HomeToday is going to be nothing short of exciting at the APT Korea Incheon Championships 2018! It will be the crowning moment for one of the Final 8 players of the MAIN EVENT! Here are the finalists by chip count:
Tsubasa Kamei – 1,026,000
Iori Yogo – 882,000
Daiki Horikawa – 873,000
Yosuke Murata – 567,000
Tatsuya Stu Terakawa – 483,000
Tomoharu Furuya – 420,000
Shiga Mitsuhiro – 305,000
Toshimasa Sakato – 235,000
The final roster is made up of 7 Japanese players and one from the USA. The player with the biggest advantage at the moment is Tsubasa Kamei with over a million stack. If he continues his fantastic run, he may just capture his first major international title.
In his way though is Iori Yogo, the most decorated player of the group. Yogo has a long list of achievements earned at the APT and at various international events. He will be vying for his second major APT title having won the Championships Event in Manila four months ago. Last year, Yogo finished 3rd at the same event here in Incheon so that’s an added drive for him to try and best his past finish.
Additionally, there are several players still in the running for the CoinPoker LAST MAN STANDING promo. The winner will receive a free Main Event seat to APT Philippines Championships II 2018.
The Main Event drew in 192 total entries for a prize pool of ₩186,240,000. Pieces of the pot have already been claimed in Day 3 starting at 32nd place. The largest cut is what everyone is gunning for, the ₩40,463,000 first prize. The eventual winner will also be awarded the APT Main Event Trophy and APT Championship Ring.
Final 8 begins at 130pm local time. They return with 11:36 remaining in Level 21. Blinds are 5000-10000 ante 10000. Average stack is 598,500 with 4,788,000 chips in play.
Blow-by-blow action, chip counts, and Final 8 payouts can be found in our Live Updates page.
Resuming at 1pm: CoinPoker High Rollers and No Limit Hold’em 2
Also concluding today is the CoinPoker High Rollers event with 20 remaining. 57 players signed up, each one putting up the ₩2,150,000 buy-in for a prize pool of ₩110,580,000. Ten players will pocket some of that cash with first prize earning a healthy ₩32,229,000.
In the lead is Inotsume Kazuma who jumped in after cashing in the Main Event. He brings in a stack of 235,000. Hideyuki Inoue is in second rank with 229,000, and Daisuke Ogito in third with 227,500. Among the notable players in the field are Killian Loffler with 194,000 and Yuri Ishida with 173,500.
Yuri Ishida
Another event awaiting a winner is the No Limit Hold’em 2. Last night, the money was reached with Lam Cheuk Nam delivering the bubble. The game was eventually halted once the final 8 was established. They return today in quest of the ₩8,340,000 first prize.
Lam Cheuk Nam
Events Today
While those events heat up their space on the floor, there will be three events joining in:
13:00: NLH Single Day Event 2 – Buyin: ₩440,000
15:00: CoinPoker Single Day High Rollers (25 minute levels) – Buyin: ₩2,150,000
18:00: Championships Event Satellite – Buyin: ₩180,000
Full APT Korea Incheon Championships schedule
CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT
The Championships Event is coming up tomorrow! This is the second featured event of the festival. It runs from Wednesday, August 15 until Sunday, August 19. Please take note that the structure differs from the main. See structure here.
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. Buy-in is ₩1,650,000. 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.