Taiwan, Asia Poker Arena & Red SpaceEVENT #54

2026.04.26 - 2026.05.02Add to Calendar

Asian Poker Tour

Blind level

Level 35: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000

Entries

7/2,354

Total Chips

94,160,000

Average

13,451,429

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Derick ElominaDerick Elomina

5/2/2026, 5:20:46 AM

Tony Ren Lin Eliminated in 8th Place for TWD 1,807,000 (~USD 57,920)

Level 35: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000

Tony Ren Lin

Hand #26: Tony Ren Lin raised to 600,000 from early position and Walter Lau three-bet to 1,300,000 from the cutoff. Lin called, sending both players to the flop.

The 4♠ Q♥ 8♦ flop saw Lin check-call Lau's 675,000 bet, taking them to the 7♦ turn where Lin checked once more. Lau then jammed, putting Lin all-in, and Lin called off his last 2,800,000.

Tony Ren Lin: Q♦ J♦

Walter Lau: K♠ Q♠

Lin was out of his seat and jovial as ever as the 6♠ river sealed his elimination in eighth place for TWD 1,807,000 (~USD 57,920).

Tony Ren Lin

Player	Chips
CS Chun Shing LauHong Kong	34,000,000(113 BB)
TR Tony Ren LinChina	busted

Place	Player	Prize (TWD)	Prize (USD)
8	TR Tony Ren LinChina	1,807,000	$57,730

Derick ElominaDerick Elomina

5/2/2026, 5:17:58 AM

Shiraishi's Three-Bet Works

Level 35: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000

Hand #25: With 8♦ 6♣ , Walter Lau opened to 650,000 from the button and Miki Shiraishi burned a time bank before three-betting to 2,200,000 from the big blind holding A♦ 8♣ , prompting a fold from Lau.

Player	Chips
CS Chun Shing LauHong Kong	29,000,000(97 BB)
MS Miki ShiraishiJapan	12,000,000(40 BB)

Derick ElominaDerick Elomina

5/2/2026, 5:10:05 AM

Pakinai Lisawad Eliminated in 9th Place for TWD 1,376,500 (~USD 44,120)

Level 35: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000

Pakinai Lisawad

Hand #24: Pakinai Lisawad opened to 600,000 from middle position and Ching En Chen three-bet to 1,500,000 from the big blind. Lisawad four-bet jammed for 6,400,000 and was quickly called by Chen.

Pakinai Lisawad: 9♥ 9♣

Ching En Chen: A♠ A♣

Lisawad shoved at the wrong time and ran into the preflop nuts of Chen.

The flop came down 5♦ 6♥ 4♣ keeping the aces ahead.

A K♦ rolled off on the turn, meaning Lisawad needed one of the two remaining nines in the deck to survive.

The dealer burned a card then put out the J♥ on the river.

Chen pulled in the pot, and Lisawad was the first elimination of the final table in ninth for TWD 1,376,500 (~USD 44,120).

Pakinai Lisawad

Player	Chips
CE Ching En ChenTaiwan	13,500,000(45 BB)
PL Pakinai LisawadThailand	busted

Place	Player	Prize (TWD)	Prize (USD)
9	PL Pakinai LisawadThailand	1,376,500	$43,980

Derick ElominaDerick Elomina

5/2/2026, 5:04:05 AM

Lin Stays Alive

Level 35: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000

Tony Ren Lin

Hand #18: Walter Lau opened to 600,000 from the hijack and collected the blinds.

Hand #19: Joshua McCully raised to 625,000 from early position and collected the blinds.

Hand #20: Chia Lin Huang raised to 600,000 from early position and collected the blinds.

Hand #21: Walter Lau opened to 600,000 and Tony Ren Lin three-bet shoved for 2,100,000 from the small blind. Lau stuck in the call and the cards went on their backs.

