HomeThe APT Korea Incheon Championships 2018 kicks off today’s games featuring the CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT, the second highlighted tournament of the series. The event runs from Wednesday, August 15 until Sunday, August 19 at Paradise City. Buy-in is ₩1,650,000.
Players begin with a 50,000 stack. Opening blinds are 100-200, gradually increasing every 60 minutes. Registration closes at the start of Level 10. See schedule below.
Day 1A – Wednesday, August 15 @1pm (play 8 levels)
Day 1B – Thursday, August 16 @1pm (play 8 levels)
Day 2 – Friday, August 17 @1pm (play 8 levels)
Day 3 – Saturday, August 18 @1pm (play to the Final 8 players)
Final 8 – Sunday, August 19 @130pm
Bubble Protection
As always, the Bubble Protection will be in effect. For players that qualify for the protection, they will be insured on the bubble round. In the event that a protected player falls as the bubble, that player will receive their buy-in back in the form of APT tournament credits.
To qualify, players must meet these 3 simple steps:
- Pre-register
- Draw for your seat before the 1pm starting time
- Have your chips put into play on the first deal of Level 1
*Eliminated players wanting bubble protection on the next starting day will have to qualify again.
Full APT Korea Incheon Championship 2018 schedule
Latest Side Event winners
Last night the casino floor was brimming with heated poker action with four events running alongside the Final 8 of the Main Event. We have those results for you below. Full payouts found here.
Eric Tsai wins the CoinPoker High Rollers
Eric Tsai – CoinPoker High Rollers winner
The two-day CoinPoker High Rollers event had 57 players each one ponying up the ₩2,150,000 buyin for a prize pool of ₩110,580,000. 20 players returned on the final day with only half of them guaranteed a payout. The bubble burst with Hiroshima Nishiyama falling in 11th place.
Seat 2: Hiroshi Nishiyama bubbles
Once the money flowed, it was a race to the ₩32,229,000 first prize. By three-handed, Eric Tsai Ting Yi and Inotsume Kazuma battled for the chip lead. Tsai edged ahead when he railed Hideaki Miyamoto in 3rd place. The final hand saw Tsai with 9♠ 9♥ and Kazuma with A♠ Q♥. The board bricked and with slightly more chips, Tsai shipped it, winning his first-ever APT title.
Kevin Clark wins the CoinPoker Single Day High Rollers
After finishing 4th at the CoinPoker High Rollers event, New Zealand’s Kevin Clark jumped in the CoinPoker Single Day High Rollers event and sailed on to victory. For his impressive win, he earned the ₩28,904,000 first place purse and the event trophy.
Kevin Clark – Single Day High Roller winner
Catching the action at three-handed, the round was one of the longest with no one giving an inch. Due to the blinds increasing every 25 minutes, this helped speed up the action as the ante big blind started creating a dent in stacks. Ken Okada fell in 3rd place with A♣ K♥ unable to improve against Clark’s J♣ J♥. Heads up came with Clark up 7:1 in chips against Hiroshi Nishiyama.
Like Clark, Nishiyama also came from the earlier High Rollers event where he bubbled. He made up for it in this event, delivering the bubble in Jia Tang with A♠ A♦ over K♣ K♦.
Heads up
At heads up, Nishiyama doubled up with J♥ 7♥ spiking a jack on the board to survive against Clark’s K♥ 2♥ however, it didn’t last. Nishiyama was eliminated in 2nd place with J♦ 5♠ falling to Clark’s J♥ J♠ on a final board of A♦ Q♣ 3♦ 9♣ Q♥.
Payouts
Prizepool: ₩93,120,000 – Buyin: ₩2,150,000 – Entries: 48
1st Kevin Clark – New Zealand – ₩28,904,000
2nd Hiroshi Nishiyama – Japan – ₩19,270,000
3rd Ken Okada – Japan – ₩13,454,000
4th Kunimaro Kojo – Japan – ₩9,793,000
5th Yuri Ishida – Japan – ₩7,401,000
6th Kilian Loffler – Germany – ₩5,785,000
7th Edward Yam Chun Ho – Hong Kong – ₩4,659,000
8th Masato Shimizu – Japan – ₩3,854,000
Eiichi Nakano wins the No Limit Hold’em 2
Last night, Lam Cheuk Nam delivered the bubble in the No Limit Hold’em 2 event, thus making every remaining player very happy, most especially Yosuke Fijima.
Bubble bursts
Fijima was crippled down during the bubble round after Keith Ong doubled up with A♠ J♣ that improved to a flush on the river to overtake Fijima’s K♠ K♥ set on a board of K♣ Q♥ 9♣ 4♣ A♣. Fijima held on to reach the money round and finished in 10th place. Ong bowed out in 9th and the game paused for an overnight break.
Eiichi Nakano – NLH 2 winner
8 players out of the 59 entries returned today. The event closed with Eiichi Nakano defeating fellow countryman Tatsuya Yamaguchi at heads up to pocket the lion’s share ₩8,340,000 first prize out of the ₩28,615,000 total prize pool.
Hideki Nakayama wins the NLH Single Day 2
Hideki Nakayama, NLH Single Day 2 winner
Hideki Nakayama powered through the 73-entry field of the NLH Single Day 2 event. He entered heads up against Nishimura Chikara on a huge chip deficit but managed to turn the tide to take the lead and seize the title. The final hand was 2♦ 2♥ staying ahead of Q♥ 7♠ on a final board of 3♥ J♣ J♥ 5♠ K♥. Nakayama claimed the ₩7,725,000 first prize and the event trophy.
You can view all the festival payouts in the Events Results page.
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