South Korea, LES A CasinoEVENT #20

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Asian Poker Tour

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Level 18: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

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Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 2:56:44 PM

Yu Huang SIts On Top of Pile Going into Day 3 of Korea's Largest Ever Poker Tournament

Level 18: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Yu Huang The Only Player to Break the Milly Chip Mark

After a relatively short bubble period in the 2025 APT Jeju Main Event, 247 players have locked up a payout and secured their spots in Day 3.

The APT Jeju Main Event is officially the largest international poker tournament ever to play out in Korea, with a massive 1,693 (905 unique) entries generating the tour's richest Korean-based prize pool of KRW 3,761,155,200 (~USD 2,686,540).

All remaining players are guaranteed a minimum pay-out of KRW 4,020,000 (~$2,870) but all will be eyeing up the first-place prize of KRW 649,835,200 (~$464,170).

The first player to earn a minimum cash payout is Iceland's Adalsteinn Karlsson who cashed in the OnLive event as well as bagging a stack of 501,000 in today's live Day 2 meaning he will carry through this stack through to Day 3 and also earn the OnLive cash. Due to this only 246 players will be taking their seats tomorrow.

Iceland's Adalsteinn Karlsson Guaranteed Two Min Cashes

Leading the field is Taiwan’s Yu Huang, who finished Day 2 with a massive 869,000 chips. Hot on Sun’s heels is China’s Jieming Xu with 867,000 followed closely by Cypriot Andreas Christodoulou with 810,000 who rounds out the top three.

Huang has just over $400,000 in lifetime earnings & Xu has just over $500,000 and is looking for his first major title after numerous close misses. Christodoulou has just over $150,000 in lifetime earnings and is also hunting down his first major title.

Also sitting in the top ten and not too far behind the leaders is Georgios Skarparis (803,000). Skarparis has just over $1,500,000 in lifetime earnings and holds a WSOP bracelet.

Top Ten Chipcounts

Player	Chips
YH Yu Hsiang HuangTaiwan	869,000(145 BB)
JX Jieming XuChina	867,000(145 BB)
AC Andreas ChristodoulouUnited Kingdom	812,000(135 BB)
KY Kento YamadaJapan	810,000(135 BB)
GS Georgios SkarparisCyprus	803,000(134 BB)
ZH Zhenyi HuangChina	741,000(124 BB)
XZ Xiaosheng ZhengChina	735,000(123 BB)
TY Ting YuChina	718,000(120 BB)
WT William TeohMalaysia	700,000(117 BB)
ER Erik RozhynskyiUkraine	698,000(116 BB)

American player Christopher Park will be looking to take his lifetime earnings to over $1,200,000 and is sitting just in the top forty in 39th place with 468,000 chips.

Other Notable Players Bagging Up

WSOP Bracelet holder China’s Peng Zhou is taking a healthy stack through to Day 3 with 676,000 in chips. WSOP Ring Holder, Brit Guy Taylor, takes through 569,000 and The Netherlands’ Tom Verbruggen made it through with 369,000.

The Czech Republic’s Roman Hrabec who has nearly $13,000,000 in live earnings takes a healthy 454,000 chips through to Day 3 and will be looking to add to his plethora of Asian tour titles and final tables. Germany’s Martin Sedlak will be looking to break the one milly mark in lifetime earnings by hitting a final table spot and takes through 450,000 in chips.

Thailand's Punnat Punsri Still in the Hunt

Thailand's Punnat Punsri with over $30,000,000 in lifetime earnings sits in 150th spot with 186,000 in chips.

APT Manila 2025 Super High Roller Champion and Flight 1B Chip leader, Malaysia’s William Teoh, is sitting pretty in 12th spot on 700,000 chips and will be looking to make a deep run. APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024 Main Event runner up Singapore’s Abraham Ceesvin will be looking to better that finish and is taking through 595,000 in chips.

Abraham Ceesvin Looking for Another Deep APT Main Event Run

APT Taipei Poker Classic Main Event winner Germany’s Rene Von Reden has a nice stack of 573,000 and China’s Mincong Chen will be looking to make it a double Flagship Trophy winning trip and add the Gold Lion APT Main Event Trophy to his Pewter Lion APT Super High Roller Trophy already picked up earlier in the series, however he has work to do sitting in 116th spot with 244,000 in chips.

Start-of-day chip leader Russian Maxim Sorokin (509,000) has made it through to Day 3 along with Flight D frontrunner China’s Chao Ting Cheng (396,000).

Day Three kicks-off tomorrow at 11.15AM Local Time (KST). Stay tuned for live updates straight from the floor.

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 12:03:24 PM

Kitty Kuo is the 2025 APT Jeju Main Event Bubble Girl

Level 18: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Natural 8 Ambassador Kitty Kuo the Unfortunate Bubble Girl

Action folded to Natural 8 Ambassador Kitty Kuo in the hijack who open jammed for her last 85,000. Action folded to Peng Zhou in the big blind who made the call.

Kitty Kuo: 9♥ 9♠

Peng Zhou: K♣ Q♥

Not the flop that Kuo wanted to see as the dealer peeled off K♦ A♥ A♦ and the Natural 8 Ambassador had two outs to stay alive unless miracles were to happen.

The 8♣ turn was close but no cigar and when the river bricked out with the 2♣ Kitty Kuo was sent to the rail in 249th place as the unfortunate bubble girl. She did receive a Ultra Stack Ticket worth KRW 850,000 as a consolidatory bubble prize though!

Player	Chips	Progress
PZ Peng ZhouChina	690,000(115 BB)	94,000
KK Kitty KuoTaiwan	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 11:34:24 AM

Cautious Play During Bubble Time

Level 18: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Seung Jennens opened for 12,000 in late position and got a three-bet from Can Wu in the cutoff. Shuo Li four-bet to 60,000 pushing Jennens out of the pot. Wu called to see a flop.

Nearing the bubble and with such a big pot, Wu and Li checked through the river on a board of 8♥ 8♠ 2♥ Q♦ 6♦.

Li showed A♦ J♦ and Wu tabled A♣ K♥ for the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
CW Can WuChina	260,000(43 BB)	87,000
SL Shuo LiChina	140,000(23 BB)	-72,000
SC Seung Chul Tyler JennensCanada	110,000(18 BB)	-12,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 11:32:48 AM

Zheng Wins with Little Resistance

Level 18: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Jie Zheng

Andreas Christodoulou opened with 14,000 under the gun and got two callers Jie Zheng and Zhouyi Wang in the big blind.

The flop came 5♠ T♦ 4♣. Wang and Christodoulou checked the flop and folded after Zheng bet 12,000 into the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
AC Andreas ChristodoulouUnited Kingdom	815,000(136 BB)	-14,000
ZW Zhouyi WangChina	450,000(75 BB)	-14,000
JZ Jie ZhengChina	250,000(42 BB)	37,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 11:28:35 AM

Battle of the Blinds

Level 18: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Action was picked up with the blinds Junquiang Lyu and Zhongmin Xia with their cards and chips in the middle of the table.

Junquiang Lyu: 5♥ 5♣

Zhongmin Xia: K♥ Q♥

Despite Xia hitting the board with a pair, Lyu reinforced his lead when he caught a set on the flop 5♦ Q♠ T♦.

The turn gave Lyu's a full house when it dropped Q♦, but also improved Xia to trips giving him a few outs.

The river 9♦ was a not one of them.

Lyu doubled up and could continue his run nearing bubble time.

Player	Chips
JL Junqiang LyuChina	430,000(72 BB)
ZX Zhongmin XiaChina	350,000(58 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 11:11:06 AM

Takeomi Doubles Near the Bubble

Level 18: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Xiaosheng Zheng

Xiaosheng Zheng was the chip leader as players were nearing the bubble, but he lost a stack after doubling up Daisuke Takeomi in a classic flip of Kings Vs Ace-Queen.

Xiaosheng Zheng: A♦ Q♣

Daisuke Takeomi: K♦ K♥

Takeomi got his remaining ~100,000 stack in and held on the J♣ Q♥ T♠ J♠ 8♠ runout.

Player	Chips
XZ Xiaosheng ZhengChina	730,000(122 BB)
DT Daisuke TaketomiJapan	215,000(36 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 11:09:50 AM

Bubble Approaching

Level 18: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

With 251 players remaining we are nearing the bubble.

When one more player is eliminated the floor will pause the clock and the play will be hand for hand with three minutes deducted per hand.

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 11:07:00 AM

Li Leaves Jin Short Before the Bubble

Level 18: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Jiangpu Jin and his opponent Bizhen Li were already all in with the cards face up, waiting for the board to be dealt.

Jin was in the cutoff and Li in the big blind, they had roughly the same size stacks of around 230,000, with Jin only just covering Li by 45,000.

Jiangpu Jin: A♠ Q♠

Bizhen Li: T♠ T♦

Jin wasn't behind for long as the flop came K♥ 8♦ A♥.

The J♠ turn made things interesting as it brought in Li the straight draw.

A Q♥ river saw Li shout "Nice!" as he locked the double up. Jin was left very short, just ten players away from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
BL Bizhen LiChina	470,000(78 BB)	54,000
JJ Jiangpu JinChina	45,000(8 BB)	-45,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 11:04:25 AM

One Bet, Two Bet, Three Bet, Four Bet.....Fold

Level 18: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Emi Oike

Action folded to Emi Oike on the button who raised to 15,000 only to face a three-bet from Maxim Sorokin in the small blind to 48,000.

Oike countered with a four-bet to 125,000.

Sorokin clicked it back with a five-bet to 200,000.

Oike went into the tank now and pushed out her stack of time-banks being charged two of them before releasing her hand and sending the pot to Sorokin.

Player	Chips	Progress
MS Maxim SorokinRussia	530,000(88 BB)	212,000
EO Emi OikeJapan	145,000(24 BB)	-200,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 10:48:55 AM

Break!

Level 17: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Another 15-minute break.

Just a few more eliminations before we hit the 247 magic number for the director to say "Congratulations, you are all in the money!"

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 10:45:48 AM

Some Player Chip Counts

Level 17: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Yita Choong

Player	Chips
XZ Xiaosheng ZhengChina	860,000(172 BB)
TY Ting YuChina	730,000(146 BB)
GS Georgios SkarparisCyprus	720,000(144 BB)
DU Dmitrii UrbanRussia	680,000(136 BB)
ZW Zhouyi WangChina	670,000(134 BB)
JX Jieming XuChina	630,000(126 BB)
GT Guy TaylorUnited Kingdom	560,000(112 BB)
YC Yita ChoongAustralia	480,000(96 BB)
RA Rene Alexander Von RedenGermany	470,000(94 BB)
AP Adalsteinn Petur KarlssonIceland	445,000(89 BB)
CY Chuan YuChina	350,000(70 BB)
ZL Zhenyu LuoChina	320,000(64 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 10:41:17 AM

Chen Wins a Massive Pot

Level 17: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Action was caught on a completed board of 8♣ 8♥ 3♥ Q♦ 3♦ and a massive pot of around 150,000. From under the gun, Sung Han Wang fired 60,000. His heads-up opponent on the button, Denghao Chen, went over and bet 5,000 more than the pot evoking a loud groan of frustration from Wang.

