APT Main Event (55,000 TWD)

Day 3 of the APT Taipei 2025 Main Event has concluded with competition stopping when the target of the final 48 survivors was reached after an electrifying day of poker here at the Red Space venue in Taipei, Taiwan.

The day began with 375 players already locked in for a minimum payout from the record-breaking prize pool of TWD 121,033,440 (~$3.7 million), the largest in APT history. The field, which represents the largest ever Main Event turnout in APT’s 19-year history, also marks the richest Main Event to date.

Ending at the top of the chip counts after nine hours of intense play was Natural8’s ambassador and Taiwan’s own Kitty Kuo, who amassed a staggering 7,575,000 chips. Kuo, who won the APT Main back here in 2021, will return tomorrow in the best position to claim the record-breaking top prize of TWD 19,009,440 (~$586,710), that also comes with a signature APT Gold Lion trophy and an APTC Main Event seat worth TWD 350,000.

Kuo, an OnLive qualifier, wasted no time making her mark in the Main Event. Early on, she sent David Erquiaga and Kit Kwan Chun in back-to-back hands and quickly climbed the chip counts. During the penultimate level of the day, she surged into the chip lead after her pocket aces held against Shinya Maeda's two kings, never relinquishing her top spot thereafter.

Starting Day 4 in second place will be Taiwan's Huang Mu Shiang with 5,205,000 chips, closely followed by Wayne Lam in third with 5,175,000. Further down the leaderboard is Nicholas Go, who brings through an average stack of 2,350,000 chips. Go, who has already gained plenty of experience under the lights this series, finished as the runner-up in the APT Superstar Challenge, and has the chance to go one better here in the Main Event.

Day 3 concluded with the elimination of Jason Chan. He three-bet shoved his short stack into the middle with jack-ten and ran into the aces of Andrew Ong. There was no miracle runout for Chan and he was last to bust the day.

Some other notables who will be taking theirs seats on the felt include India's Nishant Kumar (2,615,000), APT regular Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss (2,100,000), Peter Kiem (1,095,000), the 2024 APT Taipei Main Event runner-up Abraham Ceesvin (1,025,000) Poland's Dawid Smolka (970,000), and short stacked Zhen Dong (345,000).

A highlight of Day 3 was the raffle draw for a coveted APT Championship ticket worth TWD 350,000. One Main Event player was drawn from the field with still 185 players remaining. The lucky draw was awarded to China’s Chung Ching Cheung.

The fourth day of the tournament kicks off at 11:15 AM local time with one minute remaining on Level 26, where blinds will be 25,000/50,000 with a big blind ante of 50,000. Everyone has already secured TWD 307,500 (~$9,490) for their efforts, but all eyes are now on the bigger prize. The goal for the day is to play down to the final table of nine.

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

Play resumes tomorrow at 11:15 AM local time and will play until a final table of 9 is reached.

Play has stopped with the bust out of Jason Chan in the 49th spot, leaving the final 48 to bag their chips to return tomorrow for Day 4.

Day 3 recap to follow.

Kitty Kuo raised to 100,000 before Jason Chan put in his last 25,000 from a few seats over. Andrew Ong four-bet to 750,000, forcing Kuo to fold.

Jason Chan: J♣ T♠

Andrew Ong: A♠ A♣

Chan needed a miracle from the dealer to crack the aces of Ong and survive. The board ran out 6♠ 7♣ 4♦ 7♦ K♦ , meaning Ong's pocket aces held up, sending Chan out of the tournament.

With Chan's bust - the Main Event is paused as the final 48 survivors bag their chips to return tomorrow for Day 4.

The action was picked up on the turn with a board running out 6♦ 9♥ 8♠ 6♥ with around 700,000 chips in the pot when Akira Takasuhi fired out 250,000 and Nishant Kumar called in the cutoff.

The T♠ landed on the river and Takasuhi fired out 1,200, which successfully forced Kumar to fold.

With 49 players remaining in the field, one more elimation will conlude the day, and the remaining survivors will advance to Day 4!

Jhon Hendri had 650,000 chips in the middle with Nicholas Go making the call.

Jhon Hendri: Q♥ Q♣

Nicholas Go: A♥ T♣

Board ran 7♣ 6♠ 8♣ J♣ 9♠ to give Go a straight and knock out Hendri from the Main Event.

Jhon Hendri and Nishant Kumar had all their chips in the middle with Hendri at risk.

