Tseng Yi Chieh

After 14 hours of intense poker action, Day 1 of the APT High Roller has come to a close, with Taiwan’s Yi Chieh Tseng emerging as the chip leader.

Bagging 1,465,000 chips, Tseng tops the leaderboard heading into the final day, where players will vie for the prestigious APT Rose Gold Lion Trophy — the last Signature title up for grabs this series.

True to the record-breaking theme of APT Taipei 2025, the High Roller became the third event of the festival to shatter all-time highs.

With 415 total entries (278 unique), it now stands as the largest and richest APT High Roller in tour history, eclipsing the previous benchmarks set at APT Taipei 2023.

The prize pool has soared to TWD 29,512,000 (~USD 964,000), with TWD 7,586,600 (~USD 247,930) awaiting the champion, plus an Asian Poker Tour Championship (APTC) Main Event ticket worth TWD 350,000.

Out of this enormous field, 85 players remain in the hunt for glory. Joining Tseng at the top are Hong Kong's Jason Chau (1,267,000) and the USA's Kaifan Wang (1,024,000) — both crossing the million-chip threshold.

Chau, a former APT champion, will no doubt be gunning for another title, especially with such a narrow margin separating the leaders.

Top 10 Chip Counts

The final day promises fierce competition, with several decorated players still in contention. Stanley Weng, the defending High Roller champion, is still in the mix and aiming for a rare back-to-back title to secure a second Rose Gold Lion. Other APT titleholders returning include Jason Lau (714,000), Julian-Andrew Warhurst (577,000), and Biao Ding (242,000).

Adding to the high-stakes atmosphere are some of the tour’s most respected players, including Christopher Park (767,000), Natural8 Ambassador Kunal Patni (428,000), Yohwan “BoxeR” Lim (253,000), and Alex Lindop (146,000) — making this one of the most stacked final days of the series.

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415 players registered and 85 players bagged their chips to move on to Day 2 to compete for a share of the TWD 39,441,600 prize pool.

Full recap of the day to follow.

Tharit Nanthana had all his chips and tournament life at risk against James Shebat

Tharit Nanthana: K 7

James Shebat: A K

Board ran K 2 3 J 3

While both paired the king, Nathana had a more inferior kicker and he was sent to the rail.

Chao Ting Cheng

Both Napat Chokejindachai and Chao Ting Cheng had their chips in the middle with Chokejindachai at risk with a smaller stack.

Napat Chokejindachai: A 4

Chao Ting Cheng : A K

The board showed Q K 4 3 Q to send Chokejindachai out of the High Roller.

Jason Lau

Ming Kan opened with a raise to 25,000 on the button and Jason Lau defended his big blind.

The flop opened 3 K 9

Lau check-called the 77,000 bet of Kan and both were shown a 3 turn.

Both checked again to see a T river. Again tap-tap.

Lau opened A 7 and Kan opened A 8

Their kickers didn't come into play and they chopped the pot.

Yung Hui Po

Pitipong Posri kicked off the action with a 22,000 raise from under the gun, met by calls from Christopher Park and Yung Hui Po in the blinds.

All three players checked the 4 9 J flop.

On the 9 turn, Po checked, Posri fired 30,000, and Park raised to 75,000. Po called, but Posri mucked, leaving the two head to head.

On the 6 river, Po launched a 150,000 bet, sending Park deep into the tank. He burned through time banks, weighing his options, before folding with a sigh.

“Nines?” Park asked, glancing at Po.

Wai Lee

There was a pot of around 200,000 in the middle beside a board that showed Q 9 2 6 7

Wai Lee and Daniel Lee were all-in.

Wai Lee: K Q

Daniel Lee: K Q

Both had a similar pair of queens with a king kicker to split the pot.

Biao Ding

Action folded to Biao Ding on the button who opened to 150,000, leaving 5,000 behind. The blinds folded and he scooped the blinds to stay afloat with a stack of 185,000.

Wooseok Kim

Wooseok Kim opened under the gun to 20,000 and was met with a three-bet shove from the player to his immediate left, Wan Hung. Action folded back to Kim, who made the call, putting Hung at risk.

Wan Hung: J J

Wooseok Kim: A T

Hung was pleased to see he was ahead with his jacks but still hoped they would hold. Kim watched as the dealer fanned a flop of Q 4 9 , keeping Hung in front.

The turn K gave Kim more outs, and the river A flipped the script—crushing Hung’s dreams of a deeper run and sending the pot Kim’s way.

Yesterday's Zodiac Classic Winner Kit Kwan Chun, Eliminated Today

As we near the end of Day 1 of the APT High Roller Event, the field is narrowing by the minute. Here's a list of some recent bust outs, with 104 currently remaining, only 55 will cash out of the TWD 39,000,000 prize pool.