WPT Prime Taiwan 2025: Championship Event Opens Today; Early Festival Highlights

Currently underway in Taipei City is the World Poker Tour’s – WPT Prime Taiwan 2025 festival, with action kicking off on August 6 at the CTP Asia Poker Arena and running through August 19. One week into the schedule, players from across the region and beyond have been hitting the felt for early event glory, awaiting the flagship Championship Event as it takes center stage today, August 14.

As always, the local contingent has turned out in force, joined by representation from Hong Kong , Korea , Singapore , the Philippines , Japan , Australia , and as far as Hungary. Several notables have already hoisted trophies. Below, we’ve highlighted some of the biggest winners so far; you can also click the link provided for all of the results.

WPT PRIME TAIWAN – Results

WPT Prime Taiwan: Championship Event

For the second consecutive year, the 4th edition of WPT Prime Taiwan: Championship Event boasts TWD 30,000,000 (~US$ 1 million) guarantee. In 2024, this marquee tournament didn’t just meet that figure, it obliterated it, pushing the prize pool to a massive TWD 50,925,200 (~US$ 1.58 million). This year, the target is to break that record. And with strong turnouts already seen across the festival’s early key events, all signs point toward this direction.

WPT Prime Championship

• Date: August 14-19, 2025
• Buy-in: TWD 35,000 (~US$ 1,170)
• Guarantee: TWD 30,000,000 (~US$ 1,000,000)
• Day 1A: Thursday, August 14, 2025
• Day 1B: Friday, August 15, 2025
• Day 1C/1D (Turbo): Saturday, August 16, 2025
• Day 2: Sunday, August 17, 2025
• Day 3: Monday, August 18, 2025
• Final Table: Tuesday, August 19, 2025

WPT Prime offers one of the best structures in the world. Players begin with a 40,000 stack with starting blinds of 100-200 ante 200. That’s 200x the opening blinds. Blinds increase every 40 minutes, giving players plenty of room to grind. Registration closes at the start of Level 10. Each flight plays down to ITM which is 12.5% of the field. 

WPT PRIME CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT – Structure

Early Highlights

#1 THE OPENER (2,000 TWD)

Total Prize USD

$30,745

Total Prize

NT$920,500

Guaranteed

NT$500,000

Entries

567

ITM

71

#	Payout	Player	SPI
1	NT$175,900 $5,875	SY Shaw Yih Chia Taiwan	901.27
2	NT$123,300 $4,120	CT Chin Te Lai Taiwan	637.29
3	NT$79,300 $2,650	JC Jeff Chang Taiwan	520.35
4	NT$56,200 $1,875	HP Huang Peng Lin Taiwan	450.64
5	NT$43,100 $1,440	AZ Anhua Zou China	403.06
6	NT$35,700 $1,190	CM Chia Ming Tsai Taiwan	367.94
7	NT$29,500 $985	CW Chun Wei Pan Taiwan	340.65
8	NT$23,400 $780	JK Jing Keng Taiwan	318.65
9	NT$17,700 $590	N Nagahiro Japan	300.42

Check the 71 Payouts & Results ...

#2 CHAMPIONSHIP WARM UP (10,000 TWD)

Total Prize USD

$140,520

Total Prize

NT$4,207,200

Guaranteed

NT$3,000,000

Entries

498

ITM

64

#	Payout	Player	SPI
1	NT$815,600 $27,240	JC Jen Chwen Chang Taiwan	1,463.70
2	NT$575,100 $19,210	JK Jeeweon Kim South Korea	1,034.99
3	NT$370,000 $12,360	AA Anthony Abram Australia	845.07
4	NT$257,200 $8,590	CW Caixin Wong Taiwan	731.85
5	NT$197,400 $6,595	TK Toshio Kataoka Japan	654.58
6	NT$165,000 $5,510	DC Dhanesh Chainani Singapore	597.55
7	NT$137,000 $4,575	YS Yuhan Su Taiwan	553.23
8	NT$109,400 $3,655	HL Huawei Lin Taiwan	517.49
9	NT$82,000 $2,740	JC Jaegeol Cho South Korea	487.90

Check the 64 Payouts & Results ...