Jhon Hendri: A♥ J♥

Nishant Kumar: A♦ K♠

Board completed 6♦ 5♥ 7♥ 4♣ 8♦ for both players to play the board and split the pot.

Kaoru Kishimoto open-shoved the hijack for 780,000 and Abraham Ceesvin called for his 550,000 in the big blind.

Kaoru Kishimoto: K♠ Q♦

Abraham Ceesvin: A♣ 7♣

Ceesvin took over the lead with a flopped pair of aces on the flop of 6♦ T♠ A♥ while Kishimoto receied a gutshot. Fortunately for Ceesvin, the ranout revealed 8♠ 3♣ , locking up a crucial double-up for him and leaving Kshimoto on the edge of elimination.

Ho Chan Tsz had his last 300,000 all-in against Nicholas Go.

Ho Chan Tsz: A♣ 2♣

Nicholas Go: A♥ 9♦

Board ran K♥ 5♠ 6♠ 4♠ J♦ to keep Go ahead, sending Tsz to the rail.

There was a pot of around 650,000 beside a board that showed 6♠ 9♦ 5♥ K♠ T♥

Kaihung Hu had the all-in arrow in front of him with 725,000 chips at risk. Seokyung Lee made the call.

Kaihung Hu: 6♥ 6♦

Seokyung Lee: K♥ T♦

Lee's set was better than Lee's two-pair and scooped the huge pot, leaving Lee with crumbs.

Anusorn Asiralertsiri made it 100,000 to go from middle position and Sho Katsura defended in the big blind.

On the flop of 7♥ Q♣ 9♣ , Katsura checked to Asiralertsiri, who continued for 55,000. Katsura made the call.

When the K♣ hit on the turn, it went check-check.

The river brought the 3♦ and Katsura fired out 200,000, sendign his opponent into the tank. After around 2 minutes, Asiralertsiri eventually opted to fold.

Mean Ratanatabtim limped in from the small blind and Yu Hsien Lin checked over in the big blind.

Ratanatabtim checked on the flop of Q♦ 2♥ 6♥ , and Lin sent a small bet of 50,000. Ratanatabtim made the call.

The 4♠ hit on the turn and it went check-check.

When the 9♣ landed on the river, Ratanatabtim fired out 85,000, which successfully forced his opponent to fold.

There was a little over 400,000 in the pot with a flop that showed 7♥ J♦ 5♦

Big blind Dang Thi Hue tapped her option to Lin Wang Feng who also checked. Daehyung Lee took his option to bet 150,000.

Marcus Law raised it to 510,000. Hue and Fend stepped out of the way. Lee took a look at his cards and bowed out as well.

There was around 700,000 plus in the pot with a board that showed 7♦ K♠ A♣ 2♦ 4♦

Gyeongbyeong Lee bet out 480,000 - leaving around 200,000 behind. Nishant Kumar declared "All-In" and Lee snap-called.

Nishant Kumar: A♦ J♦

Gyeongbyeong Lee: Q♦ 8♦

Kumar's nut flush busted Lee's Queen high flush, sending him out of the Main Event.

Just 58 players remaining in the APT Main Event with Natural8 ambassador Kitty Kuo leading the pack.

15-minutes to rest from the action.

Nicholas Go and Nishant Kumar had it all-in before the flop.

Nishant Kumar: A♠ A♣

Nichoals Go: T♠ T♣

Board ran 7♠ 8♠ K♥ K♣ 9♦

Go shouted for the ten, the poker gods couldn't hear him, damaging his stack.

When the reporter arrived at the table, Shinya Maeda and Kitty Kuo had all their chips in the middle preflop in a massive pot. The cards were turned over with Maeda at risk.

Shinya Maeda: K♠ K♥

Kitty Kuo: A♥ A♣

The board ran out clean 9♥ 4♦ Q♠ Q♦ 6♣ , sending Maeda out of the tournament and pumpin up Kuo's chips over six-million chip mark!

According to table talk, Wanghee Lee and Shiang Huang Mu were all-in on a flop with Lee's J♣ 2♣ spiking a J♠ for a pair of jacks.

However, Wanghee Lee had a better hand with Q♣ Q♠ . A J♥ spiked the river and brought some "oohs" from the table as Lee's ladies were cracked, sending him out of the Main event.

John Hendri made it 80,000 to go from early position and Yu Cheng Hsu shoved all in for 425,000 from middle position. Hendri made the call to put Hsu at risk.

