APT Taipei 2025 Main Event Smashes NT$ 70M Guarantee with 1,577 Entries And Counting; Ka Chun Yuan Bags Day 1B Lead

Another record breaker? Sure looks like it! Day 1B of the Asian Poker Tour's - APT Taipei 2025 Main Event pulled in another 506 entries to boost the cumulative turnout to 1,577. That figure was more than enough to catapult past the NT$ 70 Million guarantee with the prize pool now well over NT$ 75 Million and still two flights to complete.

APT Taipei 2025 Main Event

Taking place at the newly built Red Space venue, Day 1B of the APT Taipei 2025 Main Event ran on Monday, April 28, the second of four entry flights. By the end of the scheduled ten levels, the field had whittled down to 222 players with Hong Kong's Ka Chun Yuan at the helm.

Players may remember Yuan from his victory at the APT Taipei 2024 National Cup where he outlasted a field of 2,305 entries. Yuan bagged 260,000 (186 bb), placing him 10th in the cumulative Day 2 list. On his heels was Malaysia's Boon Leong Tan, just four big blinds separating them with 254,600 (182 bb).

Also making the cut was 2019 APT Taiwan Championships Event winner Jinho Hong who went on to  clasp a WSOP bracelet in 2022. Hong bagged up 45,600 (32 bb).

Othernotables finding a bag were EPT Prague crusher Gab Yong Kim,triple WSOP bracelet winner Anson Tsang, double WSOP bracelet winner Wing Po Liu, WSOP bracelet winner Alex Lindop, also Chen An Lin, Tamon Nakamura, Andres Vasquez, Martin Gonzales, and young guns Kai Cheng Hsu and Tung Wing Wong.

Day 1B Chip Counts
Day 1B Live Updates
Day 2 Chip Counts

APT Main Event - Numbers

Buy-in: NT$ 55,000 (~US$ 1,700)
Guarantee: NT$ 70,000,000 (~US$ 2.1 Million)
Day 1A: 542 entries / 203 advanced
Day 1B: 506 entries / 222 advanced
Day 1C: underway
Day 1D upcoming at 6pm on April 29
Natural8: 529 entries (unofficial)

APT Taipei 2025 - Day 4 Winners

While the Main Event commanded the floor, there was also no shortage of action at the side events with another ten players hoisting APT trophies. The biggest winner of the day was Eike Soren Strub at the NL Hold'em followed by Qibang Cheung at the Big "O" Masters, and Wutikrai Phraikhieo who became the first multi-winner of the series. All three players pocketing five-figures. Here are the latest champions.

Side events aren't the only ones picking up good numbers, the Main Event Satellites have also drawn plenty of attention.

• On April 27, the Satellite to the Main Event [10 seats GTD] drew 159 entries with 26 players winning seats

•  On April 28, the Satellite to the Main Event [5 seats GTD] drew 122 entries with 20 players winning seats

Up Ahead

More side action up ahead with the Women's High Roller, Zodiac Classic - Sponsored by Natural8,  Mini Main Event, Double Stack, Baby Superstar Challenge, and APT High Roller as just some of the ones certain to draw big crowds. Be sure to check the schedule for all the details.

APT Taipei 2025 - Schedule