• PLO Championship Breaks APT Omaha Prize Pool Record; Malaysia’s Kok Wei Teoh Leads Day 1

• Ultra Stack Championship Generates Seven-Figure USD Prize Pool; Kristof Segers Returns with Final Day Chip Lead

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN, November 18, 2025 – The fourth of the Asian Poker Tour Championship 2025’s twenty marquee events has seen the fifth of the exclusive APT Lion Championship Trophies awarded, with Malaysia’s Choi Eng Loong earning a career-best USD six-figure score.

Playing out at the tournament tables of the cavernous Red Space 多元商務空間 venue and run in partnership with the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Club (CTP), the Final Day of the the inaugural TWD 80,000 (~USD 2,600) [Event 4] 7-Max Championship saw 107 players out of a field of 313 entries return to duke it out for a share of the TWD 21,634,560 (~USD 702,420) prize pool.

With only 39 of the returning players making the money, Loong returned in the middle of the pack 47th in the counts, but clawed his way to the top of the leaderboard after fourteen gruelling 40-minute levels to come into the eight-handed final table as the chip leader.

It proved to be no easy ride for the Malaysian player, who had to overcome several bumps in the road to earn his maiden APT title on the tour’s biggest stage.

However, Loong eliminated three of the final eight players to arrive safely in dreamland, battling back from a heads-up chip deficit to defeat Israel’s Ran Ilani and claim the TWD 4,275,460 (~USD 138,815) top prize – the largest of his poker career – and an APT Championship Main Event seat worth TWD 311,000 (USD 10,000).

This tops off an incredible year for Loong who has now won over USD 350,000 in the last 11 months, with this win propelling him into the top 40 on the Malaysia All-Time Money List.

Ilani collected TWD 2,842,400 (~USD 92,285) for his runner-up finish, with Germany’s Hannes Jeschka rounding out the last of the podium positions and earning TWD 2,079,000 (~USD 67,500) for third place.

Other notable players to make a final table appearance included APT regular John Perry (5th), Canada’s Benjamin Leblond (6th), South Korea’s Seungmook Jung (7th), and Switzerland’s Dinesh Alt (8th).

Standing (L to R) Dinesh Alt, Anusorn Asiralertsiri, Hannes Wieland Jeschka, Seungmook Jung Seated (L to R) John Perry, Choi Eng Loong, Ran Ilani, Benjamin Leblond

7-MAX CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL TABLE RESULTS

Other big names to make the money but come up short of a spot on the final table included APT Jeju 2025 Main Event champion Abraham Ceesvin (12th for TWD 326,300), Australia’s Dylan Foster (17th for TWD 262,300), start-of-day chip leader Akshay Nasa (20th for TWD 230,300), and Japan’s Jun Obara (25th for TWD 187,600).

For 7-Max Championship Final Day Player List please CLICK HERE

For 7-Max Championship Results please CLICK HERE

All tournament information can be found on the 7-Max Championship Final Day tournament page and you can follow along with the action via the 7-Max Championship APT Blog.

PLO Championship Breaks APT Omaha Prize Pool Record; Malaysia’s Kok Wei Teoh Leads Day 1

Malaysia’s Kok Wei Teoh leads the tours’ richest-ever PLO tournament

The TWD 100,000 (~USD 3,225) buy-in [Event 5] Pot-Limit Omaha Championship is the fifth of the Asian Poker Tour Championship Events on the schedule, but became the second to set a new tour record.

The tournament got off to a slow start with players trickling in from the 3pm (TST) kickoff, but saw several big names in contention early, with Poker Hall of Famer and ten-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel, bracelet winner Michael Wang, and APT Super High Roller champion Tobias Schwecht just some of the talent on display.

By the time late registration closed at 10:25pm the field had grown to 88 entries (66 unique), generating a TWD 7,603,200 (~USD 245,265) prize pool – making it the richest Omaha event in Asian Poker Tour history and the latest addition to the tour record books.

