the deck to survive.

Kumar had defied the odds before by cracking pocket aces, but he couldn't do it for a second time as the 7♣ fell to give Leong a boat.

Kumar had to settle for a fifth place payout of TWD 4,419,500 (~USD 136,400).

Hand 95 Kano Shinichiro raised the button to 1,600,000 with T♠ T♣ and won the pot.

Hand 96 Wayne Lam raised from under the gun to 1,600,000 with K♥ Q♠ and Akira Takasugi shoved from the big blind with 4♥ 4♦ . Lam snap-folded.

Hand 97 Takasugi open-shoved from the small blind with T♣ 4♠ and won the pot.

Hand 98 Takasugi raised the button to 1,600,000 with Q♦ 6♠ and Shinichiro called from the big blind with K♦ 8♣.

On the flop of 9♥ 3♦ 3♥ , Shinichiro check-folded after a bet of 1,100,000 from Takasugi.

Hand 99 Takasugi raised the cutoff to 1,600,000 with K♠ T♥ and Iat Man Leong shoved for 11,000,000 from the big blind with J♥ J♦ to win the pot.

Hand 92 Iat Man Leong shoved for 15,000,000 from the cutoff with A♣ Q♦ and won the pot.

Hand 93 Wayne Lam limped from the small blind with Q♠ 8♦ and Kano Shinichiro checked his option holding T♣ 8♠ .

Lam bet 800,000 on the K♣ A♦ 4♥ flop and won the pot.

Hand 94 Akira Takasugi min-raised the cutoff with T♥ 7♥ and Leong defended his big blind holding K♦ J♠ .

When the dealer spread out a flop of 9♥ J♣ A♦ , Leong check-called a bet of 2,200,000 from Takasugi.

The 6♠ turn checked through to see the 3♥ fall on the river. Leong checked again, and Takasugi fired out a slight overbet of 9,000,000. Leong folded, and Takasugi took down the pot.

Hand 88 Akira Takasugi raised the button to 1,600,000 with K♥ 4♠ and Kano Shinichiro shoved all in for 23,000,000 to win the pot.

Hand 89 Nishant Kumar raised to 1,600,000 from under the gun with A♦ 3♦ and Shinichiro three-bet to 4,500,000 in the small blind with K♦ 5♦ to win the pot.

Hand 90 Iat Man Leong open-shoved for 13,000,000 in the small blind with K♣ 5♥ and won the pot.

Hand 91 Wayne Lam raised to 1,600,000 with A♠ 3♦ from under the gun and Akira Takasugi called from the big blind with J♥ T♥

On the flop of 4♠ T♣ J♦ , it went check-check.

The K♠ hit on the turn, where Takasugi checked to Lam, who fired out 2,800,000. Takasugi called.

When the 6♣ landed on the river, Takasugi checked and Lam bet 4,200,000. Takasugi then shoved all in for 14,000,000. Lam snap-folded.

Hand 83 Iat Man Leong raised to 1,600,000 with A♣ 9♥ and took down the blinds.

Hand 84 Akira Takasugi min-raised the cutoff holding A♦ 7♥ , with Wayne Lam calling on the button holding A♣ T♣ , and Leong defending his big blind with 6♦ 5♣ .

The 4♠ Q♠ 2♣ flop checked through for the 8 to appear on the turn. After two checks, Lam bet 4,500,000. This was enough to force folds from Leong, and Takasugi.

Hand 85 Leong got a walk in the big blind.

Hand 86 From the cutoff, Kano Shinichiro raised to 1,600,000 and took down the pot.

Hand 87 Nishant Kumar min-raised the button and the blinds folded.

Hand 80 Akira Takasugi raised to 1,600,000 from under the gun with 9♠ 9♦ and won the pot.

Hand 81 Iat Man Leong raised to 1,600,000 on the button with J♠ T♥ and Nishant Kumar shoved all in for 14,000,000 in the small blind with K♣ Q♥ to win the pot.

Hand 82 Kano Shinichiro shoved all in for 11,000,000 from under the gun and Wayne Lam called from the big blind to put his opponent at risk.

Wayne Lam: K♥ J♥

Kano Shinichiro: 2♥ 2♦

A flop came Q♠ K♠ A♦ , improving Lam to a superior pair of kings and pushing Shinichiro closer to elimination.

