APT Main Event (55,000 TWD)

A board ran out 7♣ 4♥ 7♥ 3♠ with around 4,000 chips in the pot, and Max Deveson fired a barrel of 4,500 from under the gun. Juhwan Kim made the call in the cutoff.

The J♠ landed on the river, where Deveson fired out 12,500, only to be jammed on for 48,000 by Kim. Deveson was put in a tough situation with his 26,200 chips behind.

After tanking for over 3 minutes, he eventually released his cards.

117 seats have been filled so far in the first flight of the APT Taipei 2025 Main Event with more expected to follow while registration is still open.

It really is becoming an international spectacle with so many countries represented. We have the likes of Sergeev Aleksander from Russia, Tsz Chan from Hong Kong, Eugene Chen frmo Singapore, Nicolas Burgevin from France, Minh Dao from Vietnam, Killian Wolfgang Eisend from Germany, Kaito Hirai frmo Japan, Ran Ilani from Israel, Paul Hong from New Zealand, Ho Lam Ji from Malaysia, Gang Kapil from India, Wai Cheng Keong from Macau, Juhwan Kim from South Korea, Matthew Ledger from the UK, David Van Noy Jr. from the USA, ALbert Nguyen from Canada and of course the local Taiwanese also heavily represented.

We have yet to wait for the Australians and the Philippine contingent to make their presence felt.

But certainly, the Main Event is turning out to be an international affair as can be expected.