Tony Ren Lin: A♦ J♠

Walter Lau: A♥ 6♣

Lin had Lau dominated, and the 9♥ 5♠ 4♠ flop didn't change too much.

The 2♥ turn still left Lau far behind, and he found no help on the K♦ river, giving the table short stack a much-needed double.

Hand #22: Lau raised to 600,000 from under the gun to folds around the table.

Hand #23: Pakinai Lisawad raised to 600,00 in the hijack with A♦ Q♠ and Lau defended Q♣ 9♦ in the big blind.

Once Lau checked the 8♥ 3♠ A♥ flop, Lisawad bet the minimum of 300,000 and Lau folded.

Player	Chips
CS Chun Shing LauHong Kong	30,000,000(100 BB)
JM Joshua MccullyAustralia	9,000,000(30 BB)
CL Chia Lin HuangTaiwan	7,300,000(24 BB)
TR Tony Ren LinChina	4,700,000(16 BB)

Derick ElominaDerick Elomina

5/2/2026, 4:51:29 AM

Shiraishi & Lisawad Chop One

Level 35: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000

Miki Shiraishi

Hand #14: Walter Lau got a walk.

Hand #15: Chia Lin Huang raised to 1,100,000 on the button and won the hand.

Hand #16: Kazuma Ishihara made it 600,000 from early position and Pakinai Lisawad jammed from the next seat for 5,600,000. Miki Shiraishi moved in over the top and Ishihara took some time before folding J♦ J♣ .

Pakinai Lisawad: A♣ K♥

Miki Shiraishi: A♦ K♠

Both players had big slick, and once the board ran out 4♥ 4♦ 3♠ 6♥ 9♥ , the two players chopped the pot.

Hand #17: Shiraishi completed the small blind with T♣ 8♣ and Kristof Segers raised to 850,000 with Q♣ 4♥ . Shiraishi limp-raised to 2,100,000, forcing Segers to fold.

Player	Chips
CS Chun Shing LauHong Kong	31,000,000(103 BB)
KI Kazuma IshiharaJapan	14,000,000(47 BB)
MS Miki ShiraishiJapan	11,000,000(37 BB)
CL Chia Lin HuangTaiwan	6,500,000(22 BB)
PL Pakinai LisawadThailand	6,100,000(20 BB)
KS Kristof SegersBelgium	5,600,000(19 BB)

Derick ElominaDerick Elomina

5/2/2026, 4:39:00 AM

McCully Doubles Up with Bullets

Level 35: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000

Joshua McCully

Hand #12: Miki Shiraishi raised to 600,000 from middle position and collected the blinds.

Hand #13: Walter Lau raised to 600,000 from under the gun and Joshua McCully three-bet to 1,500,000 from the small blind.

Lau then four-bet jammed his 34,000,000 covering stack and McCully snapped it off.

Joshua McCully: A♦ A♣

Walter Lau: J♣ J♦

The J♠ T♣ 6♦ flop put McCully in jeopardy, needing to find an ace. The A♠ turn put him back in safety, and the T♦ river secured his double.

Player	Chips
CS Chun Shing LauHong Kong	31,000,000(103 BB)
MS Miki ShiraishiJapan	9,800,000(33 BB)
JM Joshua MccullyAustralia	8,900,000(30 BB)

Derick ElominaDerick Elomina

5/2/2026, 4:35:26 AM

Lin Bluffs Off to Chen

Level 34: 125,000 / 250,000 ante: 250,000

Ching En Chen

Hand #9: Holding A♥ K♣ , Joshua McCully made it 550,000 from middle position and Miki Shiraishi called on the button with K♥ Q♥ .

McCully checked on the 5♣ 4♠ 9♠ flop and Shiraishi bet 325,000. McCully continued in the form of a call.

A T♦ landed on the turn and McCully checked for a second time. Shiraishi bet 750,000, which was enough get McCully to fold the better hand.

Hand #10: Tony 'Ren' Lin made it 500,000 from under the gun with K♦ T♣ and Chning En Chang calld with A♠ A♥ from the hijack.

