The Asian Poker Tour is on a roll, hosting five consecutive record-breaking festivals in a row and with the tour celebrating the landmark APT 20-Year Anniversary for the entirety of the 2026 poker season, the upcoming APT Taipei 2026 is expected to continue that trend.
Running Wednesday, April 22 to Sunday, May 3 in partnership with the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Club (CTP) across two venues both located in the heart of Taipei — the cavernous Red Space 多元商務空間) and the Asia Poker Arena — the festival packs a massive 172 tournaments (including satellites) into the 12-day schedule and boasts over TWD 207 million (~USD 6.5 million) in prize pool guarantees*.
Just like the recent record-breaking APT Jeju Classic 2026, the festival will be awarding seats to the USD 5M GTD Asian Poker Tour Championship (APTC) Main Event running from November 13-29 in Taipei.
With multiple tickets available in high roller events, there has never been a better time to dip your toes into the high-stakes waters and fight for fortune and glory.
Just under a fifth (19%) of the 172 APT Taipei 2026 events are high roller events, with 33 tournaments on the schedule with buy-ins ranging from TWD 30,000 (~USD 955) for the Hyper Turbo and Turbo High Rollers all the way up to the TWD 800,000 (~USD 25,400) Superstar Challenge, which comes with the biggest buy-in on the schedule.
Exciting new additions to the high roller schedule include a TWD 500,000 (~USD 15,900) Single Day – Super High Roller – Single Re-Entry, and a TWD 165,000 (~USD 5,200) Turbo - Super High Roller, in addition to firm favourites like the High Roller - Single Day - Mystery Bounty, the PL Omaha High - High Roller, and the Women's High Roller.
*All USD figures are for reference only; exchange rate may vary.
High Rolling Highlights
Read on as we take a closer look at the APT Taipei 2026 High Roller schedule and examine the tournaments on offer in more detail:
Two-Day High Roller Events:
In addition to the tour’s two marquee high roller events, there are a further four two-day high roller events on the schedule playing out across the two venues with buy-ins ranging from TWD 65,000 (~USD 2,000) for the High Roller – Ultra Stack all the all the way up to the prestigious TWD 800,000 (~USD 25,400) Superstar Challenge.
Event #4 High Roller - Ultra Stack
DATE: Weds, April 22-23
BUY-IN: TWD 65,000 (~USD 2,000)
VENUE: Red Space
Event #72 High Roller - Ultra Stack
DATE: Mon, April 27-28
BUY-IN: TWD 75,000 (~USD 2,300)
VENUE: Red Space
APT Taipei 2025 High Roller - Ultra Stack Champion Chang Hwan Lee
First introduced as the two-day High Roller - Double Stack at the APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024, the tournament was re-branded as the High Roller - Ultra Stack at the APT Manila Classic 2025 with some changes to the starting stack and structure. There are two High Roller Ultra Stacks on the schedule, with the second coming with a slightly larger TWD 75,000 (~USD 2,300) buy-in, but the same structure.
Players start with 200,000 in chips and battle over fourteen 40-minute levels on Day 1, with the survivors returning for the Final Day to fight it out over 40-minute levels for the trophy and title.
There have been a total of seven tournaments since its introduction, with the event averaging 185 entries and generating an average prize pool of over USD 412,000, with an average top prize in the region of over USD 88,000.
The largest and richest edition of this tournament to play out came during APT Taipei 2025 with South Korea’s Chang Hwan Lee overcoming a 354-entry field to claim the lion’s share of the TWD 22,939,200 (USD 708,000) prize pool — the second richest this tournament has ever generated. Lee banked a hefty TWD 4,465,700 (~USD 137,830) top prize, the second largest this event has ever awarded.
China’s Guanglei Zhou won the richest edition of this tournament at the recent APT Jeju Classic 2026 (although that event came with a USD 3,000 buy-in) with Zhou topping the 312-entry field to take the largest portion of the KRW 1,213,056,000 (USD 842,400) prize pool, earning a KRW 243,236,000 (USD 168,915) top prize.
