Higuchi Junichi

The penultimate Day 1 flight wrapped up in thrilling fashion, with players putting everything on the line as they battled for a spot on Day 2.

APT Main Event Flight C drew 303 entries (268 unique) at Paradise City Resort in Incheon, South Korea, as players continued their pursuit of a share of the KRW 1,500,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Of those, 154 players successfully secured their seats for Day 2.

Flights A and B had already brought in 669 entries - 165 from Flight A, 222 from Flight B, and 282 OnLive entries. With Flight C now in the books, the overall field has climbed to 972 entries. The final flight is already underway, with late registration remaining open until the start of Level 12, giving the field plenty of room to grow before registration closes.

Japan’s Higuchi Junichi leads the Flight C survivors after bagging 294,800. The last player to bag his chips, Junichi made a late surge into the lead after finding himself in a three-way all-in, pushing his stack past that of his compatriot Takuya Miyaura. Miyaura finished second in chips with 282,900, while China’s Dajie Zhuo rounded out the top three with 228,000.

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Among those also moving forward are former APT champions Tony Ren Lin, who bagged 104,800, and Nguyen Trung Quan, who finished with 88,500. Both will now look to continue their runs and add another APT Gold Lion to their lion's prides.

Peng Chen (139,400), an APT regular with numerous final-table appearances under his belt, is still searching for his first APT Gold Lion. He will be hoping this is the event where he finally gets his hands on one. Joining Chen in the hunt is Michel Molenaar (122,500), who will also be looking to make his mark.

Other notables still in the running include Ivan Lee, who bagged 67,100.

With three flights now completed, a combined 315 players have secured their spots on Day 2, while Flight D continues to play out with more players set to join them. The final flight is scheduled to play through 10 levels, consisting of six 30-minute levels followed by four 45-minute levels.

Stay locked in as we bring you all the latest poker action straight from the floor.

The remaining 154 players from the 303-entry field are now bagging and tagging for the evening.

Stay tuned for a recap of Flight C.

Action was picked up with three players all-in on the third of their last seven hands.

Kazuhiro Kamiya: A Q

Terry Nguyen: A A

Takuya Miyaura: Q Q

Nguyen was looking at a potential triple up with his rockets when the flop dropped 7 7 5 .

He needed to fade one more street when the turn fell 4 . Kamiya drawing dead left the table even before the board completed.

The whole table erupted when the case Q fell on the river, ending Nguyen's tournament run in shocking fashion.

Ka Chuen Yip in the big blind and Chi Wai Wong on the button had already built a pot of 7,000 when the flop dropped 8 6 J .

Wong fired 3,500 after the action was passed to him. Yip called to see the turn.

The turn fell 8 and action went check check.

Yip checked river A again and Wong kept up the pressure with a 4,200 bet. Yip took some time to mull things over then decided to go beyond and make it 18,500. Frustrated, Wong conceded the pot to Yip.

Masao Nishizawa opened to 2,800 first to act and was three-bet to 9,500 by Hidetomo Wada in middle position. Christopher Park then moved all in for approximately 37,000 from the hijack and it was folded back around to Nishizawa, who shoved for enough to put Wada all in for 112,000 total. Wada snap-called and a three-way showdown was held.

Christopher Park: 9 9

Hidetomo Wada: A A

Masao Nishizawa: A K

It was a dream spot for Wada, and the A 9 5 flop improved all three players, but left Wada with a near unbeatable set of aces.

The T turn brought some chop opportunities, but the Q river kept Wada best and he was awarded the massive pot while eliminating Park.

Players are on the last seven hands before the day ends.

Neng Zhao opened to 2,800 from the cutoff and Alen Bakovic called in the big blind.

Bakovic check-called a 1,500 bet from Zhao on the 8 2 2 flop and action checked through on the 4 turn.

Bakovic checked a final time on the Q river and Zhao overbet the pot for 12,000 – sending Bakovic deep into the tank.

Bakovic put several time banks into the middle and used up a couple of them before sticking in a call.

Zhao turned over 9 9 for nines-up and Bakovic mucked his cards upon seeing it.

Action was picked up with three-players with their cards and chips in the middle of the table.

Kaiyuan Shen: T T

Sanshiro Ito: Q Q

Shoichi Nakashima: A K

It was a classic all-in situation with pockets against ace-king. Ito was ahead with his queens but the flop came T 8 2 . Shen was looking at a potential triple up at the end of the day having flopped a set.

The 7 turn, however, gave Ito more outs with a flush draw. To Shen's disappointment, the K dropped on the river completing Ito's flush. Shen left the table while Nakashima looked at his much dwindled stack that left him with only three big blinds

Peng Chen

Peng Chen opened to 2,500 from middle position and called a three-bet of 7,500 from Shota Koyama, who was in the cutoff.

Chen check-called a 7,500 bet from Koyama on the K A 3 flop and checked again after the 3 paired the board on the turn.

Koyama moved all-in for approximately 25,000 and Chen quickly called to put Koyama at risk.

Shota Koyama: 6 6

Peng Chen: A 4

Chen held an ace, which left Koyama drawing to just two outs with his pair of sixes.

The Q river was a brick and Koyama was forced to surrender his stack.

Chen, who is fresh off a third-place finish in the Super High Roller, has had a stellar Flight C showing and currently sits with about 155,000 with less than an hour left before play concludes.

Junya Uesugi

Chen Hao in the big blind and Junya Uesugi quietly waited while the dealer pulled in their bets making a 6,800 pot. She then spread a 7 J K . Uesegi fattened the pot with a 1,800 bet after action was passed to him. Hao called.

Both players checked the K turn leading them to the T river.

With action passed to him again, Uesegi shot out 7,500 sending Hao to think about his next move, burning a time card in the process. He decided to jam his remaining 28,000 chips making Uesego look up in frustration.

It took him his time plus two time cards to make the call.

Hao turned over K J . for a full boat. A disappointed Uesegi flipped over his hand to show an inferior flush with 6 4 to lose the hand,