Sin Lan Chen

Sin Lan Chen, a familiar face on the APT circuit, is in action in the National Cup Championship.

Chen recorded three cashes at the inaugural APT Championship, highlighted by a runner-up finish in the Women's Event. She also cashed in a Team Event and the Trip Saver to round out her series.

Flight A didn't go her way, and she is currently down to around 6,000 from a starting stack of 40,000 in Flight B. There is still time to turn things around, though!

Andrew Kelsall

The field is already up to 91 players, with four players having been eliminated within the first hour so far.

Some notables to recently enter include Andrew Kelsall, Alexaner Duvall, and Fabian Gumz.

Heads-up with about 20,000 already in the middle on a board of T 3 Q J , David Wintersberger bet 16,000 from the hijack and Kai Sheng Yang called after a bit of thought.

The K river brought four cards to Broadway on board and Wintersberger bet enough to put Yang all in for his last 4,000 behind.

Yang re-checked his cards, clearly not pleased with the runout, and eventually sent his cards into the muck. Wintersberger collected the pot without showing.

Ching Lung Law opened to 800 from the cutoff and was called by Tsz Hin Chan in the small blind and Heuk Yu Chan in the big blind for a three-way pot.

Action checked through on the 7 Q 8 flop and then it was checked to Law, who bet 1,200 after the Q paired the board on the turn. Both of his opponents called.

No one put in a bet on the 4 river and everyone was reluctant to show their cards. Heuk Yu Chan eventually revealed 5 5 for a pair of fives, prompting Law to table T T for a pair of tens. Tsz Hin Chan sent his cards into the muck and Law was sent the pot.

The chips have been flying early, with several players having already gained or loss more than half of a starting stack!

Vachiravit Paisarnkulwong opened to 500 from under the gun and was called by Po Jui Chen from directly behind and Yen Peng Sun in the hijack. Yu Cheng Huang then put in a hefty squeeze to 4,700 on the button, which got a call from Paisarnkulwong, but folds from Chen and Sun.

Both players checked on the K 6 7 flop and then Paisarnkulwong check-called a 4,500 bet from Huang on the 4 turn.

Neither player put in a bet on the 3 river and Paisarnkulwong revealed K J for a pair of kings. Huang turned over K J for the same hand and they chopped up what could have been a chip-leading pot early on.

Maxim Lykov

With 14 players to start, Flight B of the National Cup Championship is now underway!

The APT Championship National Cup continues tonight with Flight B — the second of five total starting flights in the prestigious TWD 20 million guaranteed (~USD 613,500) event. While the opening flight is already underway at the Red Space venue, Flight B is set to begin at 8 p.m., giving those who prefer a turbo structure another opportunity to secure their place in the Final Day.

The TWD 16,000 buy-in (~USD 490) event starts players with a 40,000 starting stack, with Flight B featuring 15-minute levels throughout. Late registration will remain open until the start of Level 11 (~10:45 p.m.), giving players a limited window to enter or take another shot at building a stack.

There are still three more starting flights to come, with Flights C, D, and E scheduled across Saturday before the surviving players return for the Final Day on Sunday, November 15 at 11:15 a.m. Each starting flight will play down to 14% of the field, at which point everyone remaining will have secured a spot in the money and bag up for the Final Day.

With late registration now closed for Flight A, the National Cup is has already attracted 602 entrants and is shaping up to be one of the major early attractions of the APT Championship. Stay tuned as we bring you all the action, key hands, and latest chip counts from Flight B.