APT Main Event (55,000 TWD)

The TWD 70 million (~US$ 2,150,000) guaranteed APT Taipei 2025 Main Event kicked off its first starting flight, drawing a total of 542 entries (404 unique). With another 466 OnLive entries from Natural 8 - the Main Event boasts of a total of 1,008 entries so far with three more flights yet to conclude.

Today's flight competed through ten 60-minute levels with a total of 203 survivors bagging their chips to continue their main event journey for Day 2.

Taiwan's Wu Chun Yu amassed the biggest stack of the day with a total of 469,200 chips, setting the bar for the other upcoming flights.

A bit further down with the second largest stack is Hong Kong's Nicholas Go with 338,900 and just right behind him is Sing Wen Chen of Taiwan with 330,000 to round up the top three, with the top ten Flight A chip counts as follows:

Reigning APT Taipei Poker Classic Main Event champion Rene von Reden narrowly missed out on bagging a top ten stack, concluding the action with 345,900 in chips.

Other notable players from this flight who will advance to Day 2 include Beng Hong Ker of SIngapore (165,600), Choi Youngchang of South Korea (160,300), Shinya Matsuda of Japan (149,200), Dinesh Alt of Switzerland (139,300), Lester Edoc of the Philippines (138,000) and Tom Verbruggen of the Netherlands (137,300).

Tien Vu Do made it 2,200 to go from middle position and was called by Shinya Matsuda from the hijack, and Rene von Reden in the cutoff. Kieto Kawakami then three-bet shoved for around 92,000, which Do also moved all in for 32,000. The hijack and cutoff stepped aside.

Keito Kawakami: A♦ K♦

Tien Vu Do: Q♠ Q♥

Kawakami still had live outs on the flop of 3♥ 3♣ 9♥ while Do held the lead.

However, the board didn’t deliver any help on a runout of 9♣ J♥ , ensuring Do a crucial double-up.

Shinya Matsuda raised the cutoff to 1,300 and Jia Wei Yeh defended in the big blind.

When a flop came Q♠ J♦ Q♥ , Yeh checked over and Matsuda continued for 1,100. Yeh tagged along.

The turn showed a 3♣ and it went check-check.

A 5♦ hit on the river, where both players checked to a free showdown.

Yeh tabled K♦ J♠ for a flopped pair of jack to secure the pot.

The action was picked up on the river with a board showing 3♠ 7♦ 7♠ 8♦ K♣ and around 18,000 chips in the pot.

Von Reden shoved all in for 32,500 from the small blind, sending Shinya Matsuda, sitting on the button, into the tank. After long consideration,

Matsuda eventually tossed his cards into the muck.

Shinya Matsuda opened to 300 from the hijack, prompting calls from four other players: Rene von Reden in the cutoff, Joshua Zimmerman on the button, and Kunal Patni and Kieto Kawakami from the blinds.

Five players checked through the board of Q♠ 2♦ J♦ 2♣ .

“This is the worst hand, you see. I don’t know why you're standing here,” joked Zimmerman to reporter.

Right after the joke, a 5♦ hit on the river, where Patni fired out 500 and Kawakami put in a raise to 1,800. This was enough to get the job done as a string of folds followed.