South Korean Player Earns Maiden Title in APT’s Most Diverse Tournament

• Malaysia’s Kok Wei Toeh Claims Lion’s Share of APT’s Richest Omaha Event in Inaugural PLO Championship

• Natural8 Cup Championship Draws Stacked Field to Hit TWD 31M (~USD 1M) GTD on Day 1; Canada’s Jason Li Leads

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN, November 19, 2025 – The sixth official day of the 17-day Asian Poker Tour Championship saw two more of the record-setting Championship Events play down to thrilling conclusions.

Three of the six Championship Events to have played out so far have all broken tour records in one form or another, with the TWD 25,000 (~USD 810) [Event 3] Ultra Stack Championship and the TWD 100,000 (~USD 3,225) [Event 5] Pot-Limit Omaha Championship the latest additions to the record books.

Playing out at the tournament tables of the cavernous Red Space 多元商務空間 venue and run in partnership with the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Club (CTP), it was the Ultra Stack Championship up first.

While the inaugural tournament did not set any tour records for field size or prize pool, the four-figure 1,867-entry field did set the bar high for future iterations of the event and set a record for the most diverse field the APT has ever run with an impressive 49 separate countries and regions represented at the felt.

Just 260 players returned for the Final Day, all guaranteed a min-cash of at least TWD 39,900 (~USD 1,290) for the hefty eight-figure TWD 40,327,200 (seven-figure ~USD 1,300,880) prize pool.

It was Korea’s Gyeongbyeong Lee claiming the accolades and the sixth of the exclusive APT Lion Championship Trophies awarded so far.

Lee triumphed over Thailand’s Wutikrai Phraikhieo heads-up to earn his maiden APT title and a career best TWD 6,917,200 (~USD 223,135) top prize, in addition to an APTC Main Event seat worth TWD 311,000 (USD 10,000).

Phraikhieo and Lee duke it out for the APT Lion Championship Trophy

“I joined so many APT events trying to win a championship, and finally in Ultra Stack I won!” gushed an ecstatic Lee via the aid of a translator immediately following his win.

Lee came into the final table sixth out of nine players and played a patient game for much of it, but really came into his own when play became short handed.

The Korean player seized the lead after eliminating Hong Kong’s Wai Kit Lo in fourth place, and while the remaining three players briefly discussed an ICM deal, no agreement was reached.

Lee then put the hammer down, running over his two Thai opponents with aggressive plays to close out the win, eliminating both Teeraphat Rangkatekarn, and then Phraikhieo in quick succession.

“When there were three players left and I became the chip leader, I figured the others would play tighter because of the bubble jump. So I played aggressively, and it worked out really well, leading to a good result. I was lucky. It feels like just one step in the entire journey,” a humble Lee confided in his post match interview.

Playing for ten years, Lee is more focused on perfecting his game than he is chasing results, but was understandably chuffed to see his hard work paying off.

“Instead of focusing on the results, I’m trying to focus more on the process. Winning the trophy of course feels great, but I’m happier knowing I worked hard,” said Lee, before thanking his friends and family for their support over the years.

“There are so many friends back in Korea who supported me, and I really want to say thank you to my friends and my family. Thank you so much.”

While Phraikhieo—who was on the hunt for his third APT title—will be disappointed to have come within touching distance of claiming a fourth on the APT’s biggest stage only to fall at the final hurdle, the Thai player earned a career-best score for his runner up finish, which should come as some consolation.

Third place finisher Rangkatekarn, who also enjoyed a deep run in the opening National Cup Championship, was another to earn a career-best score for his final table appearance.

Back row (L-R): Wai Kit Lo, Hao Chuang, Jan Jason Leonice, Asish Kumar Ghosh, Wutikrai Phraikhieo. Front row (L-R): Teeraphat Rangkatekarn, Gyeongbyeong Lee, Alan Julian, To Hao Liao

ULTRA STACK CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL TABLE RESULTS

Other notables to make the paying positions included former Main Event winner Punnat Punsri (37th), the Philippines’ David Erquiaga (45th), Natural8 Ambassador Hua-Wei Lin (46th), and former Main Event winner Shixiang Khoo (69th).

For Ultra Stack Championship Final Day Player List please CLICK HERE

For Ultra Stack Championship Results please CLICK HERE

All tournament information can be found on the Ultra Stack Championship Final Day tournament page and you can follow all the action via the Ultra Stack Championship Final Day APT Blog.

Malaysia’s Kok Wei Toeh Claims Lion’s Share of APT’s Richest Omaha Event in Inaugural PLO Championship

Malaysia’s Kok Wei Teoh claimed a career-best score in the APT’s richest PLO tournament

The richest Pot Limit Omaha tournament in Asian Poker Tour history has crowned a champion, with Malaysia’s Kok Wei Teoh taming the sixth of the APT Championship’s exclusive Pewter Lion Trophies in the TWD 100,000 (~USD 3,225) buy-in [Event 5] Pot-Limit Omaha Championship.

Just 25 players out of an initial field of 88 entries returned for the Final Day, all looking to push their limits and make the 13 paying positions for a share of the TWD 7,603,200 (~USD 245,265) prize pool.

Teoh battled back from behind against France’s Fabian Rolli to clinch his maiden APT title, the trophy, and the largest cash of his poker career, banking a TWD 1,995,700 (~USD 64,380) top prize.

Rolli, who was also playing for his first APT title, had to settle for second and the TWD 1,399,000 (~USD 45,130) runner-up prize – his second-largest career score.

While Teoh returned with the start-of-day chip lead there were plenty of talented players to overcome before he could lift the trophy, and the Malaysian players’ stack trended downward for the first six levels.