A place in the annals of tour history awaits the eventual champion, as does the exclusive Pewter Lion APT Championship Trophy and a TWD 1,995,700 (~USD 64,380) top prize – the largest Omaha prize the tour has ever awarded.

For PLO Championship Prize Pool & Payouts please CLICK HERE

Just 25 players survived Day 1, and not all of them will make the paying positions when play resumes for the Final Day, with only the top 13 places paid.

Kok Wei Teoh is the man best positioned to make the play for the title, with the Malaysian player concluding the thirteen 40-minute Day 1 levels with a stack of 311,500.

Teoh was the only player to bag over 300K, with the Philippines’ Vamerdino Magsakay (261,000), and Taiwan’s Jheng-Gang Li (258,000) rounding out the top three, with Australia’s David Wang also bagging a top ten stack.

PLO CHAMPIONSHIP TOP TEN DAY 1 STACKS

While Seidel remained in contention for much of the Day 1 action, he eventually bowed out on level 11, shortly after APT All-Time Money winner Joseph Cheong.

Notables to make the last 25 include Australia’s Daniel Haywood (191,000), six-time APT titlist Qibang Cheung (172,000), former Superstar Challenge champions Joshua McCully (154,500), and Danny Tang (110,500).

Both the aforementioned Tobias Schwecht (90,600), and Michael Wang (74,500), made the cut although due will be returning as the two shortest stacks.

For PLO Championship Day 1 Player List please CLICK HERE

For PLO Championship Day 1 Survivors please CLICK HERE

All tournament information can be found on the PLO Championship Day 1 tournament page and you can follow along with the action via the PLO Championship APT Blog.

Ultra Stack Championship Generates Seven-Figure USD Prize Pool; Kristof Segers Returns with Final Day Chip Lead

The final three flights of the TWD 25,000 (~USD 810) [Event 3] Ultra Stack Championship are done and dusted, with the tournament drawing a four-figure 1,867-entry (1,042 unique) field and generating an eight-figure TWD 40,327,200 (seven-figure ~USD 1,300,880) prize pool.

A total of 260 players survived the six starting flights to return for the Final Day, all guaranteed a min-cash of at least TWD 39,900 (~USD 1,290).

In addition to claiming a TWD 311,000 (USD 10,000) APT Championship Main Event seat, The eventual champion will take home a TWD 6,917,200 (~USD 223,135) top prize, plus the exclusive Pewter Lion APT Championship Trophy and all the accolades that come with it.

For Ultra Stack Championship Prize Pool & Payouts please CLICK HERE

Flight D

Germany’s Quirin Heinz topped Flight D

The Ultra Stack Championship action kicked off with Flight D, which proved to be the largest of the six starting flights drawing 437 entries who competed over twenty-one 25-minute levels.

The action concluded with an exciting triple bust out on three separate tables simultaneously.

While Singapore’s Jun Jie Lim, Vietnam’s Nguyen Huu Dung, and Hong Kong’s Hon Cheong "Ivan" Lee hit the rail, the remaining 60 players bagged up their chips for the Final Day.

Quirin Heinz topped the flight, bagging up a massive 3,008,000 stack, and was one of only two players across the six starting flights to crack over 3 million in chips; the German player will be returning second in the overall counts for the Final Day.

Former Main Event champion Shixiang Khoo bagged the second largest stack of the flight, concluding the action with a stack of 2,119,000, with Taiwan’s Ting Yu Chen (1,995,000) rounding out the top three, with the top ten as follows:

ULTRA STACK FLIGHT D TOP TEN STACKS

For Ultra Stack Championship Flight D Player List please CLICK HERE

For Ultra Stack Championship Flight D Survivors please CLICK HERE

Other notables to make it though included the Netherland’s Joris Michl (1,219,000), Germany’s Fabian Gumz (1,161,000), India’s Nishant Sharma (548,000), former APT Super High Roller champion Shung Er Sua (261,000), and India’s Abhinav Iyer (183,000).