#25 8 MAX CHAMPIONSHIP (22,000 TWD)

Total Prize USD

$223,550

Total Prize

NT$6,693,000

Guaranteed

NT$4,000,000

Entries

345

ITM

44

#	Payout	Player	SPI
1	NT$1,388,000 $46,360	SY Seungmin Yu South Korea	1,607.29
2	NT$924,000 $30,860	TA Takasugi Akira Japan	1,136.53
3	NT$678,300 $22,655	PY Po Yu Su Taiwan	927.97
4	NT$503,200 $16,805	TS Tik Sang Kwan Taiwan	803.65
5	NT$377,300 $12,600	TM Tom Maguire Australia	718.80
6	NT$286,000 $9,555	AW Anton Widjaya Indonesia	656.17
7	NT$218,800 $7,310	DE David Erquiaga Philippines	607.50
8	NT$169,200 $5,650	CF Chih Feng Li Taiwan	568.26
9	NT$132,000 $4,410	JF Joshua Figuerres Philippines	535.76

Check the 44 Payouts & Results ...

#9 SURVIVOR BOUNTY (16,500 TWD)

Total Prize USD

$226,295

Total Prize

NT$6,775,200

Guaranteed

NT$5,000,000

Entries

464

ITM

59

#	Payout	Player	SPI
1	NT$792,000 $26,455	YS Yin Sau Chik Hong Kong	1,695.55
2	NT$555,000 $18,535	KF Kai Fu Or Hong Kong	1,198.94
3	NT$356,500 $11,905	IC I Che Shih Taiwan	978.93
4	NT$244,200 $8,155	AS An Seyang South Korea	847.78
5	NT$187,600 $6,265	CL Chengyi Lin Taiwan	758.27
6	NT$156,500 $5,225	KP Kyutae Park South Korea	692.21
7	NT$130,500 $4,360	SJ Seungmook Jung South Korea	640.86
8	NT$104,800 $3,500	CC Chieh Chun Tsai Taiwan	599.47
9	NT$79,300 $2,650	CL Chin Ling Hsu Taiwan	565.18

Check the 59 Payouts & Results ...

#20 DEEPSTACK NLH (10,000 TWD)

Total Prize USD

$50,230

Total Prize

NT$1,503,800

Entries

178

ITM

23

#	Payout	Player	SPI
1	NT$386,100 $12,895	HC Huanyu Chen Taiwan	875.10
2	NT$261,300 $8,730	CF Chang Fu Hung Taiwan	618.79
3	NT$154,100 $5,145	PK Pisit Kiatsiricajon Thailand	505.24
4	NT$93,800 $3,135	AK Akihiro Konishi Japan	437.55
5	NT$72,400 $2,420	JY Jieun Yang South Korea	391.36
6	NT$60,000 $2,005	LY Lim Yohwan	357.26
7	NT$51,100 $1,705	LI Lee Ingyu South Korea	330.76
8	NT$45,000 $1,505	TH Tatsuya Hirose Japan	309.39
9	NT$39,000 $1,305	FT Frankie To Singapore	291.70

Check the 23 Payouts & Results ...

#19 MINI SUPERSTACK CLASSIC FREEZEOUT D2 (6,000 TWD)

Total Prize USD

$22,080

Total Prize

NT$661,000

Entries

135

ITM

17

#	Payout	Player	SPI
1	NT$186,800 $6,240	KT Koji Takagi Japan	635.41
2	NT$118,200 $3,950	LT Li Ta Hsu Taiwan	449.30
3	NT$70,100 $2,340	CC Chi Chung Fung Hong Kong	366.86
4	NT$43,000 $1,435	LY Li Yu Yang Taiwan	317.71
5	NT$32,700 $1,090	KD Kaito Date Japan	284.16
6	NT$27,800 $930	YM Youngki Moon South Korea	259.41
7	NT$24,100 $805	GY Geonu Yu South Korea	240.16
8	NT$21,200 $710	WK Will Kwok Hong Kong	224.65
9	NT$18,700 $625	KS Kim Seonghyeon South Korea	211.80

Check the 17 Payouts & Results ...

#22 MYSTERY BOUNTY HIGH ROLLER (77,000 TWD)

Total Prize USD

$51,585

Total Prize

NT$1,544,400

Entries

36

ITM

6

#	Payout	Player	SPI
1	NT$549,000 $18,335	PY Park Yu Cheung	676.43
2	NT$366,100 $12,230	HC Hui Chen Kuo Taiwan	478.31
3	NT$244,000 $8,150	PD Patrik Demus Hungary	390.54
4	NT$169,500 $5,660	LE Lester Edoc Philippines	338.22
5	NT$122,800 $4,100	ML Marcus Law Australia	302.51
6	NT$93,000 $3,105	JK Jeeweon Kim South Korea	276.15

Link:

WPT Prime Taiwan – Schedule
WPT Prime Taiwan – Results

*Photos by CTP Club