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 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 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 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 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 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!

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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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.

Hong Kong’s Wayne Lam leads with 17,925,000 chips, and is positoned advantageously to set himself up to take home the lion's share of the TWD 121,033,440 (~$3.7 million) prize pool. Japan’s Rintaro Kagawa trails closely with 17,825,000, hungry for his biggest score. Malaysia’s Owen Chong is sitting pretty in third with 15,375,000, while Vietnam’s Dang Thi Hue, a former Main Event champion, sits with 4,700,000, ready to defy her short stack.

Lurking in the middle, Japan’s Akira Takasugi (10,775,000), India’s Nishant Kumar (10,525,000) and Macau’s Iat Man Leong (10,075,000) bring average stacks into today's proceedings, and may be trying to lader up a few spots before making their move for the title. Kano Shinichiro (8,450,000) sits in seventh, but it far enough clear of the bottom of the pack to use patience to his advantage.

Everyone has locked up at least TWD 1,500,000 (~$46,300) for making it this far, but the top prize and trophy are now within touching distance. Play resumes at 11:15 AM and will continue until one of these players is the APT Taipei 2025 Main Event champion. There’s forty-nine minutes remaining in Level 34 where the blinds will be 150,000/300 with a big blind ante of 300,000.

*includes APTC Main Event seat valued at TWD 350,000

All the action from the Red Space venue in Taipai, Taiwan will be streamed on a30-minute delay, ensuring fans can follow the action without spoilers. Live updates will remain in sync with the broadcast to provide a seamless experience.