Junjie He Wins KRW 380.5M in Largest APT Korea Main Event Ever

China’s Junjie He has written his name into Asian Poker Tour history, taking down the APT Incheon 2025 Main Event at Paradise City Casino after outlasting a record 1,281-player field — the largest Main Event turnout ever in APT Korea.

The KRW 2,500,000 buy-in event generated a staggering KRW 2,766,660,000 (~USD 2,000,477) prize pool, shattering its KRW 1.5 billion guarantee. For his victory, He claimed the coveted 24K gold lion trophy, a seat to November’s APT Championship Main Event, and a career-best payday of KRW 380,520,000 (~USD 275,140) — the biggest Main Event prize ever awarded in Korea.

Good to know

• The final table began with two eliminations in the first three hands.
• The top three players secured deals via ICM, locking up big payouts and APT Championship seats.
• Junjie He’s win marked the richest Main Event payout in APT Korea history.

Action kicked off fast. Daniel Lee (9th, United States) fell to Naoki Ota’s pocket kings, and Bin Li (8th, China) saw his ace-jack lose to Kuroda Kiyoto’s ace-king. Shortly after, Mingyang Na (7th, China) exited when Kuroda’s suited ace-eight hit a river flush against his pocket jacks.

Ota’s (6th, Japan) deep run ended after back-to-back defeats to Thanisorn Saelor and Anusorn Asiralertsiri. Asiralertsiri (5th, Thailand) then bowed out when Kouki Okumiya’s river flush beat his flopped two pair. Saelor (4th, Thailand) followed when his queens were outkicked by He.

With three players remaining, He, Okumiya, and Kuroda struck an ICM deal. Kuroda (3rd, Japan) was next to go, his pair of sixes falling to Okumiya’s turned pair of eights.

Heads-up lasted only a few hands. In the final hand, Okumiya four-bet shoved with top pair, but He held two pair. No help came on the river, sealing the title for the Chinese pro. Okumiya (2nd, Japan) earned KRW 315,500,000 (~USD 228,130), the largest score of his career.

Final Table Results 2025 APT Incheon Main Event

1. Junjie He (China) – KRW 380,520,000* (~USD 275,140)
2. Kouki Okumiya (Japan) – KRW 315,500,000* (~USD 228,130)
3. Kuroda Kiyoto (Japan) – KRW 266,000,000* (~USD 192,335)
4. Thanisorn Saelor (Thailand) – KRW 146,890,000 (~USD 106,210)
5. Anusorn Asiralertsiri (Thailand) – KRW 114,180,000 (~USD 82,560)
6. Naoki Ota (Japan) – KRW 85,380,000 (~USD 61,735)
7. Mingyang Na (China) – KRW 65,210,000 (~USD 47,150)
8. Bin Li (China) – KRW 46,330,000 (~USD 33,500)
9. Daniel Lee (United States) – KRW 35,750,0 Junjie He wins the APT Incheon 2025 Main Event, topping 1,281 entries for a KRW 380.5M payday — the biggest Main Event prize in Korean poker history.00 (~USD 25,850)

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