Looking absolutely put off, Wang stared at Chen, the board, the pot and threw his hands in the air. He threw his cards to the muck pile as he brought his hands down and gave up on the hand.

Chen started asking Wang if he had pocket kings as he scooped the pot to no avail.

Player	Chips	Progress
DC Denghao ChenChina	500,000(100 BB)	-128,750
SW Sung WangCanada	194,000(39 BB)	141,250

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 10:38:33 AM

Chen Cracks Kings to Survive

Level 18: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Jiaming Che

A♠ the bubble looms, Minh Tran opened to 12,000 from under the gun. Jiaming Che three-bet jammed for 134,500.

The big blind tanked, and used a time bank before folding, leaving the action back on Tran.

Tran made a quick call and the players went to the board.

Jiaming Che: A♥ 9♥

Minh Tran: K♥ K♦

Che was behind pre-flop, and things stayed that way after seeing the J♦ 4♥ 8♥ flop, although it brought in more flush outs for Che.

The K♣ turn was good for Tran, and Che got up from his seat.

A number of players let out a "Wowwww" when the 5♥ river came, saving Che from elimination.

This wasn't the first time Che came back from a near elimination, as a few levels before, Che made a similar comeback.

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 10:35:20 AM

Ning Shows He's Not Messing Around

Level 17: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Sun Ning raised it up to 12,000 from early position only for Jianhui Hong to three-bet to 40,000.

Ning asked to see Hong's stack before four-betting to 87,000. Hong made the call.

The flop came T♥ 3♦ 5♣ and instantly Ning pushed out a stack of 100,000 as a bet. Hong thought for a while before he mucked his hand.

Ning tabled K♣ K♠ to show the table he's not playing games nearing the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
NS Ning SunChina	310,000(62 BB)	99,500
JH Jianhui HongChina	145,000(29 BB)	-87,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 10:33:00 AM

Evgenii Wins a Pot

Level 17: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Pisan Kumpree opened to 10,000 in hijack and got called by Chzen Evgenii in the big blind. The flop came 9♦ 6♣ K♠.

Evgenii check-raised Kumpree's bet of 11,000 to 33,000. Looking slightly frustrated, Kumpree gave up his hand and surrendered the pot to Evegenii.

Player	Chips	Progress
PK Pisan KumpreeThailand	470,000(94 BB)	-21,000
CE Chzhen EvgeniiRussia	300,000(60 BB)	28,500

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 10:28:38 AM

Zhang's Big Chick Kicks Salikaev Out

Level 17: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Short-stacked Yuri Salikaev under the gun open-shoved for 31,500 and got called by Xu Zhang taking them to showdown and putting Salikaev's tournament life at risk.

Yuri Salikaev: 9♥ 6♥

Xu Zhang: A♠ Q♣

Zhang was way ahead with his big-chick and it stayed that way all through the board of T♠ 2♥ 8♦ 3♥ A♣. Salikaev expected the result as he started picking up his stuff the moment he saw Zhang's hand. He headed off the tournament floor quietly as Zhang scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
XZ Xu ZhangChina	340,000(68 BB)	46,500
YS Yury SalikaevRussia	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 10:24:32 AM

Naing Made It Last Until It Couldn't

Level 17: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

The Naing

The Naing had only 2,000 left when he was deducted by sitting on the small blind.

Zu You Wang raised to 10,000 from the hi-jack. The Naing shoved his last 2,000 on the small blind. Tsang Ka Ming defended the big blind.

Flop came 9♥ A♥ 5♥

Ming checked and folded when Wang bet 6,000.

Wang peeled open 7♠ 5♠

Naing showed K♦ Q♦

The runout came 5♣ 2♣

Naing was drawing dead on the turn and didn't even bother to see the river drop as he left his seat and made his way out of the Main Event.

Player	Chips
ZW Zuyou WangChina	498,000(100 BB)
TN The NaingSingapore	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 10:14:39 AM

Tan Takes One Down

Level 17: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Jiajia Tan

Jiajia Tan raised from the cut-off to 13,000 and found a call from Luong Kyn in the big blind.

The flop came 9♥ 3♣ 7♣ and Ky check-called Tan's 20,000 continuation bet to see the J♣ come on the turn.

The action went check-check as it did on the 7♥ river.

Tan tabled A♠ 9♠ streaks ahead of Ky's A♦ 3♦ and she was pushed the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
JT Jiajia TanChina	220,000(44 BB)	40,500
LC Luong ChacViet Nam	145,000(29 BB)	-33,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 10:02:02 AM

Succsessful Big Blind Defense

Level 17: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Action folded to the blinds. Small blind Zhenyi Huang started the battle by shoving all-in for 549,000 to pressure the short stack of Pingfeng Wu.

Wu tanked before finally agreeing to risk his last 54,000.

Huang showed K♣ J♣

We tabled Q♣ 8♣

Board completed J♥ 7♦ 6♦ T♥ 9♦

We rivered a straight to stay alive and make a crucial double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
ZH Zhenyi HuangChina	494,000(99 BB)	-54,000
PW Pingfeng WuChina	115,000(23 BB)	66,500

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 9:54:14 AM

Wong Building Nicely

Level 17: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Guang Zheng raised from under the gun to 10,000 and action folded around to Chun Wong in the small blind who three-bet to 35,000.

Zheng made the call and the flop of 8♥ 2♥ J♥ was peeled off by the dealer. Action went check-check as it did when the T♥ dropped on the turn.

The river brought the K♥ and now Wong bet out for 20,000 which sent Zheng deep into the tank using two time-banks before releasing his hand to send Wong the pot with no showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
SC San Chun WongHong Kong	353,000(71 BB)	45,000
ZG Zheng GuangChina	158,000(32 BB)	-35,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 9:50:33 AM

Cooler Alert

Level 17: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

The Naing

Zu You Wang opened for 10,000 from early position. Bao Shuang three-bet to 35,000 from the cut-off.

The Naing then shoved all-in for 148,000. Wang stepped down, but Shuang stayed on for a showdown.

The Naing: Q♠ Q♦

Bao Shuang: K♥ K♣

Board ran 8♦ J♣ K♠ 8♣ T♦

Shuang hit a set and had Naing drawing dead by the turn. Naing becomes severely crippled.

Player	Chips	Progress
SB Shuang BaoChina	280,000(56 BB)	170,500
TN The NaingSingapore	19,000(4 BB)	-148,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 9:46:33 AM

Deuces Double Up Che

Level 17: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Jiaming Che opened to 10,000 and Hao Zhang three-bet to 22,000, sitting to Che's direct left. Che four-bet to 82,000 and Zhang moved all in, more than covering the rest of Che's total 157,000 stack.

Che snap called and immediately flipped over his pocket deuces.

Hao Zhang A♣ J♠

Jiaming Che: 2♥ 2♣

A♠ the dealer picked up the flop, the first card face up was the J♣, which was good for Zhang.

The rest of the flop was fanned, and Che let out a "Yessss!" as he saw the full J♣ 4♠ 2♠ board, giving him a set.

The 8♦ turn didn't change anything and Che only improved further on the 2♦ river, ending the hand with quads.

Player	Chips	Progress
CJ Che JiamingChina	324,000(65 BB)	169,500
HZ Hao ZhangChina	289,500(58 BB)	-157,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 9:42:27 AM

Xiaqing Cripples Wu

Level 16: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Bao Shuang opened for 8,000 from early position. Ji Xiaqing then moved all-in for his last 38,000 from the cutoff.

Small blind Pingfeng Wu jammed 95,500 all-in.

Shuang stepped out of the way - folding A♣ K♥

Xiaqing and Wu were left for the showdown.

Ji Xiaqing: 9♥ 9♦

Pingfeng Wu: A♠ K♦

Board ran 7♦ Q♠ J♥ 5♦ 6♠ to give Xiaqing the win and the double-up while putting a dent in Wu's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
XJ Xiaqing JiChina	92,000(23 BB)	54,000
PW Pingfeng WuChina	57,500(14 BB)	-38,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 9:38:45 AM

Matsuda Doubles Up

Level 16: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Leslie Tsui opened to 9,000 in cutoff and got an all-in shove from big blind Satoshi Matsuda for 20,000. Tsui made the call with a chance to eliminate Matsuda.

Satoshi Matsuda: K♥ 9♠

Leslie Tsui: A♠ 5♦

Tsui was ahead with ace-high when Matsuda spiked a pair on the flop T♦ 9♥ 8♣. The runout 4♦ and 6♦ didn't change anything giving Matsuda a much-needed double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
LT Leslie TsuiHong Kong	106,000(27 BB)	-20,000
SM Satoshi MatsudaJapan	44,000(11 BB)	26,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 9:30:02 AM

Ace High No Good for Mao

Level 17: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

On the 7♦ J♥ T♥ flop and over 15,000 in the middle Hao Lin bet out for 4,000 on the button and was called by Xiaoying Mao from the small blind.

The dealer peeled off the 9♣ as the turn and Mao check-called Lin's bet pof 20,000 now to see the J♦ fall on the river.

Again Mao checked and went into the tank when Lin pushed out a 12,000 ruver bet. Two time-banks were charged before Mao made the call only to see Lin table A♦ 8♣ for a rivered straight and her A♥ 6♥ was no good.

Player	Chips
HL Hao LinHong Kong	220,000(44 BB)
XM Xiaoying MaoChina	145,000(29 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 9:27:41 AM

Punsri's Kings Crushes Tsai's Queens

Level 16: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Punnat Punsri

Punnat Punsri opened to 8,000 under the gun and got called by Eric Tsai, two seats to his left. The flop came 3♥ T♦ 7♦. After a check from Punsri, Tsai fired 14,000. Punsri responded with a raise of 44,000. Tsai three-bet all-in for 230,000. Punsri called putting Tsai's tournament life at risk.

Eric Tsai: Q♥ Q♦

Punnat Punsri: K♠ K♥

Punsri was ahead with his kings and Tsai could only hope for a miracle to turn things around. However, the turn J♥ and river 7♣ fell with no help at all. Tsai's tournament run ended as Punsri scooped the massive pot towards his direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
PP Punnat PunsriThailand	610,000(153 BB)	248,000
TY Ting Yi TsaiTaiwan	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 9:25:44 AM

Karlsson Takes Down Zhu

Level 16: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Adalsteinn Karlsson opened to 8,000 from the hijack. YiXiang Zhu jammed the button for around 50,000.

Karlsson used a 30-second time bank before making the call.

YiXiang Zhu: A♥ 5♦

Adalsteinn Karlsson: A♦ 7♠

Zhu let out a sigh as he saw Karlsson had him beat. Zhu stood at the table to watch the runout.

The pair saw a J♣ 3♣ T♥ flop. The 4♥ turn brought in a straight draw for Zhu, but missed on the T♣ completer.

