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The Taiwan Millions Tournament Championship 2026 (TMTC 2026) continued in Taipei on Day 2, with the Philippines’ Martin Barril winning the Taipei Open for NTD 245,400 (~USD 7,670). The TMTC Kick-Off drew 501 entries across three flights, with 77 players advancing to Day 2.

Zhi Ye wins the 20K Crown Hunt for USD 233,500 and Lei Li takes the Monster Stack as Vladas Tamasauskas leads King's Main Event Day 1A in Jeju.

Poker Dream 26 Malaysia Main Event draws 1,266 entries to build a MYR 4.64 million (~USD 1.135 million) prize pool, surpassing its MYR 4 million guarantee. A total of 174 players advance to Day 2, with MYR 685,000 awaiting the champion.

oris Michl leads the final 35 in the APPT Championship after a 479-entry field created a ₱68.29 million prize pool, while Florencio Campomanes wins the High Roller Turbo.

GOP Incheon II starts October 30 with a 100% rake-free Main Event Flight A and new satellites into the GOP High Roller, Demigods and Super High Roller.

TMT Championship 2026 Day 1 recap from Taipei: Lin Huang wins the 416-entry Warm-up GiantStack, Tao Chu takes the Mini High Roller, plus Day 2 schedule.

Hao Tian wins the MYR20K Super High Roller for MYR 477,000 (~USD 116,800) at Poker Dream 26 Malaysia, defeating a 101-entry field to claim his first Poker Dream trophy, while Eugene Zhou qualifies for the Main Event Day 2 three times.

Peng Huang wins the 1,082-entry KPC Main Event for KRW 171,873,000 and Eric Tsai takes the King's 60K Super High Roller for USD 1,046,600.

ric Tsai beats Calvin Lee heads-up to win the KPC King's 60K Super High Roller for USD 1,046,600, the biggest cash of his career, in Jeju.

Sung Jin Yun leads 76 players through APPT Championship Day 1B after 249 entries, while Marc Rivera wins the High Roller Knockout at APPT Championship Manila 2026.

Nick Palma defeated Adrian Mateos heads-up to win Poker Masters Event #2, earning $235,200 and his first PokerGO Tour title.

Poker Dream 27 Sri Lanka will run January 11–17, 2027, at City of Dreams Sri Lanka in Colombo. The full tournament schedule, event details, player guide, early bird promotions, and additional festival information will be announced soon.

Patrik Demus wins the 518-entry PokerStars Red Dragon for ₱4,033,600 at APPT Championship Manila 2026, finishing ahead of Seunghee Park, Dohwan Kim, Lester Edoc and Kenny Hallaert.

The KPC Main Event reaches its final table after a marathon bubble, while Ryuta Nakai leads the King's 60K Super High Roller final nine in Jeju.

Yota Kitamura defeats Xiaosheng Zheng to win the MYR400K guaranteed Mystery Bounty at Poker Dream 26 Malaysia, while four bounty-event champions emerge and the Main Event kicks off.

Tony Lin wins the KPC 5M High Roller for KRW 134,120,000, Manuel Martin Fritz leads the 60K SHR and the Main Event hits 1,082 entries in Jeju.

Patrik Demus leads the final nine of the PokerStars Red Dragon at APPT Championship Manila 2026 with Kenny Hallaert as the short stack, while Rudy Edenata tops the APPT Super High Roller.

Aditya Sushant wins the Ultra Stack on his Poker Dream debut for MYR 142,000 as Guoliang Wei and Yi Xuan Fong claim High Roller titles at Poker Dream 26 Malaysia in Genting Highlands.

WPT Prime Taiwan returns to CTP Asia Poker Arena from January 2-11, 2027 with a TWD 30M Championship guarantee and a second Taiwan stop set for August.

The APT Championship returns to Taipei from November 13-29, 2026, featuring 200+ events, 23 Championship titles, and more than TWD 256 million in guaranteed prize pools. From Ruiko Mamiya’s National Cup victory to Nishant Sharma’s USD 1.2 million Main Event win, revisit the stories that defined the inaugural APT Championship.




