The award-winning Gold Lion APT Main Event trophy
Main Event Over 2K Entries With Registration Still Open; Chul Woo Jung Tops Flight C, Kazushi Nomura Summits Flight D
DeepRun Cofounder Phachara Wongwichit Goes Wire-to-Wire in Superstar Challenge
APT TAIPEI 2026 SCHEDULE | OFFICIAL RESULTS | PLAYER LISTS | IMAGES | WINNERS
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, April 26, 2026 – Run in partnership with with the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Club (CTP) across two venues—the cavernous Red Space 多元商務空間 and the Asia Poker Arena—Day 7 of the APT Taipei 2026 saw the two final APT Main Event starting flights play out at Red Space with the tournament now up to 2,064 entries with registration still open.
There was also plenty of high stakes action on offer with the conclusion of the TWD 800K (~USD 25.7K) Superstar Challenge, and the Final Day of the TWD 75K (~USD 2.4K) High Roller – Ultra Stack, also both playing out at Red Space.
Tuesday also saw the continuation of the brand new Mind Sports Week with the Event #88: Chess/Poker playing out over at the Asia Poker Arena.
The limited edition APT Mini Lion Trophy card protector
As an added bonus, there was also a chance for players to get their hands on the exclusive APT Mini Lion Trophy card protector, with any player who beat APT CEO Fred Leung at a round of chess in a special promotional event winning one. You can read all about how that went in the Gambits on Show on Day 7 side event press release.
Just like on Monday, there were an impressive 20 tournaments in action across the two venues over the course of the day, offering an eclectic mix of poker variants and mind sports.
Main Event Over 2K Entries With Registration Still Open; Chul Woo Jung Tops Flight C, Kazushi Nomura Summits Flight D
South Korea’s Chul Woo Jung fought his way to the top of the Flight C chip counts
The final two starting flights in the TWD 70 million (~USD 2.2 million) guaranteed TWD 55,000 (~USD 1,700) buy-in APT Main Event are in the books, attracting 2,064 entries over the four starting flights and OnLive Day 1s which have played out online on Natural8.
The prize pool currently sits at TWD 98,081,280 (~USD 3,143,630), but with late registration remaining open for the first level of play on the two respective Day 2 flights, both the prize pool and entry numbers are expected to grow.
In addition to the eight-figure (six-figure USD) top prize, and the award-winning Gold Lion APT Main Event trophy awaiting the eventual champion, the top six finishers will all claim a seat to the USD 5M GTD Asia Poker Championship (APTC) Main Event playing out in November.
There will also be two random draws for a further two seats; one on Day 4 and one when the tournament reaches the paying (ITM) positions, with all players remaining in the tournament at the time of the draws eligible to win.
Flight C
Flight C got underway at 11am local time (TST) and saw 442 entries (369 unique) enter the tournament arena with the action playing out over six 30-minute levels, and four 45-minute levels.
It was South Korea's Chul Woo Jung topping the Flight C chip counts, bagging up a stack of 306,900 to carry through to Day 2B.
Jung was the only Flight C player to finish with over 300K, with Malaysia’s Peng Luo Ang (292,000), and South Korea’s Soo Bum Kim (269,000) rounding out the top three stacks.
A total of 229 players fought their way through to Day 2B, with the top ten Flight C stacks as follows:
MAIN EVENT FLIGHT 1C TOP TEN STACKS
For APT Main Event Flight 1C Player List please CLICK HERE
For APT Main Event Flight 1C Survivors please CLICK HERE
The Philippines’ Christopher Mateo (102,000) was the only former APT champion to make it though from this particular flight, with Taiwan’s I Chun 'Charlie' Chiu (172,600), triple bracelet winner Yan Shing 'Anson' Tsang (90,700), Sweden’s Mikael Andersson (89,000), Hong Kong’s Jeffrey Lo (57,700), and Chinese pro Tony Ren Lin (47,000) just some of the other notables to make the cut.
