APT Main Event (55,000 TWD)

Cards are in the air for Day 3 of the Main Event. The time is stopped temporarily for lucky draw!

With the new benchmark TWD 55,000 Main Event in full swing at APT Taipei 2025, a starting gun fires at 11:15 a.m. local time for Day 3 at the Red Point Center’s Red Space. 375 survivors are at their marks and all eager to etch their names in this history-making tournament, which garnered a record-shattering 2,547 entries and easily eclipsed the previous all-time mark in APT history.

After a gruelling Day 2, each standout contenders is guaranteed a minimum cash of TWD 85,000 (~USD 2,620). With the staggering turnout, the confirmed prize pool has been ballooned to TWD 121,033,440 (~USD 3,735,600), with a jaw-dropping TWD 19,009,440 (~USD586,710) set aside for the eventual champion.

Meanwhile, the top three finishers won’t just claim a hefty share of the prize pool. They will also lock up an APTC Main Event Seat, equating to TWD 350,000! To add to the excitement, a lucky draw for another seat will take place as soon as the action kicks off in Day 3.

Nicholas Go of Hong Kong locks up the chip lead to sit atop the leaderboard with a dominating stack of 1,281,000 as the only player to cross the one-million milestone in chips following stiff competition in Day 2. Emerging from Flight A, Go navigated through the field with poise and intensity. His expressive presence during pivotal hands seemingly attracted the poker goddess Fortuna to his side heading into Day 3.

Finishing Day 2 with a formidable stack of 815,000, John Matsuda is certain to leverage his chips for his first APT title in 2025. A multiple APT casher, including two APT titles at the 2024 APT Manila, John Matsuda has yet to add the elusive Main Event trophy to his resume. With strong momentum on his side, the Japanese pro is well-positioned to chase a new milestone in his career.

The field is stacked with talents as two-time APT titlist Daniel Neilson (444,000), APT Phu Quoc 2024 High Roller champion Jason Lau (132,000), multiple APT titlist John Tech (95,000), Japan’s Shinya Maeda (400,000), and APT host and double title winner Gregory Liow (100,000).

Further heating up the field, more online qualifiers will join the action on Day 3, including Abraham Ceesvin (321,928), Thanisorn Saelor (117,718), Punnat Punsri (114,256), and Sean Ooi (105,748).

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

Blinds resume at 4,000/8,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante, and survivors will play through either ten 60-minute levels or to 48 players remaining in the field, whichever comes first.

Stay tuned there for all the action, as the field narrows, and the journey to crowning the next APT Main Event champion continues!