{"id":10138,"date":"2025-12-02T05:58:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/apt-championship-2025-sets-new-asian-poker-records-with-massive-fields-and-historic-prizes\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T05:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:58:18","slug":"apt-championship-2025-sets-new-asian-poker-records-with-massive-fields-and-historic-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/apt-championship-2025-sets-new-asian-poker-records-with-massive-fields-and-historic-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"APT Championship 2025 Sets New Asian Poker Records With Massive Fields and Historic Prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em><strong>Good to Know<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Festival drew 28,265 entries and over 1.06B TWD (~34.2M USD)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Main Event became the richest 10K tournament ever held in Asia<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Winners from 15 countries captured Championship titles<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>APT Championship 2025 delivered a defining moment for Asian poker. Over 17 days at Red Space Taipei, the festival attracted 28,265 total entries and paid out more than 1,060,319,544 TWD (~34,203,856 USD). The 20 Championship Events alone pulled in 10,561 entries for 680.6M TWD (~21.8M USD) in payouts.<\/p>\n<p>The Main Event became the most talked-about achievement. The 311,000 TWD (~10,000 USD) freezeout drew 671 players and built a 194M TWD (~6.2M USD) prize pool \u2014 the largest 10K buy-in tournament outside Las Vegas in ten years, the biggest ever held in Asia, and the richest in APT history. 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The Main Event entries alone came from 47 regions, showing how strongly the global poker scene is now gravitating toward Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Across the schedule, 17 tournaments broke APT records. These included 9 entry records, 12 prize pool records, and 9 top prize records. Three Championship Events crossed the four-figure entry mark, led by the 2,398-entry National Cup, which had a 15,000 TWD (~495 USD) buy-in \u2014 now the largest non-Main Event field in tour history. The 25,000 TWD (~810 USD) Ultra Stack Championship attracted 1,867 players from 49 nations. The 35,000 TWD (~1,120 USD) Mini Main Event drew 1,603 players, with Nevan Chang earning his first APT Championship Lion.<\/p>\n<p>High rollers delivered huge results. Nine events produced seven-figure USD prize pools, including:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Event 3 Ultra Stack Championship: 40.3M TWD (~1.3M USD)<\/li>\n<li>Event 6 Natural8 Cup Freezeout: 39.3M TWD (~1.2M USD)<\/li>\n<li>Event 7 Super High Roller: 59.5M TWD (~1.9M USD)<\/li>\n<li>Event 10 Superstar Championship: 57.8M TWD (~1.85M USD)<\/li>\n<li>Event 11 Main Event: 194M TWD (~6.2M USD)<\/li>\n<li>Event 12 Mini Main Event: 48.4M TWD (~1.5M USD)<\/li>\n<li>Event 13 High Roller Championship: 75.7M TWD (~2.4M USD)<\/li>\n<li>Event 17 Mini High Roller: 38.6M TWD (~1.2M USD)<\/li>\n<li>Event 25 High Roller Single Re-Entry: 33.1M TWD (~1M USD)**<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Calvin Lee, Roman Hrabec, and Ireland\u2019s Toby Joyce each claimed huge wins, with Joyce taking the 75.7M TWD (~2.4M USD) prize pool high roller \u2014 now the richest non-Main Event tournament in APT history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-items box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"box-100 space-org-3-item relative border-tb mt-1 \">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-logo box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-logo-ins box-100 text-center relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-logo-title-box box-100 text-left relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-logo-box box-25 relative img-radius\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/site\/mirax-casino\/\" title=\"Visit Site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n\t\t<amp-img alt=\"Mirax Casino\" src=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mirax-Casino.png.webp\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" layout=\"fixed\"><br \/>\n\t\t<\/amp-img><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-logo-title box-25 relative py-10\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/site\/mirax-casino\/\" title=\"Mirax Casino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mirax Casino<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms-ins box-100 text-center relative\">\n\t\t<strong>350% or 5BTC + <strong>150 Spins!<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"pt-1\">New players only. 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His Freezeout Championship victory in the 303-entry field awarded 2.62M TWD (~84,110 USD) and capped a four-cash run that included two final tables.<\/p>\n<p>APT now shifts toward its 20-year anniversary season in 2026 with five major stops confirmed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APT Jeju Classic 2026: Jan 30\u2013Feb 8<\/li>\n<li>APT Taipei 2026: Apr 22\u2013May 3<\/li>\n<li>APT Incheon 2026: Aug 7\u201316<\/li>\n<li>APT Jeju 2026: Sep 25\u2013Oct 4<\/li>\n<li>APT Championship 2026: Nov 13\u201329<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/poker-news\/apt-championship-2025-sets-new-asian-poker-records-with-massive-fields-and-historic-prizes\/\">APT Championship 2025 Sets New Asian Poker Records With Massive Fields and Historic Prizes<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/\">iGaming.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good to Know Festival drew 28,265 entries and over 1.06B TWD (~34.2M USD) Main Event became the richest 10K tournament ever held in Asia Winners from 15 countries captured Championship titles APT Championship 2025 delivered a defining moment for Asian poker. 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