The World Poker Tour is returning to South Korea at the end of September for the WPT Korea festival. The full tournament series is scheduled to run September 24-30, 2017, at the Grand Jeju Paradise Casino, with the KRW 1.5 million (approx. $1,300) buy-in Main Event taking place September 26-30.
The WPT Korea Main Event features a guaranteed prize pool of KRW 200 million (approx. $175,000) and two starting flights. Each starting flight allows one reentry per player, plus players have the option of buying in or reentering on Day 2 as long as registration is open. Each player competing in the WPT Korea Main Event is allowed a maximum of five entries.
Day 1a of the WPT Korea Main Event takes place on Tuesday, September 26, and Day 1b follows on Wednesday, September 27. Both days begin at 1 p.m. local time in Jeju.
Other exciting poker tournaments on the WPT Korea schedule are the WPT Korea High Roller with a buy-in of KRW 6 million (approx. $5,250) and the WPT Korea Monster Stack with a buy-in of KRW 1 million ($875).
Let’s take a look at the full WPT Korea tournament schedule (all times local):
Sunday, September 24
– 1 p.m. – KRW 900,000 buy-in Suncity HKD 8 million GTD Day 1
– 3 p.m. – KRW 400,000 buy-in Head Hunter 1 Bounty
– 5 p.m. – KRW 700,000 buy-in High Roller satellite
– 6 p.m. – KRW 200,000 buy-in Main Event satellite
Monday, September 25
– 1 p.m. – KRW 900,000 buy-in Suncity HKD 8 million GTD Day 1
– 2 p.m. – KRW 6 million buy-in High Roller
– 3 p.m. – KRW 400,000 buy-in Shot Clock No-Limit Hold’em
– 6 p.m. – KRW 200,000 buy-in Main Event satellite
Tuesday, September 26
– 1 p.m. – KRW 1.5 million buy-in Main Event Day 1a (KRW 200 million guarantee)
– 3 p.m. – KRW 500,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em
– 6 p.m. – KRW 200,000 buy-in Main Event satellite
Wednesday, September 27
– 1 p.m. – KRW 1.5 million buy-in Main Event Day 1b (KRW 200 million guarantee)
– 3 p.m. – KRW 600,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em
– 5 p.m. – KRW 300,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Turbo
Thursday, September 28
– 2 p.m. – KRW 700,000 buy-in Head Hunter 2 Bounty
– 5 p.m. – KRW 500,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha
– 6 p.m. – KRW 150,000 buy-in Monster Stack Satellite
Friday, September 29
– 2 p.m. – KRW 1 million buy-in Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em
– 5 p.m. – KRW 300,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Turbo 2
Saturday, September 30
– 2 p.m. – KRW 300,000 buy-in 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em Turbo
WPT Korea tournaments are eligible for the WPT Asia-Pacific Player of the Year leaderboard, which will award a $15,000 package to be used for any WPT Main Tour, WPTDeepStacks, or WPT500 events in the Asia-Pacific region. Complimentary accommodations and ground transportation for the events will be provided by the WPT, as part of the $15,000 package earned by the WPT Asia-Pacific Player of the Year.
The WPT Asia-Pacific Player of the Year runner-up will receive a $3,500 buy-in to the Season XVII WPT Beijing Main Event, and third place will receive one WPTDeepStacks main event buy-in and one WPT500 buy-in for WPT events in the Asia-Pacific region.
Below are the eligible events to earn WPT Asia-Pacific Player of the Year points for Season XVI:
– April 15-19, 2017: WPT Beijing (completed)
– September 24-30, 2017: WPT Korea
– November 23-26, 2017: WPT Japan
– November 7-13, 2017: WPT India
Additional eligible events will be added when they are announced.
For more details, check out the WPT Korea event page on WPT.com.
Please note that WPT Korea is not considered an official event as part of the WPT Main Tour. The winner will not be awarded an entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.