Flight B Chipleader Tianhao Zheng

Flight B of the APT Jeju Classic 2026 Main Event is in the bag.

The second flight of the KRW 2,300,000 Main Event drew 317 entries (249 unique), rocking up at Les A Casino, Jeju, and battling it out at the felt over six 45-minute levels and four 60-minute levels.

After over eleven hours of play at the tables, 118 players remained to bag up their chips to take through to Day 2 on February 4 and merge with the 143 from flight A as well as the survivors from the remaining two flights.

It was China’s Tianhao Zheng who ended the day with the chip lead, amassing a healthy 367,000 chips. Not too far behind Zheng is his compatriot Zhou Lu with 265,200 chips. Rounding out the podium in third spot is APT Super High Roller Phú Quốc 2023 Winner and APT Taipei 2025 High Roller champion Trung Quan Nguyen of Vietnam with 258,000 chips.

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APT Super High Roller Winner Trung Quan Nguyen Sitting In Third Spot

Several APT regulars took their seats in today’s flight, but most didn’t survive the day, including Romania’s Iulian Bleabea and Russia’s Maxim Sorokin, both taking their second shot at getting a stack through to Day 2, but will have to try their luck again tomorrow.

Jieming Xu Still Looking To Get A Stack Into Day 2

China’s Jieming Xu and Thailand’s Supakit Anukoolpitaknil will also be looking to jump in one of the remaining flights to get a stack through to Day 2.

Kiwi Michael Foo made it through the day with 152,300 chips and will be hoping to make a deep run to take his lifetime earnings closer to the USD 1 Milly mark.

APT Super Series Hanoi 2023 Super High Roller Winner Malaysia’s Shung Er Sua made it through the day with 142,100 chips and will be looking to pull clear of the USD 500,000 mark with a deep run.

American Nicholas Wang takes a healthy 134,500 chips through to Day 2 and is pushing on to close in on the USD 500,000 line.

Taiwan’s Chi Jen Chen holds a plethora of titles but is still looking for his first APT Lion Trophy to go along with his USD 1.2m lifetime earnings and takes 129,300 chips through to Day 2.

APT Taipei 2025 Main Event winner Japan’s Akira Takasugi is through to Day 2 with 92,300 chips and will be looking to clear some space on the mantlepiece for his second Main Event Lion Trophy and become the first ever dual Lion Trophy winner. A deep run could also help him close in on the magical USD 1 Milly mark as well.

Vanna Tea Through To Day 2

Singapore’s Matthew Chan also takes a stack through to Day 2 ending today with 78,900 chips and looking to get near the USD 500,000 in lifetime earnings mark.

American’s Vanna Tea and Anthony Lewis both took two bullets but got stacks of 61,500 and 40,500 chips respectively into Day 2. Tea will be trying to close in on the USD 200,000 recorded earnings mark and Lewis to close in on the USD 500,000 level.

Anthony Lewis Joins His Compatriots In Day 2

For a full list of all flight B survivors with chip counts, click HERE.

There are still an additional two live starting flights for the event, both tomorrow February 3. Starting with flight C, which kicks off at 11.00 am, and then followed by a last chance turbo flight kicking off at 6.00 pm.

Play has not come to a close for the day and the remaining 119 players are bagging up their chips to take through to Day Two.

Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action with full chip counts.

Siwei Yu risked his last 19,300 on the final hand of the night and was matched by Saki Hayashi.

Siwei Yu: K 9

Saki Hayashi: A K

Board ran K 3 4 6 A

Both hit their kings on the flop and while Yu tried to match his kicker, the board gave Hayashi the nut flush to put a resounding exclamation to end her night while sending Yu to the rail.

Hirokazu Kobayashi bought in at the last minute with the intention of going all in or fold with the hopes of doubling for tomorrow, so he found a hand he liked and pushed in his 40,000. Lijia Liu looked him up.

Hirokazu Kobayashi: 4 4

Lijia Liu: A K

Board ran 7 6 2 A 2

Kobayashi knew by the turn that his chances were slim and he was in and out just like that. Meanwhile, Liu padded his stack with some more carbs to be healthy for Day 2.

Anthony Lewis Sent To The Rail

Yicheng Ren made it 3,000 to play from under the gun and was called by Myagmardorj Batsukh in middle position.

Action folded to Anthony Lewis in the cutoff who three-bet to 15,800. Ren called and action was back on Batsukh who four-bet all in and had both players covered. Lewis made the call for all his stack and Ren exited stage left sharply.

Anthony Lewis: A 8

Myagmardorj Batsukh: A K

Not the door card Lewis wanted to see on the K 2 4 flop and he got no help on the 8 turn nor the 6 river and was sent to the rail.

The floor director has just announced that Flight B will be playing its last five hands.

The cards of Hao Wu and Tian Hui Sun were on their backs with the all in button beside the cards of Wu, who was at risk for his last 22,500 chips.

Hao Wu: A Q

Tian Hui Sun: Q J

Board ran J 4 A 4 6

Both hit a pair on the flop, but the ace of Wu was better, giving him a crucial double, leaving Sun on life support.

Christian Tabac

Multi-way to the flop of A T 7 with over 10,000 sat in the middle.

Jie Zheng led out from early position for 2,500 and found calls from Alexander Lyan in middle position, Yong Fatt Lee in the cutoff, and Christian Tabac in the small blind.

The turn brought the 2 . Tabac checked, and Zheng fired a second barrel of 16,500. Lyan made the call, as did Tabac, with Lee getting out of the way.

On the Q river, Tabac checked again to Zheng, who moved all in. Lyan folded, and Tabac snap called tabling K J for a rivered straight to send Zheng to the rail in total shock with his A J .

Haonan Wu

Vanna Tea opened for 2,500 from early position and Haonan Wu defended the big blind.

Dealer fanned a flop of 4 A 3

Wu check-called the 5,000 bet of Tea by pushing in his last 4,200.

Tea turned over 6 6 and needed some help against the A 3 Of Wu, which made two pair.

The runout of 4 Q didn't help Tea and Wu made a successful double up to earn him some much-needed chips.

Yi Chang Ho

A pot of 60,000 was in the middle with Yi Chang Ho going up against Kulei Xie for another round of battle.

The board showed 3 2 J K

Ho checked his option on the turn to Xie, who jammed all in for 34,600.

Ho used up three time bank tokens, looked at the board and back at Xie, took a peek at his cards, wondered what animals wandered the hills and forests of Jeju, then decided to toss a chip to make a call.

Yi Chang Ho: Q Q

Kulei Xie: A A

Ho had that look of disappointment and already knew that the river wouldn't throw him a lifeline.

The dealer sealed the win for Xie, peeling a 4 to end the hand and ship the chips Xie's way along with a double-up.