The 2026 Asian Poker Tour Jeju KRW 2,700,000 ($1,907 USD) no-limit maintain’em principal occasion drew a subject of 679 entries, surpassing the two.2 billion South Korean gained assure by 1 billion. That made for a prize pool price over $2.3 million USD, with six-figure scores for the highest 4 finishers.
After 4 beginning flights and 4 extra days of combined-field motion inside LES A Casino, Jianfeng Sun lastly got here out on high. The Chinese participant secured $315,639 and the title simply two years after ending second in the identical occasion. This was his first APT principal occasion victory.
“Over the past two years, I’ve played in many tournaments, so that past loss didn’t actually leave a deep impression on me. Back then, I entered heads-up with a very short stack… so I didn’t feel it was much of a regret to lose. But this time, I really wanted to win, especially since I entered the final table as the chip leader. On the very first hand, when my A-K eliminated K-K, I felt like luck was on my side today, and I thought, ‘Could today be my day?’ I had that feeling at the time,” Sun advised APT employees after popping out on high. “I feel I’ve made some progress over the past two years, especially in my mindset and my grasp of table dynamics compared to two years ago; I can feel the improvement myself.”
With this triumph, Sun’s profession earnings grew to over $1.9 million. He additionally secured 840 Card Player Player of the Year factors because the champion. With 2,032 whole factors throughout eight closing tables, he now sits simply outdoors the highest 200 within the 2026 POY standings offered by CoinPoker.
Sun Runs To Victory
The high 72 finishers made the cash on this occasion, with solely eight advancing to the final day. As Sun famous, he got here into the ultimate desk sitting atop the leaderboard, and shortly added to his chip benefit when A♠Ok♥ cracked the Ok♠Ok♣ of Shuang Qiu (eighth – $39,296). Despite Jiawei Wan having folded an ace, Sun hit journeys on the flop to lock up the pot.
Sun remained at or close to the highest as the ultimate desk thinned out. World Series of Poker bracelet winner Toby Joyce misplaced a giant preflop coin flip with A♣J♦ in opposition to the 9♠9♣ of Steve Ng to fall in fourth place ($123,114).
With that, Ng took the lead into three-handed play. Sun was inside placing distance, whereas Kwang Chung Tan was far behind because the clear brief stack. Tan obtained the final of his chips in on a 9♣5♠3♥ flop with 6♣5♥ main Ng’s A♦Ok♦. The A♣ flip gave Ng the upper pair, although, and a clean 2♠ river ended Tan’s run in third place ($166,233).
Ng had simply higher than a 3:2 chip lead at first of the heads-up match with Sun. The two hashed out a deal that flattened the payouts, leaving the title and round $17,600 to play for.
The hole between the 2 contenders was quickly narrowed, then erased. Then, Sun seized the lead. He expanded his benefit to greater than 4:1 earlier than Ng made his closing stand. Ng opened to 1,500,000 on the button with Ok♦10♥. Sun three-bet shoved from the massive blind holding A♦4♠, and Ng known as all-in for 9,200,000. The board got here down Q♣7♦6♣3♦2♦, and ace-high was sufficient to earn Sun the pot and the title. Ng took dwelling the biggest payout of $331,548 due to the heads-up deal struck whereas he was in entrance, however finally completed because the runner-up.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | Jianfeng Sun | $315,639 | 840 |
| 2 | Steve Ng | $331,548 | 700 |
| 3 | Kwang Chung Tan | $166,233 | 560 |
| 4 | Toby Joyce | $123,114 | 420 |
| 5 | Weimin Chen | $96,213 | 350 |
| 6 | Jiawei Wan | $72,449 | 280 |
| 7 | Erdun Xu | $55,389 | 210 |
| 8 | Shuang Qiu | $39,296 | 140 |
| 9 | Changliang Sun | $30,252 | 70 |
Photo credit score: Asian Poker Tour
