The Asian Poker Tour (APT) Taipei 2025 festival at the brand-new Red Space venue in Taipei, Taiwan, has officially concluded. This edition of the APT Taipei 2025 became one of the largest and richest series in APT history. The series featured over 118 trophy events and attracted a staggering 22,909 entries from 51 countries and 3,549 unique players, paying out a gigantic TWD 612 million (~$20,000,000) in total prize pool, making it the largest and richest series in Taiwanese history.
The series concluded on 4th May, 2025, with Vietnam’s Nguyen Trung Quan winning the last signature event – the APT High Roller for $248k. Japan’s Akira Takasugi emerged as the biggest winner of the series by conquering the record-breaking Main Event to take home a life-changing TWD 19,009,440 (~$586,710), a 24k gold trophy, and a ticket to the APT Championship Main Event in November.
With his historic main event victory and a final table finish in Hyper Turbo Atomic Pineapple coupled with a deep run in Mystery Bounty Hunter, Akira also took home the APT Taipei 2025 Player of the Series title.
APT Taipei 2025 Main Event Quick Recap
The APT Taipei 2025 TWD 55K ($1,700) buy-in Main Event saw a record-breaking field of 2,547 entries across four live and one online starting flight, crushing the TWD 70 million ($2.1 million) guarantee for a total prize pool of TWD 121,033,440 (~$3,735,600). In the end, the top 375 finishers shared the massive $3.7 million prize pool.
Among the 375 players, Team India’s Sriram Arun (361st), Sumit Sapra (356th), Asish Kumar Ghosh (287th), and Rishi Mehra (44th) made it into the money, while Nishant Kumar reached the final five, notching up a strong 5th place finish for $136,405 – his career best live score.
The first elimination of the final table was of the APT Phu Quoc 2022 Main Event champion and female pro, Thi Hue Dang. Dang bowed out in 9th place, pocketing TWD 1.5 million ($46,295). She was followed by Malaysia’s Owen Chong, who exited in 8th place for TWD 1.9 million ($60,770).
Final day chip leader Rintaro Kagawa of Japan saw his run end in 7th place, taking home TWD 2.7 million ($84,000). Takasugi then scored his first elimination at the final table by sending Kiwanont Sukhum out in 6th place, earning a USD six-figure payday of TWD 3.5 million ($110,000).
Team India’s Nishant Kumar, who reached the final five, found himself in a tough spot after going all-in against Iat Man Leong’s queen-jack with pocket fives. Despite having the better hand pre-flop, a jack landed on the flop, ending Kumar’s run in 5th place with a career-best TWD 4.4 million (~$136,400) payday.
Soon after, Takasugi knocked out his fellow countryman Kano Shinichiro in 4th place. Shinichiro earned an impressive TWD 5.2 million ($163,350), setting up the three-handed action. Iat Man Leong then eliminated the final table chip leader, Wayne Lam, in 3rd place. Lam’s pocket sevens ran into Leong’s pocket queens. Both flopped a set, but Leong flopped the bigger one. Hong Kong’s Wayne Lam, who entered the Main Event through Natural8’s online qualifier, earned TWD 6.8 million ($211,950) and a ticket to the APTC Main Event.
Heads-Up
Akira Takasugi entered heads-up play with a two-to-one chip advantage and quickly extended it, applying pressure on Leong. Although Leong managed to double up, he couldn’t reverse the momentum. The final hand saw Leong putting his tournament life at risk with a queen-deuce against Takasugi’s king-six.
The board ran Kc-Tc-Qh-8d-4s in favor of Takasugi, giving him top pair and sealing the victory. Leong banked TWD 10 million ($312,750) for his runner-up finish, while amateur Akira Takasugi walked away with a life-changing TWD 19 million ($586,710) for the win.
Final Table Payouts
| Rank | Player | Prize (TWD) | Prize (USD) |
| 1st | Akira Takasugi | 19,009,440 | $586,710 |
| 2nd | Iat Man Leong | 10,133,000 | $312,750 |
| 3rd | Wayne Lam | 6,867,000 | $211,950 |
| 4th | Kano Shinichiro | 5,292,500 | $163,350 |
| 5th | Nishant Kumar | 4,419,500 | $136,400 |
| 6th | Kiwanont Sukhum | 3,564,000 | $110,000 |
| 7th | Rintaro Kagawa | 2,721,500 | $84,000 |
| 8th | Owen Chong | 1,969,000 | $60,770 |
| 9th | Dang Thi Hue | 1,500,000 | $46,300 |
Nguyen Trung Quan Wraps up the APT Taipei 2025 With a High Roller Victory
Vietnam’s Nguyen Trung Quan wrapped up APT Taipei 2025 by winning the final event, the APT High Roller Championship, banking a career-best TWD 7.9 million (~$247,930) payday. With this victory, Quan pushed his lifetime poker earnings close to $900K, entering the top 10 on Vietnam’s all-time money list.
The TWD 110,000 buy-in APT High Roller 8-Max attracted a field of 415 entries, crushing the TWD 15 million guarantee for a record-breaking total prize pool of TWD 39,091,600 (~$1,277,500)—the largest in APT High Roller history. Of the 415 entries, 55 players earned a payout.
Taiwan’s Yung Bing Chu earned TWD 3.4 million ($113,500) for his podium finish, while Alexander C. Wice finished as the runner-up, pocketing an impressive TWD 4.8 million ($157,100). In addition to the first-place prize and the Bronze Lion trophy, Quan also received a ticket to the APTC Main Event.
Final Table Payouts
| Rank | Player | Prize (TWD) | Prize (USD) |
| 1st | Nguyen Trung Quan | 7,936,600 | $247,930 |
| 2nd | Alexander C. Wice | 4,808,500 | $157,100 |
| 3rd | Yung Bing Chu | 3,475,000 | $113,500 |
| 4th | Abraham A. Ceesvin | 2,810,500 | $91,800 |
| 5th | Kaifan Wang | 2,224,500 | $72,700 |
| 6th | Sung Jin Yun | 1,712,000 | $55,900 |
| 7th | Kok Wei Teoh | 1,274,500 | $41,600 |
| 8th | Jason Chau | 922,500 | $30,100 |
| 9th | Tseng Yi Chieh | 746,500 | $24,400 |
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Source – LifeofPoker and APT Blog