Player	Chips	Progress
AP Adalsteinn Petur KarlssonIceland	486,000(122 BB)	60,000
YZ Yixiang ZhuChina	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 9:23:29 AM

Yiu Builds Stack Through Liu

Level 16: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Yin Liu opened to 8,000 in early position and got called by the big blind Chak Pan Yiu to see a flop. The flop came 7♥ 3♥ 9♣

Both players checked leading them to the turn. Yiu fired 6,000 on the turn 7♠ and Liu called.

Yiu kept the pressure on the 2♠ river with a 11,000 bet. Liu called just to muck after seeing Yiu table T♠ 9♦ for a two-pair on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
YL Yin Liu (3)China	190,000(48 BB)	-25,000
CP Chak Pan YiuHong Kong	162,000(41 BB)	31,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 9:20:52 AM

Zheng Takes Out Jie

Level 16: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Wenjie Sun raised to 8,000 from middle position only for Qi Jie to three-bet all in to 36,000 from the small blind. Guang Zheng in the big blind made the call and Sun folded.

Qi Jie: A♣ 2♣

Guang Zheng: A♠ Q♠

No help for Jie on the run-out of K♠ 4♦ Q♦ 7♣ J♠ and he was sent packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
ZG Zheng GuangChina	213,000(53 BB)	48,000
WS Wenjie SunChina	193,000(48 BB)	-8,000
QJ Qi JieChina	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 9:18:02 AM

Wu Forces He Out

Level 16: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Matthew He

Action folded to the blinds. Small blind Pingfeng Wu took a look at the short stack of big blind Matthew He and shoved a stack of chips that covered He's stack.

He made the call and risked his last 30,000 to defend his big blind.

Matthew He: A♦ 5♠

Pingfeng Wu: 7♥ 7♣

Board ran 8♦ Q♠ J♥ 9♠ 8♣

He couldn't find any help and is forcoed to vacate his seat from the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
PW Pingfeng WuChina	104,000(26 BB)	34,000
MH Matthew HeSingapore	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 9:13:05 AM

Qui Outkicks Mehdi

Level 16: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Players were already on the river and in a 40,000 pot blind vs blind as we joined the action.

Shuang Qiu had checked the small blind and Chaoui Mehdi had bet 28,000 from the big blind.

The board read Q♥ 8♦ 5♥ A♠ A♥ and action was on Qui.

Qui used a 30-second time bank card before making the call.

Mehdi showed Q♠ 9♠, but Qui just pipped the pot after flashing Q♣ J♣ with the Jack kicker.

Mehdi three-bet jammed the next hand, picking up a middle position open and the big blind, to recoup some chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
SQ Shuang QiuChina	213,000(53 BB)	50,000
MC Mehdi ChaouiMorocco	82,500(21 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 9:10:21 AM

Nguyen Doesn't Win Against Wu

Level 16: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Nang Quang Nguyen

Pingfeng Wu opened for 8,500 from early position and Nang Quang Nguyen moved all-in from the cut-off, risking his last 30,000.

Wu made the call.

Nguyen showed 6♦ 6♣

Wu tabled K♥ J♣

Board ran Q♦ K♦ K♠ 2♠ 7♥

Wu flopped trips and left Nguyen without much hope, sending him out when the river finally dropped to make it official.

Player	Chips	Progress
PW Pingfeng WuChina	77,500(19 BB)	40,000
NQ Nang Quang NguyenViet Nam	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 9:07:32 AM

Chen Leans into Lin

Level 16: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Zhaoyi Lin opened to 8,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Mingcong Chen who defended the big blind.

The 2♠ 7♦ Q♣ flop was checked by Chen and Lin bet 6,500. Chen raised to 20,000 and Lin called.

The 5♠ was turned and Chen bet out 23,000. Lin threw his hand into the muck and passed Chen the pot.

Both players were sitting with just over average stack after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
ZL Zhaoyi LinChina	247,000(62 BB)	34,000
MC Mingcong ChenChina	226,000(57 BB)	-28,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 9:03:24 AM

Jin Puts the Pressure on Kim

Level 16: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Jinwoo Kim raised it up to 8,000 from early position and found calls from Bo Jin in the cut-off and Xinchen Huang in the big blind.

The dealer rolled off the flop of T♦ 9♥ 8♠ and it was checked around to see the 4♣ peel off on the turn.

Huang checked and Kim fired off a delayed continuation bet of 22,000. Jin called and Huang got out of the way.

The river brought the Q♣ and Kim bet out for 12,000 now. Jin raised to 40,000 which sent Kim into the tank using two time-banks before folding his hand to give the pot to Jin with no showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
XH Xinchen HuangChina	256,000(64 BB)	-8,000
BJ Bo JinChina	158,000(40 BB)	56,000
JK Jinwoo KimSouth Korea	86,000(22 BB)	-42,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 8:39:19 AM

Oe Takes from Lee

Level 16: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Juhyun Lee opened on the button to 8,000 and Kentaro Oe defended the big blind.

The: 7♦ 8♣ 3♦ flop was checked by both to see the J♠ turn.

Oe took around 30-seconds before betting out 7,500 and Lee found a call.

The 3♣ was checked to get to a showdown and Oe flipped over pocket fives 5♥ 5♣, for two pair.

Lee mucked his hand, handing over the pot to Oe.

Player	Chips	Progress
JL Juhyun LeeSouth Korea	350,000(88 BB)	-15,500
KO Kentaro OeJapan	230,000(58 BB)	21,500

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 8:34:47 AM

Li Takes from Hong

Level 16: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Jianhui Hong raised to 8,000 and found a call from Xian Li in the small blind.

The flop came 9♦ A♥ 8♥ and Li check-called Hong's 4,000 continuation bet to see the 7♦ fall on the turn.

The action went check-check and the dealer peeled off the J♣ river. Check-check again and Hong tabled K♥ J♠ way behind to Li's two pair with A♣ 7♣ and Li was pushed the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
JH Jianhui HongChina	302,000(76 BB)	-12,000
XL Xian LiChina	152,000(38 BB)	20,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 8:29:09 AM

Break

Level 15: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

15 Minutes for a breather!

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 8:26:51 AM

Wang Leaves Unimpressed

Level 15: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Jiangpu Jin opened to 6,000 in hijack and received an all-in shove from Lei Song for around 70,000. Kaifan Wang, in the big blind, asked the dealer for a count. The dealer responded by saying "You're covered."

This prompted Wang to pull back his blind and count his chips which amounted to around 15,000. At this point the floor was called as a discussion ensued as to whether that action was considered a call or not. some time was spent on the issue until, finally, the head tournament director was called to make a decision.

They decided that the action constituted a call and Wang was asked to put his chips in the middle of the table. Jin folded to give way to the two players to head to an all-in showdown.

Kaifan Wang: A♠ 3♣

Lei Song: A♥ K♦

Song had Wang dominated. The board ran 2♦ T♥ 7♣ T♣ 5♣ and with no one hitting the board, Wang was eliminated from the tournament. Wang left unimpressed with the decision and Song scooped the pot as the whole table discussed what had just happened.

Player	Chips	Progress
JJ Jiangpu JinChina	109,000(36 BB)	-6,000
LS Lei SongChina	84,000(28 BB)	25,500
KW Kaifan WangUnited States of America	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 8:23:12 AM

Liu's Jacks are Good

Level 15: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

A four-handed pot of 30,000, Chenglong Liu bet 8,000 on a flop of 8♦ A♠ Q♣. Jiangpu Jin on the button called as well as Lei Song in the big blind. Guosheng Yang, in late position decided to get out of the way.

The trio checked the turn 2♠ and the river 4♥.

Jin decided to show first and tabled J♥ J♦ making the other two players muck their hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
LC Liu ChenglongChina	545,000(182 BB)	-14,375
JJ Jiangpu JinChina	132,000(44 BB)	39,625
GY Guosheng YangChina	120,000(40 BB)	-6,375
LS Lei SongChina	70,000(23 BB)	-14,375

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 8:15:53 AM

Warlich Keeps Climbing

Level 15: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Niklas_Warlich

Niklas Warlich just scooped a pot from Jinwoo Kim after the pair were in the blinds and battled through a: 6♣ Q♥ 4♦ 7♦ T♥ board. Warlich had bet the river and Kim gave up, passing around a 20,000 pot to Warlich.

In the next hand, Warlich opened on the button and Toshiaka Nihei defended the big blind.

Nihei check-called a 4,000 bet by Warlich on the: 8♥ 2♦ 2♥ flop.

The 7♥ was turned and checked to the 6♠ river. Nihei check-folded after facing a 10,000 bet from Warlich.

Warlich ended the hand surpassing 400K in chips, putting him high in the counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
NW Niklas WarlichGermany	409,000(136 BB)	34,500
TN Toshiaki NiheiJapan	334,400(111 BB)
JK Jinwoo KimSouth Korea	146,000(49 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 8:09:07 AM

Fourth Pair Good for Zhang

Level 15: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Congya Zhang

Action went check-check on the: 5♠ 8♣ 5♣ flop with approx 16,000 sat in the middle.

The 4♣ came on the turn and Congya Zhang bet out for 8,000 from the big blind. Zeyu Chen called from the cut-off and the players saw the J♠ peel off on the river.

Zhang fired off a 10,000 river bet and after tanking for a while, Chen made the call but mucked his cards on seeing Zhang flip over her 6♣ 4♦ for fourth pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
CZ Congya ZhangChina	121,000(40 BB)	28,250
ZC Zeyu ChenChina	42,000(14 BB)	-23,750

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 8:02:29 AM

Xia Sniffs Out Xu's Bluff

Level 15: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Zhongmin Xia Nearing the Half Milly Mark

On the: T♣ 4♦ 3♦ flop, the action was checked and the dealer flipped over the T♦ as the turn card. Zhongmin Xia fired out for 6,000 and was called by Tong Xu.

The river brought the A♠ and now Xia checked to Xu who fired out a 13,000 river bet. Xia snap-called and tabled: 7♥ 7♦ picking off Xu's river bluff holding: K♣ Q♣.

Player	Chips
ZX Zhongmin XiaChina	463,000(154 BB)
MX Mutong XuChina	122,000(41 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 7:59:21 AM

Semerenko Forced to Fold

Level 15: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Denis Semerenko

Action folded around to Denis Semerenko, who limped from the small blind. Yilong Wang was her opponent in the big blind and he opted to check.

The pair saw the: A♦ 2♠ 6♠ flop and Semerenko checked.

Wang bet 3,500 and Semerenko raised to 12,000. Wang took around a minute, using a time bank card, before re-raising to 33,500.

Semerenko looked at the board and checked her cards before throwing them into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
DS Denis SemerenkoRussia	118,800(40 BB)	-15,000
YW Yilong WangChina	96,200(32 BB)	18,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 7:42:07 AM

Su Waves Bai Bye-Bye-Bye-Bye

Level 15: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Yunpeng Bai opened for 6,000 from the hi-jack. Small blind, Yu Han Su, three-bet to 24,000.

Bai then four-bet to 50,000. Su moved all-in for 154,000 with Bai risking his remaining 93,000.

Bai tabled: A♠ Q♥.

Su flipped over: A♥ A♣.

