Jianfeng Sun Takes Down Asian Poker Tour Jeju Main Event

The 2026 Asian Poker Tour Jeju KRW 2,700,000 ($1,907 USD) no-limit hold’em main event drew a field of 679 entries, surpassing the 2.2 billion South Korean won guarantee by 1 billion. That made for a prize pool worth over $2.3 million USD, with six-figure scores for the top four finishers.

After four starting flights and four more days of combined-field action inside LES A Casino, Jianfeng Sun finally came out on top. The Chinese player secured $315,639 and the title just two years after finishing second in the same event. This was his first APT main event 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 told APT staff after coming out on top. “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 career earnings grew to over $1.9 million. He also secured 840 Card Player Player of the Year points as the champion. With 2,032 total points across eight final tables, he now sits just outside the top 200 in the 2026 POY standings presented by CoinPoker.

Sun Runs To Victory

The top 72 finishers made the money in this event, with only eight advancing to the last day. As Sun noted, he came into the final table sitting atop the leaderboard, and soon added to his chip advantage when A♠K♥ cracked the K♠K♣ of Shuang Qiu (8th – $39,296). Despite Jiawei Wan having folded an ace, Sun hit trips on the flop to lock up the pot.

Sun remained at or near the top as the final table thinned out. World Series of Poker bracelet winner Toby Joyce lost a big preflop coin flip with A♣J♦ against 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 within striking distance, while Kwang Chung Tan was far behind as the clear short stack. Tan got the last of his chips in on a 9♣5♠3♥ flop with 6♣5♥ leading Ng’s A♦K♦. The A♣ turn gave Ng the higher pair, though, and a blank 2♠ river ended Tan’s run in third place ($166,233).

Ng had just better than a 3:2 chip lead at the start of the heads-up match with Sun. The two hashed out a deal that flattened the payouts, leaving the title and around $17,600 to play for.

The gap between the two contenders was soon narrowed, then erased. Then, Sun seized the lead. He expanded his advantage to more than 4:1 before Ng made his final stand. Ng opened to 1,500,000 on the button with K♦10♥. Sun three-bet shoved from the big blind holding A♦4♠, and Ng called all-in for 9,200,000. The board came down Q♣7♦6♣3♦2♦, and ace-high was enough to earn Sun the pot and the title. Ng took home the largest payout of $331,548 thanks to the heads-up deal struck while he was in front, but ultimately finished as the runner-up.

Final Table Results

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