APT Main Event (55,000 TWD)

Wolfgang Eisend raised to 1,800 from under the gun and was called by Ho Chien Chen on the small blind and Ngoc Ha Nguyen on the big blind.

Three players were given a flop of 8♠ 2♣ 4♥ which they checked down to see a 9♣ turn. Chen checked and Nguyen led out with 2,200. Eisend folded, but Chen stayed on to see a K♥ river.

Chen checked and Nguyen fired 7,000. Chen made the call and Nguyen showed K♦ T♥ for the paired king on the river while Chen mucked his hand.

Juns Leong raised to 2,000 and big blind Wolfgang Eisend - with a new lease on his main event life - three-bet to 10,000. Leong made the call and both players were shown a flop of A♥ A♠ 8♠

Eisend continued with a 5,000 bet and Leong made the call to see a 6♦ turn. Both checked to open a 2♣ on the river.

Eisend shoved all-in for 23,200 and Leong backed down.

So far, there are 377 recorded entries with more expected while registration remains open. 281 still have their seats.

Some of the recent busts include Tom Verbruggen, Wolfgang Eisend, Xian Jia Zhu, Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss, Ching Chung Cheung, Chen Yi, Wei Peng, Cheng We, Tsugunari Toma and Phanlert Sukonthachartnant.

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.