While two of the tournaments’ main threats in the form of bracelet winners Danny Tang, and Michael Wang bowed out early, APT Super High Roller champion Tobias Schwecht remained in contention all the way to the final table to give Teoh a run for his money.

It wasn’t until the unfortunate Toby Joyce of Ireland departed on the money bubble on the sixth level played that Teoh began to get some traction, winning a crucial double up at Schwecht’s expense to stay in the game.

By the time the final table arrived one 40-minute level later Teoh had climbed back up to third in the counts, sitting just behind Belarusian Chudapal Siarhei, and New Zealander Jon Rounce-Sue.

Teoh clawed his way back into the tournament top spot shortly after play restarted, winning a hand from Siarhei and then sending Taiwan’s Ta Chih Geeng, and Jheng-Gang Li to the rail in quick succession to take play seven-handed.

Even then it was not a done deal, with first Rounce-Sue, and then Rolli taking their turns as tournament top dogs; the latter sent Taiwan’s Wei Lun Lee to the rail in sixth just before the dinner break before clipping both Schwect and Siarhei in fifth and fourth respectively to take the lead.

Teoh eliminated Sue shortly afterward to take play heads-up against a rampant Rolli who brought a 24 big blind lead into the match and ran the Malaysian over for the first few hands.

Teoh and Rolli prepare to battle heads-up

However, two back-to-back pivotal hands where Teoh flopped a flush in the first, and won a huge all-in pot on the second flipped the match on its head.

It was all over the next hand, and despite Rolli getting the chips in good pre-flop with a suited ace-king-king hand, Teoh made the wheel with a suited ace hand on the turn to claim the APT Championship title.

Back L-R, Jon Peter Rounce-Sue, Jheng-Gang Li, Kok Wei Teoh, Wei Lun Lee, Ta Chih Geeng, Front L-R, Kai Wang, Siarhei Chudapal, Fabian Rolli, Tobias Schwecht

PLO CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL TABLE RESULTS

For PLO Championship Final Day Player List please CLICK HERE

For PLO Championship Results please CLICK HERE

All tournament information can be found on the PLO Championship Final Day tournament page and you can follow all the action via the PLO Championship Final Day APT Blog.

Natural8 Cup Championship Draws Stacked Field to Hit TWD 31M (~USD 1M) GTD on Day 1; Canada’s Jason Li Leads

Jason Li was tuned in to bag the Day 1 chip lead in the Natural8 Cup Championship

Sporting to a TWD 31 million (~USD 1 million) guarantee—the largest of the festival so far—the inaugural TWD 93,000 (~USD 3,000) buy-in [Event 6] Natural8 Cup Championship Freezeout offered players a great opportunity to blow the cobwebs off their freezeout game for the upcoming TWD 156 million (USD 5 million) GTD APT Championship Main Event.

With the tournament scheduled to play out over four days, Day 1 got underway at 11:45am (TST) drawing a field of 408 entries to reach and breach the guarantee, and with registration remaining open until the start of level 11 on Day 2 – at 1:30pm local time on Thursday, November 20.

The action played out over eight scheduled 60-minute levels, which gave players ample time to showcase their skills – and there were plenty of skillful players in the running.

Early entrants included German bracelet winner Martin Finger, Bulgaria’s Slaven Popov, 7-Max Championship finalist Dinesh Alt, and India’s Nishant Sharma.

As play progressed, they were joined by the likes of Poker Hall of Famer and five time bracelet winner John Juanda, US bracelet winner Brian Green, Cypriot bracelet winner Georgios Skarparis, UK bracelet winner Alex Lindop, APT High Roller champion Daniel Neilson, and APT All-Time Money List #1 Joseph Cheong to name but a few.

However, Canada’s Jason Li brushed these challenges aside to take the tournament top spot at the conclusion of play, bagging up a tournament leading stack of 225,000.

Two-time APT Main Event champion Lester Edoc jumped into the action on the last two levels of play, quickly getting busy to spin up the second-largest stack of 198,200.

Romania’s Alexandru Papazian (179,600) rounded out the top three, with Thai TV host Napat Chokejindachai also bagging a top ten stack:

NATURAL8 CUP CHAMPIONSHIP DAY 1 TOP TEN STACKS

In total, 224 players fought their way through to Day 2; of the aforementioned noteables and bracelet winners, only Juanda, Skarparis, and Green did not make the cut, with Finger (139,500), Neilson (94,600), Cheong (64,200), Alt (62,100), Lindop (55,800), and Popov (36,500) all making it through.

Natural8 Ambassadors Kitty Kuo (126,500), Sparrow Cheung (67,200), and Phachara Wongwichit (49,100) all kept their freezeout dream alive.

Other notables still in the running include APT Incheon 2025 Super High Roller champion Michael Foo (157,900), the Philippines’ Florencio Campomanes (146,200), APT Taipei 2025 High Roller champion Nguyen Trung Quan (145,700), APT Jeju 2025 Main Event champion Abraham Ceesvin (96,400), APT Manila Classic 2025 Main Event champion Ivan Govorov (94,500) and plenty more besides.

For Natural8 Cup Championship Day 1 Player List please CLICK HERE

For Natural8 Cup Championship Day 1 Survivors please CLICK HERE

All tournament information can be found on the Natural8 Cup Championship Day 1 tournament page and you can follow all the action via the Natural8 Cup Championship Day 1 APT Blog.

The Day 2 action resumes at 11:15am (TST) on Thursday, November 20, with ten 60-minute levels scheduled. The survivors of this will return for another eight 60-minute levels of Day 3 action on Friday, November 21.

The exciting Final Day plays out on Saturday, November 22, and will be live streamed on the official APT YouTube channel.