The hot run of growth on the Asian Poker Tour continued in Jeju this weekend, where another record-breaking festival wrapped up in Korea. The tour broke two field-size records and stacked up the richest total prize pool in the country's history.
APT has now set new records on every stop of 2025. The Jeju edition did it with 1,444 unique players pushing through over 11,000 entries across 99 events and four satellites. It all added up to over $13.1 million in prizes, beating APT Incheon's $10.8 million in August.
Massive Main Event awards $2.7M
The massive prize pools were helped along by two separate fields in the four figures, starting with the Mystery Bounty Hunter and its 1,111 entries. The APT Jeju Main Event set the new Korean standard for largest field with 1,693 entries and the $2.7 million prize pool is now APT's top total in the country.
Abraham Ceesvin won the APT Jeju Main Event, finally accomplishing the feat after several close calls. Ngo Koha Anh captured the APT High Roller for a new high score and a seat at November's APT Championship. Also punching their ticket with a Lion Trophy was Mingcong Chen in the Super High Roller.
The APT Main Event is one of three Lion Trophy tournaments, and they all joined the record-breaking party. The Super High Roller and High Roller both set new marks, helping along the stop's 30% increase in entries and 50% jump in prize money over last year's series.
The tour now turns its eyes to November and the APT Championship in Taipei. Players have been qualifying all year long for what will be a $10K buy-in with a $5M guaranteed prize pool. The four-day Championship headlines a schedule with 203 events, including 33 high rollers, 62 mixed game events, and 19 tournaments for women.
