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India's Nishant Sharma won the APT Championship Main Event Freezeout in Taipei on November 28, 2025, taking TWD 37,030,773 (~US$1.19 million). It was the largest prize of the first APT Championship and the biggest cash of his career.
Based on data from AsiaPokerHub and generated using AI assistance. Fact-checked by Gábor Magyari, October 23, 2026.
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The Final Table
India- Prize
- TWD 37 million (~US$1.2 million)
- Event
- APT Championship Main Event Freezeout
- Field
- 671 entries
- Prize pool
- TWD 194.1 million (~US$6.2 million)
APT Championship Taipei 2025 Main Event final table
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| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Prize (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nishant Sharma | India | TWD 37,030,773 | ~US$1,186,885 |
| 2 | John Niko Costiniano | Philippines | TWD 22,862,700 | ~US$732,779 |
| 3 | Alexandru Papazian | Romania | TWD 16,341,600 | ~US$523,770 |
| 4 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | TWD 12,518,200 | ~US$401,225 |
| 5 | Neng Zhao | Australia | TWD 9,917,500 | ~US$317,869 |
| 6 | Hao Shan Huang | Taiwan | TWD 7,724,400 | ~US$247,577 |
| 7 | Chuang Hao | Taiwan | TWD 5,628,300 | ~US$180,394 |
| 8 | Matas Cimbolas | Lithuania | TWD 3,846,700 | ~US$123,292 |
| 9 | Martin Finger | Germany | TWD 3,047,100 | ~US$97,664 |
Sharma won the final hand with pocket kings.
The Field
The TWD 311,000 (~US$10,000) freezeout ran from November 24 to 28 at Red Space. It drew 671 entries from 485 players and built a prize pool of TWD 194,080,973 (~US$6.2 million), 24% above the TWD 156 million guarantee. The top 95 places were paid. Players from Taiwan took the most cashes (19), followed by Australia and South Korea (8 each).
The Winner
Before Taipei, Sharma's biggest recorded score was a Main Event win at Poker Dream 10 Vietnam in 2024 for about US$148,000. The Championship title lifts his live results recorded by Asia Poker Hub since 2024 past US$1.6 million.
The Festival
The Main Event closed a 17-day festival that, according to the tour, drew 28,265 entries and paid out about US$34.2 million, the largest poker festival ever held in Asia. The numbers behind it are in APT Championship Taipei 2025 by the Numbers, and every other Asian Poker Tour stop is on the tour's season calendar.