Yu Cheng Hsu: A♥ K♠

John Hendri: 6♠ 6♥

Hendri picked up the lead with pocket sixes, however, soon the dealer delivered bad news to Hendri as the flop ran out 7♠ 3♠ A♣ , improving Hsu to a pair of aces.

The runout revealed K♣ 5♥ , improving Hsu's one pair to two pair and sending the pot to his way.

Hsu Sheng Wang was all in for around 540,000 and called by Tomoya Kuratani in the cutoff.

Hsu Sheng Wang: A♣ T♣

Tomoya Kuratani: A♥ Q♣

Kuratani dominated the lead throughout the board J♣ Q♦ 5♣ 6♠ 8♦ , sending Wan in the rail.

With just 64 players remaining in the record-breaking APT Main Event here in Taipei everyone has locked up at least TWD 241,500 (~$7,450). Day 2 is nearing its end, as play will conclude either when 48 players remain or at the end of Level 27.

Here are few of the mst recent eliminations.

Nopparut Piyatassakorn opened to 80,000 and Jo Seng Mok shoved all-in for 320,000. Piyatassakorn used up a time bank and weighed out his options - and sometimes got distracted about the thought that giants one roamed the earth. However, he turned those thoughts away and focused on the task at hand - which was to throw in a chip to make the call.

Jo Seng Mok: J♠ J♥

Nopparut Piyatassakorn: K♦ Q♣

Board completed K♥ 8♣ Q♦ 6♥ 4♣ to give Piyatassakorn a two-pair to bust Mok from the Main Event.

Chia Lin Huang risked his last 320,000 all-in with Nicholas Go making the call.

Chia Lin Huang: K♦ K♥

Nichoals Go: 7♥ 7♣

Board ran 6♦ Q♥ 5♥ 3♦ 4♠ giving Go a straight on the river to eliminate Huang.

Button Shao Hua Tsai had all his 760,000 chips in the middle with small blind Chongwei Liao making the call.

Shao Hua Tsai: 9♦ 9♣

Chongwei Liao: Q♦ Q♣

Board compelted 7♦ 8♣ J♥ 5♠ 2♠ to award Lei the huge pot and bust Tsai from the Main Event.

Ryan Kim opened the action with a raise to 60,000 from under the gun, and the action folded around to Duc Linh Dinh in the big blind. Dinh took his time, burning through a few time bank chips before deciding to three-bet to 220,000. Kim opted to smooth-call, and the two went to a flop.

The flop came down K♣ 7♥ K♥ , and Dinh led out with a bet of 125,000. Kim responded by raising to 300,000, which Dinh quickly called.

Dinh knuckled the table when the 9♦ hit on the turn. Kim fired 400,000 into the middle, and Dinh called again.

With 1,900,000 now in the middle, the dealer revealed the :8d on the river. Dinh checked, and Kim slid out a stack of T-100,000 chips, putting Dinh all in for his last 600,000. Dinh leaned forward, tossing in all his time bank chips and staring at his neighbor. Dinh agonized over the decision for a while before deciding to make the call

Duc Linh Dinh: T♠ T♥

Ryan KIm: A♣ K♦

Kim had flopped trips with ace-king and got maximum value from Dinh’s pocket tens. Dinh went to collect his payout, while Kim moved up to around 4,500,000 chips.

Andrew Ong and Chun Lau were all-in before the flop.

Chun Lau: T♠ T♦

Andrew Ong: 6♣ 6♠

Board: 6♥ 5♥ A♦ 3♥ 5♣

Ong hit a set on the flop and improved to a boat on the river to double up his short stack.

Anusorn Asiralertsiri raised to 415,000 from the small blind and Binglong Peh called for his last 305,000 chips in the big blind to put himself at risk.

Anusorn Asiralerrtsiri: A♦ 3♣

Binglong Peh: A♠ 6♣

A board ran out T♣ 4♦ A♣ 4♠ 5♣ , giving both players 2 pair with a ten kicker, making it a chopped pot.

We caught the action with three sets of cards lined up in the middle for a three-way all-in.

Binglong Peh: 7♦ 7♠

Hon Leung Ip: Q♣ 9♣

Martin Sedlak: A♦ K♠

The board ran out A♠ A♣ K♠ Q♠ T♣

It was all over on the flop as Sedlak flopped a full house with his big slick. Both Peh and Ip were taken out of the tournament in one fell swoop.

