Another High Roller event has been decided at the Asian Poker Tour Jeju. Scott Margereson secured the title and the Lions Trophy. Lily Chen, Tharit Nanthana, and Manuel Fritz also bagged tournament wins.
APT Jeju 2026 is drawing to a close. A few important events were played over the weekend. In the $1,100 Mini Main Event, Lily Chen prevailed. The Australian collected a prize of $130,163. In the $4,450 Single Day High Roller, Thailand’s Tharit Nanthana won $80,453. The $5,550 Baby Superstar Challenge went to Manuel Fritz ($123,428) from Austria.
The $3,700 APT High Roller (Event #87) drew 295 entries. That’s a new record for a Korean High Roller on the Asian Poker Tour. The title, the Lions Trophy, and $186,958 in prize money went to Scott Margereson.
Asian Poker Tour – APT Jeju 2026
Date: September 25 to October 7
Location: Les A Casino, Jeju
Events: 135
Buy-Ins: KRW 200,000 ($150) to KRW 37,000,000 ($27,500)
Website: theasianpokertour.com
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APT High Roller
Buy-In: KRW 5,000,000 ($3,700)
Entries: 295
Prize Money: KRW 1,274,400,000 ($942,293)
Final Table Payouts
1st: Scott Margereson (United Kingdom), KRW 252,850,000 ($186,958)
2nd: Yoshifumi Takahashi (Japan), KRW 168,100,000 ($124,293)
3rd: Hongsheng Zhang (China), KRW 122,960,000 ($90,917)
4th: Kunal Patni (India), KRW 99,250,000 ($73,386)
5th: Jiaxian Pan (China), KRW 77,810,000 ($57,533)
6th: Martin Sedlak (Germany), KRW 58,890,000 ($43,543)
7th: Wouter Beltz (Netherlands), KRW 43,260,000 ($31,987)
8th: Yaoyu He (China), KRW 31,780,000 ($23,498)
9th: Chih Wei Fan (Taiwan), KRW 26,360,000 ($19,491)
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