Poker enthusiasts from near and far will once again be taking to the tables of the vast poker arena inside of Red Space in Taipei at 4:30pm for the second day of the Asian Poker Tour Championship 2026.

One of the first low-stakes highlight tournaments of the festival has been enjoying an excellent opening day in which Flight A of Event #1 National Cup Championship grew by nearly one-third year over year with 602 entries. It was followed by another 218 in the turbo Flight B yesterday evening to bring the overall tally across the first two flights to 820.

In these first two flights, three players turned their 40,000 starting stack into seven figures and Troy Mclean became the frontrunner with 1,261,000 in chips, narrowly ahead of Japan's Konosuke Nakajima (1,236,000), whereas Jun Wei Yan was the best-placed Taiwanese player with an impressive 1,126,000 to his name.

The ongoing third flight, with a level duration of 25 minutes each, then burst into action with hundreds of hopefuls from dozens of countries. Many of those who bust will likely jump right back into the action as of 4:30pm when Flight D kicks off. With a level duration of 20 minutes throughout, the action will be fast and furious with registration open until the start of level 11 at approximately 8:20pm.

Each of the five flights will be playing down to the top 14% of their respective field, and all players who bag up chips will be in the money and advance to the final day on Sunday, November 15. The eventual champion will not only walk away with the stunning National Cup Championship Lion Trophy and a decent payday, but will also receive a seat for the APT Championship Main Event worth TWD 330,000 (~USD 10,000).

The final chance to enter this event will be Flight E, which is scheduled to commence at 8:30pm with late registration available until 11:15pm on a 15-minute clock.