APT Incheon | Shawn Lee leads Main Event Group B, Jeremy Chan avenges his loss by winning the Super High Roller.

On August 10, 2026, Day 4 of the Asian Poker Tour (APT) Incheon event took place at Paradise City Casino Resort in South Korea, where several high-stakes tournaments continued. The day's highlights included the Main Event Flight B and the 15 million KRW APT Super High Roller: Singaporean Shawn Lee took the lead in the Main Event chip lead with 329,000 chips; while Malaysian Jeremy Chan defeated Michel Molenaar, ending his recent runner-up streak and winning his first major APT tournament title.

On the same day, Day 1 of the 4.5 million won High Roller Ultra Stack was also completed. German star Daniel Smiljkovic led with 1,511,000 chips, while Chinese players Kunlei Xie and Yuan Lei ranked second and third respectively. Chinese players also dominated the high-stakes events.

Shawn Lee leads the main race Flight B with 329,000.

The APT Incheon Main Event, with a buy-in of 2,500,000 Korean won and a guaranteed prize pool of 1.5 billion Korean won, welcomes its second live start group.

Flight B saw 222 entries, with 187 of them being different players. After 10 levels, 91 players successfully advanced to Day 2. Shawn Lee ultimately pocketed 329,000 chips, surpassing Flight A leader Takayuki Akamatsu's 320,000 to become the current chip leader in the Main Event.

Ka Lok Lam from Hong Kong, China, ranked second in Flight B with 304,900 points, while Shota Nakanishi from Japan ranked third with 287,000 points.

APT Main Event Flight B Top 10

Chinese players occupy four spots in the top ten of Flight B. In addition to Ka Lok Lam, who ranks second, Chinese player Sun Yunsheng ranks sixth with 198,600; Tsan Wa Li and Kwok Chun Yip rank seventh and ninth respectively.

The main event has a total of 669 participants, with the last two starting groups taking over.

With the addition of the 282 slots from Flight A and Natural8 OnLive, the APT main event has now accumulated 669 entries.

Besides the leading group, Natural8 ambassador Nevan Chang successfully advanced with 98,100; four-time APT champion Hal Rotholz bagged 89,000; Thai player Kiwanont Sukhum entered Day 2 with 73,400; and WSOP bracelet winner Webster Lim advanced with 39,300.

On the other hand, Trung Quan Nguyen, Jennifer Cassell, Hua Wei Lin, and Australian pro Aaron Lim all failed to advance from Flight B.

The final two in-person start groups will take place on August 11th, with Flight C starting at 11:00 AM KST and the fast-structure Flight D starting at 6:00 PM KST. All qualifiers will meet on Day 2 on August 12th, and late registration will continue until the end of Level 11.

Jeremy Chan was the runner-up last year, and this year he finally won the Pewter Lion.

Another notable achievement on Day 4 came from buying 15,000,000 Korean won worth of APT Super High Rollers.

This tournament attracted 58 participants from 48 different players, creating a total prize pool of 801,705,000 Korean won. Jeremy Chan advanced all the way to the heads-up final, and ultimately staged a comeback from a deficit to defeat Dutch player Michel Molenaar, winning the 236,325,000 Korean won champion's prize, equivalent to approximately US$169,650.

In addition to the champion's prize money, Chan also won a $10,000 spot in the November APT Championship Main Event and the Pewter Lion trophy, one of the highest-level high roller tournaments in the APT.

44-hand one-on-one battle across nearly three levels

The championship duel between Chan and Molenaar did not end quickly.

The two players played 44 heads-up rounds, lasting nearly three 40-minute levels, with the scoreboards changing hands multiple times. Chan ultimately pulled off a comeback, sending Molenaar to second place. Molenaar earned 170,950,000 won, approximately $122,720.

This championship is especially important for Chan. Twelve months ago, he finished as runner-up in the same APT Super High Roller event; and in the last three months, he has accumulated four more runner-up finishes, narrowly missing the championship on several occasions.

