The Main Event recorded a record 1,281 entries, making it the biggest Asian Poker Tour tournament ever held in Korea. This consisted of 206 online qualifiers and 81 players who showed up on Day 2.
Due to the huge number of entries, the prize pool was KRW 2 766 660 000, which is approximately USD 2 million.
This was much more than the guaranteed KRW 1 billion. 191 players will win the money and the winner will receive KRW 483 890 000, which is approximately USD 349 885.
Historical payout date
The record prize pool for the APT Main Event was US$1.7 million, set at the 2024 APT Jeju and won by three-time WSOP bracelet winner Xixiang Luo. This prize pool of USD 2 million improves on that record.
Main Event results
| Stage | Buy-ins | Remaining Players |
| A | 250 | 89 |
| B | 236 | 99 |
| C | 316 | 148 |
| D | 192 | 95 |
The number of entrants dropped from 431 on the first day to 191 on the second day. Abraham Ceesvin is in first place with 954 000 chips.
Ceesvin knows how to play deep APT rounds. This year he finished second in the APT Taipei Poker Classic and last year he finished fifth in the Incheon Main Event. Shuzo Sekine, who won Day 1C, is right behind him with 867,000 points and Kazuhiro Shirasawa is right behind him with 792,000 points.
The last few contenders will join the Day 3 online leg and they will all try to secure a seat at the final table on August 9.
From 1-10 August, the Festival hosted 96 events, which were truly spectacular. It seemed that the Festival was breaking records every other day.
10 players with the most chips – end of Day 2
| Position | Player | Chips |
| 1 | Abraham Ceesvin | 954,000 |
| 2 | Shuzo Sekine | 867,000 |
| 3 | Kazuhiro Shirasawa | 792,000 |
| 4 | Daito Yamashita | 727,000 |
| 5 | Jian Han | 717,000 |
| 6 | Jun Li | 673,000 |
| 7 | Yifan Cao | 660,000 |
| 8 | Vladimir Munits | 631,000 |
| 9 | Tomoyuki Yoshimiya | 620,000 |
| 10 | Kookchunantoine Priniotakis | 605,000 |
