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The WPT Seoul event will be held from October 30th to November 9th at the INSPIRE Resort & Casino in Incheon, featuring 46 events with a guaranteed prize pool of KRW 1 billion for the Main Event. YY Poker Club will provide 70 tables and a live streaming studio.
The WPT Seoul event will be held from October 30th to November 9th at the INSPIRE Resort & Casino in Incheon, featuring 46 events with a guaranteed prize pool of KRW 1 billion for the Main Event. YY Poker Club will provide 70 tables and a live streaming studio.
The World Poker Tour (WPT) will be heading to South Korea this fall, with the WPT Seoul event taking place for the first time at the INSPIRE Resort & Casino in Incheon from October 30 to November 9.
Located in YY Poker Club, Asia’s newest and largest poker room, this second-floor entertainment space features 70 poker tables and a dedicated live-streaming studio.
A tight schedule of 46 events over 11 days is enough to kick off this new venue. The highlight is the WPT Seoul INSPIRE Championship, where a buy-in of only KRW 1,750,000 (approximately $700) is required for a guaranteed prize pool of KRW 1,000,000,000 (approximately $715,000).
The complete schedule is as follows:
WPT Seoul Full Schedule
| date | time | serial number | Tournament | Buy gold | Guaranteed bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 30 (Friday) | 12:30 | 1 | NLH Inspire Super Deepstack Tournament | KRW 600,000 | — |
| October 30 (Friday) | 15:30 | 2 | PLO | KRW 500,000 | — |
| October 30 (Friday) | 18:00 | 3 | NLH Quick Bounty Race | KRW 400,000 | — |
| October 30 (Friday) | 19:30 | 4 | NLH Super Fast Race | KRW 300,000 | — |
| October 30 (Friday) | 20:30 | 5 | NLH Evening Super-Fast Race | KRW 1,000,000 | — |
| October 31 (Saturday) | 11:30 | 6 | Group A, Day 1 of the Championship Warm-up Tournament | KRW 700,000 | KRW 100,000,000 |
| October 31 (Saturday) | 11:30 | 7 | Big O | KRW 500,000 | — |
| October 31 (Saturday) | 12:30 | 8 | Mini High Roller Warm-up | KRW 2,200,000 | — |
| October 31 (Saturday) | 16:00 | 6 | Group B, Day 1 of the Championship Warm-up Tournament | KRW 700,000 | KRW 100,000,000 |
| October 31 (Saturday) | 18:00 | 9 | NLH Mega Deepstack Turbo | KRW 500,000 | — |
| October 31 (Saturday) | 20:00 | 6 | Group C, Day 1 of the Championship Warm-up Tournament | KRW 700,000 | KRW 100,000,000 |
| October 31 (Saturday) | 20:30 | 10 | NLH Evening Super-Fast Race | KRW 1,000,000 | — |
| October 31 (Saturday) | 20:30 | SAT | Mystery Bounty Satellite Tournament | KRW 300,000 | — |
| November 1st (Sunday) | 11:30 | 6 | Day 2 of the tournament warm-up | — | KRW 100,000,000 |
| November 1st (Sunday) | 11:30 | 11 | Mystery Bounty Tournament Day 1, Group A | KRW 1,000,000 | — |
| November 1st (Sunday) | 11:30 | 12 | NLH Freeze | KRW 500,000 | — |
| November 1st (Sunday) | 13:00 | 13 | PLO | KRW 600,000 | — |
| November 1st (Sunday) | 17:00 | 11 | Mystery Bounty Tournament Day 1, Group B | KRW 1,000,000 | — |
| November 1st (Sunday) | 20:00 | 14 | NLH Super Fast Race | KRW 300,000 | — |
| November 1st (Sunday) | 20:30 | 15 | High Roller Super Fast Race | KRW 2,500,000 | — |
| November 1st (Sunday) | 20:30 | SAT | WPT Seoul INSPIRE Satellite Tournament (50K) | KRW 400,000 | — |
| November 2 (Monday) | 11:30 | 11 | Day 2 of the Mystery Bounty Tournament | — | — |
| November 2 (Monday) | 11:30 | 16 | NLH Deepstacks Day 1, Group A | KRW 300,000 | — |
| November 2 (Monday) | 12:00 | 17 | PLO Double Board Bomb Bottom Pool | KRW 600,000 | — |
| November 2 (Monday) | 12:30 | 18 | Super High Roller Warm-up Day 1 | KRW 3,300,000 | — |
| November 2 (Monday) | 14:30 | 16 | NLH Deepstacks Day 1, Group B | KRW 300,000 | — |