Board completed J♥ 6♥ 5♣ 7♦ T♠.

Su's Aces remained intact and uncracked to eliminate Bai out of the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
YH Yu Han SuTaiwan	253,000(84 BB)	99,000
WX Wenbin XuChina	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 7:40:23 AM

Wrong Timing For Wei

Level 15: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Zhu Wei opened for 6,000 from early position. Ushitani Masaki three-bet to 15,000 from the hi-jack. Action folded back to Wei, who decided to move all-in and risked his last 79,000.

Masaki called and showed: K♥ K♣

Wei sheepishly turned over: K♠ J♦

Board ranout: Q♠ T♠ J♥ T♦ 5♥.

The flop gave both the same open-ended straight draw, which would've split the pot. However, the poker gods just wanted to make it interesting. Eventually, they threw bricks to give Masaki the win and eliminate Wei.

Player	Chips	Progress
MU Masaki UshitaniJapan	443,000(148 BB)	86,500
ZW Zhu Wei (2)China	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 7:34:10 AM

Li Rivers Pang

Level 15: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

With over 50,000 in the pot and the board reading: J♣ 2♦ 8♠ 7♣, the action went check-check between Xiaolong Li and Weiping Pang.

The dealer turned over the 9♥ as the river and Li fired out a hefty 40,000 bet. Pang went deep into the tank and tossed in two time-banks. He made the call and tabled: Q♥ Q♦ which had been cruelly rivered by Li's two pair with 9♣ 8♣. Li was shipped the healthy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
PW Pang Wei PingChina	251,000(84 BB)	-61,250
XL Xiaolong Li (2)China	236,000(79 BB)	68,750

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 7:31:38 AM

Saelor Turns a Set

Level 14: 1,200 / 2,400 ante: 2,400

Thanisorn Saelor

Yifan Zhang was already all-in and at risk on the button for around 40,000. He was covered by Thanisorn Saelor in the cutoff.

Yifan Zhang: A♠ K♠

Thanisorn Saelor: 8♠ 8♣

Zhang was looking for help, but not much came on the: 5♠ 2♣ 9♣ flop.

Zhang stood up from the table and grabbed his bag as the dealer turned the 8♥, giving Saelor a set of eights.

There was no recovering for Zhang, and he was eliminated from the tournament as the 7♣ river was placed.

Player	Chips	Progress
TS Thanisorn SaelorThailand	192,000(80 BB)	46,000
YZ Yifan ZhangChina	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 7:30:08 AM

Yang Finishes Off Bayar

Level 14: 1,200 / 2,400 ante: 2,400

Saran Bayar moved all-in for his last 3,200 and Bo Yang three-bet to 12,000, successfully isolating the showdown to two players.

Bayar showed a 7♥ 7♣

Yang turned over J♥ J♣

Board ran 3♥ 8♠ A♦ 2♣ 9♠

Bayar didn't improve and he left his seat with a round of "GG" from the other players.

Player	Chips	Progress
BY Bo YangChina	177,000(74 BB)	9,200
BS Bayar SaranMongolia	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 7:27:39 AM

Hao Calls Down Yu

Level 14: 1,200 / 2,400 ante: 2,400

Chenxin Yu opened to 5,000 from middle position and Jishui Hao defended the big blind.

Hao check-called the: K♣ 9♣ J♥ flop after facing a 4,000 bet from Yu.

Both checked the 8♥ turn to see the 6♥ river.

Hao paid Yu 15,000 to see his cards, and Yu showed: 3♠ 3♦.

Hao turned over: A♦ J♠ to take the pot as he stuck around after flopping a pair of Jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
JH Jishui HaoChina	178,000(74 BB)	-24,000
CY Chenxin YuChina	84,000(35 BB)	27,600

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 7:20:23 AM

Wang Pushed Duong off the Pot

Level 14: 1,200 / 2,400 ante: 2,400

Tien Duong raised to 5,000 from under the gun and found calls from Afu Wang in early position and Hang Chen in the big blind.

The dealer fanned out the flop of: 6♥ K♦ A♥. Chen checked and Duong continued for 8,000. Wang called and Chen exited — stage left.

The turn came the J♣ and Duong now fired out for 12,400. Wang went into the tank and was charged a time-bank before raising to 35,000. Duong didn't take long and released his hand, sending Wang the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
AW Afu WangChina	284,000(118 BB)	34,000
WH Wei Hang ChenChina	263,000(110 BB)	-5,000
MT Manh Tien DuongViet Nam	123,000(51 BB)	-25,400

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 7:15:23 AM

Masaki Doubles And Cripples

Level 14: 1,200 / 2,400 ante: 2,400

Saran Bayar matches the 2,400 blind from early position. Ushitani raised to 7,500 from the cut-off. Big blind Yungeng Bai three-bet to 25,000.

Bayar four-bet to 65,000. Masaki five-bet all-in for 160,000. Bai laid his hand down. Saran called.

Bayar showed A♦ K♣

Masaki showed Q♠ Q♣

Bayar was at a disadvantage in this flip because Bai actually folded A♠ K♦, reducing his outs.

The flop arrived 4♣ Q♦ 5♥ giving Masaki a set. However, the turn made it interesting with a 3♠ giving Bayar a gut-shot straight draw.

Drum roll please...

The river was a 8♠ and once in a while the poker gods reward where it counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
YB Yunpeng BaiChina	348,000(145 BB)	-25,000
MU Masaki UshitaniJapan	84,100(35 BB)	163,600
BS Bayar SaranMongolia	3,200(1 BB)	-160,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 7:01:11 AM

Christodoulou Eliminates Liu with Top Pair

Level 14: 1,200 / 2,400 ante: 2,400

Andreas Christodoulou

On a flop of 8♣ 5♦ 5♥, button Andreas Christodoulou bet 6,000 and got called by small blind Jen Yue Chang. Sheng Jun Liu raised it to 16,000 and Christoloulou called while Chang got out of the way.

The turn A♥, Liu fired 60,000 and after burning a time bank, Christodoulou shoved all-in for 350,000. Liu snap-called, putting his tournament life at risk.

Sheng Jun Liu: Q♥ 4♥

Andreas Christodoulou: A♦ Q♦

Christodoulou hit top pair on the board but Liu is hoping his flush draw oulw connect. Unfortunately for him, the T♣ fell on the river ending his Main Event Tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
AC Andreas ChristodoulouUnited Kingdom	565,000(235 BB)	370,800
JY Jen Yue ChiangUnited States of America	205,000(85 BB)	-6,000
SL Shengjun LiuChina	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:53:21 AM

Huang Eliminates Peng

Level 14: 1,200 / 2,400 ante: 2,400

Ming Huang opened to 5,000 on the button and Peng Jiang jammed on the big blind and put his last 37,000 at risk.

Huang made the call.

Huang showed A♣ T♦

Peng showed a shocking 6♠ 3♥

Board ran A♠ Q♠ Q♣ 2♦ 7♥

Peng is eliminated on his terms, pushing with the cards he chose.

Player	Chips	Progress
MH Ming Huang (4)China	207,000(86 BB)	41,500
PJ Peng JiangChina	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:51:36 AM

A Rowdy Bunch

Level 14: 1,200 / 2,400 ante: 2,400

On a pot of 18,000, Tianan Liu in the big blind, Dmitrii Urban under the gun and Yuancheng Lin in cutoff were all patiently waiting for the deal.

The dealer fanned out 5♥ 4♣ 3♥ which Liu checked. Urban placed 6,000 in, which Lin called. Liu looked down at his stack and bet 20,000. Urban thought for a second before making the call. Lin looked at Liu, the board then made the call.

The turn fell 3♣. Liu, picked up 25,000, returned it to his stack, counted his chips then decided to bet 25,000. Urban burned a time card then called triggering Lin to throw in a time card as well before making the call.

On the river 9♦, Liu and Urban went check-check. Lin, somewhat surprised at the check down, smiled to himself before tapping the felt.

Urban, quickly flipped over Q♦ Q♥, making Liu frustrated throwing his cards hard face up showing 5♦ 4♦ for a forfeited two-pair. Lin, with a smile mucked his hand.

This seemed to have triggered Liu, who went on a rant in their native language. The whole table erupted in a heated discussion in their native language that prompted Urban to thank the players engaged.

Player	Chips
DU Dmitrii UrbanRussia	200,000(83 BB)
LY Lin YuanchengChina	145,000(60 BB)
TL Tianan LiuChina	29,000(12 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:50:34 AM

Liu Battles Karlsson

Level 14: 1,200 / 2,400 ante: 2,400

Adalsteinn Karlsson opened to 5,500 from middle position and Jun Liu three-bet to 15,500 from the cutoff. Karlsson called, and the players looked to the flop.

The 6♥ J♦ Q♣ was dealt, and Karlsson check-called a 10,500 bet by Liu.

Liu bet out 39,000 on the 5♣ river after Karlsson checked, which secured him the pot.

Player	Chips
AP Adalsteinn Petur KarlssonIceland	127,000(53 BB)
JL Jun Liu (2)China	97,000(40 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:49:24 AM

Runner-Runner, Flush A Winner

Level 14: 1,200 / 2,400 ante: 2,400

Eimantas Plekavicius

Yunpeng Bai opened for 5,100 from the hi-jack and Eimantas Plekavicius three bet to 38,500 on the button. Action folded back to Bai who asked for a count and pushed in the right amount to meet the bet.

Flop arrived 5♦ 7♦ 4♣

Bai put in a stack of 100,000 and Plekavcius risked his last 40,000 with a call.

Bai turned over J♦ J♣

Plekavicius showed A♦ Q♣

The turn showed a 9♦ to give Plekavicius a nut-flush draw.

Of course, the poker gods wanted to give good TV and threw in the 8♦ on the river to give Plekavicius a runner-runner winner to scoop a huge pot.

Player	Chips
YB Yunpeng BaiChina	112,000(47 BB)
EP Eimantas PlekaviciusLithuania	83,200(35 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:44:20 AM

3.35pm Ding Picks off Gumz's Takes Bluff

Level 14: 1,200 / 2,400 ante: 2,400

Fabian Gumz

On the 3♦ K♦ T♣ flop and 6,000 sitting in the pot Fabian Gumz checked in the small blind and Jiangang Ding bet out for 2,400. Gumz called and the dealer flipped over the 2♣ as the turn. Action went check-check and the 5♦ came off as the river.

Gumz now led out for 6,500 and Ding snap-called......Gumz snap-mucked!

Player	Chips
FG Fabian GumzGermany	232,000(97 BB)
JD Jiangang DingChina	103,000(43 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:42:34 AM

Vasylenko Can't Shift Phutiya

Level 14: 1,200 / 2,400 ante: 2,400

Anzhela Vasylenko

Anzhela Vasylenko opened to 5,000 from middle position and Yotaka Phutiya defended the big blind.

The flop came: 7♣ 2♣ 10s.

Phutiya check-called after Vasylenko bet out 6,200.

A 9♠ was turned and Phutiya called another 7,500 bet from Vasylenko.

