Lin Ting Yu, APT Taipei 2026 Mystery Bounty Hunter champion

After three Day 1 flights, the Mystery Bounty Hunter - Sponsored by Natural8 at APT Taipei 2026 made history as the second largest ever field in Asian Poker Tour history with a whopping 1,540 entries (785 unique) filling up the poker tables at Red Space.

But while the attendance record may have come short of the top record, the event amassed an astounding TWD 25,872,000 (~USD 829,230) prize pool, making it the richest prize pool in APT history. The total prize was split between the TWD 16,632,000 (~USD 533,080) tournament pool, including the APT Championship 2026 Main Event seat valued at TWD 312,000, and the TWD 9,240,000 (~USD 296,150) Mystery Bounty pool.

Emerging victorious as the champion was Taiwan's Lin Ting Yu, who pocketed the largest top prize of TWD 2,905,800 (~USD 93,135) along with TWD 190,000 in bounties for a total haul of TWD 3,407,800 (~USD 102, 955) and a seat to the APT Championship Main Event to be held later in November this year in Taipei.

The largest mystery bounty envelope worth TWD 1,500,000 was pulled by Anson Lau of Hong Kong, who was eliminated by Yu in fifth place for TWD 666,100 (~USD 21,349), giving him the second highest payday at TWD 2,416,100 (~USD 72,994).

Anson Lau

The second biggest bounty of TWD 1,000,000 was drawn by Jeonghyon Kim who managed to add that to his TWD 109,100 payout for 20th place for a juicy score of TWD 1,179,100 (~USD 35,622), which was better than a fourth place finish.

These were the final table results:

THE ROAD TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP

The final day began with 216 players making it into Day 2 guaranteed an ITM payout with bounties also available to sweeten their pockets. Eliminations were fast and furious with short stacks looking to get out of trouble and big stacks ready to pounce and collect bounties.

Shinyoung Park

Play began at Level 19 and thinned to the final table in a little over eight hours. Overnight chip leader Shinyoung Park of South Korea managed only a 38th place finish, while other big chip leaders like Taiwan's Hao Shen fell earlier at 108th place.

Other notable players to fall were the likes of Nevan Chang (206th), John Tech (185th), Abraham Ceesvin (156th), Sin Lan Chen (67th), Pussacha Nonsing (56th), Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss (46th) and Rishi Mehra (29th).

Sin Lan Chen

Sin Lan Chen may have had the most brutal knockout when her flopped full house was cracked by Anson Lau, who found a better boat via runner-runner. Luckily for Chen, her bounty draw of TWD 700,000 raised her spirits.

Flight C chip leader Kristoff Segers of Belgium managed a run to 14th place, but fell to a double KO also at the hands of Anson Lau.

Yubin Heon

Yubin Heon of South Korea was making his mark during the final two tables, aggressively using his monster stack to thin the field. However, he was overtaken by Lin Ting Yu when the latter made a tournament-altering double up with a set of queens against Heon.

THE FINAL TABLE

The elimination of Won Jong Lee in 10th place during a three-way showdown against Renato Villanueva Jr. and Lin Ting Yu set the stage for the final table.

Yu entered as the chip leader and didn't take long before he started taking control with an onslaught of eliminations.

Yubin Heon and Jinhee Min were the first casualties, suffering a double KO at the hands of Yu.

Shixiang Khoo

Falling in seventh was Shixiang Khoo - a Main Event winner during the 2023 APT Summer Series Da Nang - busting out to Keisuke Tateda and was the only one not to fall victim to Yu's final table rampage.

From there, it was back to the Yu elimination show with Renato Villanueva Jr. bowing out at sixth; Anson Lau falling in 5th; Kangwoong Lee bowing out in 4th and Oliwer Sankiewicz busting in 3rd.

The heads-up battle against Keisuke Takeda saw Yu with 85% of the chips in his stack in a very lopsided 40,000,000 to 6,000,000 advantage. It only took two hands before Takeda evnentually became Yu's final scalp, collecting 10 bounties in all, and keeping his.

Keisuke Takeda

Takeda banked TWD 1,637,700 (~USD 52,490) for his runner-up effort and was also drew an extra TWD 60,000 in bounties.

