Small blind Eonseok Ki ripped his last 68,000 in, and after quite a bit of counting, big blind Ying Ting Lo made the call with her marginally covering stack.

Eonseok Ki: J 9

Ying Ting Lo: 9 6

The table seemed a little shocked at Lo's presumably non-solver-approved call, with Ki's dominating hand looking good for the double.

The 5 8 2 flop kept jack-high ahead but gave Lo a gutshot, and while the 9 turn gave them both a pair, the bricky K river secured the full double for Ki and left Lo low on chips.

Kunal Patni

Kunal Patni started the day with 1,080,000 after topping Flight E, but was down a little before he just raked a pot against Wei Li Zhe.

Zhe limped in from the small blind and Patni checked his option in the big blind. Both tapped the table on the K 4 4 flop and Zhe check-called a bet of 20,000 from Patni on the 9 turn.

When the 3 hit the river, Zhe checked, Patni fired 80,000, and Zhe took a little while before he eventually folded.

Dorel Cohen

Dorel Cohen open-jammed for his remaining 163,000 from early position, and En Shyang Wang flatted from the hijack. No one else opted in, and the two showed down.

Dorel Cohen: K Q

En Shyang Wang: 5 5

Cohen failed to hit either of his overcards on the 8 8 T 7 6 runout and was sent to the payout desk.

Jack Sweet opened up middle position to 24,000 and Ho Fai Ip three-bet shoved 205,000 from the button. Frederick Yu was in the small blind with a covering stack and moved all in, which got Sweet to fold.

Ho Fai Ip: A J

Frederick Yu: A K

Ip needed some help, but the 3 Q 8 K 7 runout couldn't keep him alive.

A great start for Yu, whose stack grew to over 600,000.

Troy Mclean opened to 25,000 from under the gun, and only Bin Fu Hsu came along from the button.

Both players checked the hearty 9 6 7 flop through to the 2 turn, where Hsu called a bet of 60,000 from the Australian.

The 7 completed the board, and Mclean took a moment before putting his big stack to work, betting a full stack of greens (500,000) to force a fold from Hsu.

Mclean seemed to be taking revenge after Hsu doubled through him on the Flight B bubble, and the Australian now sits on over 1,600,000.

Heng Je Hu

On the first hand of the day, Donghoon Lee raised to 25,000 from the button before small blind and Asia Gaming Industry Event winner Heng Je Hu jammed for 85,000. The big blind folded, and Lee quickly called.

Heng Je Hu: K 7

Donghoon Lee: A 9

The 3 6 7 flop gave Hu the best of it with a pair of sevens, but the dastardly A on the turn kept the statistics in balance and handed Lee the better pair.

The 3 river changed nothing, and Hu headed to the payout desk.

Players are now seated for the National Cup Championship Final Day, and the floor has instructed all 44 dealers to shuffle up and deal!

Stay tuned for all the action from inside Red Space.

National Cup Championship Trophy

The National Cup Championship reaches its conclusion today at Red Space, with 345 players returning for the Final Day of the opening event at the Asian Poker Tour Championship (APTC) 2026.

Across five starting flights, the TWD 16,000 buy-in event drew a record 2,459 entries, topping last year's 2,398 and generating a prize pool of TWD 32,657,094 (~USD 1,000,000), smashing the TWD 20,000,000 guarantee. Every player returning today has already locked up a cash.

Troy Mclean

Australia's Troy Mclean starts the day with the overall chip lead on 1,261,000, just ahead of Flight A leader Konosuke Nakajima (1,234,000) and Jun Wei Yan (1,126,000). Six players hold seven-figure stacks, with Flight C leader Mehmet Siginc, Flight E leader Kunal Patni, and Flight D leader Chien Chih "Maggie" Weng also among them.

National Cup Championship Final Day Top Ten Chip Counts

Nevan Chang

Plenty of familiar faces are still in contention, including Daniel Craig (911,000), Graham Cowan (796,000), Paris Sitzoukis (687,000), 2024 APT Taipei Poker Classic Main Event champion Rene von Reden (632,000), Oliver Corrie (625,000), Tolga Karakaya (308,000), Nevan Chang (285,000) and APT Main Event winner Abraham Ceesvin (195,000).

Play resumes at 11:15 AM in Level 20 (6,000/12,000), with levels returning to 30 minutes. The plan is to play down to a winner, who will take home the lion's share of the prize pool, the National Cup Championship lion trophy and a seat in the APT Championship Main Event worth TWD 330,000 (~USD 10,000).