DATE: Mon, April 27-28
BUY-IN: TWD 800,000 (~USD 25,400)
VENUE: Red Space
China’s Biao Ding is the reigning APT Taipei Superstar Challenge champion
Boasting the biggest buy-in on the schedule, the Superstar Challenge attracts some of the world’s top tournament professionals with two-time champion Joseph Cheong, Natural8 Ambassador Chih Wei Fan, Hong Kong’s Danny Tang, and Chinese poker superstar Tony Ren Lin just some of the big names to have claimed the exclusive Black Stealth Lion Superstar Challenge trophy.
The tournament’s buy-in was increased to USD 25,000 at the APT Taipei 2024, which remains the largest and richest edition of the event with French poker legend Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier cementing his superstar status and overcoming a 49-entry field to claim the lion’s share of the TWD 36,930,000 (USD 1,167,615) prize pool, banking the richest top prize the tournament has ever awarded – a sizable TWD 11,632,810 (~USD 367,770).
However, the reigning Taipei Superstar Challenge champion is China’s Biao Ding, who bested a 45-entry field to earn the largest slice of the TWD 34,090,875 (~USD 1,052,188) prize pool, banking a TWD 10,008,375 (~USD 308,900) top prize.
Players start with 250,000 in chips and compete over fourteen 40-minute levels on Day 1, with the survivors returning for the Final Day to duke it out for the title and trophy. The tournament averages 31 entries, generates and average prize pool of over USD 613,000, and awards an average top prize of over USD 217,000.
DATE: Weds, April 29-30
BUY-IN: TWD 70,000 (~USD 2,200)
VENUE: Asia Poker Arena
China’s Renji Mao won the richest two-day High Roller top prize at APT Jeju Classic 2026
First introduced at APT Incheon 2025, this recent addition to the schedule has proved a popular draw amongst the tour’s dedicated high roller player base, with the three editions to have played out drawing an average field of over 200 players, generating an average prize pool of close to USD 500,000, with the winner walking away with an average top prize of over USD 100,000.
The inaugural event drew a field of 175-entries, with Australia’s Dylan Foster taking the largest share of the KRW 453,600,000 (USD 327,980) prize pool to earn his maiden APT title and a KRW 105,450,000 (USD 76,250) top prize, while Singapore’s Ravn Teo won the largest and richest of the three tournaments to have played out at the APT Jeju 2025, defeating a 260-entry field to claim the lion’s share of the KRW 898,560,000 (USD 641,830) prize pool, banking a KRW 148,050,000 (USD 105,750) top prize.
Chinese bracelet winner Renji Mao was the last man to tame the Gold Lion Silhouette trophy at the APT Jeju Classic 2026, overcoming a 174-entry field to earn the largest portion of the KRW 751,680,000 (USD 522,000) prize pool, claiming the richest top prize the tournament has yet awarded banking KRW 174,770,000 (USD 121,370) for his victory.
Players start with 100,000 in chips and compete over fourteen 40-minute levels on Day 1, with the survivors returning for the Final Day to fight it out at the felt for the trophy and title.
Single Day High Roller Events:
While the festival offers plenty of two-day tournament action, sometimes players just want to scratch the poker itch and play for a few hours before riding off into the sunset with a gleaming golden lion trophy and a pile of cash.
Excluding the turbo and hyper turbo high roller tournaments (which are covered further down) the APT Taipei 2026 offers the player base nine high roller events designed to be played out in a day without sacrificing too much when it comes to the structure.
These will be played out across both venues, with five at Red Space, and four at the Asia Poker Arena with buy-ins ranging from TWD 35,000 (~USD 1,100) for the Women’s High Roller, with the TWD 165,000 (5,200) Baby Superstar Challenge and the brand-new TWD 500,000 (~USD 15,900) Single Day Super High Roller rounding out the top end of the buy-in spectrum.
All the Single Day High Roller tournaments come with a 100,000-chip starting stack with the exception of the Single Day – Super High Roller, which comes with a 250,000-chip starting stack. Events #18 High Roller - Single Day, #94 High Roller - Single Day, and #162 High Roller - Last Chance come with 20-minute blind levels, while all the rest come with 30-minute levels.
