After four thrilling days of tournament poker the largest Main Event the Asian Poker Tour has ever run in Korea has reached the final table, with the 1,281-strong APT Incheon 2025 Main Event field whittled down to the final nine players.

These lucky few are duking it out for the lion’s share of the largest prize pool the tour has ever awarded in the country, with a record KRW 2,766,660,000 (~USD 2,000,477) in the purse that includes three seats to the USD 10,000 APT Championship (APTC) Main Event for the top three finishers.

In addition to poker's hottest ticket, the eventual champion will walk away with the largest first place prize the tour has ever awarded in a Korean poker tournament — a massive KRW 483,890,000 (~USD 349,885 top prize — as well as the award-winning 24K gold lion APT Main Event trophy and all the accolades that come with it.

The battle for the title promises to be epic. To see how we got to this point, you can check out the coverage on the APT Blog.

You can also view all the action as it played out via the live stream on the official APT YouTube channel.

The stage is set, the curtains are raised, all that remains is to introduce the players, so let us look at the lucky few and examine the poker credentials of our potential future champions-in-waiting:

Seat 1: Mingyang Na (China) – 4,100,000 The first of three Chinese players at the final table, Mingyang Na has five cashes on his poker resume, three of which have come this series, improving his total live winnings to over USD 3,100. Na is returning sixth in the overall counts for his APT final table debut and is already guaranteed a career-best result whatever happens.

Seat 2: Thanisorn Saelor (Thailand) – 7,600,000 Thanisorn Saelor already boasts a major APT title having tamed the bronze lion APT High Roller trophy at the APT Incheon 2023 and is looking to become the first player of the New Era to claim two of the tours’ signature trophies. Saelor has already cashed three events this festival, making two final table appearances and winning over USD 100,000 to climb to over USD 1 million in live tournament winnings. Saelor is returning fourth in the counts with 48 big blinds and has to be one of the favourites to lift the trophy.

Seat 3: Bin Li (China) – 1,500,000 The second of the final table’s three Chinese players, Bin Li is one of the more experienced finalists with tournament cashes dating back to 2011 on his poker resume for live tournament winnings of over USD 96,000. Li is another making his maiden APT final table debut but boasts two prior live tournament titles. Returning as the second shortest stack, Li has his work cut out for him if he wants to take the title and is already guaranteed a career-best result; any result will bring his total live earnings over the USD 100K milestone.

Seat 4: Junjie He (China) – 13,200,000 Junjie He is the third of the Chinese finalists and will be returning in pole position with the chip lead. This is He’s fourth career APT final table appearance, and his second of the festival having already managed an eighth-place finish in the Korean National Cup, which was good for KRW 7.7 million (~USD 5.5K). He has over USD 420,000 in live tournament winnings and only a second-place finish or better will grant him a career-best score.

Seat 5: Daniel Lee (United States) – 1,100,000 Daniel Lee is the sole US representative at the final table and is returning as the shortest stack with just over seven big blinds. However, should Lee manage to stage a comeback his poker experience will stand him in good stead, with the US player boasting three prior live tournament titles. Lee boasts over USD 920,000 in career cashes that include nine APT final tables, one of which came this series in the Event #11 Pot Limit Omaha – High Roller where he finished in fourth place. A fourth-place finish or better will see Lee make a career-best score.

Seat 6: Kuoki Okumiya (Japan) ¬– 1,900,000 The tournament dark horse, Japan’s Kuoki Okumiya has no prior recorded live cashes and is making his maiden live tournament score one to remember. Okumiya is returning as the third shortest stack with 12 big blinds but has already shown he can handle himself at the tournament tables, sending start-of-day chip leader Rishi Mehra to the rail when the tournament reached the last two tables. Okumiya’s first live cash will be a final table appearance in the Main Event, which will be the biggest cash of his career.

Seat 7: Anusorn Asiralertsiri (Thailand) – 8,625,000 The second of the two Thai finalists, Anusorn Asiralertsiri will be returning second in chips with 54 big blinds. The Thai player boasts 16 live cashes on his poker resume, all of which have come on the APT for total live winnings of over USD 82,000. Asiralertsiri’s best results from a monetary perspective came his year with a tenth-place finish in the APT Taipei 2025 Main Event, with the Thai making his APT final table debut that same festival in the Event #109 Last Chance High Roller where he finished in eighth place. A seventh-place finish or better will see Asiralertsiri make a career best score.

Seat 8: Kuroda Kiyoto (Japan) – 8,325,000 The second of three Japanese finalists, Kuroda Kiyoto is returning as the third-largest stack with 52 big blinds. Kiyoto has five recorded live results on his poker resume, with his only two recorded live cashes (the other three all came in Japan for $0) both coming at the APT Manila 2016. This is Kiyoto’s second career APT final table, with his previous best an eighth-place finish in the APT Manila Weekend Series 2016 Main Event, which was good for USD 3,356. Kiyoto is already guaranteed a career best score and with his chip stack has a realistic shot at the title.

Seat 9: Naoki Ota (Japan) – 4,600,000 The final challenger Naoki Ota is the third of three Japanese finalists and will be returning fifth in the counts with 29 big blinds. Ota has ten recorded tournament finishers on his poker resume, four of which awarded a cash prize for tournament winnings of just over USD 5,500. Ota has already earned his first APT cash with a 16th place finish in the Event #41 No Limit Hold’em and his APT final table debut has already guaranteed him a career-best score.