Day Three Chip Leader Peng Zhou

Day 3 of 2025 APT Jeju Main Event, the largest international poker tournament ever to play out in Korea, is a wrap. The 246 players who took their seats at the start of the day have now been whittled down to just 48.

All remaining players are guaranteed a minimum pay-out of KRW 10,460,000 (~$7,470) but all will be eyeing up the first-place prize of KRW 649,835,200 (~$464,170).

Remaining Payouts:

It was China’s Peng Zhou who finished Day 3 with a massive 4,460,000 chips. Hot on Zhou’s heels is his compatriot Shuang Qiu with 4,010,000 and making it a Chinese podium clean sweep is Danqiu Chen in third spot with 2,765,000 in chips.

Zhou has just over USD 100,000 in lifetime earnings, including two APT cashes and is hunting down his first major title. He is already guaranteed his second largest cash of his career.

Qiu and Chen are guaranteed their largest ever live cashes and looking to make the first major final table of their poker careers.

Also sitting in the top ten and not too far behind the leaders is Erik Rozhynskyi (2,110,000). Rozhynskyi has just under USD 500,000 in lifetime earnings and holds numerous WSOPC Circuit and WPT Side Event titles.

Erik Rozhynskyi Sitting in Top Ten

Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts

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Other Notable Players Bagging Up

The two remaining ladies standing in the event both sit in the top ten. Lili Tang is in fourth with 2,655,000 and Yu Han Su is close behind in sixth with 2,290,000. Tang will be looking to add to her Jeju APT Mystery Bounty title and Su will be looking to better her cash in Event #25: Woman’s Event.

Lili Tang Leading The Ladies Going Into Day 4

The Czech Republic’s Roman Hrabec who has nearly USD 13,000,000 in live earnings is sitting pretty with 1,470,000 and will be looking to make yet another Asian tour final table.

WSOP Ring Holder, British player Guy Taylor, made it through the day in 38th place with 660,000 in chips.

The ever smiling, Singapore’s Abraham Ceesvin, who was APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024 Main Event runner up is getting ever closer to his fourth APT Main Event final table and sitting in 31st place with 960,000 in chips.

2024 APT Taipei Poker Classic Single Day High Roller Champion, Australia’s Yita Choong, will be looking for his second APT title and to take his lifetime earnings across the USD 3,000,000 mark.

Yita Choong

The only WSOP bracelet holder left in the field Cypriot Georgios Skarparis is sitting just outside the top ten in 16th spot with 1,515,000 in chips.

APT High Roller Champions Germany’s Martin Sedlak (2024 Taipei Poker Classic) and Thailand’s Thanisorn Saelor (2023 Incheon) are sitting in the top thirty tied on exactly 1,005,000 each in chips.

Martin Sedlak

Start-of-day overall chip leader China’s Jianfeng Sun (745,000) has made it through to Day 4 along with the Day 2 live chip leader Taiwan’s Hsiang Huang (2,070,000) who has squeaked into the top ten.

Day 4 kicks-off tomorrow at 11.15AM Local Time (KST) and play will continue until the final table is reached. Stay tuned for live updates straight from the floor.

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Action folded to Xian Xiao on the button who moved all in for 340,000. Hsiang Huang made the call from the small blind and Tian Wang folded from the big blind.

Xian Xiao: A 2

Hsiang Huang: A 9

No help for Xiao of the 7 7 J 4 6 run out and he was sent packing as the end of day 'bubble boy'.

The remaining 48 players are now bagging up their chips to take through to Day 4.

Stay tuned for a recap of the day along with full chip counts.

Erik Rozhynskyi

On a pot of around 250,000, Yayun Liu check-called Erik Rozhynskyi's bet of 55,000 on a flop of T K 3

The turn 3 fell and Liu led with 75,000 to be called by Rozhynskyi to see the last street.

Liu checked the river J triggering Rozhynskyi to bet 135,000.

Liu looked at the clock as there were 49 players left and decided to muck his hand.

Joshua McCully

Joshua McCully raised to 80,000 from the cut off only to face a three-bet from Erik Rozhynskyi in the big blind to 260,000. McCully let the clock run down and made the call.

The flop came J 5 7 and Rozhynskyi continued for 145,000. McCully made the call and the dealer peeled off the 3 as the turn.

McCully now decided to lead out for 115,000 and after letting the clock hit one second Rozhynskyi made the call.

The 9 came on the river and again Rozhynskyi let the clock hit one second but now knuckled the table as did McCully again after the clock was hitting the zero mark.

McCully's cards went straight into the muck on seeing Rozhynskyi table the K 6 for the second nut flush with a complement of "Nice Hand".

On the feature table:

Thanisorn Saelor raised to 60,000 under the gun holding K Q and got called by big blind Hao Zhang with T 8 leading them to the flop.

After action was passed to him on the 7 T K flop, Saelor, who hit top pair, bet 80,000. Zhang, who caught mid-pair called.

The turn J fell and after another check from Zhang, Saelor kept the pressure with a 160,000 bet. Hao replied with an all-in for 440,000. With 635,000 behind, Saelor took his time to consider his options throwing a time bank in. He ultimately folded surrendering the pot to Zhang.

Shuang Qui

Shuang Qui opened to 60,000 and was three-bet to 150,000 by Nan Chen. Qui four-bet 350,000 prompting Chen to burn a time card.

Nearing the end of his time, Chen five-bet to 560,000. It was Qui's turn to burn a time bank. On the very last second, Qui five-bet shoved all in for 2,095,000.

Chen tapped the table and folded his hand, conceding the pot to Qui.

Georgios Skarparis bet 80,000 on a flop of J 5 3 with a pot of around 300,000 and got called by Roman Hrabec in the big blind.

After collecting the chips, the dealer was about to deal the turn when Tian Yu Wang, who was still in the hand and somehow forgotten because of how quiet and unmoving he was, made a noise to stop the dealer.

The dealer returned the bet and call in place and waited for Wang to do his action. Wang raised to 200,000 which made Skarparis look slightly disappointed as he folded his hand. Hrabec, a bit disappointed, mucked his hand as well.

Chzhen Evegeniie check-called Denghao Chen's bet of 85,000 on a board of Q T T 9 with an already massive pot of 350,000.

With so many possibilities with a trippy, boaty, straighty board, both players, visibly tense and focused on the board, checked the river Q .

Chen, holding A 3 leaned back on his chair while Evegeniie with A 9 gave a small sigh of relief when the dealer started dividing the pot in two for a chop.

Fabian Gumz

Yayun Liu raised to 60,000 from early position and it was folded around to Zhongxian Li in the cut off who three-bet to 180,000. Fabian Gumz sat on the button then four-bet all in for 430,000.

Liu exited the action stage left and Li snap called.

Fabian Gumz: K K

Zhongxian Li: J J

The board ran out safely for Gumz 9 5 A 9 8 and gave him a full double up and more.

Players are back to the felt after their latest break.

Play will continue for three more levels or until 48 players remain.