February 7-8, 2026
Months that APT High Roller champion, Indonesia's Rudy Edenata, has been playing tournament poker.
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1ST
Rudy Edenata
$159,400
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2ND
Weiran Pu
$107,330
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3RD
Chang Hwan Lee
$75,670
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4TH
Chi Dung Tran
$61,352
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5TH
Jun Chen
$48,540
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6TH
Jun Lin
$36,860
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7TH
Haohui Ma
$26,910
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8TH
Joseph Cheong
$19,670
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9TH
Toan Chan Truong
$16,280
Rudy Edenata is the first-ever Indonesian Mega Lion winner after a masterful performance in the High Roller at the Asian Poker Tour Jeju Classic, where another record-setting series has kicked off a massive start to the tour's 20th anniversary celebration.
It's the latest turn in a remarkably fast rise for Edenata, who has only played tournament poker since August of last year. He nearly doubled his already impressive career earnings with the top prize of $159,400 and secured a seat in November's APT Championship Main Event. The win also comes with the Rose Gold Mega Lion trophy, one of three super prizes set aside for the most prestigious events on each APT tour stop.
Top two run the show
The path to victory wasn't simple for the champ, as he had to hold one of the region's toughest runners in heads-up play. Weiran Pu, a WSOP bracelet winner who had already cashed three times at the APT Jeju Classic, ended up settling for second place and around $107,330, a small addition to career earnings that tip over $3.6 million.
The tournament's second and final day started with 55 players left over from an original 259, good to easily pass the guarantee and settle on a prize pool over $763K. They would play down to the final 31 players, each of whom would lock in some money, and then race to a final table.
When the field arrived at its final nine, Wu held a sizable chip lead and he was joined near the top by the APT's all-time money leader Joseph Cheong in third. Edenata was close behind in fourth, making up the middle part of a large group who clumped together behind runaway leader Wu.
The dynamics would quickly change when Edenata picked up a well-timed pair of aces. He raised in early position and Pu called with 
, connecting perfectly with the 
flop. Edenata would continue with another bet and Pu raised, forcing the pocket aces to use a time bank before an inevitable call.
Suddenly, a 
turn flipped the straights, turning Edenata's 
into Broadway while leaving queen-nine in the dust. Edenata tossed out a small bet and it was called, leading to a 
river that improved his straight to a flush. A final big bet sent Pu's cards into the muck and Edenata took a pot that brought the chip leader back to the pack.
Cheong out, deck clears
Cheong would drift to the bottom while Toan Chan Truong made the first exit of the day and the all-time APT money leader was close behind in eighth place after a shove with couldn't beat Pu's 
. It was mostly Pu and Edenata after that. APT Main Event eighth-place finisher Haohui Ma finished in seventh and Jun Lin followed him out the door in sixth, leaving five players with Edenata now on top.
The destined final two continued their magic in five-handed play. Edenata was the pace setter, but Pu earned the lead back after a savvy bluff-shove with the best hand that sent Chi Dung Tran toward his end. Pu had raised from the small blind with 
and Tran called from the big blind with a suited 
.
A 
encouraged some gambling, and Pu called a bet from Tran to see the turn. Put bet again, and Tran called again, trying to connect an open-ended straight. The 
river put Pu ahead with a middling pair of fives, but enough for him to shove. Tran folded and Wu retook the lead.
Jun Chen handed his chips to Pu and bowed out in fifth before the aforementioned Tran locked horns with Chang Hwan Lee in a tens versus jacks pocket pair battle. Tran had the jacks but the flop had a ten and Tran settled for fourth a few moments later. Lee tried to hang around, but it didn't happen for very long, and the final two was set.
One big hand
Edenata started the heads-up confrontation with a three-to-two chip lead and he extended it right away, putting mortal pressure on the accomplished Pu from the first moments. Pu, however, doubled back when he turned king-eight into a pair of kings that kept Edenata and his ace-queen from locking away the win.
The battle would come to a climax when the final two players sent their giant stacks barreling toward one another in a massive hand that would decide the tournament.
Pu raised with and Edenata shoved 14 million chips with , putting Pu on the ropes for his last 11 million after a snap call.
A flop of furnished a pair of tens for Edenata, but he was still behind after the turn.
The river, an , flipped the script and finished the underdog victory story.
The conclusion of the APT High Roller wraps up another record-breaking stop for the Asian Poker Tour at Jeju, where 1,718 entries made the Main Event the largest international poker tournament ever held in Korea. The APT 20th Anniversary trip will now move on to Taipei, where APT will build on the Jeju momentum with another massive series from April 22 through May 3 at Asia Poker Arena and Red Space, the spot of the tour's biggest-ever Main Event at the APT Championship last November.
Note that dollar amounts mentioned in this article have been converted from Korean Won, are approximate and correct at time of writing.
Images courtesy of the Asian Poker Tour.