| November 2 (Monday) | 15:00 | 19 | Monster Deep Stack Day 1 | KRW 1,000,000 | — |
| November 2 (Monday) | 17:00 | 16 | NLH Deepstacks Day 1, Group C | KRW 300,000 | — |
| November 2 (Monday) | 20:30 | 20 | NLH Evening Super-Fast Race | KRW 1,000,000 | — |
| November 2 (Monday) | 20:30 | SAT | Survivor Bounty Satellite Tournament | KRW 300,000 | — |
| November 2 (Monday) | 20:30 | 16 | NLH Deepstack Final Day | — | — |
| November 3 (Tuesday) | 11:30 | 18 | Day 2 of the Super High Roller warm-up | — | — |
| November 3 (Tuesday) | 11:30 | 19 | Monster Deep Stack Day 2 | — | — |
| November 3 (Tuesday) | 11:30 | 21 | Survivor Bounty Tournament Day 1, Group A | KRW 1,300,000 | — |
| November 3 (Tuesday) | 11:30 | 22 | NLH Freeze | KRW 500,000 | — |
| November 3 (Tuesday) | 17:00 | 21 | Survivor Bounty Tournament Day 1, Group B | KRW 1,300,000 | — |
| November 3 (Tuesday) | 20:30 | 23 | NLH Evening Super-Fast Race | KRW 1,000,000 | — |
| November 3 (Tuesday) | 20:30 | SAT | WPT Seoul INSPIRE Satellite Tournament (50K, 2 guaranteed spots) | KRW 400,000 | — |
| November 4 (Wednesday) | 11:30 | 21 | Survivor Bounty Day 2 | — | — |
| November 4 (Wednesday) | 11:30 | 24 | PLO 4/5/6 Day 1 Group A (PLO4 only) | KRW 700,000 | — |
| November 4 (Wednesday) | 12:30 | 25 | NLH Deep Stack High Roller | KRW 2,750,000 | — |
| November 4 (Wednesday) | 13:00 | SAT | WPT Seoul INSPIRE Satellite Tournament (50K, 10 Guaranteed Seats) | KRW 400,000 | — |
| November 4 (Wednesday) | 14:00 | 24 | PLO 4/5/6 Day 1 Group B (PLO5 only) | KRW 700,000 | — |
| November 4 (Wednesday) | 16:30 | 24 | PLO 4/5/6 Day 1 Group C (PLO6 only) | KRW 700,000 | — |
| November 4 (Wednesday) | 20:30 | 26 | NLH Evening Super-Fast Race | KRW 1,000,000 | — |
| November 4 (Wednesday) | 20:30 | SAT | WPT Seoul INSPIRE Satellite Tournament (50K, 10 Guaranteed Seats) | KRW 400,000 | — |
| November 4 (Wednesday) | 21:00 | 24 | PLO 4/5/6 Finals (changing every level) | — | — |
| November 5 (Thursday) | 11:30 | 27 | WPT Seoul INSPIRE Championship Day 1, Group A | KRW 1,750,000 | KRW 1,000,000,000 |
| November 5 (Thursday) | 11:30 | 28 | PLO | KRW 1,000,000 | — |
| November 5 (Thursday) | 12:30 | 29 | Super High Roller Day 1 | KRW 8,000,000 | — |
| November 5 (Thursday) | 18:00 | 30 | NLH Super Deepstack Fast Bounty Tournament | KRW 650,000 | — |
| November 5 (Thursday) | 20:30 | 31 | NLH Evening Super-Fast Race | KRW 1,000,000 | — |
| November 5 (Thursday) | 20:30 | SAT | WPT Seoul INSPIRE Satellite Tournament (50K, 3 guaranteed spots) | KRW 400,000 | — |
| November 6 (Friday) | 11:30 | 27 | WPT Seoul INSPIRE Championship Day 1, Group B | KRW 1,750,000 | KRW 1,000,000,000 |
| November 6 (Friday) | 11:30 | 29 | Day 2 of the Super High Roller | — | — |
| November 6 (Friday) | 11:30 | 32 | PLO 5-card deck | KRW 500,000 | — |
| November 6 (Friday) | 12:30 | 33 | NLH Mystery High Roller Tournament | KRW 3,300,000 | — |
| November 6 (Friday) | 18:00 | 34 | NLH Mega Deepstack Freeze Turbo | KRW 500,000 | — |
| November 6 (Friday) | 20:30 | 35 | NLH Evening Super-Fast Race | KRW 1,000,000 | — |
| November 6 (Friday) | 20:30 | SAT | WPT Seoul INSPIRE Satellite Tournament (50K, 5 Guaranteed Seats) | KRW 400,000 | — |
| November 7 (Saturday) | 11:30 | 36 | NLH Quick Freeze Match | KRW 500,000 | — |
| November 7 (Saturday) | 11:30 | 27 | WPT Seoul INSPIRE Championship Day 1, Group C | KRW 1,750,000 | KRW 1,000,000,000 |
| November 7 (Saturday) | 18:00 | 27 | WPT Seoul INSPIRE Championship Day 1, Group D | KRW 1,750,000 | KRW 1,000,000,000 |
| November 7 (Saturday) | 22:00 | 37 | Extreme High Roller Race | KRW 2,500,000 | — |
| November 8 (Sunday) | 11:30 | 27 | WPT Seoul INSPIRE Championship Day 2 | — | KRW 1,000,000,000 |
