Wai Kiat Lee

Wai Kiat Lee's live tournament cashes date back to December 2013, with his early results coming primarily from events in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In July 2015, he won the £330 Deepstack Main Event for £50,000, and in 2016 he took down the £550 GUKPT Walsall Main Event for £34,850.

Following the resumption of live poker after the COVID-19 pandemic, Lee began frequenting super high roller events. In March 2020, he finished third in the online poker MILLIONS Sochi Super High Roller, earning $374,520. His breakout came in April 2022 at the Triton Poker Series Cyprus, where he finished second in a $75,000 Short Deck event for $840,000, followed by a sixth-place finish ($105,000) and a victory in a $50,000 event ($513,000).

In 2023, Lee continued his ascent, finishing second in a $30,000 Triton Vietnam event ($851,932), third in a $100,000 event ($710,000), and earning his first seven-figure score of $1,030,000 for a sixth-place finish in the $200,000 Luxon Invitational in Cyprus.

The year 2025 proved to be a historic breakout season for Lee, with tournament winnings exceeding $8,902,000. He secured a trio of seven-figure scores:

• March 2025: Fifth place in a $150,000 Triton Jeju event for $1,372,000.
• May 2025: Third place in the $100,000 Triton Montenegro Main Event for $1,807,000 (career-best at the time).
• September 2025: Runner-up in a $200,000 Triton Short Deck event in Jeju, earning a new career-high of $2,465,000.

Other notable 2025 results include a 16th-place finish in the $25,000 WSOP High Roller ($73,639), a seventh-place finish in the €20,000 EPT Barcelona ($60,500), and cashes at the WSOP Paradise and WSOP main events.

As of early 2026, Wai Kiat Lee's lifetime live tournament earnings stand at $26,622,776 according to The Hendon Mob, making him one of the top Malaysian players of all time. He ranks 100th on the worldwide All Time Money List and 2nd on the Malaysia All Time Money List, trailing only Paul Phua. His Global Poker Index ranking is 45th (as per PokerNews). Known for his consistent deep runs in elite high roller fields, Lee has become a regular face at Triton Poker Super High Roller Series events and a proud representative of Malaysia on the global poker stage.