All tournament information can be found on the APT Main Event Flight 1C tournament page.
You can read about how all the action played out via the Flight C APT Blog.
Flight D
Japan’s Kazushi Nomura summited the Flight D leaderboard
The fourth and final Flight D followed the same format as Flight C and kicked off at 6pm, drawing a further 227 (189 unique) entries.
It was Japan’s Kazushi Nomura summiting the counts of the last of the Day 1s, concluding the action with a stack of 244,600.
South Korea’s Gun Young Kim (206,600) shot his way up to second in the Flight D counts, with Nomura and Kim the only two players in the flight to bag over 200K.
Taiwan’s Shao Ching Chen (187,700) rounded out the top three, with just 114 players dodging and weaving their way into Day 2A to join the survivors of Flights 1A, and 1C, with the top ten Flight D stacks as follows:
MAIN EVENT FLIGHT 1D TOP TEN STACKS
Former APT champions to fight their way through the final flight included APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024 Main Event winner Rene von Reden (154,200), APT Taipei 2023 Main Event winner Punnat Punsri (146,800), and APTC 2025 Main Event winner Nishant Sharma (87,800).
Other notables returning for Day 2 include Switzerland’s Fabian Rolli (98,500), Taiwan’s Carlos Chang (63,800), the Philippines’ David ‘Spade’ Erquiaga (44,500), and Taiwan’s Chen An Lin (24,600).
For APT Main Event Flight 1D Player List please CLICK HERE
For APT Main Event Flight 1D Survivors please CLICK HERE
For APT Main Event Day 2A Draw please CLICK HERE
For APT Main Event Day 2B Draw please CLICK HERE
All tournament information can be found on the APT Main Event Flight 1D tournament page.
You can read about how all the action played out via the Flight D APT Blog.
2B or Not 2B?
For the first time in tour history there are two Day 2 Flights – Day 2A for the survivors of flights 1A, 1C, & 1D, and Day 2B for the survivors of Flight 1B.
Level length is 60-minutes for both Day 2 flights. Day 2A gets underway at 11am local time, with late registration remaining open for the first 60-minute level of play, closing at 12:15pm.
Day 2B restarts the action at 3pm local time, with late registration remaining open for the first 60-minute level of play, closing at 4:15pm.
Any player who survives Flights 1A, 1C, & 1D can only play Day 2A, and any player who survives Flight 1B can only play Day 2B.
While players who have not played any of the Day 1 flights can buy-in directly to one of the two Day 2s, it is important to note that they can't play two, so it's an either or situation – a player can either buy-in directly to Day 2A, or buy-in directly to Day 2B, but not both.
Both Day 2 flights are scheduled for ten 60-minute levels of play, but the action will conclude on each when the two respective Day 2 money bubbles burst.
ITM for Day 2A is 14.5% of the combined entries from Flights 1A, 1C, 1D and 2A. ITM for Day 2B is 14.5% of the combined entries from Flights 1B and 2B.
Any player that makes it through the two Day 2 flights reaches the business end of the tournament, with all surviving players making it through to Day 3 earning a place in the hallowed money spots. The Day 3 action gets underway at 11:15am (TST) on Thursday, April 30 with ten levels of play scheduled.
Live Streaming & Blog Coverage
All of the Main Event flights will be featured on the APT Blog, with the Main Event live stream on the official APT YouTube channel starting on the two Day 2 flights at 11:45am on Wednesday, April 29.
DeepRun Cofounder Phachara Wongwichit Goes Wire-to-Wire in Superstar Challenge
DeepRun cofounder Phachara Wongwichit dominated the final five in the Superstar Challenge
DeepRun cofounder Phachara Wongwichit, whose Asian-facing platform focuses on poker training and education, is no stranger to deep runs in high-stakes tournaments.
Wongwichit showcased all 15-years of career experience in a dominating final table performance over a stacked final table, with the Thai professional going wire-to-wire in the TWD 800,000 (~USD 25,700) buy-in Event #75: Superstar Challenge.
