Over $2 Million In Guarantees At APT Incheon 2025 This August

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The Asian Poker Tour has vaulted the live poker tour into a new dimension with consistent growth and multiple attendance as well as prize pool records along the way. One of the reasons for the success is the careful selection of partner venues in the Asia-Pacific region and this includes the luxurious Paradise City Resort near the international Incheon airport in South Korea.

APT Incheon 2025

Since 2017, the Asian Poker Tour has visited this particular venue half a dozen times with the newest edition – APT Incheon 2025 – set to unfold from August 1 to 10. The extensive schedule features a total of 96 events with more than KR₩ 3.4 Billion (~USD 2.38 Million) in guaranteed prize pools.

APT INCHEON 2025 – SCHEDULE

APT Incheon Main Event

Asian Poker Tour - APT lion trophy

As usual, there will be tournaments available for everybody’s budget with numerous key events playing an important role. A trio of them make up the largest slice of the overall guarantees and they all award the signature APT Lion Trophy as well as a seat into the APT Championship in November 2025. Most eyes will be on the KR₩ 1.5 billion (~USD 1.05 million) guaranteed Main Event with a price tag of KR₩ 2.5M (~USD 1,750).

Four live starting days are available during which all participants aim to turn their starting stack of 40,000 into a lot more. The level duration varies across the four flights, as has become standard for the APT flagship event. In 2023, Japan’s Shoichiro Tamaki was the last player to lift the winner’s trophy in Incheon in a field of 930 entries and the brand expects a four-figure attendance this time.

APT Incheon Main Event Schedule

Date: August 3-9, 2025
Buy-in: KR₩ 2,500,000 (~USD 1,750)
Guarantee: KR₩ 1,500,000,000 (~USD 1,050,000)
Flight A: August 3, 2025
Flight B: August 4, 2025
Flight C/D: August 5, 2025
Day 2: August 6, 2025
Day 3: August 7, 2025
Day 4: August 8, 2025
Final Day: August 9, 2025

DK Tour Main Event Packages

Bargain hunters best start booking Main Event packages now available via DK Tour. These packages do tend to run out fast so be sure to secure yours before that time comes. DK Tour also offers discounted rates at select hotels if you choose not to go with the package.

APT Incheon 2025 Main Event package

Other Major Highlights

The start of the festival includes the usual Korea National Cup with a price tag of KR₩ 700,000 (~USD 490) and a KR₩ 100 million (~USD 70,000) prize pool guarantee. That is swiftly followed by the KR₩ 900,000 (~USD 630) Mystery Bounty Hunter Sponsored by Natural8, which comes with a KR₩ 200 million (~USD 140,000) guarantee. The single-day Sunday Super Stack is one of the bargain events on the schedule and costs KR₩ 500K (~USD 350) to enter.

Main sponsor Natural8 has another trademark event with the popular Zodiac Classic, a medium buy-in range event with a price tag of KR₩ 3M (~USD 2,100) and at least KR₩ 250 million (~USD 175,000) up for grabs on August 7 and 8. Likewise during the tail end of the series, the Mini Main Event requires an investment of KR₩ 900,000 (~USD 630) for a shot at the KR₩ 200 million (~USD 140,000) guarantee on August 8 and 9. Another affordable two-day event is the Double Stack on the final two days of the festival, as it costs just KR₩ 700,000 (~USD 490) to enter but bears a guarantee worth KR₩ 150 million (~USD 105,000)

High Roller Events

High-stakes specialists will certainly look forward to the KR₩ 5M (~USD 3,500) APT High Roller and KR₩ 15M (~USD 10,530) APT Super High Roller. In fact, nearly one in five tournaments on the schedule for Incheon 2025 bears the High Roller tag with multiple Single Day events on offer.

Event	Date	Guarantee	Buy-In	Starting Stack
APT Super High Roller	August 2-3, 2025	₩500,000,000	₩15,000,000	250,000
Superstar Challenge	August 4, 2025		₩35,000,000	250,000
Baby Superstar Challenge	August 8, 2025		₩10,000,000	100,000
APT High Roller	August 9-10, 2025	₩400,000,000	₩5,000,000	100,000

Those poker enthusiasts with deeper pockets can also look forward to the usual High Roller Early Bird Special. By pre-registering for the four key High Roller events on the schedule, players can enjoy a maximum of eight complimentary hotel nights in a King Bed Room at the Grant Hyatt Incheon. The due payment of KR₩ 65,000,000 (USD $46,595) has a deadline until July 8, 2025 and a maximum of 30 packages are available – first come, first serve.

HIGH ROLLER EARLY BIRD SPECIAL

As usual, plenty of mixed game variants are getting their sweet spots on the event calendar as well. The full tournament schedule has already been released with just a month and a half to spare for players to finalize their travel arrangements. Since Incheon is one of the major airport hubs in the entire Asia-Pacific region, it shouldn’t be too hard to find affordable flight options.