A flop came 2♠ K♥ 8♥ with around 200,000 chips in the pot when Luke Dainton checked from the big blind and Robert Nemeskeri bet 35,000. Dainton called.

A 2♦ hit on the turn and it went check-check.

After the river brought a 4♠ , Dainton checked to Nemeskeri who fired out 100,000. Dainton tagged along after thinking for a while. Nemeskeri tabled A♥ 8♠ for a flopped pair of eights to collect the pot as Dainton mucked his cards.

One three-way all in pot just played out, and Ka Chuen Yip survivied sccessfully to keep his tournament run going.

Jason Chan went all in from the hijack for around 570,000, and Yip called for his remaining 95,000 on the button. Chi Hsiang Chiu also shoved for around 600,000 from the small blind.

Jason Chang: A♦ 4♦

Ka Chuen Yip: 6♠ 6♣

Chi Hsiang Chiu: A♣ Q♣

The board ran out 2♠ 9♥ 4♠ 2♥ T♦ , keeping Yip’s tournament dream alive and scooping in the sizable pot with his pocket pair.

There was around 450,000 in the pot beside a board that showed 2♥ 9♦ K♦ 7♥ J♥

Robert bet out 300,000. Donghyun Lim went into the tank, used up a time bank to mull over his decision. He eventually counted off the chips - which was more than half his stack - and decided to brave the call.

Kiss showed T♦ T♣ for a pair of tens while Lim was elated to see his Q♣ J♠ come out ahead.

Alan Lau open-shoved on the button for 535,000 and Shiang Huang Mu called from the small blind to put his opponent at risk.

Alan Lau: Q♠ J♠

Shiang Huang Mu: K♣ Q♦

Mu maintained the lead on the flop of J♦ K♥ 4♥ , leaving Lau drawing thin. The dealer swiftly revealed a runout of 9♣ 2♥ , sending Mu to payout desk.

Mu has now surpassed the three-million chip mark.

Chi Hsiang Chiu went all-in from under the gun for his last 108,000 and big blind Ka Chuen Yip made the call from the big blind.

Chi Hsiang Chiu: K♦ Q♣

Ka Chuen Yip: A♦ A♠

Board ran 8♥ 4♥ 6♦ 8♦ 2♠ to end Chiu's Main Event run.

Button Chun Lau opened to 60,000 and Hua-Wei Lin went all-in for 750,000. Lau made the call.

Chun Lau: 9♥ 9♠

Hua-Wei Lin: 5♣ 5♥

The dealer gave the players a board of: T♣ A♠ 7♣ K♦ 2♥

Lin is crippled down to 65,000 chips.

In the very next hand, Hua-Wei Lin went all-in on the button and the short-stacked, big blind, Andrew Ong made the call.

Andrew Ong: Q♦ J♥

Hua-Wei Lin: K♦ 5♠

The board ran out 9♠ 3♠ A♦ 6♥ Q♠

Lin was ahead pre flop, but Ong spiked the river queen to send Lin out of the main event. Ong was surprised that his short stack was big enough to bust someone out.

Guolun Huang opened to 60,000 on the button and small blind Yuhang Chen shvoed all-in for his last 240,000. Huang threw a chip to call.

Yuhang Chen: J♥ T♦

Guolun Huang: A♣ Q♦

Board: 3♠ 9♠ 3♣ J♣ 9♣

Cheng paired on the turn to double-up.

Shinya Matsuda opened for 60,000 and big blind Homma Sho shoved all-on for his last 540,000, which was roughly the stack size of Matsuda. Matsuda called.

Shinya Matsuda: K♦ K♥

Homma Sho: A♥ T♦

Board: 8♠ K♣ 6♥ 3♥ T♠

Matsuda flopped a set and went on to win the pot, sending Sho to the payout counter.

Players have left the tournament area for a 75-minute dinner break.

After the break, blinds will resume at 15,000/30,000 with a 15,000 big blind ante.

Stay tuned for more updates from this historic APT Main Event - Day 3 - TWD 70,000,000 GTD

Nicholas Go min-raised from under the gun before Soma Ishikawa three-bet jammed his 200,000 stack from the hijack. When the action got back to Go, he picked up his cards as if he were going to fold, fiddled with them for a moment, stared down Ishikawa, then stood up and slammed in the call.

Nicholas Go: K♠ J♦

Soma Ishikawa: A♦ J♥

Go was in rough shape against Ishikawa’s ace-jack. Both players stood to watch the flop of Q♦ 4♠ 7♣ fall, which kept Ishikawa’s ace-high ahead.