A 350,000 continuation-bet came from Lin on the 2♣ 9♣ 6♥ flop. Chen raised to 750,000 and Lin went into the tank. After using a time bank, Lin three-bet to 1,500,000. Chen wasn't messing around as he four-bet jammed for 5,300,000, resutling in a snap-fold from Lin.

Hand #11: Walter Lau raised to 500,000 from early position and Chen called in middle position. Kirstof Segers three-bet to 4,800,000 with just a big blind behind from the cutoff, which got Lau to fold 6♦ 6♣ . Chen had Segers covered and after giving it some thought, folded J♦ J♣ . Segers added to his stack with a smaller pair in 8♦ 8♣ .

Player	Chips
CS Chun Shing LauHong Kong	35,000,000(140 BB)
MS Miki ShiraishiJapan	9,100,000(36 BB)
CE Ching En ChenTaiwan	8,000,000(32 BB)
KS Kristof SegersBelgium	6,700,000(27 BB)
JM Joshua MccullyAustralia	4,100,000(16 BB)
TR Tony Ren LinChina	2,700,000(11 BB)

Derick ElominaDerick Elomina

5/2/2026, 4:21:11 AM

Lau Gets It on the Turn

Level 34: 125,000 / 250,000 ante: 250,000

Walter Lau

Hand #4: Walter Lau raised to 500,000 from under the gun and collected the blinds.

Hand #5: Lau got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #6: Lau opened T♥ T♦ to 650,000 from the small blind and Ching En Chen called from the big blind. The 3♦ 4♠ 9♣ flop saw Lau lead for 600,000, which Chen called.

Lau continued for 1,600,000 on the 2♦ turn, which was enough to shake Chen off the pot, mucking Q♠ T♠ .

Hand #7: Chia Lin Huang opened to 500,000 from the cutoff and collected the blinds.

Hand #8: Small blind Miki Shiraishi limped with 9♣ 8♣ and Kristof Segers checked the big blind. The 7♦ 6♦ 4♦ flop saw Shiraishi check-call when Segers bet 300,000.

On the K♦ turn, Shiraishi checked once more and Segers checked back, taking them to the Q♦ river, putting a flush on board. Shiraishi led for 650,000, prompting Segers to send 9♠ 6♣ into the muck.

Player	Chips
CS Chun Shing LauHong Kong	33,000,000(132 BB)
KI Kazuma IshiharaJapan	11,450,000(46 BB)
JM Joshua MccullyAustralia	8,125,000(33 BB)
MS Miki ShiraishiJapan	7,600,000(30 BB)
PL Pakinai LisawadThailand	6,825,000(27 BB)
TR Tony Ren LinChina	5,925,000(24 BB)
CE Ching En ChenTaiwan	5,900,000(24 BB)
CL Chia Lin HuangTaiwan	5,400,000(22 BB)
KS Kristof SegersBelgium	5,200,000(21 BB)

Derick ElominaDerick Elomina

5/2/2026, 4:05:51 AM

Ishihara Starts the Final Table Strong

Level 34: 125,000 / 250,000 ante: 250,000

Kazuma Ishihara

Hand #1: Chun Shing 'Walter' Lau made it 500,000 from middle position and only Kazuma Ishihara called from the small blind.

Ishihara started with a check and Lau fired for 650,000. Ishihara called to see the 9♣ arrive on the turn where both players checked.

The board-pairing 9♠ completed the runout, and Ishihara tossed out a bet of 1,400,000. Lau called and was shown a boat by Ishihara with 7♦ 7♣ . Ishihara pulled in the pot as Lau mucked A♥ J♠ .

Hand #2: Kristof Segers made it 500,000 with K♣ 6♣ from the cutoff only to be three-bet by Ishihara in the next seat to 1,500,000. Segers folded and Ishihara won the pot with A♠ T♥ .