Yu's victory is his 4th APT cash and his best career cash ever. His best APT finish and best career cash prior to this was for USD 2,607 when he finished 7th place in the Mystery Bounty Hunter during APT Summer Series Hanoi 2023.

And that's a wrap for the Mystery Bounty Hunter at APT Taipei 2026. Congratulations Yu!

Lin Ting Yu

After successfully eliminating Keisuke Tateda in just two hands of heads-up play, Lin Ting Yu has outlasted a field of 1,540 entries to claim the Mystery Bounty Hunter title! He takes home TWD 2,905,800 (~USD 93,135), the lion trophy, a USD $10,000 APTC Main Event seat, and the bounties he collected along the way.

Congratulations, Lin Ting Yu!

Keisuke Tateda

After just the second hand of heads-up play, Lin Ting Yu moved all-in from the button with his covering stack and Keisuke Tateda called off his ~6,000,000 short stack.

Keisuke Tateda: A T

Lin Ting Yu: J 9

Tateda was the favourite preflop, but a nine on the K Q 9 flop gave Yu the edge, an advantage he held on the remainder of the 3 4 runout, eliminating Tateda in second place for TWD 1,637,700 (~USD 52,490) and handing Yu the Mystery Bounty Hunter title.

Oliwer Sankiewicz

Oliwer Sankiewicz raised to 1,000,000 from the button before calling Lin Ting Yu's shove with his covering stack.

Oliwer Sankiewicz: A J

Lin Ting Yu: A Q

The short stack was behind and slipped further back on the Q T 4 flop.

The Q turn gave Yu trips, and no king came to help Sankiewicz as the 3 completed the board, sending him to the rail in third place for TWD 1,154,400 (~USD 37,000).

Oliwer Sankiewicz

Lin Ting Yu shoved his towering ~34,000,000-chip stack in from the button and small blind Oliwer Sankiewicz called off his remaining 5,350,000.

Oliwer Sankiewicz: Q J

Lin Ting Yu: 5 5

Sankiewicz surged ahead on the T A J flop with a pair of jacks, then improved to trips when the 7 J turn and river cards hit the felt, securing a much-needed double.

Keisuke Tateda is now the table short stack with around 7 million.

Kangwoong Lee

Action folded to Kangwoong Lee in the small blind, who shoved his last 5,475,000 all in. Lin Ting Yu made the call on the big blind.

Lee peeled open K T but was behind the A 3 of Yu.

The board ran 8 6 J 9 8

Lee had several outs on the turn, but none of them materialized on the river, giving Yu yet another bounty and extending his chip lead even further.

Lin Ting Yu holds a commanding chip lead heading into four-handed play with nearly 26 million, while Oliwer Sankiewicz has breathed new life into his stack after doubling through Kangwoong Lee with ace-high.

Anson Lau

Lin Ting Yu shoved from the button and Anson Lau called off his ~2,500,000 short stack from the big blind.

Anson Lau: A K

Lin Ting Yu: T 8

Yu had the best of it on the Q T 5 flop, but Lau had plenty of outs to hit.

The 8 turn gave Yu two pair and the T river improved him to a full house, leaving Lau with no way out.

He exits in sixth place for TWD 514,700 (~USD 16,497), and with the bounties collected throughout the day, it shapes up to be a very respectable payday.

Renato Villanueva Jr.

Action folded to Renato VIllanueva Jr. on the cutoff, who loved his cards to shove his last 4,275,000 all in. Monster-stacked Lin Ting Yu made the call on the small blind.

Renato Villanueva Jr.: A K

Lin Ting Yu: K J

Villanueva Jr. loved his odds and was looking forward to doubling up. However, the poker gods had other plans.

The dealer gave a flop of 5 7 J to give Yu the lead with a pair of jacks. Villanueva Jr. and his rail begged for an ace, but the runout of 9 T was not helpful, ending his APT Mystery Bounty campaign.

Shixiang Khoo

Keisuke Tateda opened to 500,000 from the cutoff before calling small blind Shixiang Khoo's three-bet shove for 2,800,000.

Shixiang Khoo: Q J

Keisuke Tateda: A J

Khoo called for a queen, but no lady came to him on the 6 6 4 T K runout, sending him out in seventh place for TWD 393,800 (~USD 12,622).