The 2♠ on the turn changed nothing, leaving Go needing a king on the river to end Ishikawa’s Main Event run. Amazingly that’s exactly what he found when the K♠ spiked on the river. Go erupted in celebration, throwing his hands in the air as he took down the pot with top pair, sending Ishikawa to the rail.

Three-bet, Four-bet, Five-bet.

Eventually, Rintaro Kagawa shoved all-in for 920,000 after big blind Hua-Wei Lin's four-bet to 250,000. Lin threw in a chip for the call.

Rintaro Kagawa: A♦ A♣

Hua-Wei Lin: K♦ K♣

Kagawa showed pocket rockets versus the cowboys of Lin.

The board ran 5♠ 9♦ 8♥ 7♥ 9♥ to award the monster pot to Kagawa.

Hon Wai Wong and Cher Cheng were staring at a pot of 300,000 with a flop that showed 2♠ T♠ 8♣

Wong and Cheng were both all-in after that with Wong showing 8♠ 7♠ against Cheng's A♠ 6♠ Wong was ahead, but Cheng cheered for a spade.

The dealer threw 4♣ turn and 5♠ on the river giving Cheng the nut flush. The chips were counted and Wong was left with only 12,000.

Wong was forced all-in on the small blind. Mean Ratanatabtim raised to 50,000 and everyone folded.

Wong showed 5♦ 2♠ Against the A♣ 8♣ of Ratanatabtim. The board ran Q♦ A♦ 7♠ 9♠ 6♣ and Wong's elimination was made complete after a huge 1-2 punch.

A flop ran out 6♠ 9♠ K♥ with around 250,000 chips in the pot and Gyeongbyeong Lee checked from the big blind. Peter Kiem bet 45,000 from the hijack and Lee called.

When the 7♠ hit on the turn, it went check-check.

The river showed a 6♦ , and Lee fired out 130,000 to forced his opponent muck the hand.

Dawid Smolka made it 50,000 to go from the hijack and Chongwei Liao defended in the big blind.

On the flop of 8♣ 8♠ 2♦ , Liao checked to Smolka who continued for 35,000, which Liao cranked it up to 90,000. Smolka made the call.

Liao checked on the 7♣ turn and Smolka fired out 55,000. Liao tagged along.

When the 2♣ hit on the river, Liao checked over again and Smolk sent another hefty barrel of 600,000, sending his opponent into the tank. After around 3 minutes, Liao eventually opted to fold.

Binglong Peh opened the button to 50,000, only to be jammed on by Keng Yong Tan for 186,000 and Peh called to put his opponent at risk.

Binglong Peh: T♥ 9♥

Keng Yong Tan: A♣ Q♠

Tan thought he was busted and was ready to leave the field as a monotone flop came 8♦ 9♦ 6♦ , improving Peh to a pair of nines.

However, another diamond came on the turn with a 5♦ , and Peh stopped Tan from leaving, for it might be a chop pot.

Indeed, it was a chop hand when the river showed the J♦ , keeping Tan alive in the field.

Ryan Kim opened to 50,000 from the hi-jack with Sorawit Suriyakarn calling on the button. Small blind Kaihung Hu went all-in for his last 74,000 .

The floor director ruled that Kim and Suriyakarn were forced to just call despite Kim's intention of re-raising.

The flop arrived J♣ 7♦ 7♣ and Kim bet out 80,000. Suriyakarn folded and two players were left for a show down.

Hu opened A♥ K♣ while Kim showed A♣ Q♠ The turn threw a K♥ to seal the deal for Hu's triple up while the 3♠ river was just a formality.

John Hendri made it 50,000 to go from under the gun and Shinichiro called from the small blind.

On the flop of 9♣ 6♠ 2♦ , it went check-check.

Kano bet 60,000 on the 6♥ turn and Hendri tagged along.

When the 3♠ came on the river, Kano fired out 120,000, which got the work done as Hendri released his cards.

Chih Hao Li moved all-in for his last 168,000 and Won Yebin isolated by shoving all-in for 384,000.

Li showed 4♥ 4♦ versus the A♥ A♦ of Yebin.

The board ran 6♦ 2♦ K♣ 5♦ 8♣ to book the win for Yebin while sending Li to the payout counter.

Two short-stacks went all-in against one another. Chien Tse Lee had shoved his last 220,000 in the middle and was called by Kaihun Hu.