| November 8 (Sunday) | 11:30 | 38 | Mini Tournament Day 1 Group A | KRW 700,000 | — |
| November 8 (Sunday) | 12:30 | SAT | High Roller Satellite | KRW 600,000 | — |
| November 8 (Sunday) | 16:00 | 39 | High Roller Day 1 | KRW 3,500,000 | KRW 150,000,000 |
| November 8 (Sunday) | 17:00 | 38 | Group B, Day 1 of the Mini Tournament | KRW 700,000 | — |
| November 8 (Sunday) | 20:30 | 40 | NLH Evening Super-Fast Race | KRW 1,000,000 | — |
| November 9 (Monday) | 11:30 | 27 | WPT Seoul INSPIRE Championship Final Day | — | KRW 1,000,000,000 |
| November 9 (Monday) | 11:30 | 38 | Day 2 of the Mini Tournament | — | — |
| November 9 (Monday) | 11:30 | 39 | Day 2 of the High Roller | — | KRW 150,000,000 |
| November 9 (Monday) | 11:30 | 41 | NLH Closing Ceremony 7-Player Table | KRW 600,000 | — |
| November 9 (Monday) | 14:00 | 42 | PLO Quick Bounty Tournament | KRW 500,000 | — |
| November 9 (Monday) | 15:30 | 43 | NLH Championship Fast Race | KRW 1,750,000 | — |
| November 9 (Monday) | 18:00 | 44 | NLH Evening Super-Fast Race | KRW 1,000,000 | — |
| November 9 (Monday) | 19:10 | 45 | NLH 10/10/10 | KRW 350,000 | — |
Numerous exciting matches to look forward to
Ahead of the WPT Seoul INSPIRE Championship, a host of exciting events await players. The 46 events offer a diverse range of formats and buy-in options across 11 days of music festival.
The tournament will kick off on October 30th with the Inspire Super Deepstack event, followed by PLO, Turbo Bounty, and 15-Second Ultra Turbo events. The preceding days also include a tournament warm-up guaranteeing KRW $100 million and a KRW $2.2 million Mini High Roller warm-up.
The first week features a wide variety of events, including mystery bounty tournaments, freeze tournaments, monster deep-stack tournaments, survivor bounty tournaments, and multiple PLO events. There are also Big O events, and the festival offers a series of high-roller tournaments for players looking to increase their stacks.
The event will reach its climax on November 5th with the KRW $1.75 million WPT Seoul INSPIRE Championship and the KRW $8 million Super High Roller event taking place simultaneously. Later in the festival, players can also participate in the KRW $3.3 million Mystery Bounty High Roller and the KRW $3.5 million High Roller, followed by mini-tournaments and the final High Roller event to conclude the festival.
Players with limited budgets also have plenty of options, with buy-ins starting from KRW 300,000. In addition to major tournaments, there are regularly held blitz tournaments, freeze tournaments, and PLO events.
WPT Seoul Station's new base
One of the best things about poker is the opportunity to travel the world and play in some really cool places, and the WPT Seoul INSPIRE will certainly live up to that expectation.
In addition to the world-class YY Poker Club, there are plenty of off-table activities to enjoy. Daia and Ultra Lounge offer complimentary entertainment every night throughout the festival, plus a welcome party for players upon arrival.
This five-star hotel with 1,275 rooms also features a 15,000-seat arena (check concert schedules), an indoor water park, a shopping mall, and a wide range of dining and other entertainment options.
In addition, the resort's proximity to Incheon International Airport will certainly be a welcome convenience for events that are expected to attract a large number of international athletes.
Finally, the organizers suggest that any player planning to attend one of Asia's biggest annual poker tournaments can take advantage of discounted room rates for a limited time. For more information, please visit the official websites of WPT and INSPIRE Resorts.
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