APT logo Sponsor logo
赛事系列 新闻 Videos

Living the High Life: A Closer Look the APT Taipei 2025 High Roller Events

Living the High Life: A Closer Look the APT Taipei 2025 High Roller Events

Living the High Life: A Closer Look the APT Taipei 2025 High Roller Events

发布于 编辑者 Ben Wilson

With the APT getting the 2025 poker season off to a record-breaking start with the recent APT Manila Classic 2025 and the last two tour visits to Taipei setting and then subsequently breaking the record for the largest and richest poker series ever to run in Taiwan, the upcoming APT Taipei 2025—running Friday, April 25 to Sunday, May 4—promises to be a stellar series.

Just to spice up the action further, there are three seats up for grabs to the APT’s largest-ever guaranteed Main Event running at the end of the year, with the winners of the tour’s three signature tournaments—the APT Main Event, the APT High Roller, and the APT Super High Roller—receiving poker’s hottest ticket to the TWD 165 million (~USD 5 million) guaranteed APT Championship Main Event valued at TWD 350,000 (~USD 10,700), plus an additional USD 500 to cover expenses.

With two of the three tickets available in high roller events, there has never been a better time to dip your toes into the high-stakes waters and fight for fortune and glory.

High roller events make up close to 20 percent of the scheduled tournaments on offer so there is plenty of action on the cards for the tours’ dedicated high roller player base.

Of the 126 tournaments running, 24 are high roller events with buy-ins ranging from TWD 25,000 (~USD 760) for the Hyper Turbo High Roller and climbing all the way up to the stars, with the Superstar Challenge coming with a hefty TWD 800,000 (~USD 24,400) price point.

High Rolling Highlights

Read on as we look under the hood of the APT Taipei 2025 High Roller schedule and examine the tournaments on offer in more detail:

Single Day High Roller Tournaments:

While the festival boasts four two-day high roller tournaments with lengthy levels, sometimes you are just looking to scratch the poker itch and want to sit down for a few hours, book a win and head off with a shiny new trophy and a pile of cash.

Eight of the 24 high roller tournaments (not including turbo and hyper turbo tournaments which we will cover further down) are Single Day High Roller events designed to be played out in a day without sacrificing too much when it comes to the structure.

Buy-ins range from TWD 35,000 (~USD 1,070) to TWD 165,000 (~USD 5,040) and there are several new additions to the schedule, with a dedicated Women’s High Roller, as well as a Pot Limit Omaha High - High Roller and a 9 Game - High Roller.

The Event #66: Women’s High Roller comes with a TWD 35,000 (~USD 1,070) buy-in and a 30,000 starting stack, and the Event #93: 9 Game - High Roller comes with a TWD 65,000 (~USD 1,985) buy-in and a 50,000 starting stack.

All the rest come with 100,000-chip starting stacks with buy-ins ranging from TWD 65,000 to TWD 100,000 (~USD 3,050) for the Single Day High Rollers, with four on the schedule: Event #13: PL Omaha High – High Roller (TWD 65,000/~USD 1,985) buy-in, Event #26: Single Day High Roller (TWD 100,000/~USD 3,050 buy-in), Event #58: Single Day High Roller - Mystery Bounty (35K Bounty)—more on this below—and Event #69: Single Day High Roller (TWD 85,000/~USD 2,600 buy-in). The biggest of the single day events is Event #96: Baby Superstar Challenge, which comes with a 100,000-chip starting stack and a TWD 165,000 (~USD 5,040) buy-in.

A 30-second shot clock is in effect from the start of all tournaments apart from the Women’s High Roller and the 9 Game, where it comes into effect one table off the money. As per the APT tournament rules players receive two 30-second time banks and receive another time bank at every scheduled break.

Event #58: Single Day High Roller - Mystery Bounty (35K Bounty)

DATE: Tuesday, April 29

BUY-IN: TWD 80,000 (~USD 2,440)

Event #21_ Single Day High Roller - Mystery Bounty 2.jpg APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024 Single Day High Roller – Mystery Bounty champion Tsui Han Hsiao

Boasting a TWD 80,000 buy-in with TWD 35,000 of that going into the bounty pool, the Event #58: Single Day High Roller - Mystery Bounty tournament is one of the more exciting single day high roller events on the schedule.

Taiwan’s Tsui Han Hsiao is the defending champion, beating the tour’s largest Taiwanese-based iteration of the tournament during the APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024 to claim a TWD 703,000 (USD 57,745) top prize – the second-largest first place prize this event has ever awarded.

The event averages just under 100 entries (97.8) and a six-figure prize pool of just over USD 228,000, with the current record standing at a sizable 306 entries, set during the Hanoi Billions 2023, which generated a VND 13,356,900,000 (USD 551,670) prize pool—the richest ever for this event—and saw Russia’s Natalia Rozova bag the three biggest bounties in addition to taking a VND 1,451,050,000 (USD 59,965) top prize – the largest this event has ever awarded.

Event #96: Baby Superstar Challenge

DATE: Friday, May 2

BUY-IN: TWD 165,000 (~USD 5,040)

Event #79_ Baby Superstar Challenge 2.JPG APT Taipei Poker Classic Baby Superstar Challenge champion Niko Koop

First introduced in February’s APT Taipei 2024, the Baby Superstar Challenge is a slightly smaller single day version of the prestigious two-day Superstar Challenge with a USD 5,000 price point and a great structure drawing an average of 54 entries with a prize pool averaging close to USD 280,000.