Both checked down the A♦ river to get to a showdown and Phutiya showed: A♣ Q♥, having picked up a pair of aces on the river. Vasylenko mucked her hand, and Phutiya continued to build her stack.

Player	Chips
AV Anzhela VasylenkoUkraine	189,000(79 BB)
YP Yotaka PhutiyaThailand	118,000(49 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:41:45 AM

"I Won't Fold On Livestream!"

Level 14: 1,200 / 2,400 ante: 2,400

Gemmy Quach

I ran into Gemmy Quach during the break and shared my "condolences" at her bust out at the hands of Punnat Punsri.

She said, "I wasn't going to fold. Not on livestream! That would be so embarrassing."

Good job! Proud of your aggression!

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:40:45 AM

Phutiya Picks Up Queens

Level 14: 1,200 / 2,400 ante: 2,400

Yotaka Phutiya opened to 5,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Longsheng Zhang, who called from the small blind. Xiang Yu defended the big blind and the players looked to the board.

The blinds checked the: 2♦ 6♣ T♦ flop and Phutiya bet 12,000. Zhang gave up his hand but Yu stuck around to see the turn.

Both checked the 9♠ turn to get to the 5♠ river and Yu bet out 6,000. Phutiya raised to 20,000 and Yu called.

Phutiya showed her pocket queens: Q♥ Q♠ resulting in a muck from Yu.

Player	Chips	Progress
XY Xiangyu Yu China	353,000(147 BB)	-32,000
LZ Longsheng ZhangChina	110,000(46 BB)	-5,000
YP Yotaka PhutiyaThailand	92,000(38 BB)	44,400

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:39:59 AM

Oike Strength with Bold Overbet

Level 14: 1,200 / 2,400 ante: 2,400

Emi Oike

Vladislav Smotrov opened to 4,800 from under the gun and got called by Emi Oike in the hijack.

The flop came: 4♥ A♣ T♣.

Smotrov continued with 5,000 but Oike pushed back with an overbet of 18,000 which made Smotrov look at her for a few seconds before folding his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
EO Emi OikeJapan	173,000(72 BB)	14,800
VS Vladislav SmotrovRussia	69,000(29 BB)	-9,800

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:39:13 AM

Break Time!

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Players are going for a 15-minute break!

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:38:07 AM

Big Stack Wang Checks it Down

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

On a pot of 7,000, Zhouyi Wang in cutoff and big stack, was engaged in a pot with short-stacked Von Tristan Garcia, both waiting for the deal.

The flop finally came: J♣ 2♥ 6♣.

After a check from Garcia, Wang, seemingly poised to make a move, checked after.

On the turn 8♠, a series of tapping followed, which continued on to the river J♦. Needing to show first, Garcia hesitantly flipped over: Q♣ 2♦ for bottom pair which was good enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips
ZW Zhouyi WangChina	447,000(224 BB)
GV Garcia Von TristanPhilippines	58,000(29 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:37:08 AM

Tens Everywhere

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Ziwei Wang check-called Christopher Park's bet of 16,000 on a board of: T♥ T♠ T♦ 8♥ with a pot of around 50,000.

After another check from Wang, Park exerted some heavy pressure by betting 40,000, half the pot and half of Wang's stack.

Wang gave Park a quick look before conceding her hand and the pot to Park.

Player	Chips	Progress
CY Christopher Young ParkUnited States of America	250,000(125 BB)	43,500
ZW Ziwei WangChina	91,000(46 BB)	-38,500

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:34:04 AM

Blebea Wins Classic Flip Against Chan

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Action folded to the blinds and Chon I Chan raised to 6,000 on the small blind. Iulian Blebea in the big blind, three-bet to 18,000.

The battle of the blinds just went from a brawl to a war.

Chan answered with an all-in shove for 83,600 and Blebea called, risking some 71,000.

Chan turned over: A♦ K♣

Blebea showed: Q♠ Q♥

Queens versus Big Slick - one of the most iconic classic flips ever.

The poker gods ran a board of:

9♦ 5♥ 9♥ T♥ T♦

The queens of Blebrea held for a crucial double, leaving Chan's stack in need of intensive care.

Player	Chips	Progress
IB Iulian BlebeaRomania	149,000(75 BB)	85,600
CC Chon ChanMacao	10,200(5 BB)	-83,600

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:28:34 AM

Final Numbers, Prizepool & Payouts Announced

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

The APT Jeju Main Event is officially the largest international poker tournament ever to play out in Korea, with a massive 1,693 (905 unique) entries broken down as follows:

OnLive: 234

Flight A: 397

Flight B: 427

Flight C: 284

Flight D: 156

Day 2: 195

The 516 survivors on Day 2 were joined by a further 195 Day 2 entries.

When it comes to the prize pool, this is the richest Main Event the APT has ever run in Korea, and the third richest APT Main Event of all time having generated a massive prizepool of KRW 3,761,155,200 (~USD 2,686,540).

In addition to an APT Championship Main Event seat valued at KRW 14 million (USD 10,000) for the top three places, the eventual champion will walk away with a sizeable KRW 649,835,200 (~USD 464,170) top prize – the largest the tour has ever awarded in the country, and the third-largest APT Main Event prize ever awarded.

The top 247 players will be taking home a minium cash payout of KRW 4,020,000 (~USD 2,870 ) but all the remaining players will now be eyeing up the coveted Gold Lion APT Main Event Trophy to go along with the huge final table payouts and the added value of the APT Championship Main Event seats.

Place	Payout (USD)
1	$460,850
2	$258,470
3	$181,110
4	$131,495
5	$104,030
6	$82,420
7	$63,005
8	$44,495
9	$34,035
10	$28,490
11	$28,490
12	$25,395
13	$25,395
14	$22,730
15	$22,730
16	$20,055
17	$20,055
18	$17,390
19	$17,390
20	$17,390
21	$14,725
22	$14,725
23	$14,725
24	$12,190
25	$12,190
26	$12,190
27	$12,190
28	$10,430
29	$10,430
30	$10,430
31	$10,430
32	$8,905
33	$8,905
34	$8,905
35	$8,905
36	$8,905
37	$8,905
38	$8,905
39	$8,905
40	$7,420
41	$7,420
42	$7,420
43	$7,420
44	$7,420
45	$7,420
46	$7,420
47	$7,420
48	$7,420
49	$7,420
50	$7,420
51	$7,420
52	$7,420
53	$7,420
54	$7,420
55	$7,420
56	$5,950
57	$5,950
58	$5,950
59	$5,950
60	$5,950
61	$5,950
62	$5,950
63	$5,950
64	$5,950
65	$5,950
66	$5,950
67	$5,950
68	$5,950
69	$5,950
70	$5,950
71	$5,950
72	$5,070
73	$5,070
74	$5,070
75	$5,070
76	$5,070
77	$5,070
78	$5,070
79	$5,070
80	$5,070
81	$5,070
82	$5,070
83	$5,070
84	$5,070
85	$5,070
86	$5,070
87	$5,070
88	$5,070
89	$5,070
90	$5,070
91	$5,070
92	$5,070
93	$5,070
94	$5,070
95	$5,070
96	$4,375
97	$4,375
98	$4,375
99	$4,375
100	$4,375
101	$4,375
102	$4,375
103	$4,375
104	$4,375
105	$4,375
106	$4,375
107	$4,375
108	$4,375
109	$4,375
110	$4,375
111	$4,375
112	$4,375
113	$4,375
114	$4,375
115	$4,375
116	$4,375
117	$4,375
118	$4,375
119	$4,375
120	$3,735
121	$3,735
122	$3,735
123	$3,735
124	$3,735
125	$3,735
126	$3,735
127	$3,735
128	$3,735
129	$3,735
130	$3,735
131	$3,735
132	$3,735
133	$3,735
134	$3,735
135	$3,735
136	$3,735
137	$3,735
138	$3,735
139	$3,735
140	$3,735
141	$3,735
142	$3,735
143	$3,735
144	$3,360
145	$3,360
146	$3,360
147	$3,360
148	$3,360
149	$3,360
150	$3,360
151	$3,360
152	$3,360
153	$3,360
154	$3,360
155	$3,360
156	$3,360
157	$3,360
158	$3,360
159	$3,360
160	$3,360
161	$3,360
162	$3,360
163	$3,360
164	$3,360
165	$3,360
166	$3,360
167	$3,360
168	$3,360
169	$3,360
170	$3,360
171	$3,360
172	$3,360
173	$3,360
174	$3,360
175	$3,360
176	$3,360
177	$3,360
178	$3,360
179	$3,360
180	$3,360
181	$3,360
182	$3,360
183	$3,360
184	$3,070
185	$3,070
186	$3,070
187	$3,070
188	$3,070
189	$3,070
190	$3,070
191	$3,070
192	$3,070
193	$3,070
194	$3,070
195	$3,070
196	$3,070
197	$3,070
198	$3,070
199	$3,070
200	$3,070
201	$3,070
202	$3,070
203	$3,070
204	$3,070
205	$3,070
206	$3,070
207	$3,070
208	$3,070
209	$3,070
210	$3,070
211	$3,070
212	$3,070
213	$3,070
214	$3,070
215	$3,070
216	$3,070
217	$3,070
218	$3,070
219	$3,070
220	$3,070
221	$3,070
222	$3,070
223	$3,070
224	$2,850
225	$2,850
226	$2,850
227	$2,850
228	$2,850
229	$2,850
230	$2,850
231	$2,850
232	$2,850
233	$2,850
234	$2,850
235	$2,850
236	$2,850
237	$2,850
238	$2,850
239	$2,850
240	$2,850
241	$2,850
242	$2,850
243	$2,850
244	$2,850
245	$2,850
246	$2,850
247	$2,850

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:26:18 AM

Punsri Eliminates Gemmy

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Punnat Punsri

Gemmy Quach raised to 5,000 on the button. Punnat Punsri three-bet to 19,000 on the small blind.

Gemmy bit back with an all-in for a total of 43,000 at risk. Punsri made the call.

Gemmy showed A♥ J♦

Punsri tabled 9♦ 9♥

Board: T♣ 8♣ T♥ 4♥ K♣

Gemmy found no help from the poker gods and was eliminated from Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
PP Punnat PunsriThailand	200,000(100 BB)	47,000
NH Ngoc Huyen QuachViet Nam	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:24:16 AM

Sedlak Forces Takenome Off the Pot

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Martin Sedlak

Daisuke Taketomi opened to 4,000 in the cutoff and got one caller in Martin Sedlak in the big blind.

The dealer fanned: J♦ K♣ Q♣.

Sedlak check-called Taketomi's bet of 2,000, leading them to the turn.

The turn fell 6♠ and action went check-check. On the river 8♠, Sedlak led out with 3,500 which was enough to make Taketomi fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
MS Martin SedlakGermany	340,000(170 BB)	9,000
DT Daisuke TaketomiJapan	172,000(86 BB)	-6,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:20:04 AM

Hao Makes Right Call But Gets Wrong And Deadly Result

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Zijing Zhan opened for 4,200 from early position. Zhengshan Hao called from the hi-jack, as did small blind Di Huang and big blind Andres Vasquez.