The first 16 players seated before the first hand is dealt in all non-turbo and hyper turbo Single Day – High Roller tournaments will receive 50 percent of the tournament fee in cash back.
As per the APT Tournament Rules shot clocks are in play for all tournaments and in any non-Turbo event with High Roller in the name players begin with three 30-second time banks. Players will receive an additional time bank at every scheduled break - including overnight breaks.
Event #29 Single Day - Super High Roller - Single Re-Entry
DATE: Fri, April 24
BUY-IN: TWD 500,000 (~USD 15,900)
VENUE: Red Space
A brand-new addition to the schedule, the Single Day Super High Roller comes with the second-largest buy-in on the schedule, just behind the Superstar Challenge.
The buy-in comes in at just over 50 percent more than the two-day APT Super High Roller, which in Taipei draws an average field of 114 players, generates an average prize pool of over USD 890,000 and awards an average top prize in the region of USD 221,000.
Expect this event to attract an eclectic mix of the tour’s top tournament players and keen amateurs with deep pockets, and it has a very real chance of attracting a three-figure field and generating a USD seven-figure prize pool with a likely USD six-figure top prize for the eventual champion.
Event #42 PL Omaha High - High Roller
DATE: Sat, April 25
BUY-IN: TWD 65,000 (~USD 2,000)
VENUE: Asia Poker Arena
Reigning APT Taipei PL Omaha High – High Roller champion Jun Hao Wu
First introduced at APT Taipei 2025, the PL Omaha High – High Roller has become a schedule staple. The tournament draws an average field of 24 entries, generates an average prize pool of over USD 43,000 and awards an average top prize in the region of over USD 17,000.
Reigning champion and the winner of the inaugural event Jun Hao Wu overcame a 26-entry field back at APT Taipei 2025, with the Singaporean claiming the lion’s share of the TWD 1,460,160 (USD 45,070) prize pool and banking a TWD 613,160 (USD 18,925) top prize.
India’s Jayraj Ninama won the largest and richest iteration of the tournament, defeating a 27-entry field at APT Jeju 2025 to take the largest portion of the KRW 69,984,000 (USD 49,635) prize pool, pocketing a KRW 29,384,000 (USD 20,840) top prize.
Event #58 High Roller - Single Day - Mystery Bounty (TWD 35,000 Bounty)
DATE: Sun, April 26
BUY-IN: TWD 80,000 (~USD 2,500)
VENUE: Asia Poker Arena
Reigning APT Taipei High Roller – Single Day Mystery Bounty champion Shun-Ping Wang
Boasting a TWD 80,000 buy-in with TWD 35,000 of that going into the bounty pool, the Event #58: Single Day High Roller - Mystery Bounty tournament is one of the more exciting single day high roller events on the schedule.
Taiwan’s Shun-Ping Wang is the defending APT Taipei champion, overcoming the tour’s largest Taiwan-based field of 189 entries to take the biggest slice of the TWD 13,063,680 (USD 403,200) prize pool, claiming a TWD 1,428,180 (USD 44,080) top prize, in addition to earning a further TWD 800,000 in bounties.
The event averages just over 118 entries and generate a six-figure prize pool of over USD 263,000, with the current record standing at a sizable 306 entries, set during the Hanoi Billions 2023, which generated a VND 13,356,900,000 (USD 551,670) prize pool (also the tournament’s largest) and saw Russia’s Natalia Rozova bag the three biggest bounties in addition to taking a VND 1,451,050,000 (USD 59,965) top prize – the largest this event has ever awarded.
Event #106 Women's High Roller
DATE: Weds, April 29
BUY-IN: TWD 35,000 (~USD 1,100)
VENUE: Asia Poker Arena
Defending APT Taipei Women’s High Roller champion Molly Hsiao
First introduced at APT Taipei 2025, the inaugural event still retains the tour record with Taiwan’s Molly Hsiao overcoming a 61-entry field to take the lioness’ share of the TWD 1,844,640 (USD 56,933) prize pool to earn her maiden live tournament title and bank the largest score of her playing career after winning a TWD 537,140 (USD 16,578) top prize.
