Eight Players Return for APT Jeju Main Event Final Table for $415,000 Top Prize
Final eight guaranteed $39,000; winner also gets $10K APT Championship ticket for Taipei.
Key Takeaways
- Eight players return Saturday from a 1,375-entry field to contest the $2,000 APT Jeju Main Event for a $415,000 first prize.
- Each finalist is guaranteed at least $39,000; the final three receive free entry to the $10,000 APT Championship Main Event in Taipei.
- Jianfeng Sun leads the final table with 12.06M chips; Erdun Xu is the short-stack with 2.59M.
- Xiang Chen won a golden ticket to the APT Championship in the random prize draw held before Friday’s play.
Eight players survived four days of play in the $2,000 Asian Poker Tour Jeju Main Event and return on Saturday to play for the $415,000 first prize and the golden mega lion. The field began with 1,375 entries; each finalist is guaranteed at least $39,000. The final three will also receive free entry into the $10,000 APT Championship Main Event in Taipei next month after organisers held a random prize draw — Xiang Chen won a golden ticket prior to Friday’s action.
APT Jeju Main Event final table line-up
The final table will start with eight players after a double bust-out closed Day 4. Stacks are listed from largest to smallest with blind-equivalent counts in parentheses. All amounts and career figures are reported as stated by tournament records.
Jianfeng Sun — 12.06M (76bb)
Steve Ng — 9.05M (57bb)
Toby Joyce — 8.79M (55bb)
Kwang Chung Tan — 6.75M (43bb)
Shuang Qiu — 5.75M (36bb)
Weimin Chen — 5.4M (34bb)
Jiawei Wan — 2.87M (18bb)
Erdun Xu — 2.59M (17bb)
Who the finalists are and recent form
Jianfeng Sun leads the table and arrives in strong form. Sun finished runner-up in the KRW 1.2M Mystery Bounty Hunter, an event sponsored by Natural8, earlier in the series for KRW-equivalent prize money worth $62,000. Over the past eight years Sun has accumulated more than $850,000 in career winnings and recorded three outright wins in Vietnam and five in Korea, all in Jeju. He holds the chip lead heading into the final day.
Steve Ng of Singapore sits second by chips and has posted live results across the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam. His best prior cash was $113,000 as runner-up in the Baby Superstar Challenge at APT Taipei in 2025. To date Ng has not registered a tournament victory larger than $6,000.
Toby Joyce is the sole European at the table. The Ireland-born Joyce has over $3.8m in lifetime earnings, including a $1.1m second-place prize in the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2019. Joyce final-tabled a PLO bracelet event at the 2026 World Series of Poker and finished second in the PLO high roller at APT Jeju this week. In the Main Event he begins play with 8.79M chips.
Kwang Chung Tan of Singapore has set a personal best by reaching this final table. His previous top cash was around $18,000 for 22nd place in the APT Taipei Main Event earlier in the year. Tan has roughly $96,000 in lifetime earnings and will increase that figure substantially with any deep run.
Shuang Qiu returns to the APT Jeju final table after finishing 3rd in the 2025 APT Jeju Main Event for $181,000. Qiu’s tournament record prior to that result was modest; since September 2025 his Jeju performances have driven his career forward.
Weimin Chen arrives as a less-established name on the records, with only a handful of results listed and less than $10,000 in lifetime earnings. Chen’s run to an APT final table makes him one of the event’s curveballs.
Jiawei Wan likewise has minimal prior winnings — under $6,000 — and only a few listed cashes from Jeju and Malaysia in 2025. A victory for Wan would multiply his career-best score by roughly 200 times.
Erdun Xu is the table short-stack and has accumulated just over $350,000 in earnings since beginning to cash in tournaments three years ago. Xu’s résumé includes a high-roller win in Jeju in 2025 that paid over $100,000; a fourth-place finish in this Main Event, worth $124,000, would set a new career high.
How the APT Jeju Main Event stacks shape the finale
Play resumes at 11:15am on Saturday. With blind levels and antes in force, the table contains a mix of deep stacks and short stacks that will influence strategy: the top three players hold more than half the total chips between them, while the bottom three sit with sub-36 big blind counts.
The prize pool structure guarantees each finalist $39,000, with the winner collecting $415,000 plus the golden mega lion trophy. The tournament format and payout ladder create sharp pay-jumps that may affect how less experienced finalists manage survival versus chip accumulation.
Tournament context and the APT schedule
The APT Jeju Main Event is the marquee tournament of the Asian Poker Tour festival on Jeju Island, South Korea. The series has drawn international pros and a sizable recreational contingent, reflected in the 1,375-entry turnout for the $2,000 Main Event. Organisers have attached an incentive for deep finishers: free entries into the $10,000 APT Championship Main Event in Taipei next month will be awarded to the final three players, subject to the random ticket distribution that took place at the start of Friday’s play.
Natural8 was the named sponsor of the KRW 1.2M Mystery Bounty Hunter event in which Jianfeng Sun finished second. The APT festival calendar includes parallel events such as the Baby Superstar Challenge and multiple high-roller and PLO events, feeding player momentum into the Main Event.
What to watch on the final day
Key variables for Saturday’s finale include:
The chip lead held by Jianfeng Sun and whether he can convert it into pot pressure.
Steve Ng and Toby Joyce’s deep stacks and how they navigate pay-jumps.
Short-stack survival from Jiawei Wan and Erdun Xu, who must find spots to double.
Live coverage and hand updates are typically available through APT channels during final-table play. For readers tracking festival action, related coverage appears in our events section and broader festival news in news.
Cards will be in the air at 11:15am on Saturday for the APT Jeju Main Event finale.
Frequently Asked Questions
When does the APT Jeju Main Event final table resume?
Play resumes at 11:15am on Saturday. The eight-player final table will complete the tournament after four days of earlier play that reduced a 1,375-entry field to the finalists.
What does the winner of the APT Jeju Main Event receive?
The winner collects $415,000 and the golden mega lion trophy. Additionally, the final three players will receive free entries into the $10,000 APT Championship Main Event in Taipei as arranged by organisers.
Who holds the chip lead heading into the APT Jeju final table?
Jianfeng Sun holds the chip lead with 12.06M chips, equivalent to 76 big blinds. Sun previously finished runner-up in the KRW 1.2M Mystery Bounty Hunter at this festival for $62,000.
How large was the field for the $2,000 APT Jeju Main Event?
The Main Event drew 1,375 entries. That field created the prize pool that funds the guaranteed payouts starting at $39,000 for each finalist and the $415,000 top prize.
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