The Red Space tournament area saw 956 players compete in Flight E of the APT National Cup

APT National Cup – Sponsored by DeepRun is the Largest Tournament in APT History Breaking Multiple Records

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN, April 23, 2026 – Run in partnership with the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Club (CTP) across two venues—the cavernous Red Space 多元商務空間 and the Asia Poker Arena—the APT Taipei 2026 has taken just three days to claim its place in the Asian Poker Tour record books.

It’s always a promising sign when the opening event of a poker festival breaks a record, and the TWD 12,000 (~USD 380) buy-in Event #1: National Cup – Sponsored by DeepRun has broken several.

It was the final two flights that propelled the tournament to the pinnacle, attracting a massive 2,940 entries in total over the six starting flights.

In addition to making this the largest side event in the APT’s 20-year history, eclipsing the record of 2,398 entries set during the APTC National Cup Championship just a scant five months prior, this monster field is the largest in tour history, period, besting the previous high of 2,547 set during the APT Taipei 2025 Main Event – formerly the largest poker tournament the tour has ever run.

While the National Cup has not surpassed the APT Taipei 2025 Main Event prize pool record, it has created the richest opening event prize pool the tour has ever generated, breaking the record set during the APT Taipei 2025 National Cup.

The TWD 15 million (~USD 477,000) guarantee was reached and breached mid way through Flight E, and the tournament will award a substantial TWD 28,929,600 (~USD 927,230) in prize money—an impressive 36 percent more than the APT Taipei 2025 National Cup—with 426 players claiming a share of the purse.

With the format paying out the top 14 percent of each flight, but only 5 percent of each flights’ field making it through to the Final Day, 21 percent of the prize money has already been awarded, although a hefty 22,785,100 (~USD 730,290) still remains in the Final Day prize pool.

For APT National Cup Final Day Prize Pool & Payouts please CLICK HERE

A TWD 4,129,000 (~USD 132,340) top prize and an Asian Poker Tour Championship USD 5M GTD Main Event ticket await the eventual champion, in addition to the title, and silver lion silhouette National Cup trophy.

All final tablists will also be awarded a 30-day free DeepRun subscription package from the APT’s official strategy and training sponsor. Visit www.deeprun.com for more details.

Flight E

The USA’s Anderson Dakotaleath topped the counts of the largest single flight in tour history

The fifth starting flight also earned a place in the APT record books, attracting a staggering 956 entries to break the tour’s largest single flight record and steal the APT Taipei 2025 National Cup’s thunder twice.

All of Red Space’s 98 tournament tables saw play over the course of the day (some for other events) as players duked it out over twenty-three 30-minute levels, all attempting to win their way through to the Final Day.

Just 143 players cashed for a share of the TWD 9,407,040 (~USD 301,510) Flight E prize pool, with places 49-143 chopping up TWD 2,045,500 (~USD 65,560)and 48 (the top 5 percent) making it through, along with the TWD 7,361,540 (~USD 235,945) in remaining Flight E prize money.

It was the USA’s Anderson Dakotaleath topping the counts of this record-breaking flight, concluding the action with a stack of 1,455,000.

Taiwan’s Chia Chi Kuo (1,360,000) and Macau’s Che Hangfong (1,165,000) rounded out the top three Flight E stacks, with the top ten as follows:

NATIONAL CUP FLIGHT E TOP TEN STACKS

For APT National Cup Flight E Player List please CLICK HERE

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All tournament information can be found on the APT National Cup – Sponsored by DeepRun Flight C tournament page.

All respective National Cup flight results can be viewed on the Official Results page and via the APT website.

Flight F

China’s Jin Wang summited the final flight

The sixth and final Flight F got underway at 6pm attracting a further 605 entries who fought it out at the felt over twenty-six turbo-charged 15-minute levels for a share of the TWD 5,953,200 (~USD 190,810) Flight F prize pool.

Only 87 of these made the paying positions, with places 32-87 claiming a TWD TWD 1,204,000 (~USD 38,590) share of the Flight F prize pool, with the top 31 players and the remaining 4,749,200 (~USD 152,220) in cash moving over to the Final Day.

It was China’s Jin Wang who summited the final flight, concluding the action with a stack of 1,200,000, with Taiwan’s Pei Yao Lin (1,095,000), and South Korea’s Yuchan Kim (1,065,000) rounding out the top three Flight F stacks, with the top ten survivors as follows:

NATIONAL CUP FLIGHT F TOP TEN STACKS

For APT National Cup Flight F Player List please CLICK HERE

For APT National Cup Flight F Survivors please CLICK HERE

All tournament information can be found on the APT National Cup – Sponsored by DeepRun Flight F tournament page.

All respective National Cup flight results can be viewed on the Official Results page and via the APT website.

Final Day

A total of 149 players survived the six opening flights, but only 148 will be returning to battle it out for the trophy, title, and APTC Main Event seat on the Final Day; Italy’s Andrea Sabatini made it through twice on Flight B, and Flight E, meaning his shortest stack will be removed from play earning him a min-cash of TWD 41,200 (~USD 1,320).

For APT National Cup Final Day Draw please CLICK HERE

The Final Day recommences the tournament action at 11:15am local time (TST) on Saturday, April 25 with full coverage available via the APT Blog.