Hand #3: Lau made it 500,000 from early position and Joshua McCully defended 6♠ 6♣ in the big blind.

McCully check-called bet of 400,000 from Lau on the 2♣ J♥ 7♦ flop.

The 3♦ on the turn checked through for the J♦ to arrive on the river. McCully checked for the last time and Lau placed out a bet of 1,300,000. McCully flicked in the call with 6♠ 6♣ , and lost to pot to Lau's J♣ T♦ for trips.

Player	Chips
CS Chun Shing LauHong Kong	33,000,000(132 BB)
KI Kazuma IshiharaJapan	16,000,000(64 BB)
KS Kristof SegersBelgium	6,000,000(24 BB)
JM Joshua MccullyAustralia	5,700,000(23 BB)

Derick ElominaDerick Elomina

5/2/2026, 3:52:32 AM

Shuffle Up & Deal

Level 34: 125,000 / 250,000 ante: 250,000

Top (L-R), Miki Shiraishi, Ching En Chen, Pakinai Lisawad, Chia Lin Huang, Kristof Segers, Bottom (L-R), Kazuma Ishihara, Tony Ren Lin, Chun Shing Lau, Joshua McCully

The final nine have been introduced to the table and the cards are in the air.

Action resumes with 38-minutes remaining of Level 34 where blinds are 125,000/25,000 with a big blind ante of 250,000.

Derick ElominaDerick Elomina

5/2/2026, 3:05:46 AM

Who is Chun Shing 'Walter' Lau? Meet the Main Event Final Table Chip Leader

Level 34: 125,000 / 250,000 ante: 250,000

Before cards get in the air at the APT Taipei 2026 Main Event final table, all eyes are on Hong Kong’s Chun Shing 'Walter' Lau, who enters as the overwhelming chip leader with more than a third of the chips in play.

Lau spoke with Stephen Lai, who knows him from the Hong Kong poker scene, about how he found the game, and what this run means to him.

Lau first started playing poker in 2017, when a friend pulled him into the game.

“My friend Colour Wan, another well-known player from Hong Kong, wanted to learn poker, so we started playing micro-stake home games together,” said Lau.

Chung Shing 'Walter" Lau

Despite now sitting in pole position at one of the biggest final tables of the year, Lau is not a full-time poker player. Away from the baize, he works as a real estate agent, while still putting in a lot of volume when he can.

“No. I have a full-time job as a real estate agent,” Lau said when asked if he plays poker professionally. “But I am a serious recreational player, and play about three or four nights per week.”

His APT journey is still a fairly recent one, with Lau first playing the tour in 2023. Since then, he has become more familiar with the circuit, but even he admitted that a spot in one of the tour’s biggest Main Events once felt a long way off.

“I have played the APT five times, with the first being in 2023,” he said. “I was at the APT Championship, but the Main Event seemed a bit far-fetched to me at the time. But I am excited that I have a real shot at the November series because of the tickets given out to the top six finishers.”

Chun Shin 'Walter' Lau

Lau also came into the series with a realistic mindset. He had already made deep runs in several side events before, so he knew he had the game to compete, but he was also well aware of how unforgiving tournament poker can be.

“I have had deep runs in several side events before, so I knew what I was capable of,” said Lau. “I have always been realistic about tournament poker, 85% of the field goes home empty-handed. I have simply tried my best and waited for the good run.”

That good run has now carried him to the biggest stage of the festival, where he will return with the chip lead and a real shot at the title.

“I am grateful that I have the opportunity to play the final table,” Lau added.

Derick ElominaDerick Elomina

5/2/2026, 1:50:43 AM

APT Taipei 2026 Main Event Final Table: Chun Shing 'Walter' Lau Leads Nine into the Final Day

Level 34: 125,000 / 250,000 ante: 250,000

The APT Taipei 2026 Main Event reaches its conclusion today inside Red Space Arena in Taipei. Nine players return to their seats with life-changing money on the line and a coveted APT Gold Lion Trophy waiting for whoever can outlast the field. With a TWD 16,640,100 (~USD 533,340) top prize on the line, today is where it all ends.