Lee showed Q♥ J♥ versus the A♦ K♣ of Lee.

The board ran 6♣ 9♠ 2♦ 6♣ J♣ to give Lee a double up by pairing the river and leaving Hu with crumbs.

Supakit Anukoolpitaknik shoved from under the gun for 41,000 before Nicholas Go three-bet to 90,000 from the cutoff. Next to act was John Tech on the button, who decided to cold four-bet to 235,000 with 350,000 behind. The blinds folded, and Go quickly put in the call to see a flop.

With Anukoolpitaknik all-in, the dealer spread out a flop of A♥ 4♣ 9♠ , prompting two checks from Go and Tech. A board-pairing A♦ hit the turn and Go led out with a bet of 50,000. Tech did some inventory and then put in the call.

A 3♥ landed on the river and Go bet 50,000 again. Tech raised to 170,000 and Go quickly made the call.

Supakit Anukoolpitaknik: Q♠ 7♥

John Tech: K♠ K♣

Nicholas Go: A♠ J♠

Anukoolpitaknik had just queen-high and was eliminated, while Go won the sidepot with trip aces, outflopping the two kings of Tech. Go's stack moved back up to over a million, while Tech was left with just six big blinds.

There was around 270,000 in the pot beside a board that showed 7♠ 7♥ 3♦ 7♦ Q♣

Homma Sho bet out 130,000 and Dawid Smolka fired back with an all-in raise for 1,158,000 easily covering Sho's stack.

Sho spent a time bank and took a look at the board and his cards and nothing changed. Sho surrendered the pot to Smolka.

John Matsuda shoved his last 230,000 chips all-in from the cut-off and small blind Anton Lu made the call.

Matsuda showed A♠ 5♣ against the J♥ J♦ of Lu.

The board ran 3♣ 8♦ Q♣ 5♥ 6♦ giving Lu the pot and ending Matsuda's main event run.

John Matsuda open-shoved for 212,000 from early position and Suhwan Kwon called in the small blind.

John Matsuda: A♦ J♦

Suhwan Kwon: K♠ K♣

Kwon held the lead with pocket kings, but soon, the dealer sent the bad new to him as a flop came 5♥ A♥ A♣ , improving Matsuda to trip aces.

A runout revealed Q♠ then A♠ , upgrading Matsuda's trips to quads to chip away Kwon, who had a short stack of 10,000 chips only.

Anton Lu made it 40,000 to go from the hijack and Suhwan Kwon shoved all in for 222,000 in the big blind. Lu called to put his opponent at risk.

Anton Lu: A♥ K♣

Suhwan Kwon: A♦ K♦

It seemed destined to be a chop pot as both players held ace-king. The board quickly ran out 8♥ 4♠ 6♥ 3♥ 2♣ , making it a chop pot indeed.

Teng Kuei Hsu risked his last 110,000 chips with K♣ Q♥ and was called by Sita Divari with A♥ Q♣

The board ran 5♥ 8♥ 5♣ K♥ J♥ to give Hsu a pair of kings and a crucial double-up.

Seokyoung Lee made it 40,000 to go from middle position and John Matsuda three-bet to 110,000 from the hijack. Lee the cranked it up to 32,000, which Matsuda five-bet shoved for around 1,100,000. Lee also moved all in for around 840,000 immediately.

John Matsuda: A♦ Q♥

Seokyoung Lee: A♠ A♥

Lee picked up the lead with pocket aces, and the dealer quicly delt a clean board of 3♥ 7♦ 5♥ 2♠ 3♦ , securing him a humongous double-up

The board showed T♣ 7♠ 5♣ when Peh Binglong shoved his last 237,000 all-in. Tom Verbruggen made the call.

Binglong showed A♠ T♠ for top pair while Verbruggen showed A♣ 7♣ for mid-pair and a flush draw.

The board completed 6♦ A♥ giving Binglong the better two-pair for a double-up.

Teng Kuei Hsu made it 40,000 to go from under the gun and Abraham Ceesvin called in the hijack. Ryan Kim also came along from the big blind.

The trio checked through the monotone flop of J♥ 6♥ 7♥ to see an 8♥ fall on the turn, where the action checked to Ceesvin, who fired out 50,000. Only Hsu tagged along.

When the 3♦ hit on the river, the action went check-check.

After Hsu revealed T♣ T♥ for a flush, Ceesvin directly tossed his cards into the muck.

