Asian Poker Tour Korea Festival Opens its Doors August 18

Posted 25 days 21 hours ago by Matthew Pitt

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) returns to Korea for the latest instalment of its popular tour. In partnership with the Phoenix Club, APT Korea 2013 takes place at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Jeju, Korea from August 18 through August 23.

Featuring buy-ins ranging from US$120 up to a more wallet-testing US$10,600, APT Korea 2013 has something for everyone, including you! Kicking off proceedings on August 18 is a US$120 No Limit Hold’em rebuy event that should see a substantial prize pool created.

Keep August 19 free if you want to compete in the US$5,000 High Roller event, a tournament that has seen its buy-in doubled from the last time it ran in Korea in March 2013. When the High Rollers even ran in March, it cost US$2,500 and attracted a compact but talented crowd of 18 players, each of whom were outlasted by Sparrow Cheung. The organisers must be expecting a much larger field this year given how they have set the buy-in at US$5,000.

Should US$5,000 be too small for your poker tournament needs, head to the Ramada Plaza Hotel at 2pm on August 22 for the Super High Rollers event. Anyone wanting to compete in this tournament will have to part company with US$10,600 – more than the World Series of Poker Main Event! Brian Powell won this very event last year when he defeated eight opponents to get his hands on the $57,600 first place prize.

Another tournament that has seen its buy-in increased dramatically is the APT Korea Main Event. In March, this tournament cost US$1,100, but this latest edition will set players back US$2,500. The reigning champion is Canada’s Ryan Tack Yu who picked up US$36,100 when he defeated Takuya Kato heads-up to claim the title of APT Korea Champion.

APT Korea 2013 Schedule

Date	Time	Tournament	Buy-in (USD)	Fee (USD)
Sun 18 Aug	13:00	NL Hold’em Re-buys + 1 Add-on	$100	$20
Sun 18 Aug	19:00	Add-On for Charity US$50 Add on	$200	No fee
Mon 19 Aug	13:00	NL Hold’em	$320	$30
Mon 19 Aug	14:00	High Rollers	$4,700	$300
Tue 20 Aug	13:00	APT Korea Main Event Day 1	$2,500	$200
Tue 20 Aug	15:00	DafaPoker Pot Limit Omaha	$320	$30
Wed 21 Aug	13:00	APT Korea Main Event Day 1B	$2,500	$200
Wed 21 Aug	15:00	DafaPoker NL Hold’em	$410	$40
Wed 21 Aug	18:00	Pot Limit Omaha Turbo	$150	$20
Thu 22 Aug	13:00	APT Korea Main Event Day 2
Thu 22 Aug	13:00	WeLoveSport Head Hunter	$410	$40
Thu 22 Aug	14:00	Super High Rollers (Special Event)	$10,000	$600
Thu 22 Aug	18:00	Deep Stack Turbo	$150	$20
Fri 23 Aug	13:00	NL Hold’em 6 Handed	$250	$20
Fri 23 Aug	13:30	APT Korea Main Event Final Day

Keep your browsers locked to PokerNetwork during the APT Korea 2013 festival as we try too bring you updates from each of the events.

_{Lead image courtesy of the Asian Poker Tour.}

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