Hong Kong's Chun Shing 'Walter' Lau holds a commanding chip lead with 33,275,000, more than a third of all chips in play and nearly three times the stack of the second-place player. Having returned this morning as a relative unknown with just 384,000, Lau's Day 4 was one of the most dominant individual performances of the tournament, and he enters today as the heavy favourite.

Japan's Kazuma Ishihara sits in second with 11,450,000, while Australia's Joshua McCully, one of the tournament's luckiest survivors, bags in third with 8,125,000 and the experience of five APT titles to draw on.

Final Table Seat Draw

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
CE Ching En ChenTaiwan	7,450,000(30 BB)	1	1
MS Miki ShiraishiJapan	7,250,000(29 BB)	1	2
KS Kristof SegersBelgium	6,525,000(26 BB)	1	3
KI Kazuma IshiharaJapan	11,450,000(46 BB)	1	4
PL Pakinai LisawadThailand	6,825,000(27 BB)	1	5
TR Tony Ren LinChina	5,925,000(24 BB)	1	6
JM Joshua MccullyAustralia	8,125,000(33 BB)	1	7
CL Chia Lin HuangTaiwan	6,525,000(26 BB)	1	8
CS Chun Shing LauHong Kong	33,275,000(133 BB)	1	9

Lurking in the middle of the pack, Taiwan's Ching En Chen (7,450,000) and Japan's Miki Shiraishi (7,250,000) sit in fourth and fifth, while Thailand's Pakinai Lisawad (6,825,000), who entered Day 4 as the second chip leader, will be looking to reclaim lost ground.

Taiwan's Chia Lin Huang (6,525,000) and Belgium's Kristof Segers (6,525,000) are locked together at the bottom of the middle pack, while China's Tony Ren Lin sits in ninth with 5,925,000, a stack that still represents over 24 big blinds and plenty of room to make a move for a historic title.

Final Table Payouts

Place	Payout (TWD)	Payout (USD)
1	16,640,100	$531,635
2	9,519,000	$304,120
3	6,510,000	$207,985
4	4,880,000	$155,910
5	4,081,000	$130,385
6	3,297,500	$105,350
7	2,516,500	$80,400
8	1,807,000	$57,730
9	1,376,500	$43,980

All nine players have already secured a minimum of TWD 1,376,500 (~USD 44,120), but the top prize, the Gold Lion Trophy, and an APT Championship Main Event seat worth TWD 312,000 (~USD 10,000), awarded to the top six finishers, are now within touching distance.

Play resumes at 11:15 AM local time. All the action from Red Space Arena will be streamed on a 30-minute delay on the APT Official YouTube Channel, with live updates continuing here throughout the day.

SMPSMP

5/1/2026, 10:53:29 PM

FInal 9 Players

Seat Draw

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
CE Ching En ChenTaiwan	7,450,000	1	1
MS Miki ShiraishiJapan	7,250,000	1	2
KS Kristof SegersBelgium	6,525,000	1	3
KI Kazuma IshiharaJapan	11,450,000	1	4
PL Pakinai LisawadThailand	6,825,000	1	5
TR Tony Ren LinChina	5,925,000	1	6
JM Joshua MccullyAustralia	8,125,000	1	7
CL Chia Lin HuangTaiwan	6,525,000	1	8
CS Chun Shing LauHong Kong	33,275,000	1	9

Remaining Payouts

Place	Payout (TWD)	Payout (USD)
1	16,640,100	$531,635
2	9,519,000	$304,120
3	6,510,000	$207,985
4	4,880,000	$155,910
5	4,081,000	$130,385
6	3,297,500	$105,350
7	2,516,500	$80,400
8	1,807,000	$57,730
9	1,376,500	$43,980