Running Sept 25 to Oct 7 Featuring 136 Tournaments, 12 APT Championship Main Event Seats & Over KRW 5.2 Billion (~USD 3.5M) in Prize Pool Guarantees
What could be better than ten days of topflight tournament poker? Try thirteen action-packed days of world class tournament action, with the Asian Poker Tour—sponsored by Natural8—adding an additional three days to the highly anticipated APT Jeju 2026.
Running from September 25 to October 7, 2026, in partnership with Landing Entertainment Korea (LEK) the 13-day poker festival will be playing out at the tournament tables of the luxurious LES A Casino located in the expansive multi-resort Jeju Shinhwa World complex on the picturesque volcanic island of Jeju, South Korea.
With the Main Events at the tour’s previous two Jeju-based festivals—the APT Jeju 2025 and the more recent APT Jeju Classic 2026—setting and then subsequently breaking Korean poker records as the largest-ever tournament ever to play out in the country, expectations are high for another stellar showing.
With a jam-packed schedule 32 percent (32%) larger than the previous offering at the APT Jeju Classic 2026, the APT Jeju 2026 features 136 trophy events, three satellites, and over KRW 5.2 billion (~USD 3.5 million) in guaranteed prize pools.
These 136 tournaments are split between 90 No Limit Hold’em tournaments that includes 11 dedicated Women’s Events, two heads-up events (one of which is also a Women’s Event), and two combined Go+poker and chess+poker events, plus an eclectic selection of 46 non-NLH events comprising 21 Omaha tournaments, 17 stud and mixed games, and 8 draw games.
In addition to the juicy prize pool guarantees, there will also be 12 USD 10,000 APT Championship (APTC) Main Event) seats to be won.
There will be five on offer in the Main Event, two of which will be awarded by lucky draw on Day 3 and Day 4, with the remaining three being awarded to the top three finishers.
The other eight seats will be awarded to the winners of the APT Super High Roller, the APT High Roller, the Superstar Challenge, the Zodiac Classic - Sponsored by Natural8, the Event #33 High Roller – Ultra Stack, the Event #54 High Roller, and the Mini Main Event. All champions will be awarded a seat to the USD 5M GTD APTC Main Event running November 23-27, 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan.
As always, it is the signature Lion Trophy events that are the beating heart of the festival. Headlined by a KRW 2.7M (~USD 1,850) buy-in APT Main Event which comes with a hefty KRW 2.2 billion (~USD 1.5M) prize pool guarantee and plays out from September 27 to October 3, the festival’s other two marquee events—the APT Super High Roller and the APT High Roller—come with KRW 500 million (~USD 342K) and KRW 700 million (~USD 478K) guarantees respectively.
Outside of the three signature Lion Trophy events, other guaranteed events include the KRW 900K (~USD 615) buy-in APT National Cup, the KRW 1.2M (~USD 820) buy-in Mystery Bounty Hunter – Sponsored by Natural8, the KRW 3.7M (~USD 2,500) buy-in Zodiac Classic – Sponsored by Natural8, the KRW 1.5M (~USD 1,000) buy-in Mini Main Event, the brand-new KRW 1.5M (~USD 1,000) buy-in Baby Zodiac Classic, and the KRW 750K (~USD 500) buy-in Monster Stack.
APT JEJU 2026 KEY EVENTS*
- Korea National Cup (KRW 200M/~USD 136K GTD): Sept 25-26 – KRW 900K (~USD 615) buy-in
- Mystery Bounty Hunter - Sponsored by Natural8 (KRW 400M/USD 273K GTD): Sept 26-27 – KRW 1.2M (USD 820) buy-in
- PLO High Roller: Sept 26 - KRW 3M (~USD 2,050) buy-in
- APT Super High Roller (KRW 500M/~USD 341K GTD): Sept 26-27 – KRW 15M (~USD 10,250) buy-in
- APT Main Event (KRW 2.2B/~USD 1.5M GTD): Sept 27-Oct 3 – KRW 2.7M (~USD 1,850) buy-in
- Sunday Super Stack: Sept 27 – KRW 600K (~USD 410) buy-in
- Superstar Challenge: Sept 25-26 – KRW 37M (~USD 25K) buy-in
- Zodiac Classic - Sponsored by Natural8 (KRW 500M/~USD 341K GTD): Oct 1-2 – KRW 3.7M (USD 2,500) buy-in
- Mini Main Event (KRW 300M/~USD 205K GTD): Oct 2-3 – KRW 1.5M (~USD 1,025) buy-in
- Baby Superstar Challenge: Oct 2 – KRW 7.5M (~USD 5.1K) buy-in
- 9-Game High Roller: Oct 2 - KRW 3M (~USD 2,050) buy-in
- APT High Roller (KRW 700M/~USD 478K GTD): Oct 3-4 – KRW 5.5M (~USD 3,760) buy-in
- Ultra Stack (KRW 150M/~USD 102K GTD): Oct 3-4 – KRW 1.2M (~USD 820) buy-in
- Baby Zodiac Classic (KRW 125M/~USD 85K GTD): Oct 4-5 - KRW 1.5M (~USD 1,025) buy-in
- Sunday Super Stack Big Bounty: Oct 4 - KRW 600K (~USD 410) buy-in
- Monster Stack (KRW 125M/~USD 85K GTD): Oct 5-6 - KRW 750K (~USD 510) buy-in
- Trip Saver: Oct 6-7 - KRW 1.5M (~USD 1,025) buy-in
- Micro Main Event: Oct 7 – KRW 450K (~USD 300) buy-in
*All buy-ins in KRW, USD is for reference only