The 2♠ hit on the turn, giving the Japanese player a set of deuces and leaving Lam drawing thin.

When the river brought the 6♠ , it locked up a double-up for Shinichiro.

Hand 78 Iat Man Leong raised to 1,600,000 from under the gun and Nishant Kumar three-bet jammed for 6,400,000 from the cutoff. Kano Shinichiro moved in over the top for 17,000,000 from the big blind, forcing Leong to fold.

Nishant Kumar: A♠ 7♠

Kano Shinichiro: A♥ A♣

Kumar was in the worst possible shape against the aces of Shinichiro, but he did have spades working for him.

The flop came down 9♠ 9♥ 6♠ to give Kumar a flush draw. The J♥ came on the turn leaving Kumar one card away from elimination. The river was the miracle J♠ to give Kumar a flush, cracking the aces of Shinichiro.

Hand 79 Leong got a walk.

Hand 74 Akira Takasugi raised to 1,600,000 in the cutoff with A♣ J♥ and won the pot.

Hand 75 Wayne Lam raised to 1,600,000 in the cutoff with A♦ 6♠ and won the pot.

Hand 76 Shinichiro Kano raised to 1,600,000 in the cutoff with K♠ 8♠ and won the pot.

Hand 77 Nishant Kumar shoved all in on the button for 2,600,000 and Wayne Lam defended in the big blind.

Wayne Lam: K♣ T♠

Nishant Kumar: A♣ 5♣

A flop ran out A♠ 4♠ T♥ , improving both payers to a pair, but Kumar picked up the lead with a superior pair of aces.

The dealer dealt a 6♠ turn, offering Lam a flush draw. Kumar needed to fade many out to stay alive.

Fortunately for Kumar, the river showed the A♥ , giving him trip aces to drag in a double-up!

The remaining five players are having another 15-minute break.

Hand 72 Shinichiro Kano raised to 1,200,000 from under the gun with A♦ 7♦ and Iat Man Leong three-bet to 3,000,000 in the hijack with A♥ Q♦ . Kano folded.

Hand 73 Leong raiesd to 1,200,000 from under the gun with K♥ 7♦ and Akira Takasugi three-bet to 3,000,000 in the cutoff with K♦ 3♦ to won the pot.

Hand 71 When it folded to Akira Takasugi in the small blind he shoved, putting Kiwanont Sukhum to the test for his last 6,900,000 in the big blind. Sukhum called and the cards were revealed.

Kiwanont Sukhum: Q♦ T♦

Akira Takasugi: K♠ T♣

Sukhum shook his head after seeing he was dominated by Takasugi's king-ten. The board ran out 2♦ 8♥ 9♥ K♥ 6♣ to give Takasugi the winning hand with a pair of kings.

Sukhum had to settle for a sixth place finish, earning himself TWD 3,564,000 (~USD 110,000) for his efforts.

Hand 70 Kiwanont Sukhum shoved for 3,300,000 from under the gun and Akira Takasugi called from the blind.

Kiwanont Sukhum: A♦ Q♦

Akira Takasugi: Q♣ J♣

Sukhum had Taksugi dominated as the daeler put out a flop of Q♥ A♠ 8♠ giving Sukhum top two pair. The 7♠ turn meant Takasugi was drawing dead, as an irrelevant J♠ landed on the river.

Sukhum survived again.

Hand 69 Rintaro Kagawa shoved all in for 5,600,000 from early position and his countrymate Shinichiro Kano called on the button.

Rintaro Kagawa: A♣ Q♦

Shinichiro Kano: 9♠ 9♣

A flop came 7♦ 5♦ 3♦ , offering Kagawa a flush draw. However, a runout rolled off 3♠ 2♣ , ending Kagawa't tournament run in seventh place for a payday of TWD 2,721,500 (~USD 84,000)

Hand 68 Rintaro Kagawa raised the hijack to 1,200,000 with A♥ K♦ and Iat Man Leong called form the big blind with A♣ 2♣ .

On the flop of 4♥ 9♦ 6♣ , it went check-check. The 2 hit on the turn, where Leong checked to Kagawa, who bet 1,000,000. Leong called.

