APT Main Event (55,000 TWD)

Flight B of the TWD 55,000 APT Main Event during the APT Taipei 2025 Series has just concluded here inside the magnificent Red Space venue here in Taipei, Taiwan. After ten levels of intense poker action, 222 players of the 506 entries managed to secure their place on Day 2 of this prestigious event that boasts a TWD 70,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

So far, with half of the opening flights already finished, the total number of entries so far stands at 1,511. There were 541 entries into the opening flight, along with 506 that took to the baize today. Combined with the 466 OnLine entries, make this years Main Event on track to smash the guarantee, and make new APT records.

Ending at the summit of the chip counts is APT regular Ka Chun Yuan, who narrowly obtained a chip lead at the end of the night with a stack of 260,000 chips. Yuan has been a regular at the APT circuit for many years, and has experienced a lot of success; his biggest career live cash to date came just over a year ago here in Taipei, as he took down the APT National Cup for $71,657. Primarily a PLO cash game player, Yuan has showed he is able to adapt comfortably to NLHE tournaments.

Hot on Yuan's heels is Boon Leong Tan of Malaysia, with a stack of 254,600 chips, which is less than one big blind than the chip leader. Rounding out the podium positions is Taiwan's own Hung Han Chen, who finished the day with 241,200 chips. Both of whom have put themselves in a great position to make a deep run in this event.

Another notable name making it through was Christopher Park. Park finished seventh in the APT Super High Roller yesterday, a result that would have felt disappointing despite banking over $50,000, given he entered the final table with a commanding chip lead. However, he has bounced back immediately, bagging an above-average stack of 125,600 to take into Day 2. Park will be aiming to reach another final table here at the APT Taipei series when play resumes on Saturday, May 3.

Some other notable names to maneuvered their way through the field today include Malaysia's Shyh Chyn Lim (179,100), Taago Tamm (157,000), APT regular Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss (149,500), Andres Vasquez (140,800), two-time APT title holder Gab Yong Kim (127,900), and Tarmo Tammel of Estonia (95,000).

Tomorrow the final two flights of the Main Event kick off, with Flight C starting at 11am, with the final flight, Flight D, taking place at 6pm. They both feature a slightly different structure to todays proceedings, as there will be six turbo 30-minute levels, followed by four 45-minute levels. These will be the last chance players have to accumulate a big stack to take into Day 2, which takes place on Wednesday, April 30 at 11:15am. However, late registration remains open until the start of Day 2, so anyone wanting to jump in at the last minute will have the opportunity to do so.

That concludes coverage of Day 1B of the Main Event, be sure to tune back in tomorrow as we bring you all the updates, chip counts and drama from the final two flights!