South Korea
AJPC Samurai Circuit Incheon 2026 III: Schedule, Buy-ins & Venue
The AJPC Samurai Circuit Incheon 2026 III runs from December 4–13 at Paradise City in Incheon, South Korea. The ten-day program features No-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha, bounty formats, Mystery Bounty events and high rollers. A festival-wide guarantee has not been announced.
The Main Event has a KRW 1.65 million buy-in and takes place December 12–13. Players can choose between two starting flights before the Day 2 finale. For series background, see SMP’s All Japan Poker Championship guide.
AJPC Samurai Circuit Incheon Schedule & Highlights
The schedule builds from the SAMURAI Championship and Mystery Bounty events to the Main Event and late-series high rollers. Key tournaments include:
Key Event | Dates | Buy-in (KRW) |
SAMURAI Championship | Dec 5–6 | 1,100,000 |
SAMURAI High Roller | Dec 10 | 2,200,000 |
SAMURAI Super High Roller | Dec 11 | 3,300,000 |
Main Event | Dec 12–13 | 1,650,000 |
The Closer | Dec 13 | 1,000,000 |
The schedule spans ten days, with the championship events early in the series and the Main Event closing stretch from December 12. The December 11 SAMURAI Super High Roller is listed at KRW 3.3 million. Other formats include PLO, BIG O, 2-7 Badugi Triple Draw and several bounty tournaments. The full event list appears in the schedule section on this page. AJPC permits unlimited same-day entries until registration closes and deducts a 4% staff charge from each tournament’s prize pool. For updates, see the official AJPC event schedule.
Main Event Details
The Main Event runs December 12–13 with a KRW 1.65 million buy-in and a 50,000-chip starting stack. Day 1A begins at 1:00 PM; Day 1B starts at 7:00 PM and is marked Turbo. Both flights lead to Day 2 at noon on December 13. No Main Event guarantee is listed.
Venue & Player Information
Paradise City Incheon Poker Room is at 186 Yeongjonghaeannam-ro 321 beon-gil, Jung-gu, Incheon. AJPC lists airport shuttle journeys of about five minutes from Terminal 1 and 15 minutes from Terminal 2; the linear monorail takes about five minutes, and the venue is around a 15-minute walk away. Check current transport details before travelling. SMP’s Paradise City Incheon venue guide has additional location information.
Previous Edition & Related Coverage
The December 2025 Incheon stop recorded 1,305 entries and a total prize pool of USD 446,365. Its Main Event drew 85 entries; Toshihiro Adachi won KRW 20,811,000. See the AJPC Samurai Circuit Incheon 2025 December results for the previous edition’s event details.
AJPC manages the circuit, which draws on the organizer’s earlier AJPC Asian Circuit experience. Its stated tour concept includes local Japanese staff support for players travelling overseas; read the official AJPC SAMURAI CIRCUIT About page.
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