Xu Chen

The penultimate flight of the Main Event ended in dramatic fashion, with players going big or going broke. A total of 284 entries (233 unique) filled the Landing Casino at Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea, competing for a share of the guaranteed KRW 2.2 billion (~USD 1.5 million) prize pool, which had already been met during yesterday’s flight.

Adding Flight A & Flight B's 824 combined entries, and the 234 online entries, the running total has reached 1,342, already surpassing the 2024 APT Jeju Main Event record of 1,089 entries. With the final flight still to come and registration open until the end of Day 2’s first level, new records are sure to be made.

Sitting atop the chip pile is Xu Chen from China with 242,100 in the bag. Close at his heels is Pisan Kumpree from Thailand bagging 229,200 chips and closing off the podium positions is Ka Chuen Yip with 198,800.

Two-time APT Main Event Champion Mike Takayama remains in contention despite a tough position on the ladder. He’s aiming to add another APT title to his resume, and with his experience and skill, he’s well-equipped to overcome any challenges in his path.

In total, 134 players made it through from Flight C, with other notables to qualify for Day 2 being Germany's Martin Finger (172,000), Singapore's Abraham Ceesvin (142,000), the USA's Christopher Park (139,400), Canada's Greg "Greg Goes All-in" Liow (102,900), and China's Yayun Liu (95,100), Yan Zhang (92,200).

APT Main Event Flight C Chip Counts

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Flight D has already started. Players will start with a 40,000 chip stack and will play through six 30-minute levels and four 45-minute levels.

Stay tuned for live updates straight from the floor.

Flight C has now come to a close for the day and the remaining 133 players are bagging up their chips.

Stay tuned for a recap of the day and full chip counts and survivors.

Poseidon Ho

Poseidon Ho raised from under the gun to 2,700 only to face a three-bet from Jiaming Che to 10,000 from early position. Action folded to Chunhui Ji who made the call from the big bind.

Ho then moved all in for 58,600 and Che also jammed all in for 80,600. Ji in the big blind went into the tank before folding his cards.

Poseidon Ho: J 8

Jiaming Che: T T

No miracles for Ho on the K 3 6 7 9 run out and Ho's Flight C run was sunk by Che.

Rishi Mehra

Rishi Mehra opened to 3,000 in cutoff and got called by Chunhui Ji in the big blind to see a flop.

The flop came T 6 4 . Mehra continued with 4,000 and Ji called once again.

On the turn 4 Mehra shoved all-in for 22,200 sending Ji to the tank. After burning two time banks, Ji made the call and put himself at risk nearing the end of the day.

Chunhui Ji: K 6

Rishi Mehra: Q T

Ji caught a pair on the flop but couldn't beat Mehra's top pair. Nothing changed when the A fell on the river. Ji left the floor as the dealer pushed the pot to Mehra.

Zhiwei Ding was poised to be the chip leader of Flight C until he encountered the following three-way all-in situation. Action was picked up with the cards tabled and the chips in the middle of the table. Chenglong Liu had 38,600, Zhengyi Liu had 90,000 chips and Ding had them both covered.

Chenglong Liu: A K

Zhengyi Liu: K K

Zhiwei Ding: Q Q

Zhengyi Liu was ahead and maintained his lead on the 9 2 6 3 4 board.

Chenglong Liu’s run came to an end, though there was hope he’d return for the last flight.

Meanwhile, with only a handful of hands left, Zhengyi Liu was was comfortable advancing to Day 2 with his stack.

The floor has paused the clock and announced that the next six hands dealt will be the for the day.

The remaining players will then bag up their chips and carry them through to Day Two on October 1.

Anton Lu

The pot was over 25,000 and the flop read: 7 3 J . Anton Lu checked to Danqiu Chen, who bet out for 8,500. Lu made the call.

On the J turn, the action went check-check and it was rinse-and-repeat when the dealer flipped over the river of the T .

Lu tabled: Q Q which was way ahead of Chen's: A K . Lu was shipped the pot.

Cong Tuan Bui, in the small blind, fired 30,000 on a board of: 9 4 J A with a pot of 50,000. Michael Na, his heads-up opponent, shoved all-in for around 140,000 on the button. Bui leaned backed, looked towards the heavens and let out a groan, visibly bemused and uncertain as what to do next.

He took a few seconds to think about his options, then decided to risk his tournament life with a call.

Cong Tuan Bui: J J

Michael Na: A 6

Once the hands were tabled, Bui looked absolutely desperate as Na had flopped the nut flush against his flopped set. As hee waited for the deal to come to an end, a miracle happened as the A fell on the river, giving him a full house and saving him from getting eliminated from the tournament.

Abraham Ceesvin

Yusuke Arima raised to 2,500 from under the gun and found a call from Abraham Ceesvin in the hijack. Michael Nam sat in the cut-off, then three-bet to 8,100 and both Arima and Nam made the call.

The flop came:4 6 J :

All three checked-around for the dealer to peel off the 8 as the turn card.

Arima now led out for 7,500, both Nam and Ceesin stayed in. The river brought the 2 and Arima checked. Sensing weakness, Ceesvin fired off a chunky river bet of 18,400.

Nam got out of the way and Arima went into the tank before making the call, leaving himself just 200 in chips behind. Ceesvin tabled: 4 4 for a flopped set and Arima insta-mucked his cards.

Nobuaki Sasaki

After a 3,400 raise from Yan Zhang under the gun and with action folded around, Nobuaki Sasaki, with only 8,400 behind in the small blind, shoved all-in for his tournament life. Zhang called, taking the players to showdown.

Nobuaki Sasaki: A 6

Yan Zhang: T 8

The flop came: Q K J .

Sasaki had a gutshot straight draw, Zhang an open-ended one.

The turn 5 didn't change anything but Sasaki completed his straight when the T fell on the river.

Sasaki scooped the pot, doubling up, yet remained in danger with such a short stack entering the final level of the day.