Gab Yong Kim limped from the small blind and I Chun Chiu checked the big blind.

The 3 J T flop saw Kim check, Chiu bet 500 and Kim raise to 2,000. Chiu called, and the turn came the J .

Kim bet 6,900 and Chiu made another call.

The T river saw Kim use a time bank before moving 12,900 into the middle. Chiu paused and checked his cards before throwing them into the muck.

Three-way to the flop of 7 8 T with 16,000 in the pot, and Kiyoung Kim led out for 3,200 from the small blind and found calls from Miki Shiraishi in the hijack and Alfie Adam on the button.

The 4 peeled off on the turn and Kim fired out for 5,000 this time and again found two callers, and the players saw the 4 drop on the river.

It was checked around and Kim tabled A K for bottom pair top kicker which was crushed by Shiraishi's 9 9 , and Shiraishi was pushed the pot as Adam mucked his hand.

Players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day.

Daeyoung Park

Daeyoung Park returns to play today fresh off his National Cup win late last night. He is already building momentum in this tournament having built up a near double starting stack.

Yongjae Lee opened to 2,400 from under the gun and Daeyoung Park three-bet to 10,000 from the cutoff. Min Jeong Kim used a time bank before calling and Lee mucked his cards.

The 6 6 A flop saw Park bet 6,000. Kim gave up her hand and passed the pot to Park.

Kim left the hand one of the shorter stacks after loosing just under half her stack.

Chih Wei Cheng opened to 1,100 from under the gun and Rogerio Wong called on the button.

The J 8 A flop saw Cheng continue for 1,000 and Wong called behind.

A 4 was turned and Cheng bet 1,700, getting another call from Wong.

Both checked the 3 river to get to showdown with Cheng flipping over his pocket tens T T . He had to give over the pot to Wong who flopped a pair of jacks having been dealt J 9 .

Hyuma Igarashi

Kun Lin Lu made it 1,000 to play from under the gun and found calls from Tanupat Punjarojanakul in middle position and Cheng Lin in the cutoff. Action then folded to Hyuma Igarashi in the big blind who three-bet to 5,000.

Lu went into the tank before he four-bet to 21,000, which then sent Igarashi deep into the tank before he five-bet all in for 32,600. Lu snap-called and had Igarashi covered.

Hyuma Igarashi: A A

Kun Lin Lu: K K

No nastiness for Igarashi on the 3 4 8 Q 7 runout and he was shipped the pot for a double up and more.

Anne Bui opened to 900 from the cutoff and got a call from Nishant Sharma in the small blind.

The 5 4 A flop was checked by Sharma and Bui bet 1,000. Sharma called, and they both saw the 3 turn.

Both checked to see the 7 river and Sharma bet out 2,000. Bui raised to 8,000 and Sharma paused, before making the call.

Bui showed she was good with K Q having rivered the flush, forcing Sharma to muck.

Nishant Sharma Taking Down The APTC Championship Title in 2025

The inaugural APTC Championship winner Nishant Sharma has just taken his seat in Flight A of the Main Event.

Sharma took down the APTC Main Event back in November of 2025 for just shy of USD 2,000,000 for his biggest career cash to date and first APT title, a feat he achieved through the live step satellites from just a USD 1,500 buy-in.

Sitting fifth on India's all-time money list, Sharma will be looking for a deep run in some APT Taipei events to break through the USD 3,000,000 in lifetime earnings threshold.

Sharma is not shy of an APT final table appearance and with a plethora of top ten finishes under his belt, he will be hoping that his deep run experience can help him navigate the massive expected Main Event field and be in the hunt when it comes to the business end of the event.

Good luck Champ!

There have been a number of casualties during Level 3 as the action heats up.

Trung Quan Nguyen is the most recent player to be seen walking away from the tournament area after hitting the rail but he's not alone as a number of others also bust out during Level 3:

Ekeren Reinout Jan Van

Mike Pan Gao was already all in and at risk for his remaining short stack on the button, and was covered by Ekeren Reinout Jan Van in the big blind.

Mike Pan Gao: A Q

Reinout Jan Van Ekeren: K Q

Gao just needed to hold to stay in the event, but he lost the lead after the dealer fanned the K 2 9 flop.

A 3 turn brought in a sweat of the flush for Gao, but things didn't turn around on the Q river.

Gao was among a flurry of recent eliminations in the third level of the Main Event.