When the river showed a board-pairing 4♣ , Leong bet 2,500,000 and Kagawa called after tanking for a long time. Leong dragged in the pot.

Hand 67 Owen Chong rasied to 1,200,00 from early position with just 300,000 behind. Kano Shinichiro shoved from the big blind to put Chong at risk. Chong called.

Owen Chong: A♥ 4♥

Kano Shinichiro: A♣ 4♣

A chop pot looked likely as both players had the same hand. However, the flop came down 6♣ J♣ 9♣ to leave Chong drawing stone dead to Shinichiro's flopped flush. The rest of the board came 5♣ 2♥ and Chong was out in eighth place for TWD 1,969,000 (~USD 60,770).

Hand 64 Akira Takasugi shoved K♦ 2♦ from the small blind and the big blind folded.

Hand 65 Wayne Lam made it 1,200,000 under the gun with K♣ T♥ and everyone folded.

Hand 66 Kano Shinichiro opened to 1,200,000 under the gun with A♦ T♦ and won the blinds.

Hand 60 Nishant Kumar raised from under the gun to 3,000,000 with A♦ K♥ and won the pot.

Hand 61 Wayne Lam opened the cutoff to 1,200,000 with T♠ 8♦ and won the pot.

Hand 62 Nishant Kumar shoed all in for 6,500,000 in the small blind and Owen Chong also called for his last 950,000 from the big blind.

Nishant Kumar: T♣ 2♣

Owen Chong: K♠ 8♣

Chong held the lead on the flop of A♣ 9♣ 6♦ . Soon, the dealer delivered a runout of 6♥ 8♥ , locking up a double-up for Chong.

Hand 63 Shinichiro Kano shoved all in for 7,300,000 from the hijack with 9♥ 9♦ and won the pot.

Hand 56 Wayne Lam made it 1,200,000 with Q♣ T♠ from early position and won the pot.

Hand 57 Iat Man Leong made it 1,200,000 from early position and Nishant Kumar jammed for 1,500,000 from the hijack. Owen Chong shoved over the top for 3,300,000, forcing Leong to fold.

Nishant Kumar: 5♠ 5♣

Owen Chong: A♥ Q♦

Kumar would basically triple up if hi two fives could hold up. The flop came 3♥ K♠ 7♠ keeping the pocket fives in the lead. The rest of the board ran out 3♠ T♠ , giving Kumar the winner with a flush.

Hand 58 Akira Takasugi opened the action with a raise to 1,200,000 from the cutoff before Lam three-bet to 3,600,000 with A♦ K♦ out of the big blind. Takasugi folded.

Hand 59 Lam jammed from the small blind with J♦ 3♦ and won the pot.

Hand 52 Owen Chon raised to 1,200,000 from early position with A♦ 3♦ and Rintaro Kagawa three-bet from hijack to 6,000,000 with A♥ K♠ to collect the pot.

Hand 53 Kiwanont Sukhum raied the hijack to 1,200,000 with 9♦ 9♣ and Iat Man Leong three-bet to 2,400,000 in the small blind with K♦ Q♦ . Sukhum folded.

Hand 54 Akira Takasugi raised to o1,200,000 from under the gun with 9♠ 9♦ and Leong three-bet to 3,000,000 on the button with A♣ K♥ . Takasugi called swiftly.

On the flop of 6♣ 6♠ T♦ , Takasugi checked to Leong, who continued for 800,000. Takasugi called.

When the A♦ hit on the turn, it went check-check. The river showed a 7♥ and Takasugi checked, which Leong shoved all in for 9,800,000. Takasugi quickly folded.

Hand 55 Akira Takasugi got a walk with T♣ 5♠ in the big blind.

Hand 48 Wayne Lam made it 1,000,000 from early position with A♦ K♠ and Iat Man Leong called from the hijack with 5 5 .

Lam bet 1,400,000 on the 3♦ K♥ 8♦ flop and Leong called.

The Q♦ checked through and the J♣ rolled off on the river. Two more checks followed and Lam took down the pot with top pair.

Hand 49 Leong made it 1,000,000 from early position with A♦ 2♦ , and then folded after Kiwanont Sukhum three-bet jammed for 6,800,000 from the big blind.

Hand 50 Sukhum called from the small blind with K♦ T♥ and Lam chekced his option holding K♥ 5♠ .

