During Day 2 of the TWD 50,000 APT Main Event, it was confirmed that the event has entered the history books as the biggest and richest international poker tournament in Taiwan! That means for the fourth festival in a row the APT has set a new record for biggest ever for a country

The Main Event drew 1,991 entries, which in-turn generated a record-breaking prize pool of TWD 86,011,200 (~USD 2,709,014), with a top prize of TWD 14,413,200 (~USD 453,959). With this, 295 players are locked up for a guaranteed payday. Thank you for the amazing support.

310 players returned for Day 2 B/D out of which 137 survived the five hours of play today. Including 164 survivors of Day 2 A/C a total of 301 players will be returning tomorrow at 11am to the Asia Poker Arena to continue their quest for the trophy and the record-breaking prize pool. A total of 295 players will make the paying positions, including 56 Natural8 Onlive players who won their way through to Day 3 online.

Andrew Ong Hoon Haw

Singapore’s Andrew Hoon Haw Ong not only came out on top of Day 2 B/D with 582,000 chips, but will also go into Day 3 as the overall chip leader. After accumulating a handful of smaller cashes throughout the last couple of years, he’s in a prime position to achieve a new personal best in this Main Event.

Closely following him with 580,000 chips will be Manwoo Park from South Korea. He accumulated an impressive 490,000 chips today. Bagging 527,000 chips Taiwan’s Ting Yi Tsai completes Day 2 B/D’s podium.

Manwoo Park

Other notables to make it through the day include; Isaac Phua (236,000), winner of Event #10 Mystery Bounty Hunter, Napat Chokejindachai (213,000), high-roller Joseph Cheong (199,000), Fung Sam Lam, winner of the APT Super High Roller 2023, and Natural8 India ambassador Kunal Patni (84,500).

Here is a list of the top ten chips counts of Day 2 B/D:

A full APT Taipei Main Event Day 2 B/D Survivor List can be found by CLICKING HERE.

The seat draw for Day 3 can be found here

Join us tomorrow at 11:00 am local time for all the latest action from Day 3 of this record-breaking Main Event.

And that's it for Day 2 B/D. The remaining players are bagging their chips now. They will be back tomorrow 11am for Day 3. A full recap of today's action will follow shortly.

Petur Karlsson

The lo-jack opened and got action from three callers, including Petur Karlsson on the button, Wan Hung in the small blind, and the big blind.

On a flop of 8 Q 9 , Karlsson bet 12,000 when checked to, and only Wan called.

The turn brought a harmless 3 , prompting Karlsson to shove his remaining 70,000 chips. Wan called with K Q , top pair, but Karlsson was ahead with his 8 9 for two pair.

The river 6 sealed the deal, giving Karlsson a huge chip up!

The last level of the day is always accompanied by a bit of tension. Nobody wants to lose a chunk of their stack, let alone bust. But some players also take that to their advantage, turning the pressure even up a notch. This might have also happened in the following hand:

The Taiwanese Mao-Lun Lu opened from early-position and got one caller before Lu's countrymen Chih Feng Li squeezed in position. Lu called and they went heads-up to the flop.

On A Q 8 both players elected to check. Lu checked again on the 4 turn and Li bet out a third of the pot that Lu called. On the river 7 Li bet twenty big-blinds and sent Lu deep into the tank. He thought about his decision for multiple minutes. If he would have called and lost he'd have less than ten big-blinds left. Eventually, he folded though, protecting his stack instead of taking the risk.

Another two levels have been played and the smokers can now enjoy 15 minutes in the rain. Only one more 60 minute level will be played today after this break.

Chiat Tay

Chiat Tay opened on the button and faced a massive three-bet from Oscar Rotholz in the small blind. Unfazed, Tay four-bet jammed for 55,000 with A Q in hand, flipping against Rotholz's J J .

The board ran out 8 9 T , leaving Rotholz needing some serious help, but it didn’t come as the 6 and 5 completed the runout. Tay scooped the pot and doubled up!

Hua-Wei Lin

What a setup! Hua-Wei Lin got it all in pre-flop against Hogyun Kang's K K and Jin Seong Han's Q Q .

Until the river it looked like Kang would knock out two players, but the "Barry Greenstein" hit the river, keeping Lin's Main Event dreams alive.

Po Lam Lun opened from the cut-off and was met with a three-bet jam from Leom Kam on the button. Lun made the call but was in rough shape, seeing Kam’s pocket rockets A A up against his A J .

The flop of Q 8 K gave Lun a glimmer of hope with a gutshot and backdoor flush draw, but it wasn’t meant to be. Brick brick on the turn and river, and Kam secured a much-needed double-up.

Ben Gur

En Ching Wu shoved his 28,000 stack over Ben Gur’s open from the hi-jack. Gur made the call with A T , and he was sitting pretty against Wu’s A 4 . The flop came ten-high, sealing Wu’s fate, and with no miracles in sight, he was knocked out of the tournament.

Chi Ho Yeung, who hasn't had any live cashes before this series, already final-tabled two tournaments so far. And he is trying to continue his hot run in the Main Event. He just doubled-up after calling a three-bet in the cut-off with A J against Chin Chong in the big-blind.

After calling a continuation-bet on A T 6 , he raise-jammed the J turn. Chong called and needed to hit one of his six outs with A K . River brought the 4 , doubling Yeung up.