Wayne Heung

Wayne Heung has $5,010,919 in recorded live tournament earnings, sixth on Hong Kong's all-time money list and 518th in the world, read on 2 October 2026. More than a third of that came from one evening in Cyprus in September 2022, and his best cash is still seven times larger than anything else on his record — a shape worth understanding before reading the total as a measure of the career.

Second place in Kyrenia, and what it is worth to a record

On 12 September 2022 Heung finished runner-up in the $100,000 Main Event of the Triton Super High Roller Series in Kyrenia, Cyprus, for $1,825,000.

That single result is roughly 36 per cent of his recorded career total, and it is seven times his next-largest cash. Careers at this level often look like this — one deep run in a $100,000 event pays more than years of solid high-roller cashes — and it is the honest reason to be careful with money-list positions in the hundreds. Sixth in Hong Kong is a real achievement; it is also, in his case, substantially one tournament.

A Jeju regular

The rest of the record is built in Asia, and increasingly in one place: Jeju, the South Korean island that has become the region's festival hub.

On 17 January 2026 he took third in the $28,800 + 1,200 Final Coronation at the King Poker Cup Series in Jeju for $240,000. Two months later, on 16 March 2026, he finished ninth in the $20,000 + 1,200 8-Handed event at the Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju for $103,000. Both are recent, which makes him one of the more currently active players on the Hong Kong list rather than a name resting on an old score.

The rank gap tells you where he is in his career

His best-ever position on the global all-time money list is 485th. He currently sits 518th.

That gap is not a decline in his play — it is the list moving underneath him. Global all-time rankings drift downwards for every player who is not actively adding to their total faster than the field is, because prize pools grow and new players pass through. Thirty-three places of slippage against a career-best is a small gap by the standards of this list, and it means he is close to keeping pace. Where that gap is large, it usually tells you a player's big years are behind them; here it tells you they are not.

None of it in Hong Kong

Cyprus, Jeju, Jeju. As with every player on this list, nothing was won at home, because there is nowhere at home to win it: Hong Kong has no casino and no licensed poker room. Our Hong Kong page sets out why from the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau's own published policy — under the Gambling Ordinance (Cap. 148) only Jockey Club racing, authorised football betting and the Mark Six, officer-licensed premises such as mahjong parlours, and a narrow social-gambling exemption sit outside the general prohibition.

Reading the number

$5,010,919 is what his Hendon Mob profile showed on 2 October 2026. Live tournament results only: no online play, no cash games, and no adjustment for staking or swaps, which at $100,000 buy-ins are routine. He is active, so the figure will move.