Sukhum bet 500,000 on the 2♦ Q♠ 7♥ flop and Lam called to see the 6♦ hit the turn. Sukhum checked and Lam bet 1,200,000. Sukhum folded.

Hand 51 From under the gun, Leong came in with a min-raise and Kano Shinichiro defended his big blind.

On the 6♦ T♣ 8♠ flop, Shinichiro check-called a bet of 650,000 from Leong.

The two players checked the 9♦ turn and J♠ river. Shinichiro turned over Q♦ T♦ for a straight to win the pot, as Leong mucked A♣ T♠ .

Hand 44 Kiwanont Sukhum raised the cutoff to 1,000,000 with A♥ Q♠ and won the pot.

Hand 45 Wayne Lam opened the cutoff to 1,000,000 with A♥ 8♦ and won the pot.

Hand 46 Rintaro Kagawa raised to 1,000,000 with A♥ Q♣ from early position and Wayne Lam called from the hijack with A♥ J♦ . Owen Chong defended from the big blind with A♦ 4♦ .

On the flop of J♣ 6♥ 6♦ , Chong and Kagawa checked and Lam bet 1,200,000. Only Kagawa made the call.

The 9♥ hit on the turn, Kagawa checked over again and Lam fired out 3,500,000 this time to collect the pot.

Hand 47 Owen Chong raised from the small blind to 4,500,000 and won the pot.

Hand 41 Kano Shinichiro shoved for 7,200,000 from early position with Q♥ Q♣ and won the pot.

Hand 42 Nishant Kumar made it 6,500,000 from early position with just 500,000 behind. When it folded to Kiwanont Sukhum in the small blind, he called for his last 2,250,000. The big blind folded and the cards were flipped over with Sukhum at risk.

Kiwanont Sukhum: T♥ T♣

Nishant Kumar: A♥ K♣

Sukhum needed to win this race to stay in the Main Event. The board ran out 2♠ 7♦ Q♣ 5♦ 8♥ , keeping the pocket tens of Sukhum ahead the entire way, earning him the much-needed double up.

Hand 43 Lam jammed from the small blind with K♦ 2♠ and Shinichiro folded 6♦ 6♣ in the big blind with 7,450,000 behind.

Hand 40 Dang Thi Hue raised to 2,000,000 from early position and Wayne Lam called. Akira Takasugi also came along from the small blind. Rintaro Kagawa defended from the big blind.

On the flop of 8♦ Q♥ T♠ , Takasugi checked to Kagawa who shoved all in for 5,900,000. Hue also went all in for 25,000,000. Lam and Takasugi folded.

Dang Thi Hue: A♥ T♦

Rintaro Kagawa: K♣ Q♣

Kagawa picked up the lead with a superior flopped pair of queens against Hue's pair of tens. The 3♦ hit on the turn, and Hue was still looking to spike an ace or ten to stay alive.

However, the dealer soon delivered bad new to the Vietnamese player as the river bricked off 6♥ , finishing Hue's tournament run in ninth place for a payday of TWD 1,500,000 (~USD 46,300).

Hand 38 Wayne Lam made it 1,000,000 from the hijack with Q♦ J♦ and Owen Chong called from the big blind with J♣ T♠ .

The flop came down A♣ A♠ A♦ and Chong check-folded to Lam's one big blind bet.

Hand 39 From the cutoff, Iat Man Leong made it 1,000,000 with A♦ J♦ and Akira Takasugi three-bet to 3,500,000 with Q♦ Q♣ from the big blind.

Leong four-bet to 8,000,000, and after ar few moments, Takasugi five-bet jammed for 16,000,000. Leong got a count from the dealer, but opted to toss his cards into the muck.

Hand 35 Akira Takasugi raised to 1,000,000 from early position with A♣ 5♥ and won the pot.

Hand 36 Wayne Lam opened the button to 1,000,000 with K♣ 8♣ and won pot.

Hand 37 Takasugi raised to 1,000,000 from early position with K♦ T♦ and Nishant Kumar three-bet to 2,500,000 in the big blind with A♦ 2♣ . Tkasugi called.

On the monnotone flop of J♥ A♥ 2♥ , Kumar flopped two pair and checked to Takasugi, who received a gunshot and bet 1,200,000. Kumar tagged along.

