• Zodiac Classic - Sponsored by Natural8 Draws Tours’ Largest Korean Field: Japan’s Takashi Mizukami Leads

APT INCHEON 2025 SCHEDULE | OFFICIAL RESULTS | PLAYER LISTS | IMAGES | WINNERS

INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA, August 7, 2025 – The Asian Poker Tour’s largest Korean Main Event has reached the business end of the tournament with the 1,281-strong field whittled down to the final 48 players.

Running in partnership with Paradise Group and playing out at the tournament tables of the palatial Paradise City resort, just 191 of the initial Main Event field of 1,281 entries returned to action for Day 3 of the Main Event all guaranteed at least a KRW 3,760,000 (~USD 2,720) slice of the KRW 2,766,660,000 (~USD 2,000,477) prize pool.

However, no one was playing for a min-cash and it was the KRW 483,890,000 (~USD 349,885) top prize and the award-winning 24K Gold Lion Main Event trophy that all were aiming for.

The action played out over six and a half 60-minute levels, with play concluding with the elimination of China’s Zhiqiang Zhang in 49th place at the hands of Van Pham when the Vietnamese player rivered a straight to best Zhang’s rivered two pair.

That pot moved Pham up to 12th in the overall chip counts and sent Zhang to the cash desk to collect his winnings of KRW 8,180,000 (~USD 5,915).

It is Rishi Mehra who leads Day 3, the Indian player surging to the top of the chip counts on the last level played after turning the nut flush to crack Junjie He’s aces in an all-in five bet pot. He was down, but not out, and concluded the action with the 11th biggest stack of 1,615,000, while Mehra bagged up a chip leading 2,990,000.

Mehra already boasts an APT live title and has three tour final tables on his poker resume and will be looking to make a maiden APT Main Event final table showing, with his previous best tour Main Event result a 33rd place finish in the APT Manila Classic 2025 Main Event.

Lloyd Fontillas bagged the second largest stack on his APT Main Event debut

Former APT head of live poker operations Lloyd Fontillas is making his APT player debut a memorable one and has already guaranteed himself a first career APT cash of at least KRW 8,180,000 (~USD 5,915).

Fontillas bagged the second largest Day 3 chip stack of 2,345,000 and will be hoping to go all the way to the final table and lay claim to the 24K Gold Lion APT Main Event trophy.

Japan’s Kouki Okumiya (2,145,000) rounded out the top three stacks, with the top ten as follows:

MAIN EVENT DAY 3 TOP TEN STACKS

Other notables still in contention include former APT High Roller champion Thanisorn Saelor (1,383,000), Superstar Challenge finalist Mikael Andersson (1,320,000), New Zealand’s Tae Hoon Han (1,315,000), Hong Kong’s Jeffrey Lo (880,000), start-of-day chip leader Abraham Ceesvin (770,000), Hong Kong’s Jason Chau (695,000), and Brit bracelet winner Alex Lindop (335,000).

Notable eliminations included Flight D frontrunner Dongying Ling (53rd), Day 2 chip leader Chi Hsiang Chiu (54th), Flight C frontrunner Shuzo Sekine (73rd), Korea National Cup champion Kevin Choi (65th), two-time Superstar Challenge champion Joseph Cheong (77th), Natural8 Ambassadors Phachara Wongwichit (97th), and Kannapong ‘Tent’ Thanarattrakul (122nd), the UK’s Jun Li (109th), poker vlogger Frank Cucchiara (100th), and former APT Incheon Main Event finalist Valeriy Pak (108th) to name but a few.

With the departure of former APT Incheon Main Event champion Dicky Tsang in 139th place, and APT Taipei 2023 Main Event champion Punnat Punsri in 89th place, whatever happens on Saturday, there will be a brand-new champion crowned.

For Main Event Day 3 Player List please CLICK HERE

For Main Event Day 3 Survivors please CLICK HERE

For Main Event Day 4 Draw please CLICK HERE

For Main Event Payouts from 191st to 49th Place please CLICK HERE

All tournament information can be found on the Main Event - Day 3 tournament page.

The penultimate Day 4 gets underway at 11:15am local time (KST) on Friday, August 8, where the 48 remaining players will all be looking to secure a spot on the final table.

The action will be live streamed via the official APT YouTube channel.

You can follow all the Main Event Day 3 action as it happened via the APT Blog or watch the action as it played out via the Main Event Day 3 live stream.

Zodiac Classic - Sponsored by Natural8 Draws Tours’ Largest & Richest Korean Field, Japan’s Takashi Mizukami Leads

Japan’s Takashi Mizukami leads the tours’ largest Korean iteration of the Zodiac Classic

It was not just the Main Event that saw record-breaking action, with the KRW 3.5M (~USD 2,170) Zodiac Classic – Sponsored by Natural8 drawing the tours’ largest-ever Korean field and generating the richest prize pool the tournament has ever generated in the country.

The action played out over thirteen 40-minute levels, and by the time registration closed at 11:25pm local time (KST) the field had climbed into record-breaking territory with the tournament drawing its’ largest-ever Korean-based field to set a new tour record for field size in the country, attracting a total of 400 entries (298 unique).

Of course, a record field means a record prize pool with a sizable KRW 1,036,800,000 (~USD 749,675) in the purse, with the eventual champion walking away with a KRW 198,470,000 (~USD 143,510) top prize, in addition to the silver lion silhouette trophy and an APT Championship Main Event seat valued at USD 10,000.

For Zodiac Classic Prize Pool & Payouts please CLICK HERE

It is Japan’s Takashi Mizukami returning in the driving seat when play resumes for the Final Day after bagging up a chip leading 452,200 stack after the tournament action concluded for the day.

Mizukami was the only player to bag over 400K in chips, with APT Taipei 2025 High Roller champion Nguyen Trung Quan sitting second in the counts with a stack of 301,500.

Japan’s Katsuki Yamashita rounds out the top three, bagging 288,000 in chips, with the top ten as follows:

ZODIAC CLASSIC TOP TEN STACKS

A total of 156 survivors fought their way through the opening day action, but with only the top 55 places paying out, 101 of them will be leaving empty-handed when play resumes for the Final Day at 11:15am (KST) on Friday, August 8.

Other notables still in the running include Taiwan’s Poseidon Ho (174,900), two-time Superstar Challenge champion Joseph Cheong (170,400), former APT Incheon Main Event champion Dicky Tsang (157,500), former Baby Superstar Challenge champion Niko Koop (143,600), Natural8 Ambassador Sparrow Cheung (131,300), and former APT High Roller champion Jason Lau (111,100) to name but a few.

For Zodiac Classic Day 1 Player List please CLICK HERE

For Zodiac Classic Day 1 Survivors please CLICK HERE

For Zodiac Classic Final Day Draw please CLICK HERE

The Final Day gets underway at 11:15am local time (KST) on Friday, August 8, with the tournament playing down to a champion. You can read about how the Zodiac Classic Day 1 action played out via the APT Blog.

All tournament information can be found on the Zodiac Classic - Day 1 tournament page.