Jennifer Cassell

The Asian Poker Tour Championship (APTC) lit up Red Space 多元商務空間 with Flight B of the TWD 25,000 (~USD 812) Ultra Stack Championship drawing in a crowd of 266 entries (225 unique). With blinds escalating at a faster 20-minute pace, it took just eight hours for it to complete with 38 players locking up a spot in Day 2.

Leading up to bagging time was a fast bubble, which took less than an orbit to burst. It was an exciting triple showdown that included a double-up for Asish Ghosh, a chopped pot, and Takashi Mizukami's aces cracked by Gi Boum Kim. Both Ghosh and Kim stormed up the counts and finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

Earning the flight's chip lead was Australia's Jennifer Cassell with a stack of 1,847,000 chips. Helping Cassell get there was a gutsy call with a small pair that denied a bluff. Next down the pecking order was Taiwan's Chi Fan Hsu in second, who bagged 1,569,000. Rounding out the top three was Canada's Tyler Warken with 1,286,000 chips.

Flight B Top Ten Chip Counts

Several other notables managed to find a bag including WSOP Online bracelet holder Andrew Kelsall with 1,165,000 in chips, Hong Kong's Edward Yam (1,132,000), who broke the record for most cashes in 2019 with 227, and Soobum Kim (860,000), who came second to Punnat Punsri in the first APT Main Event of the new era right here in Taipei back in 2023.

Dang Thi Hue

Outside of the top ten lineup were three other APT Main Event decorated players, namely Dang Thi Hue with 1,057,000 in chips, John Tech with 888,000 in chips, and Mike Takayama with 398,000 in chips.

One of the luckiest players to advance was Raiden Yew Fatt Kan, who narrowly avoided elimination in a three-way all-in, only surviving thanks to an ace that somehow played on a board that ran out quads.

Combined with Flight A's turnout of 293 entries, the cumulative tally after two flights is 559 entries, which will swell further with a further four scheduled. The last three remaining flights will run on Tuesday, November 18. All of the survivors will then merge for the final day on Wednesday, November 19th, and play down to a winner.

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The survivors have bagged up their chips and are heading home.

Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action.

Three all-in situations unfolded simultaneously resulting in the elimination of Takashi Mizukami on the bubble, a double up for Asish Ghosh, and a chopped pot.

Starting with Ghosh, he three-bet shoved 590,000 after Wai Kit Lo opened for 475,000, and Lo wasted no time tossing in the call.

Asish Ghosh: A A

Wai Kit Lo: T 9

The board was kind to Ghosh as it ran out 3 4 8 K J .

Following that hand was an anticlimactic showdown with both players holding Ace-King for a chop while the third all-in hand was a total stunner.

Takashi Mizukami: A A

Gi Boum Kim: T T

The dealer dropped three diamonds on the flop 3 4 9 and with the turn J , it was all over for Mizukami whose aces were drawing dead to Kim's flush.

The river was a meaningless T and Mizukami was the stone cold bubble.

Wai Kit Lo

The first all-in showdown of the bubble round opened with a min-raise from Wai Kit Lo at the hijack and was met with a three-bet to 320,000 from small blind Maxwell Rosete. Lo quickly answered with a four-bet of 700,000 leaving himself 34,000 behind.

Rosete counted out his bigger stack then set aside the total amount of Lo's stack before deciding to push it all in. Lo committed the rest and a big crowd quickly formed as both players revealed their hole cards.

Wai Kit Lo: A K

Maxwell Rosete: 9 9

Lo jumped ahead on the flop of 8 A Q and with the turn 6 and river 2 , he was awarded the biggest pot of the day.

Flight B has reached the bubble round with 39 players remaining.

Tyler Warken

After losing a showdown, Wooseok Kim plunged to just four big blinds and managed to double up with K K against Takashi Muzakami who isolated with Q T .

However, on Kim's next push, the result was the opposite.

His J J wasn't able to fade Tyler Warken's A Q on a board that ran out 7 5 2 Q 2 and he hit the rail.

Mike Takayama

Mike Takayama committed his last 10 big blinds and was quickly called by Wooseok Kim. After the action folded around, Takayama turned over A Q and was looking good for a double against Kim's A J

When the flop ran out 8 7 9 , Takayama still had the edge however Kim picked up a gutshot to bring on the sweat.

The board went on to complete 8 turn and 5 river for a safe landing for the Filipino pro.

The final 60 players are on another 15-minute break. When action resumes they will continue until the field is down to just 38 players.

John Tech opened the hand with a raise of 45,000 and next door neighbour Ji Hwan Kim jammed. After everyone folded around back to Tech, he tossed in the one-chip call.

Ji Hwan Kim: K Q

John Tech: 9 9

Unfortunately for Kim, no paint appeared. Instead, the board further improved Tech, running out 9 3 A 4 8 .

Tech scooped up the pot and soared to 880,000.

Maxwell Rosete

Anthony Xu was down to just 10 big blinds when he shoved from early position. He nearly stole the blinds and ante until big blind Maxwell Rosete defended.

Anthony Xu: A Q

Maxwell Rosete: 7 7

Both players improved on the flop of 4 A 7 but Rosete's set was far ahead.

With the turn J , Xu packed up and rose from his seat as Rosete shipped it.

The river was a meaningless 9 and Xu hit the rail.