The WPT IN JEJU is entering its third day. The event is taking place at LANDING CASINO inside the Shinhwa World Hotel on Jeju Island, South Korea, and will run for a total of 10 days.
WPT KOREA Event #1:WPT Opener Day2
Date: July 15, 2023 – Ongoing
Buy-in: KWR 850,000
Entries: 1/353
Prize Pool: ₩261,943,650
Day 2 started with a total of 45 players and ended with a hard-fought winner
David Erquiaga, last year’s WPT Prime Cambodia MAIN EVENT winner, took home the trophy and a first-place prize of $54,224,000.
WPT KOREA Event #3:WPT Korea Main Event Day 1A
Date: July 17, 2023 – Ongoing
Buy-in: KWR 3,400,000
Entries: DAY1A :252
Prize Pool: Undetermined
Day 1A of the Main Event drew 252 entries today, with the feature table played live on the World Poker Tour’s official YouTube channel.
With so many entries on Day 1, Day 1B and C combined are expected to total over 700 entries.
WPT KOREA Event #4:Big Bounty NLH
Date: July 18, 2023 – Ongoing
Buy-in: KWR 680,000
Entries: 1/150
Prize Pool: ₩38,046,000
The Big Bounty NLH event drew 150 entries despite running concurrently with the Main Event.
As is typical for a bounty event, many players were eliminated early on and the final table was formed at Level 19.
Japan’s Yutaka Iwakaw made it to the final table, but was unfortunately eliminated in seventh place, earning $1,420,000 for his efforts.