APT Main Event (2,500,000 KRW)

Yoshitaka Yagi was all in for 865,000 and Ryuta Nakia called from the small blind.

Yoshitaka Yagi: 9♦ 9♣

Ryuta Nakia: Q♠ Q♦

Nakia was ahead with pocket queens and stayed in front throughout the clean board 8♣ 2♣ 4♦ J♠ 4♣, leaving Yagi crippled with only 5,000 chips left.

It folded around to the Japanese player Kazuhiro Shirasawa, who opened from the button. Mingyang Na defended his big-blind.

The flop came down A♠ K♦ 7♦ and the button put out a continuation bet, which got called by Na.

The turn was the 6♥ and Shirasawa really put the pressure on with an overbet of 350,000 into a pot of around 300,000. Na briefly thought about his decision, but eventually decided on a call.

The river was another 6♠, Na checked, and Shirasaw decided to give up his hand and check back. Na tabled over K♣ 7♣ and scooped this decent sized pot.

Kouki Okumiya made it 60,000 to go from under the gun and Sho Fujiki defended in the big blind.

On the 6♣ T♦ 6♥ flop, Fujiki checked to Okumiya, who continued with a small bet of 60,000. Fujiki stuck around.

When Fujiki saw a 7♦ turn, he sent another bet of 30,000 and Okumiya made the call.

It went check-check on the 8♥ river.

Fujiki tabled K♥ T♠ while his countryman Okumiya also revealed K♦ T♣, making it a chop pot.

Kento Nasu opened from early-position and the Japanese player Rikuto Sashida moved his 615,000 chips all-in from the small-blind. Bin Li in the big-blind woke up with a strong hand and moved all-in himself. Nasu quickly got out of the way.

Rikuto Sashida: A♣ Q♣

Bin Li: K♣ K♦

The K♥ Q♦ 4♠ meant really bad news for the Japanese player, the A♥ on the turn gave him a glimmer of hope, but the 4♥ on the river sealed his fate.

Play has started on Day 4 of APT Incheon Main Event, and players have begun their journey towards the prestigiouse Lion trophy.

Day 4 of the KRW 1,500,000 Main Event at APT TIncheon 2025 gets underway today at the Paradise City Casino, with just 48 contenders keeping their tournament run alive in the field.

With the absolute value KRW 483,890,000 (~USD 349,885), the iconic lion trophy, and a place in the APT history books up for grabs, the remaining players will battle through 60-minute levels — starting with 25 minutes left in Level 24 — until just nine players remain to form tomorrow’s final table.

Outdistancing the rest as the chip leader is India's Rishi Mehra, who bagged up a dominating stack of 2,990,000 chips. Mehra catapulted to the top of the chip counts with a late-night surge, highlighted by a pivotal suck out.

The field still features several pros, most notable among them are ATP High Roller Champion Thanisorn Saelor (1,385,000), three-time APT titlist Abraham Ceesvin (770,000), and Mikael Andersson (1,320,000), who just had a career high score in the APT Superstar Challenge a few days ago. Another player to watch will be former APT tournament director Lloyd Fontillas from the Philippines, who will enter Day 4 second in chips, with (2,345,000).

*includes APT Championship Main Event seat valued at KRW 13,830,000 (USD 10,000)

Action kicks off at 11:15 a.m. local time. Blinds resume at 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante, and survivors will whittle down the field for the final table.

Stay tuned there for key hands from Day 4 of the 2025 APT Taipei Main Event and, for those interested, there will be a live stream available which can be found on Twitch and Youtube.