Thailand’s Nataz Butsrita topped Day 1 of the largest APT High Roller ever to play out in Korea

• Japan’s Keigo Kubo Scores Career High KRW 127.8M (~USD 92K) in Tours’ Largest Korean Mini Main Event

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

INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA, August 8, 2025 – While the tours’ largest Korean Main Event may have wrapped up, that was not the conclusion of all the record-breaking action, with the penultimate day of the festival also showcasing the conclusion of the APT’s largest Korean-based Mini Main Event, which you can read about further down.

You can read about all the Main Event final table action HERE.

In addition to those two exciting events, there was also action from last of the festivals signature trophy events — the APT High Roller — which came with a juicy KRW 500 million (~USD 361,500) guarantee and was another event to set a new tour country record, attracting a 245-entry field – you can read about this below.

Then there was the two-day KRW 700,000 (~USD 500) Double Stack, which came with a 150,000,000 (~USD 108,500) guarantee and drew a 693-entry field to set a new APT country record for both field size and prize pool – you can read all about this in the side event day 9 press release.

APT High Roller Action

Tournament action in the two-day KRW 5M (~USD 3,615) APT High Roller got underway at 11:15am (KST) with the tournament drawing a 245-entry field comprised of 168 unique players, setting a new tour country record for field size for the event.

The Day 1 action played out over sixteen 40-minute levels, with the tours’ dedicated high roller player base competing for a place in the Final Day to compete for a share of the KRW 1,058,400,000 (~USD 765,293) prize pool and a shot at claiming glory and taming the award-winning Bronze Lion APT High Roller trophy.

The eventual winner will take home a sizable KRW 220,910,000 (~USD 159,730) top prize as well as receiving a KRW 13,830,000 (USD 10,000) APT Championship (APTC) Main Event ticket, with the tournament paying out the top 31 places.

For APT High Roller Prize Pool & Payouts please CLICK HERE.

A total of 59 players made it through the competitive Day 1 field, which saw the likes of former APT High Roller champions Jason Lau, Nguyen Trung Quan, and Phachara Wongwichit in action alongside APT Taipei 2023 Main Event champion Punnat Punsri, APT All-Time Money List #1 Joseph Cheong, Natural8 Ambassador Sparrow Cheung and former APT Incheon Main Event champion Dicky Tsang.

While Lau, Quan, Wongwichit, and Cheong were all unable to make the cut, Tsang (452,000), Punsri (345,000), and Cheung (228,000), all made it through, as did former champion Thanisorn Saelor, who jumped into the action midway through the days play after exiting the Main Event final table in fourth place, with the Thai player bagging up a stack of 430,000 with which to make a second title run of the festival.

However, it is Nataz Butsrita who is leading the charge after bagging up a tournament topping stack of 1,369,000, with the Thai player the only entrant to surpass the seven-figure stack threshold.

APT Incheon 2025 Super High Roller runner-up Jun Obara bagged the second-largest stack of 795,000, with Canada’s Jason Li (792,000) rounding out the top three, with the top ten as follows:

APT HIGH ROLLER TOP TEN STACKS

Outside of the top ten, other notables still in the running include APT Super High Roller champion Calvin Lee (616,000), Hong Kong’s Alan Lau (457,000), China’s Renji Mao (317,000), and the Netherland’s Joris Michl (164,000).

For APT High Roller Player List please CLICK HERE.

For APT High Roller Day 1 Survivors please CLICK HERE.

For APT High Roller Final Day Draw please CLICK HERE.

You can read about all the action in more detail via the APT Blog.

The Final Day gets underway at 11:15am local time (KST) on Sunday, August 10, where the remaining 59 players will battle it out for the coveted Bronze Lion APT High Roller trophy with the action live streamed on the official APT YouTube channel.

All tournament information can be found on the APT High Roller - Day 1 tournament page.

Japan’s Keigo Kubo Scores Career High KRW 127.8M (~USD 92K) in Tours’ Largest Korean Mini Main Event

The Main Event was not the only record-breaking tournament to play down to a champion, with the tours’ largest and richest Korean-based KRW 900,000 (~USD 650) Mini Main Event also playing out concurrently.

This saw 146 players out of an initial field of 1,029 entries return to fight it out at the felt for a share of the KRW 777,924,000 (~USD 562,490) prize pool.

All returning players were guaranteed a payout of at least KRW 1,380,000 (~USD 1,000) but it was the gold lion silhouette trophy and the lion’s share of the prize money all were aiming for.

It was Japan’s Keigo Kubo who claimed the accolades after cutting a three-way ICM chop with competitors Chunhao Zhang, and Yunjiang Sun of China.

Kubo locked up a career-best KRW 127,884,000 (~USD 92,470) top prize and his maiden APT title for the win, while Zhang earned KRW 91,410,000 (~USD 66,100) for his runner-up finish – the second largest payout of his poker career to date.

Sun was another to cash for a career-best score, with the KRW 70,750,000 (~USD 51,160) bronze podium finish representing only his second ever live tournament cash.

MINI MAIN EVENT FINAL TABLE RESULTS

Other notables to cash but come up short of a spot in the final nine included Flight C frontrunner Chzhen Evgenii (20th), Austria’s Min Sung Lee (25th), New Zealand’s Tae Hoon Han (26th), Vietnam’s Nang Quang Nguyen (121st), and former Main Event champion Shixiang Khoo (138th).

For Mini Main Event Final Day Player List please CLICK HERE.

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