APT Jeju's Main Event has a confirmed KRW 3,207,600,000 prize pool after registration closed at 1,375 entries, including 696 unique players. The tour's September 30 report puts the winner's prize at KRW 556,340,000.
A double elimination split the minimum cash
The KRW 2.7 million buy-in tournament initially scheduled 199 paid positions. Two players were then eliminated simultaneously on the bubble: Francis Anderson and Shurong Huang each received KRW 2,090,000, splitting the KRW 4,180,000 minimum cash. Another 198 players advanced to Day 3.
Ma Kaihong led those survivors with 1,135,000 chips. These are the end-of-Day-2 figures, not a live October 1 chip count. No champion had been declared in that report.
DIP view
The important distinction is between entries and people. Re-entry means a large field does not represent the same number of individual competitors, and a headline prize says little about any entrant's expected return. The split cash also explains why counting paid people and counting payout positions can produce different totals.
For readers following the event, use the official report linked below as a dated checkpoint rather than treating this snapshot as a live scoreboard. We retain the published Korean-won amounts instead of presenting approximate dollar conversions as guaranteed exchange values.
The cover is an original conceptual illustration, not a photograph of the event or its venue.
Enjoy following poker without feeling obliged to play. If you do participate, set an affordable budget in advance and do not chase losses.
