Event #1 of APT Championship 2026 draws 2,459 entries and a $1M prize pool.

Registration is closed in the final Day 1 flight of the National Cup Championship, and final numbers have generated a prize pool of TWD 32,657,094 (just over $1 million).

The final starting flight is still underway, with 171 of its 290 entrants remaining. Play will continue until just 41 players are left. All the survivors return for Day 2 on Sunday, when the National Cup champion will be crowned.

Konosuke Nakajima was the chip leader from Day 1A.

Triton adds $1 million heads-up tournament to North Cyprus schedule.

The $1 million buy-in event is tentatively scheduled for November 25-27 at the Merit Royal Diamond Casino & Resort, with players facing off in a knockout bracket determined by a random draw.

How many of poker's super high rollers will be brave enough to put up $1 million?

Alex Anton leads final 12 in Triton ONE Main Event.

Just 12 players remain from a field of 1,006 in North Cyprus, with $1,320,000 waiting for the winner.

Ren Lin (30th) and Isaac 'Ike' Haxton (50th) fell short but made the money. The remaining players will battle down to the final table tonight, with the champion crowned tomorrow.

Top five chip counts:

1. Alex Anton – 62,600,000
2. Mohamed El Wely – 36,900,000
3. Zhang Zhuoqun – 26,300,000
4. Yuan Yiwen – 24,200,000
5. Paulius Vaitiekunas – 20,700,000

Alex Anton.

1,006 down to 61 in Triton ONE Main Event.

The $8K Main Event of the Triton ONE series in North Cyprus has drawn a field of 1,006 entries over three starting flights.

That breaks down to 439 unique players ponying up an average of over 2 buy-ins in what is a truly international field: 62 different countries are being represented in the big one at the Merit Crystal Diamond Resort & Casino.

There's over $7.3M in the prizepool, and the winner will get more than $1.3M. 61 remain at time of writing, with high stakes crusher Mikita Badziakouski (below) challenging Mohamed El Wely for the chip lead.

Mikita Badziakouski.

Christopher Marcadet wins PokerStars Open Aix-en-Provence Main Event for €130,000

The former poker streamer, who lives in Budapest, topped a field of 859 entries at Pasino GRAND, beating Switzerland's John Rezzonico (€87,000) heads-up. France's Jordan Ayasse finished third for €62,000.

“I’m struggling to process it yet,” said an emotional Marcadet, whose all-time earnings now top €300,000.

Christopher Marcadet.