Abraham Ceesvin has gained the APT Jeju Foremost Occasion, defeating a subject of 1,693 gamers — the most important subject in Korean poker historical past — to win $460,850.
He defeated China’s Lili Tang heads-up, denying Tang the prospect at being the primary feminine Asian Poker Tour champion within the New Period.
Ceesvin, together with Tang and third-place finisher Shuang Qiu, have additionally locked up $10,000 seats to the $5m GTD 2025 APT Championship in Taiwan this November.
The APT Jeju Foremost Occasion was the third-largest APT Foremost Occasion of all-time and boasted the third-largest APT Foremost Occasion first-place prize ever awarded in a pageant that shattered data.
APT Jeju Foremost Occasion Closing Desk Outcomes
Winner’s Response
Up till this month, the largest results of Ceesvin’s poker profession was a runner-up end within the APT Taipei Poker Basic final September for $251,163. Taipei was Ceesvin’s third APT Foremost Occasion last desk, with the others coming in Incheon (2023) and Manila (2016), and he mentioned that the second-place weighed on his thoughts forward of APT Jeju.
“After I received second [in Taepei], it actually damage,” Ceesvin defined after his victory. “Possibly as a result of my inexperience. Generally you don’t get an opportunity once more, however I stored attempting.
“I actually needed to win the [APT Championship] ticket. Now I can inform my spouse I have to go Taipei!”.
The APT Championship runs from November 24 to twenty-eight in Taipei, Taiwan, with a $5m assured prize pool, with Ceesvin not anticipating a simple trip.
“It’s going to be robust. There are undoubtedly gamers who could have studied and ready themselves for the Championship as a result of it’s going to be huge cash.”
Different APT Jeju Winners
Throughout the pageant, there have been a complete of 11,821 entries throughout 99 trophy occasions and 4 satellites. Among the many winners was Joseph Cheong, defeated a 449-player subject to win the Zodiac Basic – Sponsored by Natural8 for $173,465, and Poseidon Ho who loved success with 4 last desk performances together with a Hyper Turbo win for $4,195.
Along with Ho, Danny Tang was among the many Triton SHRS regulars who caught round for the APT pageant, and he was rewarded with two titles. The biggest got here within the Celebrity Problem, the place he gained $316,445.
There have been additionally doubles for Xixiang Luo, who gained two Pot-Restrict Omaha occasions. The primary was a Huge O occasion, whereas the second was the distinctive “Lazy Rivers” occasion, the place every participant’s particular person river card was dealt face up.
Lastly, there was enormous success for Hanh Tran who gained 5 titles at APT Jeju, the most important of which got here within the 9 Recreation Excessive Curler.
APT Jeju A number of Occasion Winners
Will Shillibier
Managing Editor