The Q♥ hit on the turn, completing Takasugi's Broadway. Kumar fired out 700,000, which Takasugi called.

When the 3♣ fall on the river, Kumar sent another barrel of 1,000,000. Takasugi then cranked it up to 2,500,000. Kumar folded.

The nine players are now on a 15-minute break.

Hand 30 Rintaro Kagawa raised from under the gun to 800,000 with A♣ K♣ and Akira Takasugi called with T♣ 7♣ in the big blind.

On the flop of 6♦ K♥ 4♥ , Takasugi checked to Kaggawa, who fired 1,000,000 and collected the pot.

Hand 31 Iat Man Leong raised the hijack to 800,000 with A♣ 2♥ and won the pot.

Hand 32 Owen Chong opened the cutoff to 800,000 with J♥ T♥ and won the pot.

Hand 33 Wayne Lam raised from under the gun to 800,000 with K♣ J♥ and won the pot.

Hand 34 Leong raised from early positon to 800,000 with A♥ 3♥ and Lam called from the big blind with Q♦ 2♦ .

On the flop of K♣ 6♦ 7♠ , Leong bet 450,000 and won the pot.

Hand 27 Nishant Kumar raised to 800,000 under the gun with A♥ J♦ and Wayne Lam three-bet to 2,400,000 holding A♠ 5♠ from from the button. Everyone folded.

Hand 28 Owen Chong made it 800,000 from under the gun with K♥ 5♥ . Akira Takasugi called from the next seat with A♥ A♠ , and everyone else folded.

The flop came down a monotone Q♦ K♦ 7♦ and Chong started out with a check. Takasugi bet 900,000, which Chong called.

When the 6♥ hit the turn Chong checked, and Takasugi fired out 2,000,000. Chong pondered for a while before opting to toss his cards into the muck, forfeiting the pot to Takasugi.

Hand 29 Lam opened it up to 800,000 from the hijack, and Iat Man Leong called from the button. Chong also called from the big blind and they went to the flop.

Three players saw the flop come down K♥ 5♣ 8♥ and the action checked through for the 5♦ to hit the turn. Everyone checked once more and the 6♠ fell on the river.

Chong bet 700,000 and only Lam called. Chong showed a pair of sixes with 7♠ 6♣ , and lost the pot to Lam's K♣ T♦ for top pair. Leong had called preflop with A♦ T♠ .

Hand 23 Wayne Lam raised to 800,000 from early position with Q♣ T♠ and Iat Man Leong three-bet to 1,700,000 with K♥ 3♥ . Lam called.

On the flop of 3♦ 9♣ 5♠ , Lam checked to Leong, who bet 900,000 and collected the pot.

Hand 24 Lam raised from under the gun to 800,000 with K♣ 8♣ . Leong then three-bet to 1,800,000 from early position and collected the pot.

Hand 25 Leong raised to 800,000 from early position with 5♠ 5♦ and won the pot.

Hand 26 Nishant Kumar raised to 800,000 from early position with A♣ T♥ and won the pot.

Hand 19 Kiwanont Sukhum made it 800,000 to go from middle position with 9♠ 9♣ and won the pot.

Hand 20 Kano Shinichiro made it 800,000 from the cutoff with A♠ 5♥ and the entire table folded.

Hand 21 Nishant Kumar raised to 800,000 with A♣ 7♥ from the button and Owen Chong three-bet to 2,300,000 from the small blind with A♥ 9♣ . Kumar four-bet to 3,800,000 and forced Chong to fold.

Hand 22 From the cutoff, Kumar made it 800,000 and won the pot.

Hand 15 Nishant Kumar raised from early position to 800,000 with T♠ T♦ and Dang Thi Hue called from the big blind with 8♣ 6♠ .

On the flop of K♠ 8♠ Q♠ , Hue checked to Kumar who bet 425,000. Hue called.

The 2♦ hit on the turn, where Hue checked again. Kumar made another bet of 1,100,000 and Hue folded.

Hand 16 Wayne Lam got a walk with 9♥ 4♥ in the big blind.

Hand 17 Lam shoved all in for 19,000,000 with A♥ 6♥ from the small blind and collected the pot.