Four players were shown a flop of: 2♠ J♣ 4♠.

The blinds checked it to the raiser and Zhan didn't disappoint by firing out 9,000.

Hao and Huang stayed in and Vasquez bowed out.

Three players were then shown a T♦ on the turn.

Huang checked. Zhan moved all-in for 35,800 and Hao took a moment before pushing in a chip to call.

Huang stepped out of the way.

Zhan showed: A♠ 3♠ for flush and straight draw possibilities while Hao showed: A♣ J♥ and was ahead with top pair.

The poker gods felt a suckout was in order - considering that this was hand was happening on the featured table live stream - and threw in a 5♥ to give Zhan a straight, adding drama and horror in one card.

Hao made the right call, but found the wrong result - and the result happened to send him out of the tournament with his stack covered.

Player	Chips	Progress
AV Andres VasquezColombia	305,000(153 BB)	-4,200
ZZ Zijing ZhanChina	106,000(53 BB)	-49,000
HD Huang DiChina	43,100(22 BB)	-13,200
ZH Zhengshan HaoHong Kong	busted	68,400

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:17:08 AM

Pan Punished, Picked Apart

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Jieming Xu Yu opened to 4,000 from under the gun and action folded around to big blind, Yu Chao Pan, who was the only caller.

The flop came: Q♠ J♠ Q♣

Pan checked, Yu bet 2,000 and Pan called.

Pan check-called a 9,000 bet by Yu on the K♥ turn.

Another king, K♣ fell on the river. Pan continued with his strategy and again, checked. Yu bet 10,000 and Pan took some time to think before calling the bet.

Yu showed: Q♦ 3♠ for trip queens. Pan mucked his hand and was left amongst one of the shortest stacks remaining in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
JX Jieming XuChina	109,000(55 BB)	28,000
YP Yuchao PanChina	12,300(6 BB)	-25,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:15:26 AM

Sun Burns Out of the Event

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

14,000 sat in the pot and the flop read: T♣ 7♥ J♣. Zhongmin Xia in the small blind checked, as did Congya Zhang in the big blind. Yunfeng Sun bet out for 10,000 from the hijack. Xia made the call and Zhang folded.

The turn brought the A♥. Xia checked it over to Sun who moved all-in for 32,000. Xia made the call and tabled: A♠ J♣ crushing Sun's: J♥ 9♥.

No help for Sun on the 8♣ river and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
ZX Zhongmin XiaChina	290,000(145 BB)	48,000
CZ Congya ZhangChina	36,000(18 BB)	-4,000
YS Yunfeng SunChina	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:13:02 AM

Lirio Doubles Through Mehra

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Rishi Mehra was on the button and in a hand against Oliver Lirio in the small blind.

Players were already on the river, looking at a: A♣ J♥ Q♣ 8♠ 3♥ board, with a pot of around 20,000.

Lirio had bet 11,200 and Mehra moved all in, covering Lirio's 36,300 remaining stack.

It wasn't long before Lirio had called, and the players flipped their cards.

Rishi Mehra: 3♣ 3♠

Oliver Lirio: T♥ 9♥

Mehra had hit a set of three's on the river, but Lirio collected the spoils, having turned a straight.

Lirio secured the double up, taking his stack up to 92,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
RM Rishi MehraIndia	160,000(80 BB)	-44,300
OL Oliver LirioPhilippines	92,000(46 BB)	48,300

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:11:43 AM

Tsai's Big Slick Cracks Jacks

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Ting Yi Tsai opened to 4,000 and Di Huang three-bet to 16,000 from the small blind.

Tsai then jammed all-in for a total of 73,000. Huang thought for a moment, did a stack assessment and decided to call.

Di Huang: J♠ J♦

Ting Yi Tsai: A♠ K♦

Board: A♥ 5♥ 9♥ 8♦ 5♦

Tsai paired his ace on the flop to overtake the jacks of Huang and went on to make a huge double-up, leaving a huge dent in Huang's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
TY Ting Yi TsaiTaiwan	150,000(75 BB)	77,000
HD Huang DiChina	56,300(28 BB)	-73,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:07:55 AM

Some Random Chip Counts

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Maxim Sorokin

Player	Chips
MS Maxim SorokinRussia	426,000(266 BB)
ER Erik RozhynskyiUkraine	400,000(250 BB)
ZL Ziwen LiuChina	350,000(219 BB)
DC Danqiu ChenChina	286,000(179 BB)
GS Georgios SkarparisCyprus	285,000(178 BB)
ZW Zuhui WangChina	265,000(166 BB)
ZH Zhenyi HuangChina	250,000(156 BB)
MS Mingzhu SongChina	240,000(150 BB)
MU Masaki UshitaniJapan	230,000(144 BB)
XC Xingwei ChenChina	214,000(134 BB)
ZW Zixu WangChina	155,000(97 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 6:06:01 AM

Chen Chips Up

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Xiongfeng Chen started the action by opening to 3,200 from under the gun. Poseidon Ho was the first to call from the button, and both Xiao Liu and Haoyu Zhao called from the small and big blind respectively.

The four players saw a: Q♣ Q♠ T♠ flop. Liu and Zhao checked, and Chen bet 4,000. Ho folded, Liu called and Zhao mucked, taking the players heads up to the turn.

Both checked after seeing the T♥ to get to the K♣ river. Liu bet out 7,500 and Chen moved all-in for around 85,000. Liu mucked his hand, leaving Chen to acquire a healthy stack up.

Player	Chips	Progress
HZ Haoyu ZhaoChina	120,500(75 BB)	-3,200
XC Xiongfeng ChenChina	98,600(62 BB)	22,700
PH Poseidon HoTaiwan	77,000(48 BB)	-3,200
XL Xiao LiuChina	36,800(23 BB)	-14,700

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 5:59:49 AM

Liu Doubles Through Xu

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Double Up for Jun Liu

Yahui Xu raised to 3,200 from the hijack only for Jun Liu to three-bet all in from the big blind, for approximately 33,000. Xu snap-called.

Jun Liu: A♥ J♦

Yahui Xu: 9♥ 9♦

Not the flop Xu wanted to see when the: K♣ J♥ 4♦ peeled off, but when the Q♦ rolled off on the turn he had additional straight outs. No such luck on the 5♠ brick river though, and Liu was pushed the pot for a welcomed double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
JL Jun Liu (2)China	68,200(43 BB)	35,400
YX Yahui XuChina	24,200(15 BB)	-33,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 5:58:42 AM

One Less Lee on the Floor

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Action was picked up on a pot of 2,000 with Min Sung Lee on the button and all-in for only 12,500. Juhyun Lee in the small blind, engaged in a showdown.

Min Sung Lee: A♣ 9♥

Juhyun Lee: A♦ T♦

The board ran: 5♠ Q♣ 6♥ 3♣ 7♦.

With no one hitting the board, Min Sung Lee was eliminated for having the weaker ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
JL Juhyun LeeSouth Korea	225,000(141 BB)	15,700
MS Min Sung LeeSouth Korea	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 5:57:42 AM

Liu's Big Slick Sends Tsuyoshi Out

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Ikeda Tsuyoshi opened to 3,200 from early position to see Zhengyi Liu three-bet to 11,000.

Tsuyoshi jammed all-in for 22,200 and Liu made the call.

Tsuyoshi peeled open: 9♥ 9♣

Liu showed:: A♥ K♣

Board: A♠ 2♠ 3♥ J♠ T♣

Liu made top pair on the flop and went on to eliminate Tsuyoshi.

Player	Chips	Progress
ZL Zhengyi LiuChina	122,000(76 BB)	26,200
TI Tsuyoshi IkedaJapan	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 5:48:30 AM

Xie's River Pressure Forces a Fold

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Ruiji Xie opened to 3,700, under the gun, and got a three-bet from Shuo Li, immediately to his left. After action was folded back to him, Xie called to see a flop.

The flop came: 7♦ 4♦ T♠.

Xie check-called Li's bet of 7,000 leading them to the turn.

Xie knuckled, again, on the 8♠ turn, compelling Li to burn a time bank to consider his options. He ultimately decided to follow suit and tap the felt.

Seeing an opportunity to take control, Xie picked up a tower of blue chips worth 100,000, which was just too much for Li to call, having only 25,000 behind. Li folded and Xie scooped the pot to add to his stack.

Player	Chips
RX Ruiji XieChina	145,000(91 BB)
SL Shuo LiChina	25,000(16 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 5:46:06 AM

Zhan Successfully Defends

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Punnat Punsri opened for 3,200 from under-the-gun +1. Jian Zhu called for the lo-jack and Zijing Zhan defended from the big blind.

Flop arrived: 3♠ 2♦ Q♣.

Xhan checked and Punsri continued for 3,000. Zhu called and Zhan made a check-raise to 10,000.

Both players stood down to award the pot to Zhan.

Player	Chips	Progress
PP Punnat PunsriThailand	155,000(97 BB)	-6,200
ZZ Zijing ZhanChina	51,600(32 BB)	14,800
JZ Jian ZhuChina	36,700(23 BB)	-6,200

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 5:44:06 AM

Chong Puts the Pressure on Liu

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Chung Chong raised from the button to 3,200 and was called by Yin Liu in the big blind.

The dealer fanned out the flop of: 4♥ 6♦ 4♠.

Liu check-called Chong's 5,000 continuation bet. The action went check-check on the 8♣ turn and the dealer flipped over the 8♦ as the river card.

Liu checked again and now Chong bet out for 21,000. Liu went into the tank before he released his hand, sending Chong the pot without a showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
YL Yin Liu (3)China	162,000(101 BB)	-8,200
YC Yeow Chung ChongSingapore	136,000(85 BB)	10,600

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 5:42:55 AM

Von Reden Defends

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Rene von Reden

Yan Zhang opened to 3,200 and got called by the button, Chunhui Ji. Rene von Reden threw in a time bank to consider how exactly to defend his big blind. He decided to three-bet to 15,000 which was enough to claim the pot without even seeing a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
YZ Yan ZhangChina	210,000(131 BB)	-3,200
RA Rene Alexander Von RedenGermany	60,000(38 BB)	8,800
CJ Chunhui JiChina	49,000(31 BB)	-3,200

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 5:40:59 AM

Sumida Sweats the Double

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Chuanchu Chen opened to 3,200 from middle position and Yuichi Sumida moved all-in from the big blind for 42,900.

Chen used a time card and looked at his 165,500 stack, before making the call.

Yuichi Sumida: J♥ J♠

Chuanchu Chen: A♣ Q♦

Sumida was ahead with pocket jacks, but the: K♦ 4♦ T♣ flop brought in a straight draw and backdoor flush draw for Chen.

The 5♦ turn saw another diamond fall and the dealer paused before slowing peeling the brick 3♣ river, allowing Sumida to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
CC Chuanshu ChenChina	122,600(77 BB)	-42,900
YS Yuichi SumidaJapan	89,800(56 BB)	45,300

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 4:36:10 AM

Punsri Gets Paid What He Asked For

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Jian Zhu opened to 3,200 from early position and Punna Punsri defended his big blind.

