The WPT Korea Championship is the name of the Main Event taking place right now in Jeju, Korea. The buy-in for the tournament was €1,926 and the guarantee was €1,376,000.
The guarantee was destroyed
The Main Event produced three flights and after that the final number of entries stood at 1,065, which included 587 unique players. This number brought the prizepool to €1,790,500.
Today, the tournament has already moved into its Day 2, where 321 players made their way through. Of those, only 134 players can make it to the ITM, with a trophy, ring and €299,138 in prize money awaiting the winner.
There are also some familiar names in the game, including a Slovakian
Names like Daniel Smiljkovic (255,500), Espen Jorstad (214,000), Stephen O'Dwyer (184,500), Christopher Park (125,500) and the legendary Phil Ivey (117,000) have also made their way to the second day of play.
* All amounts are converted from the South Korean won at the current exchange rate as of 31.3.2024.
Source - WPT Korea, Flickr, somuchpoker.com