Hand 18 Shinichiro Kano shoved all in for 7,700,000 from the small blind with 9♥ 9♣ and collected the pot.

Hand 14 Iat Man Leong made it 600,000 from middle position and only Rintaro Kagawa called from the small blind.

When the flop came down T♥ 6♣ K♦ , Kagawa checked, and Leong bet 350,000. Kagawa called.

The Q♦ rolled off on the turn and Kagawa checked again. Leong fired a second barrel of 1,200,000, which caused Kagawa to go into the tank. After using a time bank chip, Kagawa check-raised to 4,500,000. Leong used a few time banks of his own before opting to call.

A board-pairing K♣ appeared on the river. Kagawa bet 5,000,000 and Leong again went into the tank. Leong had 6,425,000 remaining in his stack, and after doing some inventory, made the call.

Iat Man Leong: Q♥ Q♣

Rintaro Kagawa: A♣ J♠

Leong rivered a full house to win the pot after Kagawa turned a Broadway straight. Leong's rail erupted when they saw he had the winner as he now became the chip leader of the APT Main Event fianl table.

Hand 9 Wayne Lam raised the button to 650,000 with 6♠ 6♥ and collected the pot.

Hand 10 Akita Takasugi raised to 600,000 with A♥ Q♠ from early position and Dang Thi Hue three-bet from the hijack to 4,400,000 with 8♠ 8♥ . Takasugi folded.

Hand 11 Nishant Kumar limped in frrom the small blind with J♦ T♠ and Owen Chong checked from the big blind J♠ 2♠ .

On the flop of A♦ 4♠ 7♦ , Kumar bet 300,000 and collected the pot.

Hand 12 Lam raised to 600,000 from early position with A♣ 7♣ and Shinichiro Kano three-bet to 1,500,000 from the hijack with A♥ J♠ . Lam folded.

Hand 13 Lam raised from early position to 600,000 with A♠ 6♠ and collected the pot.

Hand 5 Akira Takasugi made it 600,000 from the button with K♦ T♥ and Rintaro Kagawa three-bet to 2,000,000 holding A♦ K♣ from the small blind. Everyone folded.

Hand 6 Nishant Kumar came in with a raise to 600,000 from middle position with J♣ 6♣ , and Dang Thi Hue three-bet to 4,400,000 from the big blind with just one big blind behind. Kumar folded.

Hand 7 Hue called from the smal blind with Q♥ 9♠ and Wayne Lam raised to 1,000,000 with 8♦ 5♠ out of the big blind. Hue stuck in the call.

On the 5♦ 2♦ T♥ flop Hue checked, and then folded to a bet of 600,000 from Lam.

Hand 8 Owen Chong bumped up the action to 600,000 with K♥ 2♥ . Takasugi three-bet to 1,600,000 with A♣ K♠ and took down the pot.

Hand 1 Shinichiro Kano raied to 600,000 with K♠ 2♠ on the button and Iat Man Leong three-bet to 1,100,000 from the small blind with T♣ 3♣ to collect the pot.

Hand 2 Nishant Kumar lim[ed in from the small blind with J♦ T♥ and Owen Chong raised the big blind to 850,000 with Q♥ 6♣ to win the pot.

Hand 3 Wayne Lam raised to 600,000 with J♣ 5♣ from early position and Leong three-bet to 1,400,000 with A♥ J♦ in the cutoff. Lam folded.

Hand 4 Akira Takasugi limped in from the small blind with 4♦ 4♣ and Rintaro Kagawa three-bet to 1,000,000 in the big blind with K♣ 9♣ . Takasugi called. On the monotone flop of 6♥ 5♥ J♥ , Takasugi checked and Kawagga bet 800,000 to collect the pot.

Action has started on the Final Day of the APT Main Event, and the final nine players are in contention for the championship and the TWD 19,009,440 (~$586,710) top prize.

Top three finishers will take home an APTC Main Event Seat worth TWD 350,000 alongside a hefty prize.

There will be a charged atmosphere inside Taipei’s Red Space venue as the APT Taipei 2025 Main Event charges into its final day. Nine poker warriors, forged through four days of relentless battles, take their seats to claim the richest title in Asian Poker Tour history. With a TWD 19,009,440 (~$586,710) payday for the champion at stake, today is where history will be made.