APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024: Abraham Ceesvin stands tall over Main Event Day 3, 1991-entry field down to 47 players

The APT Taipei Poker Classic festivities have completely taken over Taipei, Taiwan with its thrilling games at CTP Asia Poker Arena right on full blast. Halfway through its twelve day lineup, Day 3 of the Main Event came to a close with only 47 players out of its staggering 1,991 entry field, remaining in contention. Singapore’s Abraham Abdulla Ceesvin currently leads the charge, having bagged the largest across yesterday’s games and remains in prime position to claim the NTD 14,413,200 (~US$ 453,430) top prize.

Action will resume at 11:00 am local time, October 4th, with play set to wrap up once the final table is set.

APT Poker Classic 2024 – Schedule

Abraham Ceesvin tops Main Event Day 3 counts

Day 3 of the largest APT Main Event showing in the country welcomed 301 runners back on the felt, each looking to lock up a piece of the massive NTD 86,011,200 (~US$ 2,722,735) prize pool. Tension was high right from the start with the money set to trickle in following sixty six more eliminations. 

By the second level of the day, the money bubble finally burst with Kelvin Lee being the unfortunate gunner to fall one spot short of the money. Action was seen right on the featured table where Lee was at risk with Q♥Q♣ against Manapat Chuchaisri’s 7♦7♠ on a flop of J♠6♠7♣. No hope for Lee came on either turn 4♥ or river 7♥, further improving Chuchaisri to quads for the 100 BB pot. While Lee’s Main Event run came to an end, all the 295 players behind secured a minimum payout of NTD 77,000 (~US$ 2,400).

Play continued for seven more levels before the day closed as the field thinned down to 47 players remaining. Abraham Ceesvin leads the charts with 4,570,000 (152 BB), followed closely by local crusher Eric Tsai with an equally healthy 3,765,000 (126 BB) onto Day 4. Ceesvin has been a regular across the APT circuit with results dating back to 2016, and three APT titles to show for. The Singporean runner however, remains to be on the hunt for his biggest win yet, with two days of action left to overcome.

All Day 3 survivors are now guaranteed NTD 230,000 (~US$ 7,235) in cashes with several fierce contenders remaining in the mix. Joining the list are WPT Cambodia champion Konstantin Held 2,715,000 (91 BB), APT Superstar Challenge winner Chih Wei Fan 2,010,000 (67 BB), Singapore’s Dhanesh Chainani 1,910,000 (64 BB), UK’s Dominik Nitsche 1,540,000 (51 BB), Taiwan’s own Nevan Chang 1,280,000 (43 BB), and Australia’s Daniel Nielson 410,000 (14 BB), to name a few.

Still a game of cards, many fell short of making the final six tables of which include former Main Event champions Shixiang Khoo (48th), Punnat Punsri (70th), and  Lester Edoc (133rd). Previous winners on the hunt for another title, Thanisorn Saelor (69th), Jun Li (90th), Joshua McCully (92nd), Ravn Teo (116th), and Isaac Phua (214th), likewise bid their Main Event dreams goodbye, along with Natural8 ambassadors Hua Wei Lin (165th), Kannapong “Tent” Thanarattrakul (192nd), Kitty Kuo (243rd), and Kunal Patni (264th).

APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024 Main Event Review

• Date/s: September 29 – October 5, 2024
• Buy in: NTD 50,000 (~US$ 1,570)
• Guarantee: NTD 65,000,000 (~US$ 2,057,610)
• Total entries: 1,991
• Prize pool: NTD 86,011,200 (~US$ 2,722,735)
• ITM: 295 places

By the Numbers

• Natural8 OnLive: 397 entries / 56 ITM
• Flight A: 462 entries / 157 qualified
• Flight B: 439 entries / 181 qualified
• Flight C: 368 entries / 195 qualified
• Flight D: 260 entries / 131 qualified
• Day 2 A/C: 414 players / 164 qualified
• Day 2 B/D: 312 players / 137 qualified
• Day 3: 301 players / 47 qualified
• Day 4 – Friday, October 4
• Final Day – Saturday, October 5

Top Ten Day 4 Chip Counts

Full list of Day 3 Chip Counts
Backtrack on all the day’s action via SMP Live Updates, All results from 48th – 295th listed under Payouts