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APT 2026 Festival Statistics
APT 2026 Festival Schedule
APT Championship Taipei 2026![Taiwan [TWN]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/tw.svg "Taiwan [TWN]"){kind=small}
Taipei, Red Space
APT Jeju 2026![South Korea [KOR]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/kr.svg "South Korea [KOR]"){kind=small}
Jeju, LES A Casino
APT Incheon 2026Incheon, Paradise City Incheon
APT Taipei 2026Taipei, Asia Poker Arena & Red Space
APT Jeju Classic 2026Jeju, LES A Casino
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🌏 Tour Profile
Asian Poker Tour ( APT )
The world’s fastest-growing poker tour. Since the 2022 New Era, the APT has broken records at every stop - from Taipei to Jeju - building Asia’s most prestigious live tournament circuit.
▲ APT 20 Years: Tony G - winner of the very first APT event in Singapore (2006). Subscribe to the APT YouTube channel for more.
About the Tour
The Asian Poker Tour (APT) is Asia’s most dynamic live tournament circuit and, by its own records, the fastest-growing poker tour in the world. Founded in 2006, it spent years building a footprint across the Asia-Pacific before a pivotal change of ownership in June 2022 transformed the brand completely.
Under APT Events Private Limited - led by CEO Fred Leung and President Neil Johnson - the tour adopted a “less is more” philosophy, replacing a bloated calendar with five to eight must-attend events per year. The first stop of the New Era, APT Taipei 2023, produced more players, more entries, and more prize money than the entire previous year combined. The 2025 season culminated in the inaugural APT Championship - the largest poker festival ever held in Asia, with 28,265 total entries and over USD 34 million in prize money awarded across 17 days at Taipei’s Red Space venue.
Regular Stops
Quick Facts
History & Milestones
The inaugural APT event is won by Tony G, beating 313 players in a $5k buy-in. Capital Events Pte launches the tour to bring international-standard poker to Asia.
AsianLogic acquires the tour. The circuit expands into Vietnam , South Korea , and the Philippines .
APT Events Private Limited acquires the brand. Fred Leung appointed CEO; Neil Johnson becomes President. Co-owners Michael Soyza and Special Advisor Victor Chong join. A “less is more” rebrand begins - fewer, bigger, better events.
The debut New Era stop at the Asia Poker Arena outperforms the entire 2022 calendar year - more players, entries, and prize money in a single ten-day festival.
Five stops across four countries. The APT Taipei Poker Classic draws 1,991 Main Event entries - a tour record - with Germany’s Rene von Reden claiming the biggest first-place prize in Taiwanese poker history.
APT Taipei 2025: 2,547 Main Event entries, $3.7M prize pool. APT Jeju 2025: Korea’s largest-ever international tournament (1,693 entries). The inaugural APT Championship crowns the year - 28,265 total entries, USD 34.2M awarded. India’s Nishant Sharma banks $1.2M in the richest Main Event ever held outside Las Vegas.
Key People
CEO
Fred Leung
Architect of the New Era. Former PokerStars Macau marketing chief. Appointed CEO in 2022; replaced a bloated calendar with focused, record-breaking festivals.
President
Neil Johnson
Oversees strategy and operations. Key driver of the APT’s women’s poker initiative - near-daily women’s events have pushed female participation to ~10% of fields.
Co-Owner
Michael Soyza
Malaysian high-stakes pro and co-owner of APT Events Private Limited. Regular on the Asia-Pacific high-roller circuit; known internationally from Game of Gold.
Special Advisor
Victor Chong
Malaysian poker pro and architect of the 2022 ownership group. Over $1.4M in live earnings; brings a player’s perspective to the tour’s direction.
Events & Structure
Recent Champions
APT Taipei 2026
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Philippines
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Hong KongAPT Jeju Classic 2026
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APT Championship Taipei 2025
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India
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Asian Poker Tour (APT) related news
14,059 Entries as Lee and Liao Close APT Incheon
APT Incheon 2026 ends with 14,059 entries and KRW 15.96 billion awarded as Chang Hwan Lee, Po Hao Liao and six more champions win titles.
