Final table of the APT Jeju Main Event: eight players with $415K at stake

The APT Jeju Main Event wrapped up Day 4 with 1,375 entries and left eight survivors returning on Saturday to contest the title and the $415,000 top prize. Each of the eight finalists is guaranteed at least $39,000; furthermore, the last three standing will receive a free entry to the $10K APT Championship Main Event in Taipei next month.

Context of the APT Jeju Main Event and prize structure

The Asian Poker Tour festival on Jeju Island attracted 1,375 entries to the $2,000 main event. After four days of play, the final table will start with eight players following a double elimination in the last hand of Day 4. The tournament organisation awarded a spot in the APT Championship Main Event in Taipei through a random draw before Friday's play; Xiang Chen was the winner of that 'golden ticket'.

At stake is the trophy shaped like a golden mega lion and a top prize of $415,000. Players who do not make it to the podium will share the mid-tier payouts, but the exact figures for the payout structure were not published in the original notice. It was confirmed that the minimum guarantee for reaching the final table is $39,000 per player.

The eight finalists of the APT Jeju Main Event and their stacks

Here is the list of the eight players returning to play on Saturday, ordered from highest to lowest stack, along with their stacks and approximate blind amounts:

• 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)

Jianfeng Sun, leader with history in Jeju

Jianfeng Sun starts as chip leader with 12.06M. Sun had already finished as runner-up this week in the KRW 1.2M Mystery Bounty Hunter sponsored by Natural8, a result that earned him $62,000. His live records exceed $850,000 over eight years, with three victories in Vietnam and five in Korea, all in Jeju.

Steve Ng, aiming for a big first prize

Steve Ng, registered as Steven Ng in the listings, has 9.05M and comes off results in the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Vietnam. His highest payout to date was $113,000 as runner-up in the Baby Superstar Challenge at APT Taipei in 2025. Ng has yet to win a tournament above $6,000 and is looking to make a qualitative leap in his career with this final table appearance.

Toby Joyce, the European with a millionaire background

Toby Joyce, with 8.79M, is the only European at the final table; he was born in Ireland and has accumulated over $3.8M in live winnings. Among his results is a runner-up finish that paid $1.1M at the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2019 and a final table in a PLO event at the WSOP 2026. Joyce finished second in the PLO High Roller at APT Jeju this week.

Mid stacks: Tan, Qiu, and Chen

Kwang Chung Tan (6.75M) achieved his personal best result in this event; his previous highest payout was approximately $18,000 after finishing 22nd in the APT Taipei Main Event. Shuang Qiu (5.75M) already finished third in the APT Jeju Main Event in September 2025, where he earned $181,000; he plays in a field he knows very well. Weimin Chen (5.4M) arrives as a player with very few prior cashes and less than $10,000 in recorded winnings.

Short stacks with potential for surprise: Wan and Xu

Jiawei Wan (2.87M) has less than $6,000 in winnings in his history; a victory would multiply his best result by nearly 200. Erdun Xu (2.59M) has over $350,000 in results since he began appearing three years ago; he won a high roller in Jeju 2025 that paid more than $100,000, although most of his cashes have been in four figures. Xu will be the short stack at the restart.

What it means to advance to the last three: a ticket to Taipei

The tournament will award entries to the $10K APT Championship Main Event in Taipei to the last three players, in addition to the cash payout structure. The distribution of those tickets includes the random draw winner (Xiang Chen) and the two remaining players who make it to the final podium, as announced before the start of Friday's play. This reward adds competitive incentive beyond the cash prize.

Schedule and time for the final table

The action for the final table will resume on Saturday at 11:15 am, local time in Jeju. The eight will return with the indicated stacks and will play until a champion of the APT Jeju Main Event is crowned.

Fans and professionals present will closely follow how the strategy unfolds: several of the contenders have experience in significant cashes, while others arrive with very sparse records, making the table a crossroads between established veterans and emerging players with potential to surprise.