APT Main Event (55,000 TWD)

Flight D - the last flight of the APT Taipei 2025 Main Event - brought in a total of 344 hopefuls (278 unique) hoping to advance to Day 2 and earn their share from the huge record-breaking prize pool that easily shattered the TWD 70,000,000 guarantee. The full amount of the prize pool will be released once registration closes tomorrow before Day 2. But let's just say that this Main Event is the richest APT tournament of all time.

Of course, that prize pool would have never been reached if it wasn't for the participation of the players. When the 281st player registered in Flight D - It was made official - the record for the most entries in an APT Main Event was broken! The record of 2,350 made during the 2023 APT Hanoi Billions was crushed with the official number also yet to be determined since more entries are expected to make a last-minute appearance before Day 2 starts tomorrow.

Of the 344 entries, only 176 were able to book a seat for Day 2. Leading the pack of survivors is Taiwan's Yu Jay Shih who built a formidable stack of 279,200. Not that far behind with the second largest stack of the flight is Japan's Mikiya Kudo with 220,200. Thailand's Rawinruchiroch Deesit rounds up the top three with 212,900.

Here are the top ten chip counts of Flight D survivors:

Other notable players who were able to bag a stack for Day 2 include Nishant Kumar of India (148,300), David Erquiaga of the Philippines (130,100), Gemmy Nguyen of Vietnam (122,200), Junseok Oh of South Korea (105,100), Jason Cooper of the UK (92,800), Dominik Nitsche of the UK (84,400) and Ryan Gebow of the USA (81,000).

Under the gun Fong Lee and big blind Jin Woo Choi were looking at a flop of 4♦ J♥ 9♦ with a pot of 7,000 beside it.

Choi check-called the 3,000 bet of Lee to see a 8♣ turn. Both checked and also checked the 6♠ river.

Choi showed 5♥ 4♥ for a pair of fours while Lee showed A♣ 9♠ for a pair of nines to take down the pot.

In the next hand, action folded to the blinds and Choi raised to 3,700 and Lee defended the big blind.

The flop came 7♠ 5♥ 5♠ and Choi check-called the 6,000 bet of Lee to open a 9♦ turn. Once again, Choi check-called Lee's bet of 10,900.

The river came K♠ and both checked.

Lee showed 5♦ 4♦ for trip-fives and Choi mucked his hand in disgust.