Liangqiang Pang

Flight B of the APT Jeju 2026 Main Event is done and dusted.

The second flight of the KRW 2,200,000 Guaranteed Main Event drew 239 entries (206 unique), with players taking to the tables at the luxurious Les A Casino, Jeju, for ten levels of play.

With 223 OnLive entries having already competed on Natural8 — 31 of whom made their way through to Day 3 and the paying positions — the Main Event field now stands at 759 entries in total, with two live starting flights still to play out tomorrow, September 29.

At the end of play, 98 players remained to bag up their chips for Day 2 on September 30. Combined with Flight A’s 96 survivors, that gives a total of 194 players currently through to Day 2.

China’s Liangqiang Pang finished as the chip leader, bagging a massive 327,600, the only player to crack the 300K mark today. Not far behind was his compatriot Kanwen Du with 279,400, while Zhou Lu completed a Chinese podium clean sweep in third place with 266,400.

MAIN EVENT FLIGHT B TOP TEN STACKS

A host of top-tier players and APT stalwarts also bagged their way through to Day 2. Hot off his runner-up finish in the Mystery Bounty event here in Jeju, China’s Jianfeng Sun (169,100) sits just outside the top ten and is definitely a player to keep an eye on.

India’s Vinay Boob (147,800) sits comfortably inside the top 20 and, with his recent deep runs in both Asia and Las Vegas this summer, cannot be ruled out of making another run at a title here.

Vinay Boob

Germany’s Stefan Bittger (99,100) and the USA’s Gary Moon (79,900) both bagged healthy stacks through to Day 2 and will be looking for deep runs here to close in on the USD 300K lifetime earnings mark. Both are also looking to claim their first APT title.

The Netherlands’ Tom Verbruggen (76,500) will be hoping to complete a treble of APT titles and push on past the USD 1.5 million mark in lifetime earnings.

Tom Verbruggen

Natural8 Ambassadors Nevan Chang (69,500) and Kitty Kuo (65,600) both bagged their way through to Day 2 and, with their wealth of experience, will be looking to build their stacks gradually and push on into the final days of the event.

Further down the survivors list and with work to do are Thailand’s Teeraphat Rangkatekarn (38,000), hot off taking down the Super High Roller event here in Jeju, and Hong Kong’s Dicky Tsang (30,700). However, neither can be ruled out. Tsang was the only former APT Main Event Champion to make it through in today's flight B.

Teeraphat Rangkatekarn

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

There are still two additional live starting flights for the event tomorrow, September 29, starting with Flight C, which kicks off at 11.00 a.m., followed by the last-chance saloon Flight D at 6.00 p.m.

The remaining 99 players are now bagging and tagging for the evening.

Stay tuned for a recap of Flight B.

Xuecong Wang opened to 3,000 first to act and was called by Motokatsu Uhara in the small blind and Jori Michl in the big blind.

Uhara and Michl checked to Wang, who continued for 5,000 on the 4 J Q flop. Uhara quickly folded, but Michl called.

Michl check-called a 10,000 bet from Wang on the T turn and then both players checked on the 8 river.

Michl showed K 4 for a pair of fours, which was no good against Wang's J J for a set of jacks as Flight B nears its end.

The tournament clock has now been paused and five more hands will de dealt for the night.

After the conclusion of the hands, the remaining players will bag up their chips to take through to Day 2 on September 30.

Liangqiang Pang opened to 2,800 from middle position and action came around to Hong Zhu in the small blind who three-bet to 8,600.

Pang made the call and the players saw the flop of 7 2 4 . Zhu led out for 7,000 and after thinking for a while Pang raised to 15,000. Zhu made the call.

The turn brought the K and Zhu checked it over to Pang who fired a second barrel of 20,000. Zhu tanked briefly before he released his hand to send the pot to Pang.

Teeraphat Rangkatekarn

Manh Tuan Nguyen raised to 2,800 from the cutoff and was three-bet to 6,500 by Terraphat Rangkatekarn on the button. Action folded back around to Nguyen, who slid a stack of chips into the middle to put Rangkatekarn all in. Rangkatekarn quickly called all in for 39,300 total and hands were revealed.

Teeraphat Rangkatekarn: K K

Manh Tuan Nguyen: A 6

Rangkatekarn held the lead with his Cowboys, but quickly lost it after the Q A 9 flop paired Nguyen's ace.

The hand wasn't over, however, and the K turn immediately pulled Rangkatekarn back in front after improving him to a set. A meaningless T completed the board and Rangkatekarn, who took down the APT Super High Roller last night, doubled his stack.

Zhihao Liu

Yi Bowen shoved for his last 16,400 from the hijack and it was folded to Zhihao Liu, who went all in for more from the small blind.

Yi Bowen: A 8

Zhihao Liu: 6 6

The dealer brought a four-card flop that contained a six, and it was ruled that the four cards would be shuffled and re-dealt using only three. On the second try, the flop came 6 T 5 , which kept the six in play to improve Liu to a set.

Bowen protested, but the decision stood, and the J 8 runout kept Liu in the lead for the knockout.

Eisuke Hakamada

Eisuke Hakamada made it 2,400 to play from the hijack only for Lun Wei Chang sat in the cutoff to three-bet to 7,200.

Action came around to Ying Xiong in the big blind, who four-bet all-in for 15,600, and it was back on Hakamada, who five-bet all-in and had both players covered. Chang didn't like it but made the call to put himself at risk also.

Ying Xiong: A 7

Lun Wei Chang: A K

Eisuke Hakamada: J J

No help for either player on the 4 4 2 Q T runout, and Hakamada's jacks held firm to send both Xiong and Chang to the rail.

Haidi Feng

Haidi Feng made it 3,000 to play from middle position and found calls from Zixu Wang on the button, Michael Wood in the small blind and Wen Chao Liu in the big blind.

Action was checked around on the 7 J Q flop for the players to see the 4 roll off as the turn.

It was checked to Feng who fired out for 6,800. Wang made the call and the blinds exited stage left sharply.

The river brought the 6 , and it was checked down by the players, with Feng tabling A K to out-kick Wang's A 5 and be pushed the pot.

Kyota Imai

Tom Verbruggen opened to 2,400 from the hijack and was called by Yuhao Zhou in the cutoff, Kyota Imai in the small blind, and Wai Tung Cheung in the big blind.

Action folded to Verbruggen and he continued for 4,500 on the 2 5 8 flop. Everyone called.

The T fell on the turn and it was checked to Zhou, who fired a bet of 21,000 into the middle. Imai called all in for 16,700 total and both Cheung and Verbruggen got out of the way.

Kyota Imai: 8 8

Yuhao Zhou: J T

Zhou had turned top pair to go along with his flush draw, but he was well behind the flopped set of Imai.

The 2 river left Imai best with a full house and he more-than doubled his stack.