Alberto Morales and Powen Fang were looking at a pot of roughy 300,000 and a board that showed K♥ 9♠ 4♣ A♦ 7♣

Fang checked his option to Moreales, who bet out 140,000. Fang tanked and spent a time bank token before finally pushing in a chip to call.

Morales flipped over A♣ J♣ for top pair and Fang sent his cards to the muck.

We didn't catch the action but we saw Kit Kwan Chun leave his seat and a massive amount of chips head to Kitty Kuo, making her the Main Event chip leader so far based on our count.

This all just happened right after she eliminated Erquiaga on the previous hand.

What a rush!

David Erquiaga opened with a raise to 200,000, leaving around 80,000 behing. Small blind Kitty Kuo re-raised to 350,000 and Erquiaga made the call for all his remaining chips.

Erquiaga showed K♦ Q♦ against the A♠ Q♥ of Kuo.

The board completed 5♠ 3♠ 5♥ A♥ J♥ , shipping the pot to Kuo and sending Erquiaga out of the Main Event.

The remaining 160 players are now on a 15-minute break.

A board ran out Q♥ 3♣ A♦ 4♠ T♦ with around 250,000 chips in the middle when Nicholas Go checked from the small blind, and John Tech also knuckled it back from the big blind.

Go revealed 6♠ 2♦ for a bluff and pushed the pot to Tech, who tabled A♣ 7♥ for a top pair of aces.

Dicky Tsang made it 35,000 to to from early position and was called by Jacob Ikuma on the button. Nutthapath Saisilp also came along.

On the flop of J♦ A♣ K♣ , Saisilp checked to Tsang who continued for 38,000, which both his opponents called.

When the J♥ hit on the turn, Saisilp checked over and Tsang sent another chunky bet of 65,000. Only Saisilp tagged along this time.

The river showed the 9♣ and Saisilp kept his strategy with a check. Tsang then shoved all in for around 592,000, sending the Thai player into the tank. After around 2 minutes, Saisilp called off his remaining chips.

Tsang quickly flipped over A♠ J♣ for an invincible full house while Saisilp tabled A♦ 2♠ for a flopped ace only. Saisilp headed to the payout desk.

Kaoru Kishimoto opened to 32,000 and Ka Him Li defended his big blind.

Both checked the flop of 2♠ 4♥ 6♠ to see a 5♣ turn.

Li led out for 30,000 and Kishimoto called to see a 3♦ on the river.

Li went all in for his last 105,000 and Kishimoto folded.

Shuzo Sekine opened the button to 32,000 and Yu Wu Chun defended from the big blind.

A flop ran out J♦ A♦ J♥ , and it went check-check.

Chun fired out 30,000 on the T♠ turn, and Sekine made the call.

The 2♦ hit on the river, where Chun check-called after Sekine fired 50,000.

Sekine tabled J♠ 8♥ for trip jacks while Chun also revealed trip jacks with J♣ 7♦ to make it a chop pot.

At the start of the day, one lucky player who entered the largest-ever APT Main Event was selected at random and awarded a coveted APT Championship ticket worth TWD 350,000. This ticket grants entry into the APTC Main Event in Taipei this November. The fortunate recipient of this was China’s Chung Ching Cheung, who is still seated in the last 175 players of the Main Event with 150,000 chips.

But that's not all—there are still three more APTC tickets up for grabs for the top three finishers of this event.

Bao Qiang Ho opened the button to 32,000 and Beng Hong Ker defended in the big blind.

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

When an A♠ fell on the turn, Ker checked to Ho who bet 30,000, which Ker check-raised to 100,000. Ho came along.

Ker then fired out 200,000 on the 5♦ river, and it successfully get the work done as Ho released his cards.

Che Chun Chu opened to 32,000 and Chi Yeung Chan shoved all-in for his last 145,000. Shiang Huang Mu made the call from the button and Chu stepped out of the way.

Chan showed 9♦ 9♠ versus the Q♠ Q♥ of Mu.

The board completed Q♣ 9♣ 5♦ 3♥ Q♦ to give Mu quads to scoop the pot and send Chan to the payout counter.

Action was caught up at the end of the hand with both Chongwei Liao and Yan Shing Tsang both all-in and Liao at risk for his last 112,000.

The board showed J♣ 9♦ J♠ 7♥ 3♣

Liao had A♣ 8♠ in front of him while Tsang showed A♦ 6♣