Junjie He Takes It To The Limit At 2025 APT Incheon Main Event

With the way Junjie He had been running this year, victory seemed to be in the cards, and this week at Paradise City Casino in Incheon, South Korea, it materialized. From a record field of 1,281, He emerged as champion of the Asian Poker Tour’s – APT Incheon Main Event, clinching the biggest win of his career. And the victory came just days after he finished 8th at the Korea National Cup.

2025 APT Incheon Main Event

After a one year hiatus, the Asian Poker Tour returned for its second APT Incheon series since the new ownership. Like previous, players from all over came in full support resulting in larger than ever numbers. The Main Event was no exception, drawing a new record field for the stop of 1,281 entries and a record prize pool of KR₩ 2.76 Billion (~US$ 2 Million). Among the largest contingents were players from Japan, China, and Thailand.

APT Incheon Main Event – Numbers

• Buy-in: KR₩ 2,500,000 (~US$ 1,800)
• Guarantee: KR₩ 1,500,000,000 (~US$ 1.080M)
• Entries: 1,281
• Prize pool: KR₩ 2,766,660,000 (~US$ 2,000,000)
• ITM: 191 places

Flight Results

• Flight A: 250 entries
• Flight B: 236 entries
• Flight C: 316 entries
• Flight D: 192 entries
• Day 2: 287 entries

Junjie He Wins APT Incheon Main Event

Based on the live reports by APT, Junjie He‘s surge from obscurity began at the start of Day 3 after when a big pot vaulted him straight to the top of the leaderboard. However, the momentum wasn’t without turbulence. On Day 4 his big stack took a couple of hard hits to plunge to just 12 big blinds. As he clawed his way back, He survived several showdowns to be back in business eliminating Satoshi Tateuchi (12th) and Haohui Ma (10th).

On the flip side, many notables didn’t have as much luck, falling far before the the final table such as Ryuta Nakai (27th) – who came close to a 2025 WSOP bracelet -, UK high roller and decorated WSOP bracelet winner Alex Lindop (25th), Swedish high roller Mikael Andersson (18th), Asia circuit regulars Abraham Ceesvin (17th), Tae Hoon Han (32nd), and Jeffrey Lo (35th). Also in the mix was former APT tournament director Lloyd Fontillas, finishing in 22nd place.

Final 9 Player of the Main Event

The final table ran a total of 105 hands with Junjie He holding the reins from start to finish. Entering with a commanding 83 big blinds, which was nearly 30 times more than his nearest rival, He faced moments of pressure as Anusorn Asiralertsir closed the gap to a single big blind and Kouki Okumiya briefly drew level. Yet, He never wavered, steering steadily toward the title, then delivered a pivotal blow by knocking out the table’s biggest threat, Thanisorn Saelor, in 4th place.

From there, the final three struck an ICM deal then left extra cash aside for the champion. It took 25 hands before the Kuroda Kiyota was eliminated in 3rd place by Okumiya who then fell just two hands after to He.

This was He’s first ever APT major title outside of home soil and served as sweet redemption for falling just short of the Red Dragon Championship crown three months ago, where he finished as runner-up. Within the past four months, He has boosted his live earnings an extra US$ 495,800 and is now nearing the $700K mark.

#18 APT Main Event (2,500,000 KRW)

Total Prize USD

$2,000,477

Total Prize

₩2,766,660,000

Guaranteed

₩1,500,000,000

Entries

1,281

ITM

191

#	Payout	Player
1	₩380,520,000 $275,140	JH Junjie He China
2	₩315,500,000 $228,125	KO Kouki Okumiya Japan
3	₩266,000,000 $192,335	KK Kiyoto Kuroda Japan
4	₩146,890,000 $106,210	TS Thanisorn Saelor Thailand
5	₩114,180,000 $82,560	AA Anusorn Asiralertsiri Thailand
6	₩85,380,000 $61,735	ON Ota Naoki Japan
7	₩65,210,000 $47,150	MN Mingyang Na China
8	₩46,330,000 $33,500	BL Bin Li China
9	₩35,750,000 $25,850	DH Daniel Hyongin Lee United States of America

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