Defending champion Sofia Lövgren Fullmer

At 11.15 a.m. local time, the second Championship Event of the 2026 Asian Poker Tour Championship awaits and it comes with one of the most exciting formats that No-Limit Hold'em has to offer. Throughout the last few years, the mystery bounty format has become the latest craze to give all participants the chance for huge instant rewards for a single knockout.

However, the hunt for the golden envelope has to wait until Monday, November 16 as all players first need to reach the money stages. In the case of Event #2 Mystery Bounty Championship, that would be the top 14% of each respective Day 1 flight of which two are available today. All those wishing to enter will have to pay the buy-in of TWD 35,000 and will be competing for at least TWD 15 Million in cash and bounty prizes.

Defending champion of this very event at Red Space in Taipei City is Swedish poker pro Sofia Lövgren Fullmer, who took a break from motherhood to come out on top of an 667-entry strong field in 2025. She defeated local player Hao Che Cheng in heads-up to claim the top cash prize of TWD 2,268,600 whereas her opponent from Taiwan had to settle for TWD 1,400,700.

Lövgren Fullmer has not been spotted in action yet during the first two days of the 2026 APTC, but she resides in Singapore and is only a short direct flight away from joining the event to try and defend her title. Other notable finalists from the previous edition included Justin Tsui as well as Chen An Lin.

In Flight A, the level duration will be 30 minutes throughout with a break every five levels and the late registration closes at the start of level 11 at approximately 4.45 p.m. local time. Only a few minutes later, all those who may have missed the chance to enter or have already busted can then head over to the 20-minute level Flight B as of 5 p.m. local time.

All participants receive 40,000 in chips, which represents 200 big blinds in the first level of play at blinds of 100-200/200. Sending many opponents to the rail on each respective starting flight does not grant any rewards yet, but certainly increases the chances for a successful mystery bounty hunting on the final day.

On November 16, the mystery bounty format will come into play with TWD 12,000 of each buy-in after staff charge allocated to the respective Mystery Bounty pool. The final Dday will resume at the earliest finishing point of the two Day 1 flights. Along with the trophy and cash prize, the eventual winner of the tournament will also receive an entry to the APT Championship Event worth TWD 330,000.