Ways to Qualify to the APT Championship 2025

Find Out How to Qualify for the Tour’s Biggest Poker Event

The Asian Poker Tour is set to close out the 2025 season with its most prestigious festival ever – the APT Championship (APTC) 2025.

Running from 14 to 30 November, the grand finale of the APT calendar will be held in partnership with the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Club (CTP) at Red Space 多元商務空間 in Taipei, Taiwan.

This 17-day festival promises nonstop poker action, headlined by the APT Championship Main Event — a USD 10,000 buy-in freezeout tournament scheduled for 24 to 28 November, featuring the largest guaranteed prize pool in APT history at USD 5 million.

Players can qualify for the APTC Main Event either offline or online:

Qualify Live

The upcoming APT Incheon and APT Jeju will each award seven seats to the APTC Main Event. At APT Incheon, the following winners and top finishers will be awarded a seat to the APTC Main Event:

At APT Jeju, the APTC seats will be awarded to:

Qualify Online

Meanwhile, online qualification is available through Natural8, where players can enter Step Satellites and Mega Satellites for a chance to win their seat. Weekly USD 150 Step Satellites and monthly USD 1,100 APT Championship Satellites are running right now.

In addition, USD 20 Step Satellites are running at 9pm (HKT) daily Mondays to Thursdays, and hourly from 9-11pm (HKT) Fridays, 2-11pm (HKT) Saturdays, and 1pm to 12am (HKT) on Sundays. You can potentially win a USD 10,000 seat for a fraction of the cost.

Whether through the tour’s events in Incheon and Jeju or online via Natural8, there are numerous paths to qualify for the most prestigious tournament of the APT season. Don’t miss your chance to secure a seat at the APT Championship 2025 and compete for a share of the record-breaking USD 5 million prize pool.