All tournament information can be found on the Ultra Stack Championship Flight D tournament page and you can read about all the ultra-exciting highlights in the Ultra Stack Flight D APT Blog coverage.

Flight E

Australia’s Charles Tsai topped Flight E of the Ultra Stack Championship

The penultimate Flight E got underway at 4pm and drew the second largest of the opening flight fields, with 436 entries duking it out over twenty-two 20-minute levels.

Once again there were multiple bust outs on the bubble, with Thailand’s Pirasak Suwannasri and South Korea’s Changhyun Kim both hitting the rail simultaneously to conclude the action.

That left 61 players to bag up chips for the Final Day, with Australia’s Charles Tsai topping the Flight E chip counts with a stack of 2,425,000, which puts him fourth in the overall pecking order.

APT regular David “Spade” Erquiaga (1,965,000) bagged the second largest Flight E stack, with Taiwan’s Kuo Wei Kao (1,856,000) rounding out the top three. India’s Aditya Agarwal (1,430,000) also bagged a top ten stack:

ULTRA STACK FLIGHT E TOP TEN STACKS

Other notables to make it through from Flight E included India’s Paawan Bansal (913,000), the UK’s Florian Duta (840,000), Canada’s Philipp Zukernik (658,000), the USA’s Brian Green (709,000), and Hong Kong’s Kevin Choi (500,000).

For Ultra Stack Championship Flight E Player List please CLICK HERE

For Ultra Stack Championship Flight E Survivors please CLICK HERE

All tournament information can be found on the Ultra Stack Championship Flight E tournament page and you can read about all the ultra-exciting highlights in the Ultra Stack Flight E APT Blog coverage.

Flight F

Belgium’s Kristof Segers topped the Turbo Flight F to bring in the Final Day chip lead

The sixth and final Turbo Flight F got underway at 8pm (TST) and drew 303 entries, with the action playing out over twenty-three fast-paced 15-min levels.

Yet another double bust out concluded the final flight action, with Japan’s Yuki Shimizu and Romania’s Marian Marius exiting just shy of the paying positions to bring play to a close.

It was Kristof Segers who finished as the tournament top dog bagging up a tournament-leading 3,700,000, and the Belgium player will be returning in pole position for the Final Day.

APT Double marquee title holder Nguyen Trung Quan bagged the second largest Flight F stack of 2,700,000, and the Vietnamese player will be returning third in the pecking order and hoping to recreate the run of form that saw him claim the APT Taipei 2025 Super High Roller title back in May.

Australia’s Truong Chi Tam (1,895,000) rounded out the top three, with other notables to make the Flight F top ten including National Cup Championship finalist Wing Fai Kwan (1,455,000), APT Incheon 2025 Super High Roller runner-up Jeremy Chan (1,390,000 ), and two-time APT Main Event champion Lester Edoc (880,000).

ULTRA STACK FLIGHT F TOP TEN STACKS

Other notables to make it through included Hong Kong’s Alan Lau (880,000), Japan’s John Matsuda (745,000) the Philippines’ William Ysmael (565,000), Natural8 Ambassador Sparrow Cheung (230,000), and the Philippines’ Florencio Campomanes (180,000).

For Ultra Stack Championship Turbo Flight F Player List please CLICK HERE

For Ultra Stack Championship Turbo Flight F Survivors please CLICK HERE

For Ultra Stack Final Day Draw please CLICK HERE

All tournament information can be found on the Ultra Stack Championship Turbo Flight F tournament page and you can read about all the ultra-exciting highlights in the Ultra Stack Turbo Flight F APT Blog coverage.

The Final Day gets underway at 11:15am on Wednesday, November 19 with all returning 260 players in the money and playing for the fourth APT Championship Lion Trophy of the festival.