APT Main Event (55,000 TWD)

Ryan Kim raised to 1,300,000 from the hijack with just 150,000 behind. Leong Iat Man three-bet to 3,000,000 from the button, and after the blinds folded, Kim tossed in his last 150,000.

Ryan Kim: K♥ J♦

Leong Iat Man: A♦ T♥

Kim was one of the shortest stacks left in the event and needed something from the dealer to stay alive.

However, the board came Q♠ 9♠ A♣ 6♥ 2♣ to give Man the winning hand with top pair. Kim goes out in fifteenth for TWD 994,000 (~$30,680).

Ryan Kim opened to 200,000 and Yu XIn Liu defended the big blind.

The flop arrived 5♥ 8♦ A♠ Liu check-called the 250,000 bet of Kim to open a A♥ on the turn.

Once again, Liu check-called - but this time for 450,000.

The Q♣ was peeled on the river and Liu checked again. Kim fired another barrel to 800,000. Liu folded.

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.