The Asian Poker Tour (APT), which had a stop in Taipei from April 25 to May 4, had as many as 126 events scheduled during the festival. Players from more than fifty countries managed to collect a total prize pool of over 20 million dollars, making this APT series one of the biggest and most expensive in its history.
Also making the history of this year's APT Taipei is one of the greatest poker gentlemen, John Juanda, who has more than 26 million dollars in live tournament winnings. The four-time WSOP gold bracelet winner entered the one-day Single Day High Roller tournament. The buy-in for the tournament was 85,000 Taiwanese dollars, which is approximately $2,800. In a field of 230 participants, he managed to reach victory, for which he took home about $110,401.
| Place | Name | Country | Prize TWD | Prize ( ~USD) |
| 1 | John Juanda | United States | TWD 3,571,700 | $110,401 |
| 2 | Myunghwan Han | South Korea | TWD 2,405,500 | $74,259 |
| 3 | Ming Hong Teoh | Malaysia | TWD 1,696,000 | $52,345 |
| 4 | Kyosuke Nagami | Japan | TWD 1,375,000 | $42,438 |
| 5 | Dong Jae Lee | South Korea | TWD 1,088,000 | $33,580 |
| 6 | Gaku Fujita | Japan | TWD 826,000 | $25,493 |
| 7 | Punnat Punsri | Thailand | TWD 603,000 | $18,611 |
| 8 | Vu Do Tien | Vietnam | TWD 441,000 | $13,611 |
| 9 | Leo Pang | Hong Kong | TWD 365,000 | $11,265 |
His first APT festival title dates back to 2010, when he overcame all opponents at APT Manila, also in the High Roller with a $10,000 buy-in. That time, he took home "only" $43,500. In addition, John Juanda managed to win again this year in February, when he took victory in the Poker Dream 16 tournament in Jeju, South Korea for $288,284.
Record APT Taipei Main Event
The fact that poker is gaining ground in Asia is also confirmed by the fact that this year’s APT Taipei Main Event became the largest in its history. All this thanks to 2,547 entries, which created a prize pool of 121,033,440 Taiwanese dollars, approximately 3.7 million dollars.
The overall triumph in this tournament went to Japanese player Akira Takasugi, who had twice as many chips as his heads-up opponent Lat Man Leong. Thanks to his aggressive play, he took home a prize of approximately $586,710 from the APT Taipei Main Event after a 3-way deal.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Prize ( ~USD) |
| 1 | Akira Takasugi | Japan | 19,009,440* | $586,710 |
| 2 | Iat Man Leong | Macau | 10,133,000* | $312,750 |
| 3 | Wayne Lam | Hong Kong | 6,867,000* | $211,950 |
| 4 | Kano Shinichiro | Japan | 5,292,500 | $163,350 |
| 5 | Nishant Kumar | India | 4,419,500 | $136,400 |
| 6 | Kiwanont Sukhum | Thailand | 3,564,000 | $110,000 |
| 7 | Rintaro Kagawa | Japan | 2,721,500 | $84,000 |
| 8 | Owen Chong | Malaysia | 1,969,000 | $60,770 |
| 9 | Dang Thi Hue | Vietnam | 1,500,000 | $46,300 |
Sources - X / Pokernews / APT / SoMuchPoker