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Teeraphat Rangkatekarn is a Thai poker player with more than $552,000 in recorded live tournament earnings. After breaking through with a third-place finish in the 2025 APT Championship Ultra Stack Championship, Rangkatekarn enjoyed his strongest season in 2026, highlighted by victory in the APT Jeju 2026 Super High Roller for KRW 355,667,500 (~$265,425).
Career Earnings & Biggest Results
According to The Hendon Mob, Teeraphat Rangkatekarn has $552,089 in recorded live tournament earnings and ranks 11th on the Thailand All-Time Money List.
His career-best result came in September 2026 when he won the KRW 15 million APT Jeju Super High Roller.
The tournament attracted 99 entries from 67 unique players, generating a KRW 1,368,427,500 (~$1.02 million) prize pool and becoming the second-richest APT Super High Roller ever held in South Korea.
Rangkatekarn finished Day 1 with a commanding chip lead and remained among the leaders throughout the final day. He eventually defeated Calvin Lee heads-up to collect KRW 355,667,500 (~$265,425), the Pewter Mega Lion Trophy and a seat to the APT Championship Main Event.
The victory was Rangkatekarn's first Asian Poker Tour title and more than doubled his recorded career earnings.
Read the full APT Jeju 2026 Day 3 recap.
Rangkatekarn's previous career-best score came at the 2025 APT Championship in Taipei. He finished third from 1,867 entries in the TWD 25,000 Ultra Stack Championship, earning TWD 2,665,400 (~$85,980).
His strong form continued into 2026. In January, Rangkatekarn won a TWD 120,000 High Roller during the Gods of Poker Titan Assembly in Taipei for TWD 1,814,320 ($57,373).
He later recorded two cashes at Triton One Jeju before winning the High Roller Mystery Bounty at Poker Dream 23 Taiwan in July for TWD 491,000 ($15,372).
Biography & Poker Background
Rangkatekarn represents Thailand, where he is also listed as residing.
His earlier recorded tournament results include cashes in Vietnam before he began appearing more regularly at major festivals in Taiwan and South Korea.
The biggest breakthrough of his early career came during the APT Championship Taipei in November 2025. Alongside his third-place Ultra Stack finish, Rangkatekarn reached another final table and recorded several additional cashes during the festival.
He carried that momentum into 2026, expanding his schedule across Gods of Poker, Triton One, Poker Dream and APT events.
His APT Jeju Super High Roller victory represented a significant step forward. Rangkatekarn entered the event still searching for his first APT trophy and left with the biggest cash of his career after defeating a final table featuring Calvin Lee, Christian Harder, James Mendoza, Abraham Ceesvin and Yita Choong.
Play Style & Strategy
There is limited published material detailing Rangkatekarn's overall poker strategy, so it would be inaccurate to assign him a specific playing style based solely on tournament results.
His recent APT performances do, however, provide examples of his willingness to apply pressure when playing a large stack.
During the 2025 APT Championship National Cup, Rangkatekarn built one of the largest stacks in his opening flight. In one hand, he moved all in on the river for more than his opponent's remaining stack after calling a turn bet, forcing a fold without showdown.
His APT Jeju Super High Roller victory showed his ability to maintain control over a high-stakes tournament across multiple days.
Rangkatekarn entered the final day with 3,425,000, almost 1.5 million more than his nearest rival. He later reached heads-up with approximately a 5:1 advantage over Lee.
The match was far from straightforward. Lee recovered, drew level and briefly moved into the lead, but Rangkatekarn regained control before closing out the tournament with pocket jacks against Lee's ace-jack.
Rather than defining his overall game from a small number of hands, his recent results show increasing success across both large-field championships and high-stakes tournaments.
Social Media & Online Presence
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About the Editor
Zoe Chang is Somuchpoker's Live Content and Tournament Analyst, covering live poker festivals across Asia Pacific and writing the site's SPI Score player ranking series, tracking results and rankings across markets including Hong Kong, Japan, the UK, the US, India and Australia.