The tournament attracts an average field of 39 entries, generating an average prize pool of over USD 35,000 and awarding an average top prize in the region of over USD 12,000.
Event #137 High Roller - Baby Superstar Challenge
DATE: Fri, May 1
BUY-IN: TWD 165,000 (~USD 5,200)
VENUE: Asia Poker Arena
Reigning APT Taipei Baby Superstar champion Natural8 Ambassador Chih Wei Fan
Coming with a buy-in over a third bigger (37.5%) than the tour’s marquee APT High Roller, the Baby Superstar Challenge was first introduced at APT Taipei 2024.
A slightly smaller single day version of the prestigious two-day Superstar Challenge with a ~USD 5,000 price point and a great structure, the tournament draws an average of 63 entries, generates an average prize pool of over to USD 351,000, and awards an average top prize of over USD 103,000.
Natural8 Ambassador Chih Wei Fan is the reigning Taipei champion overcoming the largest field the event has ever attracted, outlasting 151 entries to take the lion’s share of the hefty TWD 22,323,840 (USD 729,540) prize pool (the tournament’s largest ever) to claim the events’ richest-ever top prize of TWD 5,358,340 (USD 165,380).
Event #162 High Roller - Last Chance
DATE: Sun, May 3
BUY-IN: TWD 65,000 (~USD 2,000)
VENUE: Red Space
Reigning APT Taipei High Roller – Last Chance champion Dinesh Alt
The last of the non-turbo and hyper turbo high roller events on the schedule, the High Roller – Last Chance does exactly what the name suggests, offering the tours’ high rollers their last chance at claiming a trophy and a USD five-figure top prize.
The tournament averages a field of 83 entries, generates an average prize pool of over USD 152,000, and awards an average top prize in the region of over USD 41,000.
Natural8 Ambassador Yu Chung “Nevan” Chang holds the most Last Chance titles having won two, but it is defending champion Dinesh Alt of Switzerland who defeated the largest field this event has ever generated, overcoming 200 entries at APT Taipei 2025 to claim the lion’s share of the TWD 11,232,000 (USD 367,060) prize pool (the events’ richest ever) earning the tournament's biggest-ever top prize of TWD 2,486,000 (USD 81,240).
Event #18 High Roller - Single Day
DATE: Thurs, April 23
BUY-IN: TWD 70,000 (~USD 2,200)
VENUE: Red Space
Event #31 High Roller - Single Day
DATE: Fri, April 24
BUY-IN: TWD 60,000 (~USD 1,900)
VENUE: Red Space
Event #94 High Roller - Single Day
DATE: Tues, April 28
BUY-IN: TWD 90,000 (~USD 2,800)
VENUE: Red Space
Poker legend John Juanda won the largest-ever Taiwan based High Roller - Single Day at APT Taipei 2025
There are three High Roller – Single Day tournaments on the schedule with buy-ins ranging from TWD 60,000 (~USD 1,900) to TWD 90,000 (~USD 2,800). Events #18 and #94 come with 20-minute levels, while Event #31 comes with 30-minute levels. These draw an average field of 90 entries, generate an average prize pool of over USD 217,000, and award an average top prize of over USD 55,000.
China’s Yuzhu Wang holds the record for defeating the largest-ever High Roller – Single Day field after besting 271 entries at APT Hanoi Billions 2023 to earn the biggest share of the VND 11.8 billion (USD 486,995) prize pool, banking the richest High Roller – Single Day top prize of VND 3.1 billion (USD 128,645).
Poker Hall of Famer John Juanda won the largest and richest Taiwan-based edition of the tournament at APT Taipei 2025, seeing off 230 challenges to take the lion’s share of the TWD 16,891,200 (USD 521,330) prize pool, earning his (at the time) second career APT title and a TWD 3,571,700 (USD 110,240) top prize, although the Indonesian poker legend has since claimed a third APT title at the recent APT Jeju Classic 2026.
