APT Taipei sets new live poker record in Taiwan

By Conrad Castleton

18 Mar 2024

Conrad Castleton 18 Mar 2024

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The 2024 APT Taipei has broken live poker records in Taiwan
Main Event was won by Daisuke Ogita

APT Taipei Main Event Result
APT Taipei Key Event Results

Daisuke Ogita won a record-breaking APT Taipei Main Event as the festival concluded in thrilling fashion.

The first Asian Poker Tour festival of 2024 is in the history books, with multiple records being set in what was the biggest and richest poker event ever held in Taiwan.

The festival’s high roller SuperStar Challenge was the first of these to raise the bar, with French poker superstar Bertrand ‘Elky” Grospellier topping a field of 137 players to win the $25,000 buy-in event and take home the $367,770 prize - the biggest first place prize ever awarded in a live poker tournament in Taiwan.

That record did not stand for long, however, with the APT Main Event shattering the first place prize total as well as setting a new record for the biggest tournament prize pool in Taiwan.

The Main Event had 1,182 entries (including 737 unique players), generating a $2.2million prize pool, by far the largest ever seen for a single poker tournament in Taiwan. Several APT records were also broken during the series, including event records for first prize and prize pool in the Super High Roller event.

The APT Taipei main event was won by Japanese poker player Daisuke Ogita, who claimed a lifetime best score of $409,730 after defeating Guo Zhang Xi from Taiwan heads-up.

Acknowledging his good run of fortune at key times on the final table, Ogita remarked afterwards: “I’m worried my plane might crash after winning this award winning trophy, as I used up so much luck!”

While luck may have played a factor in Ogita’s victory, it was certainly no fluke, as he was already the 13th most successful Japanese poker player in terms of live tournament prize money; and this score has seen him break into the Japanese top ten. He now has lifetime live poker earnings of just under $2m and is certainly a player to watch for the rest of 2024.

APT Taipei Main Event Result

Position	Player Name	Country	Prize Money (TWD)
1st	Daisuke Ogita	Japan	12,944,020
2nd	Guo Zhang Xi	Taiwan	7,620,000
3rd	Chi-Jen Chu	Taiwan	5,360,000
4th	Seungmook Jung	South Korea	4,016,000
5th	Li Wei Sun	Taiwan	3,077,000
6th	Jung Chuan Liao	Taiwan	2,275,000
7th	Pitipong Posri	Thailand	1,734,000
8th	Safwane Bahri	France	1,236,000
9th	Steve Ng	Singapore	959,000

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APT Taipei Key Event Results

Event	Entries	Prize Pool (TWD)	Winner	1st Prize (TDW)
APT National Cup	2305	18,899,065	Ka Chun Yuan	2,263,500
SuperStar Challenge	49	36,930,000	Bertrand Grospellier	11,632,810
Mystery Bounty Hunter	1053	12,067,380	Teng-Kuei Hsu	2,193,380
APT Super High Roller	137	37,837,650	Isaac Haxton	9,089,650
APT Main Event	1182	72,232,020	Daisuke Ogita	12,944,020
Zodiac Classic	320	22,348,800	Jun Li	4,362,800
Mini Main Event	678	13,021,668	Mao-Lun Yu	2,213,418
APT High Roller	160	21,728,000	Stanley Manfred Weng	5,053,000
Micro Main Event	393	3,732,045	Yonghyun Lee	677,540