Premier brand Ace Poker League continued to reaffirm its popularity in South Korea with a stunning 2,737 signing up for the Main Event. Without challenge, this was the biggest poker tournament in the country. Contributing a large portion to that turnout was the final starting day (Day 1L) which brought in 881 entries. APL Seoul has been ongoing since October 3 and runs until October 9 at the Swiss Grand Hotel.
Also setting a new record was the prize pool as it soared to ￦2,181,600,000, equivalent to around US$ 1,618,400. Coming Day 2, 300 players will see a piece of that pot, minimum of ￦1,600,000 (~US$ 1,185) with the eventual champion guaranteed a jaw-dropping ￦410,000,000 (~US$ 304,160).
Leading the race is Day 1J chip leader Kim Kwang Yeol with 129 bb, he is trailed closely by the last flight chip leader Kim Jae Ryeon with 121 bb.
Main Event by the numbers
Buy in: ￦1,385,000 (~US$ 1,015)
Guarantee: ￦ 1,100,000,000 (~US$ 807,460)
Total entries: 2,737
Day 2: 469 players
Day 1A – Day 1H: 383 / 50 advanced
Day 1I: 473 entries / 84 advanced
Day 1J: 464 entries / 75 advanced
Day 1K: 523 entries / 96 advanced
Day 1L: 881 entries / 160 advanced
Top 10 entering Day 2
Payouts
| 1 | 410,000,000 |
| 2 | 260,000,000 |
| 3 | 180,000,000 |
| 4 | 122,000,000 |
| 5 | 88,800,000 |
| 6 | 66,100,000 |
| 7 | 48,600,000 |
| 8 | 34,700,000 |
| 9 | 23,900,000 |
| 10 | 17,000,000 |
| 11-15 | 14,500,000 |
| 16-20 | 12,000,000 |
| 21-25 | 10,000,000 |
| 26-30 | 8,200,000 |
| 31-35 | 6,800,000 |
| 36-40 | 6,000,000 |
| 41-50 | 5,200,000 |
| 51-60 | 4,500,000 |
| 61-75 | 3,900,000 |
| 76-100 | 3,300,000 |
| 101-125 | 2,700,000 |
| 126-150 | 2,400,000 |
| 151-200 | 2,100,000 |
| 201-250 | 1,800,000 |
| 251-300 | 1,600,000 |
You can catch some of the Main Event action via the livestream on Ace Poker League YouTube channel.
Links:
APL Seoul Coverage
APL Seoul – Gallery
APL Seoul – Main Event Day 1I
APL Seoul – Main Event Day 1J
APL Seoul – Main Event Da 1K
Don’t forget, side events are also running. The Super High Roller kicks off on October 7 at 5pm. Expect a big field of local heavyweights and international pros populate the felt for a shot at the ￦200,000,000 (~US$ 148,370) guarantee.
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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