Turbo & Hyper Turbo High Roller Events:
There are a further 18 Turbo and Hyper Turbo High Roller tournaments on the schedule split between 9 Turbos and 9 Hyper Turbos. With the exception of the brand-new Event #166 Turbo - Super High Roller, which comes with a TWD 165,000 (~USD 5,200) buy-in, these come with buy-ins between TWD 30,000 (USD 955) and TWD 40,000 (USD 1,200). These will play out over the two venues, with the Turbo – Super High Roller playing out at Red Space.
For all tournaments with level durations of 15 minutes or less, the shot clock and time bank are 15 seconds. All events have shot clocks introduced from the start, players will receive two time banks when they enter the tournament and will receive another time bank at every scheduled break, including overnight breaks.
Turbo:
The Turbo – High Roller tournaments come with 15-minute levels and a 20,000-chip starting stack, draw an average field of 53 entries, generate an average prize pool of over USD 50,000, and award an average top prize in the region of USD 15,000.
Event #166 Turbo - Super High Roller
DATE: Sun, May 3
BUY-IN: TWD 165,000 (~USD 5,200)
VENUE: Red Space
DATE: Weds, April 22
BUY-IN: TWD 35,000 (~USD 1,100)
VENUE: Red Space
DATE: Thurs, April 23
BUY-IN: TWD 35,000 (~USD 1,100)
VENUE: Red Space
DATE: Thurs, April 23
BUY-IN: TWD 35,000 (~USD 1,100)
VENUE: Red Space
DATE: Fri, April 24
BUY-IN: TWD 40,000 (~USD 1,200)
VENUE: Red Space
DATE: Sun, April 26
BUY-IN: TWD 35,000 (~USD 1,100)
VENUE: Asia Poker Arena
DATE: Tues, April 28
BUY-IN: TWD 35,000 (~USD 1,100)
VENUE: Red Space
Event #118 Turbo - High Roller
DATE: Thurs, April 30
BUY-IN: TWD 40,000 (~USD 1,200)
VENUE: Asia Poker Arena
Event #143 Turbo - High Roller
DATE: Fri, May 1
BUY-IN: TWD 35,000 (~USD 1,100)
VENUE: Asia Poker Arena
Hyper Turbo:
The Hyper Turbo – High Roller tournaments come with 10-minute levels and a 20,000-chip starting stack, draw an average field of 46 entries, generate an average prize pool of over USD 30,000, and award an average top prize in the region of USD 9,900.
Event #12 Hyper Turbo - High Roller
DATE: Weds, April 22
BUY-IN: TWD 30,000 (~USD 955)
VENUE: Red Space
Event #25 Hyper Turbo - High Roller
DATE: Thurs, April 23
BUY-IN: TWD 30,000 (~USD 955)
VENUE: Red Space
Event #51 Hyper Turbo - High Roller
DATE: Sat, April 25
BUY-IN: TWD 30,000 (~USD 955)
VENUE: Asia Poker Arena
Event #102 Hyper Turbo - High Roller
DATE: Tues, April 28
BUY-IN: TWD 35,000 (~USD 1,100)
VENUE: Red Space
Event #115 Hyper Turbo - High Roller
DATE: Weds, April 29
BUY-IN: TWD 35,000 (~USD 1,100)
VENUE: Asia Poker Arena
Event #132 Hyper Turbo - High Roller
DATE: Thurs, April 30
BUY-IN: TWD 30,000 ~USD 955)
VENUE: Red Space
Event #146 Hyper Turbo - High Roller
DATE: Fri, May 1
BUY-IN: TWD 30,000 (~USD 955)
VENUE: Asia Poker Arena
Event #159 Hyper Turbo - High Roller
DATE: Sat, May 2
BUY-IN: TWD 50,000 (~USD 1,500)
VENUE: Red Space
Event #170 Hyper Turbo - High Roller
BUY-IN: TWD 30,000 (~USD 955)
DATE: Sun, May 3
VENUE: Red Space