Malaysia’s Dick Son Looi won the Poker Dream 26 Malaysia Main Event at Resorts World Genting on 19 October 2026, collecting MYR 685,000 (about USD 167,000) and the Gold Dragon trophy. Looi beat China’s Guoliang Wei heads-up after a field of 1,266 entries built a prize pool of MYR 4,640,116, comfortably above the MYR 4 million guarantee.
The result caps a strong year for Looi at Genting: he also won the Malaysia Open at Poker Dream 20 in January 2026, outlasting 1,530 entries for MYR 278,800, according to his Somuchpoker results profile.
Who made the Poker Dream 26 Malaysia Main Event final table?
Malaysian players took seven of the nine seats at the Poker Dream 26 Malaysia Main Event final table. Guoliang Wei, described in Somuchpoker’s report as a WSOP bracelet winner, was the only player from China, and India’s Binit Saraf finished ninth. No deal was reported. Payouts as published in the Somuchpoker final-day report (photos courtesy of Poker Dream):
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (MYR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dick Son Looi | Malaysia | 685,000 |
| 2 | Guoliang Wei | China | 458,116 |
| 3 | Kok Cheng Chai | Malaysia | 322,000 |
| 4 | Kok Hoe Chai | Malaysia | 230,000 |
| 5 | Shian Ying Sim | Malaysia | 166,000 |
| 6 | Yang Siang Ang | Malaysia | 121,000 |
| 7 | Chi Wing Chen | Malaysia | 91,000 |
| 8 | Ming Fei Wong | Malaysia | 73,500 |
| 9 | Binit Saraf | India | 57,100 |
Wei did not leave Genting empty-handed: he won the Mystery Bounty High Roller earlier in the festival. Ryan Mandara finished 13th for MYR 32,800.
How big was the Poker Dream 26 Malaysia Main Event?
The Poker Dream 26 Malaysia Main Event drew 1,266 entries across ten Day 1 flights from 15 to 17 October, with buy-ins of MYR 4,800 for the standard flights and MYR 3,200 for the turbo flights (Days 1B, 1C and 1H), according to the published festival schedule. The MYR 4,640,116 prize pool beat the MYR 4 million guarantee by roughly 16%. Day 2 played on 18 October and the final day on 19 October.
The Main Event closed a 12-day festival (8–19 October 2026). Other champions included Hao Tian in the MYR 20,000 Super High Roller (MYR 477,000), Yota Kitamura in the MYR 400K GTD Mystery Bounty, and Lang See Tan in the Ladies Main Event. Earlier in the series, William Tan won the Malaysia Open for MYR 323K.
When is the next Poker Dream festival?
The next Poker Dream festival is Poker Dream 27 Sri Lanka, listed for 11–17 January 2027 at City of Dreams Sri Lanka in Colombo on the Somuchpoker event calendar. Poker Dream had not posted the Colombo schedule or guarantees on its official site when we checked in October 2026. QQPK is named as Poker Dream’s official online poker partner, so players in Asia should watch QQPK’s promotions for qualifiers.
For every Poker Dream stop, buy-in level and guarantee this year, see our Poker Dream 2026 series guide, and for online series running this month check the PSR poker events calendar.