Chang Hwan Lee Flies High With KRW 200M APT Incheon High Roller Victory
Chang Hwan "Jack" Lee turns the Day 1 chip lead into a KRW 199.87 million APT Incheon High Roller victory after defeating Jun Li heads-up.
Stephen Pang and Punnat Punsri Capture Special Lions at APT Incheon
Stephen Pang wins the APT Incheon Main Event for KRW 411 million as Punnat Punsri takes the Superstar Challenge and KRW 360 million.
Stephen Pang Wins Record APT Incheon Main Event for KRW 411M
Stephen Pang survives a wild heads-up battle to win the record 1,393-entry APT Incheon Main Event and KRW 411.18 million after an ICM deal.
Stephen Pang Leads Final 9 as Masatoshi Minowa Wins Zodiac Classic
Stephen Pang leads the APT Incheon 2026 Main Event final nine as Masatoshi Minowa wins the record-breaking Zodiac Classic for KRW 155m.
Shinichiro Kano Leads Final 47 as APT Incheon Records Continue to Fall
Shinichiro Kano leads the final 47 in the record APT Incheon Main Event, while the Zodiac Classic draws 403 entries and Yingjie Chen wins.
Deng Leads Record APT Incheon Main Event Into the Money; Lin Tops High Roller
The APT Incheon Main Event record falls as 1,393 entries build a KRW 3 billion prize pool, with 207 players advancing into the money.
Kunlei Xie Wins APT Incheon High Roller Ultra Stack as Main Event Tops 1K
Kunlei Xie wins the APT Incheon High Roller Ultra Stack for KRW 179.6 million as the Main Event grows to 1,177 entries.
Shawn Lee Leads Main Event as Jeremy Chan Breaks Curse on APT Incheon Day 4
APT Incheon 2026 Day 4 saw Shawn Lee take the Main Event lead, Jeremy Chan win KRW 236 million and Daniel Smiljkovic top the Ultra Stack
Heads-Up Curse Broken as Jeremy Chan Wins KRW 236M at APT Incheon
Jeremy Chan ended five consecutive heads-up defeats by beating Michel Molenaar to win the APT Incheon Super High Roller and KRW 236 million.
Thailand’s Pakorn Duangtrakan Solves Mystery as Main Event Kicks Off at APT Incheon
APT Incheon 2026 Day 3 sees Pakorn Duangtrakan win the Mystery Bounty, Akamatsu lead Flight A and Reoma Ogawa top the Super High Roller.
Tomoya Tsubouchi Wins KRW 78M as APT Incheon Records Keep Falling
APT Incheon 2026 Day 2 sees Tomoya Tsubouchi win KRW 78 million, Alex Ip lead an 868-entry Mystery Bounty and two players claim second titles.
APT Incheon 2026 Opens With Record Korea National Cup
APT Incheon 2026 begins with a record 709-entry Korea National Cup as Ivan Govorov leads and eight champions collect opening-day trophies.
APT is Back! APT Incheon 2026 with KRW 4 Billion (~USD 2.7 Million) Guaranteed
The APT Incheon 2026 runs August 7 to 16 at the tournament tables of the palatial Paradise City Casino Resort in Incheon, South Korea
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APT Jeju 2026 Returns With 136 Trophy Events and KRW 5.2 Billion GTD
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APT Championship 2026: Schedule Revealed for Asia’s Biggest Poker Festival in Taipei
The Asian Poker Tour reveals the APT Championship 2026 schedule in Taipei. 17 days, 210 events, and a USD 5M GTD Main Event Freezeout.
APT Incheon 2026 High Roller Early Bird: Eight Free Hotel Nights on Offer
APT Incheon 2026 offers high rollers up to eight free hotel nights at Paradise City with early bird pre-registration.
APT Partners With WSOP for 2026 Livestream Coverage and APT Championship Giveaway
The Asian Poker Tour joins WSOP 2026 livestream coverage and launches a $15,000 APT Championship Taipei giveaway.
APT Taipei 2026: Record Entries, $19M in Prizes & a Seventh Straight Festival Record
APT Taipei 2026 sets a new non-Championship record with 26,009 entries, $19.1m in prizes and 51 nations represented.
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