With this breakthrough, Chan's career live tournament winnings have officially surpassed $1 million, and he has risen to 24th on the all-time Malaysian money list.

Jeremy Chan: The most important thing is to believe in yourself.

After the competition, Chan mentioned that after winning the runner-up title last year, he experienced a significant slump and even began to doubt whether his previous good results were just luck.

However, he didn't stop studying and reviewing his games; instead, he continued to watch tutorials and re-examine his own hands. After winning this championship, he considered "believing in his own abilities" as a key reason for overcoming his slump.

From finishing as runner-up in the same event last year, to finishing second four times in a row recently, and finally lifting the championship trophy this time, the Pewter Lion has become an important turning point in Chan's career.

Peng Chen won third place, and Chih Wei Fan won fourth place.

Chinese players also delivered outstanding performances in the Super High Roller finals.

Chinese player Peng Chen finished third, earning 110,290,000 Korean won, approximately US$79,175. This was his seventh APT final table appearance and his ninth APT cash.

Natural8 ambassador Chih Wei Fan finished fourth with 83,500,000 Korean won. Although he didn't win his fourth APT title, this was his 14th APT final table appearance.

Nevan Chang finished in sixth place with 50,420,000 KRW, completing his fourth APT Super High Roller final table appearance.

APT Super High Roller Final Results

All eight finishers made it into the money. Ogawa Reoma's seventh-place finish earned him 14.6 times his total career live tournament winnings, boosting his total live tournament winnings from $1,968 to $30,813.

High Roller Ultra Stack: 222 participants, Chinese athletes swept second and third place.

Another High Roller Ultra Stack game with a buy-in of 4,500,000 won also completed its first day on Day 4.

The tournament attracted 222 participants from 159 different players, creating a total prize pool of 863,136,000 Korean won. The champion will receive 179,636,000 Korean won, plus a $10,000 APT Championship Main Event entry.

After 11 50-minute levels and two 40-minute levels, German player Daniel Smiljkovic leads with 1,511,000 chips and 125 big blinds.

The Chinese teams occupied the second and third places: Kunlei Xie ranked second with 1,360,000 and Yuan Lei ranked third with 1,073,000.

High Roller Ultra Stack Day1 Top 10

Among the top ten, there are four Chinese players: Kunlei Xie, Yuan Lei, Junjie He, and Xiao Zhang, plus Yi Cheng Lo from Taiwan, meaning that Chinese players occupy half of the spots.

Jeremy Chan immediately switched to Ultra Stack after winning the championship.

Jeremy Chan, fresh off his Super High Roller victory, didn't stop there. He immediately moved on to the High Roller Ultra Stack and ultimately advanced to the final day with 276,000 chips.

Other notable finishers include Daniel Neilson, Phachara Wongwichit, William Li, Joseph Cheong, and Martin Sedlak; Hon Cheong “Ivan” Lee from Hong Kong remains in the top ranks with 790,000 points.

A total of 94 players successfully advanced and will resume the competition at 11:15 a.m. on August 11, directly until a champion is determined.

Both the main tournament and the high-stakes tournament are heating up.

As APT Incheon entered Day 4, new key figures emerged on all three main fronts.

Shawn Lee, with 329,000 chips, surpassed the Flight A leader to officially become the current chip leader in the APT Main Event; Jeremy Chan ended a series of runner-up records, winning his first APT Big 1 title and 236,325,000 KRW after 44 heads-up hands; in the High Roller Ultra Stack event, Chinese players Kunlei Xie and Yuan Lei are closely following Daniel Smiljkovic.

Next, Flight C and Turbo Flight D will remain in the main event, with the number of participants continuing to grow from 669. Meanwhile, the 94 High Roller Ultra Stack qualifiers will compete for the championship on the next day. As the APT Incheon event enters its mid-stage, the final number of participants in the main event and the performance of the Chinese contingent in the high-stakes events will be the main focus in the next phase.

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