Win Meng Tan: Malaysia's Top Poker Earner

With nearly half a million in live cash earnings, poker player Win Meng Tan is one of Malaysia’s biggest earners, sitting at 26th place on the Malaysia All-Time Money List. The Australian-born player started in Melbourne and Sydney events like the Melbourne Crown Casino Recurring Tournaments, Star Sydney Champs, and Aussie Millions Poker Championship.

He quickly made his biggest live cash in 2018 at the Aussie Millions Poker Championship, winning AUD 56,755 (USD 45,163). Since then, Tan has won multiple five-digit prize pots, including AUD 32,800 (USD 22,990) at the 2022 WPT Prime Gold Coast Main Event, RM 134,500 (USD 31,552) at the High-Roller event at Poker Dream Malaysia 2023, and VND 1,043,509,979 (USD 44,948) in the Main Event at APT Hanoi Billions 2023.

Tan has had a productive 2024 poker season, with particularly deep runs in the Single-Day Megastack Mini High-Roller at the WPT Cambodia Championship (placing 2nd and winning USD 28,220) and the Mega High-Roller at the 2024 Vietnam Poker League (placing 3rd and winning VND 600,000,000 or USD 24,353).

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