APT TAIPEI 2026 SCHEDULE | OFFICIAL RESULTS | PLAYER LISTS | IMAGES | WINNERS

TAIPEI, TAIWAN, April 22, 2026 – Welcome to the second series of the Asian Poker Tour’s 20-Year Anniversary season as Asia’s premier poker tour returns to Taipei, Taiwan for its thirteenth visit and the 126th festival in APT history.

Running 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—the APT Taipei 2026 runs from April 22 to May 3 and is headlined by the TWD 55,000 (~USD 1,700) buy-in APT Main Event playing out from Sunday, April 26 to Saturday, May 2 which comes with a sizable TWD 70 million (~USD 2.2M) guarantee.

A Bumper Schedule

Players have a multitudinous 170 tournaments (166 trophy events and 4 satellites) to choose from over the 12-day schedule, with the tour’s other two signature Lion Trophy events—the TWD 330,000 (~USD 10,500) APT Super High Roller and the TWD 120,000 (~USD 3,800) APT High Roller—both boasting eight-figure (six in USD) prize pool guarantees!

The action-packed schedule has tournament buy-ins ranging from TWD 3,000 (~USD 95) all the way up to TWD 800,000 (~USD 25,500) across 122 Hold’em tournaments (including 35 high roller events, and 16 women’s events), 27 Omaha events, 9 draw games, and 7 dedicated mixed games with the festival boasting over TWD 207 million (~USD 6.5 million) in prize pool guarantees.

Win APT Championship 2026 Seats

In addition to the mouth-watering guarantees, the festival also offers players a chance to claim seats for the tour's season-ending showpiece USD 5M GTD APT Championship 2026 (APTC) Main Event running right here in Taipei in November, with a staggering 22 seats up for grabs.

There will be eight seats available in the Main Event, six for the top six finishers, plus a further two awarded by two random draws; one on Day 4, and one when the tournament reaches the paying (ITM) positions. Click on the above link for a breakdown of the other key events offering players a chance to win their APTC Main Event seat.

Live Coverage

Live blog coverage for the festival will begin on Saturday, April 25, covering the high stakes action from Day 1 of the APT Super High Roller, and the exciting Final Day of the APT National Cup – Sponsored by DeepRun; you can read a summary of the action in the two opening flights of the latter below.

The festival live stream can be viewed on the official APT YouTube channel, with the action getting underway with exclusive coverage of the Final Day of the APT Super High Roller at 11:45am (TST) on Sunday, April 26.

In addition to the guaranteed marquee events, the series boasts daily High Roller tournaments and Woman’s Events, plus an eclectic selection of mixed games and assorted poker variants. Highlights include:

Key Events*

• APT Main Event (TWD 70M/~USD 2.2M GTD): Apr 26-May 2 – TWD 55K/~USD 1,700 buy-in
• APT National Cup – Sponsored by DeepRun (TWD 15M/~USD 477K GTD): Apr 22-25 – TWD 12K/~USD 380 buy-in
• Mystery Bounty Hunter – Sponsored by Natural8 (TWD 20M/~USD 636K GTD): Apr 25-26 – TWD 20K/~USD 635 buy-in
• APT Super High Roller (TWD 15M/~USD 477K GTD): Apr 25-26 – TWD 330K/~USD 10,500 buy-in
• Sunday Super Stack: (TWD 5M/~USD 159K GTD): Apr 26 – TWD 30K/~USD 955 buy-in
• Superstar Challenge: Apr 27-28 – TWD 800K/~USD 25,400 buy-in
• High Roller Ultra Stack: Apr 27-28 – TWD 75K/~USD 2,300 buy-in
• Zodiac Classic – Sponsored by Natural8 (TWD 25M/~USD 795K GTD): Apr 30-May 1 – TWD 85K/~USD 2,700 buy-in
• Baby Superstar: May 1 – TWD 165K/~USD 5,200 buy-in
• Mini Main Event (TWD 25M/~USD 795K GTD): May 1-2 – TWD 30K/~USD 955 buy-in
• Ultra Stack (TWD 10M/~USD 318K GTD): May 2-3 – TWD 21K/~USD 670 buy-in
• APT High Roller (TWD 20M/~USD 636K GTD): May 2-3 – TWD 120K/~USD 3,800 buy-in
• Micro Main Event: (TWD 2M/~USD 63K GTD): May 3 – TWD 12K/~USD 380 buy-in *USD amount for comparison only, values may fluctuate due to currency conversion rates

New APT Official Strategy & Training Sponsor DeepRun Kicks Off the APT Taipei 2026 Festival Action With APT National Cup

APT CEO Fred Leung (left) and DeepRun Managing Director Kannapong Thanarattrakul cement the official sponsorship deal between the two organizations

The opening event of the APT Taipei 2026 is sponsored by the tour’s official strategy and training sponsor – brand-new Asian facing poker training and education platform DeepRun, with the partnership between APT and DeepRun announced previously on April 16, 2026.

