William Teoh Bagged Up the Chip Lead for Flight B

Flight B of the APT Jeju 2025 Main Event has wrapped up, bringing in 427 entrants (343 unique) who each put up the KRW 2,600,000 (~USD1,860) to take their shot at a piece of the massive KRW 2,200,000,000(~USD1,550,000) guaranteed prize pool.

After ten levels of play, the field was whittled down to 174 survivors, all securing their seat into Day 2.

Bagging up the chip lead for the day is Malaysian William Teoh, previous APT Manila 2024 Super High Roller champion, who amassed an impressive 345,500 chips.

The only other player to break the 300,000 mark is Cypriot Andreas Christodoulou with 302,000.

Closing out the top three podium is China's Tian Yu Wang with 276,700.

Andreas Christodoulou

Other notable players to make it through the day and bag up chips are the Netherland's Tom Verbruggen(237,100), Cyprus' Georgios Skarparis(171,000), Switzereland's Fabian Rolli(97,800), the UK's Jun Li(95,600), India's Kunal Patni(75,900), the Philippines' David Erquiaga(70,500), Germany's Jessica Vierling(68,800), former APT Main Event champion Rene Von Reden(49,600), Hong Kong's Hon Cheong "Ivan" Lee(44,300) and Natural8 Ambassador Kitty Kuo(33,500).

Top Ten Chip Counts

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N8 Ambassador Kitty Kuo Squeaked Through to Day Two

With two flights now in the books the 2025 APT Jeju Main Event has now pulled in 1,058 entrants and is on track to smash the record books for the largest ever Korean APT Main Event.

Flights C & D kick off tomorrow at 11.00 AM and 6.00 PM local time (KST) so stay tuned for all the action and updates from what will likely be a record breaking day for Korean poker history.

174 players of 427 Flight B entries have reached the end of Level 10 and are now bagging their chips to carry on to Day 2.

Stay tuned for a short recap of the day's highlights.

Andreas Christodoulou

Andreas Christodoulou, one of the biggest stacks on the field, opened to 3,000 in the hijack to be re-raised by the big blind, Ruiji Xie to 9,400. Christodoulou nonchalantly called.

The flop came T 8 4 and Xie led with another 9,000 bet. Christodoulou called once again.

On the turn J , Xie checked and Christodoulou took the lead with a 6,500 bet. Xie called to see the last street.

With another check on the river 3 , Christodoulou picked up a tower of blue chips worth 95,000 and jammed it in the middle of the table, effectively putting Xie all-in if he called. Xie stared at the imposing wall of chips in front of Christodoulou, clutching his cards and weighing his decision with just 60,000 left.

He burned a time bank, taking his time on the final level of the day. Unwilling to end his deep run, Xie mucked his cards and watched Christodoulou stack more chips to his stack.

The floor have now paused the clock for the day and announced that five more hands will be dealt.

All remaining players will then bag up their chips and progress top Day Two on October 1.

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

Tom Verbruggen Nearing The Quarter Million Mark

With the pot at over 10,000 and the flop already fanned out Q ,K T Tom Verbruggen bet out 6,000 and Afu Wang on the button made the call.

The turn brought the 2 and Verbruggen ramped it up and fired his second bullet of 16,500. Wang again flat-called.

The dealer peeled off the 6 as the river, Verbruggen didn't slow down and barrelled for a third time now for 75,000 effectively putting Wang all in. Wang didn't take long to fold his cards having more than likely missed his flush draw.

Action was picked up with Chunhui Ji, at risk, and Bin He with their hands tabled and their chips in the middle of the felt in an all-in showdown.

Chunhui Ji: A 5

Bin He: A T

Ji was dominated and He's lead was further strengthened on the flop of 2 J T .

Ji saw some hope when the 4 fell on the turn as it gave him more outs for a gutshot straight draw.

The board pairing 2 dropped on the river ending his tournament run on the last level of the day.

Kitty Kuo

Horace Leung raised from the cut-off to 3,000 and action folded to Kitty Kuo in the small blind who three-bet to 6,500. Leung made the call and the players saw the flop of A T A .

Kuo continued for 6,000 and Leung made the call.

The turn brought the 2 and now Kuo fired out for 10,500. Leung again made the cal again.

The river brought the 4 and Kuo slowed down, checking it over to Leung who tanked for a while before moving all-in for 19,500covering Kuo, putting her in a tricky position.

Kuo went deep into the tank using her final three time-banks before releasing her hand and the pot was pushed to Leung with no showdown.

Emi Oike

Emi Oike opened to 2,500 in early position and got a three-bet from Xing Wang. With action back to her, Oike four-bet shoved all-in for around 33,500. Wang smiled, rubbed her cards on the felt, mulling over what to do. She picked up a tower of chips and jammed it in the middle of the table, taking them to showdown and putting Oike's tournament life at risk.

Emi Oike: Q Q

Xing Wang: 9 9

The flop came 7 A J maintaining Oike's lead.

When the Q fell on the turn to give Oike's trips, Wang's hopes of winning the hand were crushed. The T was a formality.

Oike scooped the pot for a double.

Wan Yu Zhang

Heads-up, Cheng Huang fired 10,000 into a pot of around 20,000 on a flop of 7 6 8 . Wan Yu Zhang called to see the next street.

The turn produced 5 and Zhang check-raised all-in Huang's bet of 10,000 to 39,000 sending the latter to the tank. He used a time bank with only 34,000 chips behind, unwilling to risk his tournament life so late in the day to make a call. With time running out, he mucked his hand and surrendered to Zhang's aggression.

Erik Rozhynskyi

Erik Rozhynskyi raised from early position to 3,000 only for Yongqi Chen to three-bet to 7,500 from middle position. Action folded back around to Rozhynskyi who made the call.

The flop came 8 9 K and Rozhynskyi check-called Chen's 6,500 continuation bet.

The action went check-check on the 3 turn and the dealer peeled off the 2 as the river card.

Rozhynskyi now led out for a hefty 25,000 which sent Chen into the tank and she pushed in two time-banks before making the call and instantly mucking her hand when Rozhynskyi tabled A K for top top.