The WPT Korea 2024 has a US$1.9m prize pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
South Korea.- The latest edition of the WPT Korea Championship attracted 1,065 entries by the conclusion of Day 1. The prize pool was KRW2.6bn (US$1.9m)<\/strong>. The first-place winner stands to claim KRW434m (US$320,000) with the WPT Trophy and WPT Championship Ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leading the chip counts are three players from China, Lin Yan with 836,000, Hai Pan with 616,000, and Renji Mao with 545,000. Defending champion Yin Tao has 165,000 chips, while last year’s runner-up, Valeriy Pak from Uzbekistan, holds 222,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other notable players are veteran pros Phil Ivey, Stephen O’Dwyer, Daniel Smiljkovic and WSOP 2022 Champion Espen Jorstad. Side tournaments have taken place, resulting in the awarding of two WPT Side Event Rings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The WPT Korea 2024 has a US$1.9m prize pool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":13541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The WPT Korea 2024 Championship concluded Day 1 with 1,065 entries, generating a prize pool of KRW2.6bn (US$1.9m). The first-place winner is set to claim KRW434m (US$320,000) along with the WPT Trophy and Championship Ring. Notable players, including defending champion Yin Tao and veteran pros Phil Ivey and Stephen O\u2019Dwyer, are actively competing.","focusai_entities":"WPT Korea, Lin Yan, Hai Pan, Renji Mao, Yin Tao, Valeriy Pak, Phil Ivey, Stephen O\u2019Dwyer, Daniel Smiljkovic, Espen Jorstad, WSOP","focusai_location":"South Korea, China, Uzbekistan","focusai_target_profile":"gambler_consumer (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.9), operator_casino (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"WPT Korea Market Impact?","query":"What are the broader implications of WPT Korea's prize pool and entry numbers for the regional iGaming market's growth trajectory and the viability of large-scale live poker events in Asia?"},{"label":"Player Demographics Shift?","query":"Does the prominence of players from China in the chip counts indicate a shifting demographic or strategic focus for high-stakes poker tournaments in the APAC region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[229,23907],"class_list":["post-777014472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777014472"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014475,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014472\/revisions\/777014475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}