The TWD 12,000 (~USD 380) buy-in APT National Cup – Sponsored by DeepRun runs from Wednesday, April 22, until Saturday, April 25, comprising six starting flights in total with two flights playing each day from Wednesday to Friday.

The top 14 percent of each flight will make the money, but only the top 5 percent of each flight will make it through to the Final Day, with all six starting flight results available via the respective APT National Cup tournament pages.

The Final Day plays out on Saturday with the eventual champion claiming an APTC Main Event seat valued at TWD 313,000 (USD 10,000), in addition to the trophy, title, and an as yet unknown top prize. Live coverage of this will be available via the APT Blog on April 25.

Any player making the final table will also be awarded a 30-day free DeepRun subscription package. Visit www.deeprun.com for more details.

Just before the tournament action for the initial Flight A got underway, APT CEO Fred Leung and DeepRun Managing Director Kannapong Thanarattrakul sat down to sign the contract between the two organisations, before Thanarattrakul and fellow DeepRun co-founder Phachara Wongwichit said a few words.

“We started DeepRun because we have a goal. We want to improve Asia's poker skill. And then we know that the language is a big barrier for poker. That's why we made the plan to have multi-languages, and we cover Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.” said Thanarattrakul.

“We are a one-stop place where we have solvers and charts. We also have very respected coaches—also our friends, and we trust them—teaching you not just theory, but anything to do with mindset, everything to do with improving your poker.” continued Wongwichit.

“I think APT is a natural choice. It's a market leader in Asia, and we focus on the Asian market; it's a trusted brand, reputable, and it's still growing. And both the coaches and our students and our market all attend these events. APT runs landmark events, it's an easy choice.” Wongwichit stated.

“We’d like to entrust DeepRun to poker players across Asia.” concluded Thanarattrakul in Thai, with the tournament action then getting underway.

Flight A front runner, South Korea’s Hun Tae Choi

The opening two flights drew a combined total of 545 entries, with the Flight A action getting underway at 11am local time (TST) and attracting 367 initial entries who battled it out at the baize over twenty-three 30-minute levels for a share of the TWD 3,611,280 (~USD 115, 375) Flight A prize pool.

With the top 14 percent of the flight making the paying positions, a total of 55 players got paid, with places 20-55 claiming TWD 2,813,280 (~USD 89,880) of the total Flight A prize pool. Full results for all six starting flights will be released at the conclusion of the Final Day.

The other 19 Flight A players survived the opening flight action to keep their dreams of shipping the first key event title of the festival alive and will return to action on Saturday, April 25.

The remaining TWD 798,000 (~USD 25,500) of the Flight A prize pool will be added to the Final Day prize pool, which will only grow as the other five further starting flights play out over the next few days.

It was South Korea’s Hun Tae Choi summiting the leaderboard, concluding the action with a stack of 1,275,000 in chips.

Compatriot Daeyoung Park (1,205,000) and Japan’s Shunsuke Kosera (1,170,000) rounded out the top three stacks, with the top ten Flight A stacks as follows:

NATIONAL CUP FLIGHT A TOP TEN STACKS

For APT National Cup Flight A Player List please CLICK HERE

For APT National Cup Flight A Survivors please CLICK HERE

All tournament information can be found on the APT National Cup – Sponsored by DeepRun Flight A tournament page.

Flight B chip leader, Thailand’s Ngamsiri Asiralertsiri

Flight B got underway at 6pm local time (TST) drawing a further 178 entries who duked it out over twenty-five turbo-charged 15-minute levels for a share of the TWD 1,751,520 (~USD 55,960) Flight B prize pool.

Just 23 players made the paying positions, with places 23-10 claiming a TWD 1,393,020 (~USD 44,500) share of the Flight B prize pool, with the remaining nine players and TWD 358,000 (~USD 11,440) moving over to the Final Day.

It was Thailand’s Ngamsiri Asiralertsiri leading the charge, bagging up a flight leading stack of 1,460,000, putting her top of the pecking order so far, with a further four flights left to play out.

The USA’s Grant Wang (970,000), and Taiwan’s Chia Lin Huang (765,000) rounded out the top three Flight B stacks, with the nine Flight B survivors as follows:

NATIONAL CUP FLIGHT B STACKS

For APT National Cup Flight B Player List please CLICK HERE

For APT National Cup Flight B Survivors please CLICK HERE

All tournament information can be found on the APT National Cup – Sponsored by DeepRun Flight B tournament page.

Flights C & D follow the same format as Flights A & B with 30-minute and 15 minute levels respectively, and play out at 11am and 6pm respectively on Thursday, April 23.

The final two Flights E & F will do the same on Friday, April 24, with the Final Day concluding the tournament action on Saturday, April 25.