The dealer gave a flop of 8♥ K♣ Q♠

Punsri check-raised the 3,500 bet of Zhu to 10,000 and Zhu called.

The turn showed a T♠ which both checked to open a T♣ river.

Punsri led out for 22,000 and Zhu threw in a time bank token before deciding to count the chips to call.

Punsri showed T♥ 9♣ for trip tens defeating the pair of kings from the A♦ K♠ of Zhu.

Player	Chips	Progress
PP Punnat PunsriThailand	162,000(101 BB)	37,600
JZ Jian ZhuChina	68,000(43 BB)	-35,200

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 4:31:50 AM

Zhang Gets There to Double Through Park

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Yongbin Wang limped from early position only for Peter Park in middle position to raise to 6,600. Action folded to Yidun Zhang in the big blind who made the call as did Wang.

The flop came A♥ K♥ T♦ and Wang checked to Park who continued for 13,000. Zhang called and Wang folded.

The turn brought the 2♥ and now Wang instantly moved all in for his last 13,200. Park snap-called reluctantly fearing that Wang had hit his draw and he wasn't wrong as Wang tabled the J♥ T♥ for a turned flus. Park did have outs with his K♣ K♠ to fill up but the 9♣ brick on the river wasn't one of them and Wang was sent the pot for a full double up and more.

Player	Chips	Progress
PP Peter ParkUnited States of America	116,000(73 BB)	41,800
YW Yongbin WangChina	82,600(52 BB)	-6,600
YZ Yidun ZhangChina	busted	-32,800

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 4:29:58 AM

Liu Wakes Up with Aces

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Tianan Liu

Tianan Liu opened to 3,500 under the gun, action folded around to the big blind, Georgios Skarparis,, who called.

The dealer flopped: Q♣ J♥ 2♦.

Skarparis check-called Liu's bet of 3,000 to see the turn.

The turn fell 4♥ with Liu firing yet again, this time for 8,000.

On a river of T♣, Skarparis knuckled for the third time. Liu put 17,000 in the middle and an unfazed Skarparis made the call.

With slightly shaking hands, Liu flipped over: A♦ A♥ resulting in a muck from Skarparis.

Player	Chips	Progress
TL Tianan LiuChina	162,000(101 BB)	33,900
GS Georgios SkarparisCyprus	117,000(73 BB)	-31,500

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 4:29:10 AM

New Cast On Featured Table

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

The featured table for the livestream has put on a new cast to go under the bright lights and cameras.

Among them are Punnat Punsri, Andres Vasquez, Gemmy Huyen and Jian Zhu.

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 4:19:43 AM

Tsai Continues To Heat Up

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Zhengyi Li opened to 3,200 from early position. Ting Yi Tsai called from the small blind and Ikeda Tsuyoshi defended the big.

Flop came J♥ 8♥ 4♥

All checked to see a 5♣ on the turn

All checked again to open a 5♠ on the river.

Tsai fired 3,200 and found no callers.

Player	Chips	Progress
ZL Zhengyi LiuChina	82,400(52 BB)	-3,200
TY Ting Yi TsaiTaiwan	72,800(46 BB)	8,000
TI Tsuyoshi IkedaJapan	35,000(22 BB)	-3,200

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 4:12:17 AM

Rollercoaster for Shimizu

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Action folded around to Jo Moarikawa, who moved all in from the small blind for 34,500.

Kento Shimizu called from the big blind, leaving himself with 2,900 behind, and the players flipped their cards.

Jo Moarikawa: A♠ Q♣

Kento Shimizu: 7♥ 7♦

Moarikawa hit the flop and held the lead after seeing the Q♠ A♣ 5♣ K♦ 2♠ runout.

Shimizu went down to 2,900 and folded the small blind in the next hand after someone opened from middle position.

In the next hand, Shimizu was on the button and action folded around to him. He jammed for his remaining 2,100 and both the blinds called, with Yan Li in the small and Neng Zhao in the big blind.

Both the blinds checked all the way down to showdown after seeing a A♥ J♣ 7♠ flop, 5♥ turn and 2♣ river.

Shimizu tripled up to 10,000 after seeing his Ace-Seven was good against Li's pocket fours and Zhaos Three-Six off suit.

Kento Shimizu: A♣ 7♣

Yan Li: 4♠ 4♥

Neng Zhao: 6♥ 3♣

Shimizu's luck ran out as he was seen walking away from the tournament area shortly after this action.

Player	Chips
NZ Neng ZhaoAustralia	163,000(102 BB)
YL Yan LiChina	55,000(34 BB)
KS Kento ShimizuJapan	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 4:08:31 AM

Tsai's Big Slick Doubles From Hao

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Zhengyu Liu opened to 3,200 from early position. Zhengshan Hao three-bet to 9,000 on the button and big blind Ting Yi Tsai shoved all-in for 32,800.

Liu tanked before folding while Hao made the call, covering Tsai's stack

Hao showed A♦ Q♥

Tsai tabled A♣ K♣

Board 7♣ 3♠ 8♠ 5♠ 3♣

Tsai's big slick held on to double-up while crushing Hao.

Player	Chips	Progress
TY Ting Yi TsaiTaiwan	71,200(45 BB)	38,400
ZH Zhengshan HaoHong Kong	30,400(19 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 4:06:46 AM

Li is the Last to Enter Main Event

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

During the 15-minute break, a number of players took the final opportunity to re-enter the main event, sitting down with 40,000 and returning to Level 12 with blinds at 800/1,600.

Song Li was the final player to enter during late registration in Day 2.

Player	Chips
LS Li SongChina	40,000(25 BB)
EK Elmer KalaquianPhilippines	40,000(25 BB)
AC Arthur ConanFrance	40,000(25 BB)
AZ Anton Zhen Zhao LuAustralia	40,000(25 BB)
SG Shuofei GengUnited States of America	40,000(25 BB)
HH Haoyu HuangChina	40,000(25 BB)
SL Siyuan LuUnited States of America	40,000(25 BB)
TT Tien Thanh PhamViet Nam	40,000(25 BB)
HL Hon LeeSouth Korea	40,000(25 BB)
JH Juncai HanChina	40,000(25 BB)
ZZ Zijing ZhanChina	40,000(25 BB)
HS Hanyu ShaoChina	40,000(25 BB)
YL Yuxuan LuChina	40,000(25 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 4:05:57 AM

Play Resumes

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Registration has closed and 628 players return to dive into the action. The total prize pool and payouts will be announced soon.

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 3:52:06 AM

Wang Takes Some from Xie

Level 12: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

On the flop of 5♥ 6♦ T♥ with over 4,000 in the pot Zizu Wang check-called Ruiji Xie's bet of 3,300 and the players saw the 4♣ roll off on the turn.

Wang now led out for 9,000 and Xie made the call.

The dealer peeled off the 5♠ as the river and Wang didn't slow down this time leading out for 20,000. Xie went into the tank as the bet was for the majority of his stack and used two time-banks before he made the call tabling 9♥ 9♠ streaks ahead of Xie with his 7♥ 4♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
ZW Zixu WangChina	132,000(83 BB)	-33,900
RX Ruiji XieChina	55,000(34 BB)	37,900

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 3:51:28 AM

First Break of the Day

Level 11: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Players are on a 15-minute break. This is the last opportunity to sign up as registration for the event closes when play resumes.

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 3:48:49 AM

A Surprised A

Level 11: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Dilijiang A

Yi Ma opened to 3,000 under the gun and got two callers in Dilijiang A and Wen Chao Liu on the button.

The flop came: 6♥ T♣ 9♦.

Ma check-called Dilijiang A's bet of 6,500. Liu folded his hand to leave the two players heads-up.

Same thing happened on the turn 3♣, where A continued to apply pressure with 12,500.

Both players slowed down with a check-check on the river 8♠. Ma showed: Q♣ J♣ and A tabled: A♦ T♠

A was surprised that the dealer was pushing the pot towards Ma stating he had top-pair failing to see Ma's straight. After the situation was explained, they moved on to the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
YM Yi MaChina	161,000(115 BB)	28,500
DA Dilijiang AChina	83,000(59 BB)	-25,000
WL Wenchao LiuChina	60,000(43 BB)	-3,000

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 3:41:39 AM

Sorokin's Kings Coolers Huang's Big Slick

Level 11: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Maxim Sorokin

Maxim Sorokin opened from early position for 2,500 while Haoyu Huang three-bet to 9,000 on the hi-jack.

Action folded back to Sorokin and pushed in 50,000, covering Huang's stack.

Huang called and risked his last 35,000.

Sorokin showed K♦ K♥

Huang tabled A♣ K♠

Board ran 4♥ J♥ 3♦ T♠ T♦

Sorokin's held all throughout, eliminating Huang from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
MS Maxim SorokinRussia	410,000(293 BB)	38,500
HH Haoyu HuangChina	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 3:20:56 AM

Zhang Chippin' Up

Level 11: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Baofeng Zhang

Ziwei Huang opened to 3,000 from early position and Baofeng Zhang three-bet to 9,500 on the hi-jack. Huang called and both were shown a flop of 3♣ K♥ 6♣

Huang check-called the 7,500 bet of Zhang to open a 7♣ turn.

Both checked to see a 8♦ river.

Huang checked and Zhang bet 12,500.

Huang tanked before finally folding, shipping the chips Zhang's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
ZH Ziwei HuangChina	101,000(72 BB)	-17,000
BZ Baofeng ZhangChina	84,900(61 BB)	20,500

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 3:14:10 AM

Li Doubles Through Wang

Level 11: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Heads up, Yongxin Li bet the: 6♠ Q♣ A♥ flop with around 60,000 in the pot. Zu You Wang on the button, called to see the turn.

The dealer peeled a T♥ turn. Li check-raised Wang's 42,000 bet with an all-in shove for 54,300. Wang called, putting Li's tournament life at risk.

Yongxin Li: A♣ K♦

Zu You Wang: 8♥ 7♥

Li was ahead with top pair and Wang had multiple outs with a gutshot straight draw and a flush draw. None of Wang's outs came as the T♦ fell on the river. Li scooped the pot for a nice double up early in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
ZW Zuyou WangChina	237,000(169 BB)	-82,550
YL Yongxin LiChina	211,000(151 BB)	86,050

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 3:08:20 AM

No Sweat for Jin

Level 11: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

The cards were already dealt, with the chip stacks being counted. Chunhua Jin had doubled with Aces on the button, getting his 41,000 stack in against Chunxu Mou in middle position.

Chunhua Jin: A♣ A♠

Chunxu Mou: J♦ 9♦

The board had read: 10c 6♦ 2♦ 10s 4♣, which kept Jin ahead the whole way, securing his double.

Player	Chips
CJ Chunhua JinChina	85,000(61 BB)
CM Chunxu MouChina	44,000(31 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 3:00:16 AM

Christodoulou Takes Out Lu

Level 11: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Andreas Christodoulou Sitting on Over 350,000

With over 25,000 in the pot and the board reading 3♣ 6♠ 7♦ 6♣ 7♠ Andreas Christodoulou had bet out enough to put Anton Lu all in.

