• Tony Ren Lin Looking for Back-to-Back Titles in Superstar Challenge; Bags Day 1 Chip Lead

APT JEJU CLASSIC 2026 SCHEDULE | OFFICIAL RESULTS | LIVE REPORTING | PLAYER LISTS | IMAGES | WINNERS

JEJU, SOUTH KOREA, February 2, 2026 – Running January 30 to February 8 in partnership with Landing Entertainment Korea at the luxurious Jeju Shinhwa World resort and playing out at the tournament tables of LES A Casino, the fourth day of the ten-day APT Jeju Classic 2026 saw the festival continue to pull in the crowds.

In addition to the second starting flight of the KRW 2.3M (~USD 1,600) Main Event and its KRW 2.2 billion (~USD 1.5 million) guarantee there were a further eleven trophy events running over the course of the day, plus two Natural8 promotional events and a Main Event satellite.

High rollers were spoiled for choice with two big buy-in events on the schedule – the two-day KRW 35M (~USD 24.4K) Superstar Challenge, and the two-day KRW 4.5M (~USD 3.1K) High Roller – Ultra Stack, with the latter setting a new tour country record for the event.

You can read about the highlights of the star-studded Superstar Challenge below, and follow along with the High Roller – Ultra Stack action in the APT Jeju Classic 2026 Day 4; Results for Side Events: #30-#32, #34-#36, #38-#41 press release.

Main Event Up to 993 Entries With China’s Tianhao Zheng Topping Flight B

The award-winning APT Gold Lion Main Event Trophy

The APT Jeju Classic 2026 Main Event is closing in on a four-figure field, with a further 317 Flight B entries (249 unique) throwing their hat into the ring and anteing up the KRW 2.3M (~USD 1,600) buy-in to bring the total number of entries up to 993.

With only 87 more entries needed to hit the KRW 2.2 billion (~USD 1.5 million) guarantee, it’s now just a matter of how large the prize pool will grow between now and the close of late registration at the end of level 11 at 12:15pm on Wednesday, February 4.

By the time the tournament clock ticked into the red at the end of the six 45-minute levels and four 60-minute levels played, the field had been reduced by over sixty percent, with 118 players bagging up chips at the conclusion of play.

It was China’s Tianhao Zheng the man to top the counts, with the two-time APT titleist padding out his chip bag with a stack of 367,000, which currently puts him third in the overall counts out of the combined 261 Flight A & B survivors.

Zheng was the only Flight B player to crack a stack of over 300K, with compatriot Zhou Lu bagging the next largest stack of 265,200.

APT Phu Quoc 2023 Super High Roller winner and APT Taipei 2025 High Roller champion Trung Quan Nguyen rounded out the top three, with the Vietnamese player finishing the flight on a stack of 258,000 with the top ten stacks as follows:

MAIN EVENT FLIGHT B TOP TEN STACKS

For Main Event Flight B Player List please CLICK HERE

For Main Event Flight B Survivors please CLICK HERE

Other notables to keep their Main Event title dreams alive included APT Incheon 2025 Super High Roller champion Michael Foo (152,300), APT Summer Series Hanoi 2023 Super High Roller champion Shung Er Sua (142,100), Taiwan’s Chi Jen Chen (129,300), and APT Taipei 2025 Main Event champion Akira Takasugi (92,300).

With two more starting flights left to play out, there are still opportunities for those unsuccessful in their endeavours to win their way through.

The final two starting Flights C & D — both boasting six 30-minute levels and four 45-minute levels each — get underway on Tuesday, February 3, at 11am and 6pm respectively local time, although late registration remains open until the end of level 11 on Day 2, which kicks off at 11am on Wednesday, February 4.

All tournament information can be found on the Main Event Flight B tournament page, and you can follow all the day’s action via the Main Event coverage on the APT Blog.

Tony Ren Lin Looking for Back-to-Back Titles in Superstar Challenge; Bags Day 1 Chip Lead

China’s Tony Ren Lin continues the run of form that saw him win the APT Super High Roller

Boasting the biggest buy-in on the schedule, the high stakes action in the Superstar Challenge got underway at 12pm (KST) with the tournament drawing 49 high rolling entries (39 unique) – over a twenty-two percent (22.5%) increase on the APT Jeju 2025 Superstar Challenge.

Some of poker’s top tournament players anted up the hefty KRW 35M (~USD 24.1K) buy-in and duked it out over the fourteen 40-minute levels in an attempt to make the Final Day and win a slice of the KRW 1,609,950,000 (~USD 1,118,020) prize pool, with the top nine places paid.

For Superstar Challenge Prize Pool & Payouts please CLICK HERE

By the time the last card came off the top of the deck at around 10:30pm just 16 players were left in contention for the KRW 465,270,000 (~USD 323,100) top prize and Black Stealth Lion Superstar Challenge Trophy.

Continuing the blistering run of form that saw him clinch his maiden APT title just 24-hours prior in the tour’s largest and richest Korean-based APT Super High Roller, it was China’s Tony Ren Lin the man to top the overnight leaderboard.

When you’re hot, you’re hot, and right now Lin is on fire, bagging up a chip-leading stack of 1,480,000 – valued at 74 big blinds when play resumes for the Final Day.

Before Lin can claim back-to-back titles however, he must first contend with two-time Superstar Challenge champion Joseph Cheong with the US player hot on Lin’s heels, concluding the action with the second largest stack of 1,195,000 – valued at 60 big blinds.

Joseph Cheong is chasing his third Superstar Challenge title

Lithuania’s #4 ranked tournament player Paulius Plausinaitis rounded out the top three stacks and was the only other player to crack the seven-figure stack mark, ending the day with 1,015,000 in chips – valued at 51 big blinds.

Plenty of big names remain in the running, with China’s Weiran Pu (915,000), two-time Main Event champion Lester Edoc (900,000), and Natural8 Ambassador Eric “Six Poker” Tsai (735,000) all bagging top ten stacks.

SUPERSTAR CHALLENGE TOP TEN STACKS

Super High Roller finalists Guoliang Wei (600,000), and Ryuta Nakai (510,000) will be looking to make their second final table in as many days.

Poker Hall of Famer and five time bracelet winner John Juanda (560,000) will be looking to improve on his 13th place APT Super High Roller finish when play resumes at 11:15am on Tuesday, February 3, and the Final Day promises to be a real treat for the watching rail birds.

For Superstar Challenge Day 1 Player List please CLICK HERE

For Superstar Challenge Day 1 Survivors please CLICK HERE

For Superstar Challenge Final Day Draw please CLICK HERE

All tournament information can be found on the Superstar Challenge Day 1 tournament page and you can read about how all the high stakes action played out via the APT Blog.