HomeThe Asian Poker Tour exceeded another advertised guarantee this season with APT Korea Seoul 2019 – Main Event – attracting a combined total of 180 entries to Grand Walkerhill Paradise Casino. The past two starting days drew 159, and at today’s last hour to jump in, 21 more ponied up the KRW 1,320,000 buy-in to generate a prize pool of KRW 209,520,000. Payouts begin at 18 places with the eventual winner due to ship a sizable KRW 54,364,000.
At the end of Day 2, only 25 players bagged up which means entering Day 3, seven of them will walk away empty-handed. This may not be too much of a concern for USA’s Calvin Lee who topped the pack with a commanding arsenal of 423,000.
Calvin Lee – chip leader
Ending the day very strong as well was APT Korea Incheon 2018 Championships Event winner, USA’s Jaepil Geoffrey You with 341,000. This placed him in second position just under the leader Lee. You is one of four APT decorated champions remaining. Also making the cut were defending champion Jinwoo Kim (171,000), Tetsuya Tsuchikawa (57,000), and Takumi Samejima (56,000). Full chip counts below.
Information players need to know entering Day 3:
Total chips in play: 4,500,000
Average stack: 180,000
Opening blinds: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Game time: 1pm local time
Bagging time: once the Final 8 players is reached
Day 3 players – by chip count
| Name | Country | Chip Count |
| LEE CALVIN | USA | 423,000 |
| YOU JAEPIL | USA | 341,000 |
| MICHAL MRAKES | CZECH REP | 305,500 |
| TIMOTHY AN | USA | 287,500 |
| OJIRI NORIKAZU | JAPAN | 256,000 |
| GO SAITO | JAPAN | 232,000 |
| TAM HOI WAI | HONGKONG | 228,000 |
| KOICHI HARUTA | JAPAN | 222,500 |
| SU TIANHONG | CHINA | 216,000 |
| KOICHI NOZAKI | JAPAN | 199,000 |
| ALEX | UZBEKISTAN | 197,000 |
| EDGAR KIM | HONGKONG | 195,500 |
| JOHN BARCOMB | USA | 194,000 |
| WANG TSU WEI | TAIWAN | 173,000 |
| JINWOO KIM | USA | 171,000 |
| CHAN KA TAN BRYAN | HONGKONG | 149,000 |
| CHOI WAI TAK | HONGKONG | 139,000 |
| MASAKI FUJITANI | JAPAN | 130,000 |
| YOICHI UESUGI | JAPAN | 98,500 |
| SHINTARO UESUGI | JAPAN | 72,500 |
| VENO HIROTSUGA | JAPAN | 67,500 |
| TETSUYA TSUCHIKAWA | JAPAN | 57,000 |
| KOTA NAKANO | JAPAN | 56,500 |
| TAKUMI SAMEJIMA | JAPAN | 56,000 |
| KEN OKADA | JAPAN | 41,000 |
Day 3 players – by seat assignment
| Rank | Name | Country | Chip Count | Table | Seat |
| 4 | TIMOTHY AN | USA | 287,500 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | TAM HOI WAI | HONGKONG | 228,000 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | SHINTARO UESUGI | JAPAN | 72,500 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | KOICHI HARUTA | JAPAN | 222,500 | 1 | 5 |
| 22 | TETSUYA TSUCHIKAWA | JAPAN | 57,000 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | SU TIANHONG (DB) | CHINA | 216,000 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | GO SAITO (SB) | JAPAN | 232,000 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | JINWOO KIM (BB) | USA | 171,000 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | JOHN BARCOMB | USA | 194,000 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | MICHAL MRAKES | CZECH REP | 305,500 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | MASAKI FUJITANI | JAPAN | 130,000 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | YOICHI UESUGI (DB) | JAPAN | 98,500 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | LEE CALVIN (SB) | USA | 423,000 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | CHOI WAI TAK (BB) | HONGKONG | 139,000 | 2 | 6 |
| 16 | CHAN KA TAN BRYAN | HONGKONG | 149,000 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | WANG TSU WEI | TAIWAN | 173,000 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | YOU JAEPIL | USA | 341,000 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | ALEX | UZBEKISTAN | 197,000 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | VENO HIROTSUGA | JAPAN | 67,500 | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | KEN OKADA | JAPAN | 41,000 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | KOICHI NOZAKI | JAPAN | 199,000 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | OJIRI NORIKAZU – (DB) | JAPAN | 256,000 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | EDGAR KIM – (SB) | HONGKONG | 195,500 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | KOTA NAKANO – (BB) | JAPAN | 56,500 | 3 | 8 |
| 24 | TAKUMI SAMEJIMA | JAPAN | 56,000 | 3 | 9 |