Just five players out of an initial 26 entries (21 unique) returned to action for the Final Day, all guaranteed a share of the TWD 19,696,950 (~USD 631,310) prize pool.
It was Wongwichit returning in pole position after bagging a 73 big blind overnight chip lead—over 23 big blinds more than next closest rival Chih Wei Fan—and the former APT Taipei 2023 High Roller champion did not take his foot off the gas.
The Final Day was a fast-paced affair and was all wrapped up in a little under four 40-minute levels with Wongwichit busting three of his four opponents on his journey to the top of the podium.
First he saw off former APT Superstar Challenge champion Fan, before eliminating bracelet winner Chin Wei Lim, and decorated high stakes tournament pro Wai Kiat Lee, with the latter taking out APT Manila 2024 High Roller champion Daniel Neilson to take play heads-up.
Wongwichit and Lee prepare to battle heads-up
Wongwichit came into the match with close to a 3-to-1 chip lead he would not relinquish and heads-up was over in 14 hands, with the Thai winning 10 of them.
In the final hand, Wongwichit moved all-in from the button with ace-queen, with Lee making the call for his tournament life with the dominated queen-jack.
Two aces on the flop left Lee drawing dead by the turn, granting Wongwichit his eighth career APT title, seven of which have come in high roller events.
"I was actually just joking with Kiat [runner-up Wai Kiat Lee] that I only needed one red ace. He had queen-jack offsuit and I had ace-queen; when two red aces appeared on the flop, I felt like I was destined to win. This is such a unique trophy—it’s probably the only black poker trophy in the entire industry and is a standout piece for this whole series," said an upbeat Wongwichit immediately following his win.
While the Thai was humble in victory, downplaying his skills somewhat, Wongwichit is definitely not someone you would want to face across the felt.
"Even though there is a lot of money at stake, the high-roller fields are small, so you pretty much know everyone. It feels very relaxed because at least half the table are friends. I can be competitive at a high level, but honestly, many of these guys who play the Triton series are a bit better than me. That’s fine, though, as I don’t study the game as much as I used to."
However, the only reason Wongwichit doesn’t have time for more study is the fact his latest business project DeepRun—a multi language Asian-facing poker training and education site—is eating up a great deal of his time.
"Everything feels like it’s falling into place for DeepRun. We just made the public announcement for it at the start of this APT series, and the timing has been like destiny,” Wongwichit said in his post-match interview.
“My co-founder, Kannapong [Natural8 Ambassador Kannapong Thanarattrakul], won the 500K High Roller—the second-biggest buy-in—and just a few days later, I won the 800K, the biggest buy-in of the series. It feels like a sign that our brand is meant to go big. I truly appreciate all the support; my phone hasn't stopped buzzing with messages, and it really does help."
In addition to taming the exclusive Black Stealth Lion trophy and claiming a career-best score of TWD 7,247,750 (~USD 232,300), both Wongwichit and Lee earned a seat valued at TWD 312,000 (~USD 10,000) to the USD 5M GTD Asian Poker Tour Championship (APTC) Main Event in November.
Phachara Wongwichit and Wai Kiat Lee are returning to Taipei for the APTC Main Event
In addition to the APTC seat, Lee received TWD 4,815,900 (~USD 154,355) for his runner-up finish.
Malaysia’s Lim collected TWD 3,147,000 (~USD 100,865) for his third-place podium finish, with the tournament paying out as follows:
SUPERSTAR CHALLENGE RESULTS
For Superstar Challenge Day 2 Player List please CLICK HERE
For Superstar Challenge Results please CLICK HERE
All tournament information can be found on the Superstar Challenge Final Day tournament page.
You can read about how all the Superstar Challenge Final Day played out via the APT Blog and watch the action as it happened via the Superstar Challenge Final Day live stream on the official APT YouTube channel.