Lu was int he tank and used three times-banks before making the call and tabling A♠ K♥ hoping for a chop but was way behind Christodoulou and his T♥ 7♣ with a rivered full house and Lu was sent packing.

Player	Chips
AC Andreas ChristodoulouUnited Kingdom	352,000(251 BB)
AZ Anton Zhen Zhao LuAustralia	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 2:54:39 AM

Chen Makes Good Fold

Level 11: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Xianling Chen

Kuan Han Chen raised to 24,000 and Baofeng Zhang called from the cut-off. XIanling Chen defended from the big blind.

Flop arrived: 7♦ 4♥ 8♥.

Action checked to Zhang, who put a min-bet of 4,000.

Chen called and Han stayed away.

The turn came 4♦

Chen led for 7,000 and Zhang called.

The river showed a 9♥.

Chen pushed in 8,500 across the betting line and Zhang raised it to 26,000.

Chen tanked, wondered what design she should get next for her nails, then folded.

It was a good fold for Chen who held: A♣ 4♠ for a set of fours against the 8♠ 8♦ of Zhang , who made a full-house.

Player	Chips	Progress
BZ Baofeng ZhangChina	69,300(50 BB)	69,000
XC Xianling ChenChina	60,000(43 BB)	-43,500

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 2:50:39 AM

Chen Fades; Panit Jumps In

Level 11: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Freddy Sedigh built a big stack in Flight D last night after a couple of big chip ups, but he saw an early exit in Day 2. Amongst other notables around the floor was Mingcong Chen.

Mingcong Chen

Player	Chips
BL Bin LiChina	busted
LZ Lin ZhouChina	busted
YH Yu Han SuTaiwan	busted
MC Mingcong ChenChina	busted
AC Arthur ConanFrance	busted

Late registration is still open until the end of Level 11 and many players have jumped straight into Day 2.

Player	Chips
KP Kunal PatniIndia	40,000(29 BB)
JC Jingrui ChuChina	40,000(29 BB)
YY Yiwen YuanChina	40,000(29 BB)
JT Jiaqi TengChina	40,000(29 BB)
YK Yasuhiro KojimaJapan	40,000(29 BB)
JS Jereld Sam EnzhiSingapore	40,000(29 BB)
CW Chunyang WangChina	40,000(29 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 2:40:55 AM

Rolli Takes a Hit

Level 11: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Fabian Rolli

With the pot at over 20,000 the flop of K♦ A♦ 8♣ was fanned out across the table. Fabian Rolli check-called Dongying Ling's 5,500 continuation bet and the players saw the T♠ peel off on the turn.

Again Rolli checked it over to Ling who fired out for 15,000 now. Rolli made the call and the dealer flipped over the 3♠ for the river. The action went check-check and Ling tabled Q♦ Q♥ streaks ahead of Rolli's 5♦ 6♦ for a missed flush draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
DL Dongying LingSingapore	235,000(168 BB)	32,250
FR Fabian RolliSwitzerland	75,000(54 BB)	-28,750

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 2:35:52 AM

Wantanabe Exits Early

Level 11: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Anton Lu opened in the early position to 3,000 and Hajime Watanabe called from the cutoff. Andreas Christodoulou defended the small blind, taking the players three-ways to the flop.

The: 3♠ 4♦ 5♥ flop saw action checked to Watanabe, who bet 5,900. Christodoulou check-raised to 16,000. Lu folded and Watanabe called.

A 5♦ was turned and Christodoulou checked. Watanabe bet 16,000 and Christodoulou raised to around 40,000.

Watanabe instantly responded with a jam and Christodoulou snap-called, more than covering Wantanabe.

Hajime Watanabe: 9♠ 9♣

Andreas Christodoulou: 4♠ 5♠

Watanabe stood from the table as he saw Christodoulou's boat.

The Dealer called for the "Floor" after placing the J♦ river, as it was the end of the road for Watanabe.

Player	Chips	Progress
AC Andreas ChristodoulouUnited Kingdom	352,000(251 BB)	64,800
AZ Anton Zhen Zhao LuAustralia	73,000(52 BB)	-3,000
HW Hajime WatanabeJapan	busted

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 2:30:53 AM

Shuffle Up and Deal

Level 11: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Cards are in the air with 542 players returning for Day 2. With registration still open until the end level 11 (~12:15pm local time), this number is bound to increase.

More all-ins and poker action coming, so stay locked in as we give you live updates straight from the floor.

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 2:25:08 AM

Lee Building Nicely

Level 11: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Poseidon Ho

Juyhun Lee raised from under the gun to 2,800 and found calls from Poseidon Ho in the next seat, and Xiongfeng Chen on the button.

The flop came: 8♦ K♠ 2♣.

It was checked to Chen, who continued for 4,000. Lee called and Ho folded. The turn brought the J♠ and again, Lee checked it over to Chen, who fired again for 15,000. Lee went into the tank for a short while before check-raising to 42,000, which in turn sent Chen into the tank. He thought for a brief while and released his hand to send Lee the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
JL Juhyun LeeSouth Korea	242,000(173 BB)	28,100
XC Xiongfeng ChenChina	92,500(66 BB)	-21,800
PH Poseidon HoTaiwan	43,500(31 BB)	-2,800

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 2:20:34 AM

Sorokin At The Featured Table

Level 11: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Maxim Sorokin

Russia's Maxim Sorokin - the overall chip leader entering Day 2 - has taken a seat at the livestream featured table of the APT Jeju 2025 Main Event. Sorokin has the largest stack with 369,300 chips.

The other players also in the featured table and their chip counts are as follows:

Player	Chips
MS Maxim SorokinRussia	369,300(264 BB)
WX Wenbin XuChina	181,300(130 BB)
AH Andrew Hosok HanAustralia	152,400(109 BB)
ZH Ziwei HuangChina	113,600(81 BB)
XC Xianling ChenChina	78,800(56 BB)
EO Emi OikeJapan	68,700(49 BB)
KH Kuan Han ChenTaiwan	59,300(42 BB)
BZ Baofeng ZhangChina	47,000(34 BB)

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 2:00:02 AM

Liang Gets Rivered

Level 11: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Weining Liang

Nan Zhao and Weining Liang were waiting for the turn on a pot of 30,000.The flop had come: 9 6 J.

The turn showed 5 and both players knuckled, leading them to the river which fell 8. Zhao fired out 12,200 and Liang made the call.

Zhao showed: 9 7 for a rivered straight, prompting Liang to muck his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
NZ Nan ZhaoChina	100,000(71 BB)	28,750
WL Weining LiangChina	75,200(54 BB)	-25,250

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

10/1/2025, 1:36:16 AM

Maxim Soronkin Leads 516 Day 2 Qualifers of APT Jeju 2025 Main Event

Day 2 of the APT Jeju 2025 Main Event will be shuffling up and dealing today at 11AM local time (KST). A total of 1,265 hopefuls took the felt on four opening Day 1 flights with a total of 516 survivors booking a Day 2 seat to earn their share from the KRW 2.2 billion (~USD 1.5 million) guaranteed prize pool.

Registration remains open until the end of level 11, which is the starting level for today's competition. Specifically, late registration ends at 12 noon local time (KST). By then, the final attendance will have been closed and the total prize pool and payouts will be revealed.

A♠ it stands, however, this APT Jeju Main Event has already made history in the APT books as holding the record for the largest attendance of an **APT Main Event ** held in Korean soil. The numbers have yet to verify if this event will also be the largest of ANY Main Event ever held in Korea by any poker tour or organization.

Day 2 will play one hour-long levels until the end of level 18, approximately eight hours of poker action not including the break-time. By day's end the remaining survivors who will return to Day 3 will be joined by 234 on-live qualifiers, who are guaranteed a min cash following their success through the Natural8 and GGPoker online poker apps.

Maxim Sorokin

But before jumping into Day 3, we first have to get through today's action. Entering Day 2, sitting at the chip leader throne is Russia's Maxim Sorokin with 369,300 chips that were bagged after he topped Flight A.

Sorokin cashed twice during APT Incheon 2025 last month, but his most significant accomplishment was a 2015 Wynn Classic victory, in the USD 2,000 NLH event, where he pocketed a career best USD 101,619.

Not too far away is second-ranked William Teoh of Malaysia, who earned his 345,500 stack during Flight B where he was the end-of-day chip leader. Teoh is a three-time APT winner and a four-time APT runner-up, which just goes to show his endurance for poker.

Completing the top three is Chao Ting Cheng of the United States via Taiwan with a bag of 332,100 chips amassed during Flight D. Cheng is a two-time APT winner and a three-time WPT champion.

Chinese players **Zu You Wang **(328,900) and **XIang Yu Yu **(325,700) along with **Andreas Christodoulou **(302,000) of Cyprus make the next three and are the only other ones with chips past the 300K mark.

Here are the top ten chip counts:

Player	Chips
MS Maxim SorokinRussia	369,300
WT William TeohMalaysia	345,500
CT Chao Ting ChengTaiwan	332,100
ZW Zuyou WangChina	328,900
XY Xiangyu Yu China	325,700
AC Andreas ChristodoulouUnited Kingdom	302,000
MS Martin SedlakGermany	277,700
TW Tianyu WangChina	276,700
AV Andres VasquezColombia	268,300
ER Erik RozhynskyiUkraine	262,000

Xixiang Luo

Other notables still in the chase for the APT Main Event title include two-tme APT winner Tom Verbruggen (237,100) of the Netherlands, Hong Kong's four-time APT winner **Kevin Choi **(228,500), Australia's APT Incheon 2025 High Roller winner Dylan Foster (179,200), WSOP bracelet winner and APT title holder Martin Finger (172,000) of Germany, WSOP bracelet winner Georgios Skarparis (171,000) of Cyprus, WSOP bracelet holder and Peng Zhou (161,400) of China, three-time WSOP bracelet winner and former APT Main Event champion Xixiang Luo (148,400) of China, three-time APT winner Abraham Ceesvin(142,000) of Singapore, Two-time APT winner John Matsuda (127,200) of the Philippines, four-time APT winner, five-time Triton title holder and former APT Main Event winner Punnat Punsri of Thailand (121,500), WSOP bracelet winner and three-time APT champion Joseph Cheong (110,600) of the United States and three-time WSOP bracelet winner and former WPT Main Event champion Michael Wang (109,000) of the United States.

Some notable players that need to spin their stacks include four-time APT winner David Erquiaga(70,500) of the Philippines, WSOP bracelet winner and one-time APT title holder Arthur Conan of France, Natural8 Ambassador and former APT Main Event champion Kitty Kuo (33,500), two-time WPT winner and APT title holder Anton Lu (60,200) and WSOP bracelet holder and two-time APT Main Event champion Mike Takayama (32,700) of the Philippines among many others.

The hunt is on for the life-changing lion's share of the yet-to-be-determind total prize pool, but what is certain so far is that the champion will walk away with the coveted 24-K gold APT lion trophy and a seat valued at KRW 14M (USD 10,000) to the APT Championship Main Event to be held in Taipei later this year.

Kitty Kuo