APT Main Event (55,000 TWD)

Kitty Kuo shoved her last 3,000,000+ in the middle and monster-stacked big blind Rintaro Kagawa made the call.

Kitty Kuo: A♣ 6♥

Rintaro Kagawa: J♦ 5♦

Flop opened J♥ J♣ 9♣ giving Kagawa trips. The 8♠ had Kup drawing dead on the turn. The river 3♠ was a formality to seal her fate and end her chance to repeat as a Main Event champion.

Dang Thi Hue had all her 3,280,000 chips in the middle against the commanding stack of Kitty Kuo.

Dang Thi Hue: A♣ Q♣

Kitty Kuo: A♠ A♦

The flop came 5♦ Q♥ K♣ for Hue to pair the board and have a chance.

The T♣ turn made things interesting and gathered some "oohs."

The 4♣ on the river had Hue fist-pumping with a resounding "YES!" with the flush booking the win and cracking the aces.

Kitty Kuo, who has been in the thick of it, opened the button to 250,000 and was defended by Kiwanont Kukhum in the big blind.

Kukhum checked on the flop of K♣ 4♠ T♥ , and Kuo continued for 300,000. Kukhum made the call.

The Q♥ landed on the turn, and it went check-check.

When the 9♥ fell on the river, Kukhum checked to Kuo, who fired 500,000. Kukhum made the call.

Kuo revealed a straight with J♣ 8♣ , forcing Kukhum to muck his cards.

Nishant Kumar raised to 875,000 from under the gun. Kitty Kuo thought it was a shove, and revealed her pocket sixes after the call.

After the dealer checked with the floor, action continued on the flop of 7♥ 8♣ A♥ , where Kuo check-called swiftly a shove around 980,000 from Kumar.

Kitty Kuo: 6♣ 6♠

Nishant Kumar: A♦ K♣

Kumar picked up the lead with a flopped top pair. A clean runout rolled off 2♣ 7♠ , delivering the sizable pot to Kumar

Kitty Kuo vs Daehyung Lee again.

There was a pot of 700,000 in the middle with a board that showed 2♥ 5♣ 3♦

Small blind Daehyung Lee checked his option and Kitty Kuo put out 400,000 past the betting line.

Lee then raised to 1,200,000. Kuo thought about it a bit and then moved all-in, covering the stack of Lee.

Lee threw his time banks in the middle for the dealer to pick freely, but he only ended up using one before mucking his hand and tapping the table to Kuo in recognition of "good play."

This round belonged to Kuo.

There was a pot of 1,000,000 in the middle with a board that showed T♦ 7♠ K♥ 9♠

Big blind Kitty Kuo checked her option and button Daehyung Lee bet out 460,000. Kuo called to open a 7♥ river.

Kuo checked and Lee pushed 1,300,000 in the middle. Kuo thought about it, but eventually folded.

Dang Thi Hue made it 200,000 to go from the hijack and Kitty Kuo called in the cutoff.

A flop revealed 9♠ 9♦ T♠ and it went check-check.

When the Q♠ hit on the turn, Hue fired out 150,000, which was enought to get the job done as Kuo mucked her hand.

There was around 1,200,000 chips in the pot with a board that showed K♦ Q♠ 4♥ 5♠ 3♠

Big blind Kitty Kuo led out for 650,000 and Daehyung Lee made the call on the button.

Kuo flipped over K♥ 3♦ for two pair and Lee mucked while congratulation Kuo, "Nice hand.".

Kitty Kuo made it 300,000 to go from under the gun and Marcus Law shoved all in for around 1,935,000. Kuo dropped in the call to put her opponent at risk.

Kitty Kuo: K♠ 9♥

Marcus Law: A♥ A♠

Law dominated the lead on the flop of 9♠ 7♥ 2♠ even though Kuo paired a nine with the board.

A runout rolled off 4♥ A♣ , improving Law to a set and locking up a double-up to him.

Kitty Kuo made it 200,000 to go from under the gun and Daehyung Lee three-bet to 350,000 in the small blind. Dang Thi Hue then cranked it up to 1,175,000 with 5,000 behind. Only Lee made the call.

On the flop of 9♠ T♠ 5♥ , Lee sent a small bet of 5,000 and Hue called off her last blue chip.

Dang Thi Hue: A♠ J♠

Daehyung Lee: T♦ 7♠

Lee picked up the lead with a flopped pair of tens. The 2♦ hit on the turn, and Hue was still looking for an ace or jack to stay alive.

The board decided it was not time yet for the Vietnamese namees player to leave as the river brought the help to her with a J♣ , keeping her tournament dreams alive.

The start of day chip leader Kitty Kuo made it 65,000 from the button and Kiwanont Sukhum defended from the big blind with roughly ten big blinds behind.

When the flop came down 9♦ 2♣ 8♣ , Sukhum started out with a check and Kuo put out a continuation-bet of 225,000. Sukhum thought it over for a while and then check-jammed for 625,000. Kuo snap-called.

Kiwanont Sukhum: T♣ 9♣

Kitty Kuo: K♥ K♣

Sukhum flopped the world with top pair and a flush draw against two kings of Kuo. Sukhum took the lead on the 7♣ turn improving to a flush. Kuo, did have a redraw to a higher flush though.

The river was the Q♥ , which was safe for Sukhum, and he doubled through the Natural8 ambassador and only remaining APT Main Event champion left in the field.

Day 4 of the TWD 55,000 Main Event at APT Taipei 2025 gets underway today at the Red Point Center’s Red Space, with just 48 contenders keeping their tournament run alive in the field after a gruelling Day 3 tested both stamina and skill.

With the absolute value TWD 19,009,440 (~USD 586,710), the iconic lion trophy, and a place in the APT history books up for grabs, the remaining players will battle through 60-minute levels — starting with only 4 minutes left in Level 26 — until just nine players remain to form tomorrow’s final table.

Outdistancing the rest as the chip leader is Natural 8 Ambassador — Kitty Kuo of Taiwan, who bagged up a dominating stack of 7,575,000 chips. Kuo catapulted to the top of the chip counts with a late-night surge, highlighted by a pivotal cooler where her bullets cracked Shinya Maeda’s cowboys. She is the only player to have eclipsed the 7,000,000-chip mark heading into Day 4.

Sitting in second place on the leaderboard is Taiwan’s Huang Mu Shiang, who amassed an impressive 5,205,000 in chips. Wayne Lam of Hong Kong rounds out the top three with 5,175,000 chips entering Day 4.

All three players carry over five million in chips and are well-positioned to apply early pressure as the action starts.

Four of the initial chip leaders from the opening flights fell short of Day 4, but the Day 2 pacesetter, Nicholas Go remains in contention with a healthy 2,350,000 in chips. Known for his expressive table presence, Go will be hoping the poker goddess Fortuna continues to smile on his run.

The field still features several experienced pros, among them three-time APT titlist Abraham Ceesvin (1,025,000), two-time APT titlist Robert Kiss (2,100,000), and Peter Kiem (1,095,000) – winner of the 2024 Taipei Poker Classic High Roller Double Stack.

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

Action kicks off at 11:15 a.m. local time. Blinds resume at 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 big blind ante, and survivors will whittle down the field for the final table, guaranteeing a minimum payout of TWD 1,500,000 (~USD 46,300).

Stay tuned there for key hands from Day 4 of the 2025 APT Taipei Main Event.