Germany’s Niko Koop is the defending champion after defeating the largest field this event has ever drawn at the APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024, overcoming 92 entries to take the lion’s share of the TWD 11,923,200 (USD 377,365) prize pool, walking away with a TWD 3,131,200 (USD 99,180) top prize – the second largest first place prize this tournament has awarded.

Austria’s Klemens Roiter won the largest Baby Superstar first place prize after taking down the inaugural event for TWD 3,854,450 (USD 124,000) back during APT Taipei 2024.

Event #118: High Roller - Last Chance

DATE: Sunday, May 4

BUY-IN: TWD 65,000 (~USD 1,985)

Event #109_ Last Chance High Roller 3.jpg APT Taipei Poker Classic High Roller Last Chance champion Hon Cheong ”Ivan” Lee

The last of the non-turbo and hyper turbo high roller events on the schedule, the High Roller – Last Chance does exactly what the name suggests, offering the tours’ high rollers their last chance at claiming a trophy and a USD five-figure top prize.

The tournament averages a field of 64 entries and a prize pool of over USD 118,000. Natural8 Ambassador Yu Chung “Nevan” Chang holds the most Last Chance titles having won two, but it is defending champion Hon Cheong “Ivan” Lee of Hong Kong who defeated the largest field this event has ever generated, overcoming 103 entries at the APT Taipei Poker Classic to claim a TWD 1,364,520 (USD 42,815) top prize. China’s Kun Wang claimed the richest top prize this event has ever awarded back during APT Jeju 2024, winning KRW 66,693,000 (USD 49,190).

Two-Day High Roller Tournaments:

In addition to the APT Super High Roller (TWD 15M GTD) and the APT High Roller (TWD 11M GTD), playing out on Saturday, April 26 to Sunday, April 27, and Saturday, May 3 to Sunday, May 4 respectively, there are a further two high roller events spanning two days; the Event #39: Superstar Challenge, and the Event #42: High Roller - Ultra Stack.

Event #39: Superstar Challenge - Single Re-Entry

DATE: Monday, April 28 to Tuesday April 29

BUY-IN: TWD 800,000 (~USD 24,430)

Event #29 Superstar Challenge champion Nozomu Shimizu4.jpg Hanoi Billions Superstar Challenge champion Nozomu Shimizu

Boasting the biggest buy-in on the schedule, the Superstar Challenge attracts some of the world’s top tournament professionals with Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier and Joseph Cheong just two of the big names to have claimed the exclusive Black Lion Superstar Challenge trophy.

While Grospellier holds the record for the richest-ever Superstar Challenge win after banking a sizable TWD 11,632,810 top prize back during APT Taipei 2024—the sixth-largest APT first place prize ever awarded—it is Japan’s Nozomu Shimizu who overcame the tournament’s largest field during the 2023 APT Hanoi Billions, defeating 89 entries to claim a VND 5,438,810,000 (USD 223,930) top prize – the third largest first place prize this event has awarded.

The USA’s Cheong holds the record for most Superstar Challenge wins, having claimed the title twice, most recently at the APT Manila 2024 where he walked away with a PHP 8,002,500 (USD 136,040) top prize.

Players start with 250,000 in chips and compete over 40-minute levels. The tournament averages 40 entries and a prize pool in the region of USD 491,000.

Event #42: High Roller - Ultra Stack

DATE: Monday, April 28 to Tuesday, April 29

BUY-IN: TWD 75,000 (~USD 2,290)

Event #32_ High Roller - Double Stack 2.jpg APT Taipei Poker Classic Double Stack champion Peter Kiem

First introduced as the two-day Double Stack at the APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024, the tournament was re-branded as the Ultra Stack at the recent APT Manila Classic 2025 with some changes to the starting stack and structure.

Players start with 200,000 in chips and battle over eleven 50-minute levels and three 40-minute levels on Day 1, with the survivors returning for the Final Day to fight it out over 40-minute levels for the trophy and title.

There has been a total of four tournaments since its inception with the event averaging 108 entries and generating an average prize pool of USD 195,000.

It is the USA’s Peter Kiem who is both the defending champion and the winner of the inaugural event, defeating the tournament’s largest-ever field of 182 entries to claim the USD 66,200 first place prize – the richest the event has awarded.

Turbo and Hyper Turbo High Roller Tournaments:

There are a further twelve Turbo and Hyper Turbo High Roller tournaments on the schedule with buy-ins ranging from TWD 25,000 (~USD 760) to TWD 50,000 (~USD 1,530).

All Turbo and Hyper Turbo tournaments come with 20,000-chip starting stacks, and a 15-second shot clock in effect from the get-go. As per APT Tournament Rules players will receive two 15-second time banks at the start of the tournament and will receive another time bank at every scheduled break. These are no longer reset at the Final Table so use them wisely.

The Turbo High Roller tournaments average 42 entries and prize pools of just over USD 35,000, while the Hyper Turbo High Roller events attract an average field of 45 entries and generate an average prize pool of over USD 25,800.

APT logo Sponsor logo
APT 视频

语言

简体中文繁體中文English日本語한국어ภาษาไทยTiếng Việt

法律條款

社交媒体