APL WINTERFEST was held at Johnny’s House, in Ilsan, on December 17~19.
In this series, the vaccine pass was applied to all players and dealers. Only those who had tested negative 2 weeks or more after the second vaccination or those who tested negative for PCR were allowed to enter the table.
#1 X-MAS Championship Day-1A: 12 players advanced
The Championship, which was held with a maximum of 220 entries and a total guarantee of 100 million KRW ($83,000), was a 2-day event with Day-1A and 1B, followed by Day-2.
On Friday, the 17th 1 PM, the first WINTERFEST event, X-MAS Championship Day-1A was held. After 16 blind levels, 12 players from 108 entries advanced to Day-2.
X-mas championship day-1A Result
| No | Player | Chip count |
| 1 | YU SEUNG MIN | 791,000 |
| 2 | KIM GAB YONG | 608,000 |
| 3 | JINTAE YANG | 351,000 |
| 4 | CHOI WONGOOK | 322,000 |
| 5 | HONG MYUNG CHUL | 318,000 |
| 6 | KWAK WON HOON | 191,000 |
| 7 | PARK DU YOUNG | 158,000 |
| 8 | IM HYEONWOO | 121,000 |
| 9 | CHOI IL HWAN | 121,000 |
| 10 | YANG DONG HYUN | 121,000 |
| 11 | HAN SUNG JIN | 100,000 |
| 12 | NO EUN DONG | 40,000 |
| Average Chip count | 270,167 | |
#2 No Limit Hold’em Turbo: Player Jaeho Lee, lifts the first trophy in the series ($4,360)
NLH Turbo event held at 7 pm on the same day, the maximum number of entries: 100 entries closed quickly. A total of KRW 25,000,000($21,000) guarantee, the Top 10 were supposed to receive the prize money, but when there are 11 players left, the prize money up to the 11th place was decided by agreement by the players.
About 2 hours passed and the final table was formed, the last 3 players chopped the prize money, and the game continued for the trophy. It wasn’t long before player Jae-Ho Lee had all his chips in and his hands were raised as the first trophy winner of the series.
TURBO EVENT WINNER, JAE HO LEE ($4,360)
#2 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Result
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1 | JAE HO LEE | \5,200,000 |
| 2 | HYUN WOO PARK | \4,800,000 |
| 3 | BYUNG GYU CHOI | \4,800,000 |
| 4 | KI HYUN PARK | \2,400,000 |
| 5 | HALEY RYU | \2,000,000 |
| 6 | CHUL MIN KIM | \1,600,000 |
| 7 | HYUN WOO KANG | \1,300,000 |
| 8 | SANG IL KIM | \1,000,000 |
| 9 | SEUNG LIM HA | \800,000 |
| 10 | HO HYUN JUNG | \600,000 |
| 11 | SEOUNG MIN LEE | \500,000 |
#1 X-MAS Championship Day-1B: 17 Players advanced.
At 11 am on Saturday the 18th, X-MAS Championship Day-1B was held. The final entry for Day-1B closed at 112. As with Day-1A, there were 16 blind levels, and 17 players advanced to Day-2.
X-mas championship day-1B Result
| No | Player | Chip count |
| 1 | HYUN GU PARK | 490,500 |
| 2 | HYUN WOO PARK | 344,500 |
| 3 | CHAE BIN KIM | 324,000 |
| 4 | WOO SANG LEE | 315,000 |
| 5 | JUNG MIN KIM | 262,500 |
| 6 | MIN SUK KIM | 241,000 |
| 7 | KANG WOOK KIM | 228,500 |
| 8 | HEE SU KANG | 182,000 |
| 9 | SUK HWAN CHOI | 171,500 |
| 10 | MIN GYU LEE | 150,500 |
| 11 | YONG SUNG MOON | 140,500 |
| 12 | DAE WON KIM | 136,000 |
| 13 | JI TAE MAENG | 126,500 |
| 14 | IK PYO LEE | 118,500 |
| 15 | CHANG MIN SEO | 56,000 |
| 16 | DONG WOO LEE | 39,500 |
| 17 | MYUNG WOOK JUNG | 37,500 |
| Average Chip count | 197,912 | |
#3 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Bounty: Player Seong Jin Ko takes the last remaining Bounty Chip! ($5,450)
At the NLH Turbo Bounty event held at 2pm on the 18th, the maximum number of entries, 100, closed quickly. Players started with one Bounty Chip at the start of the match, and worked hard to win their opponent’s Bounty Chips. The Top 10 shared the prize money of 25,000,000 won, and player Seong Jin Ko won the Heads-Up match against player Dong Hyun Kwon and lifted the trophy with the last remaining bounty chip.
BOUNTY EVENT WINNER, SEONG JIN KO (\6,500,000)
#3 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Bounty result
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1 | SUNG JIN KO | \6,500,000 |
| 2 | DONG HYUN KIM | \4,600,000 |
| 3 | WAN SIL KONG | \4,200,000 |
| 4 | SEONG MIN LEE | \2,400,000 |
| 5 | MIN HYUN KIM | \2,000,000 |
| 6 | JAE HOON JUNG | \1,600,000 |
| 7 | TAE HEE CHOI | \1,300,000 |
| 8 | SUNG CHUL CHO | \1,000,000 |
| 9 | ALBERT PAIK | \800,000 |
| 10 | JAE HYUN JO | \600,000 |
#1 X-MAS Championship FINAL: Total prize money \100,000,000, 29 players survive, Seung Min Yoo leads the Final day with Chip count 791,000
On the last day of the series, the X-MAS Championship Final day was held on Sunday, the 19th at 11 am.
25 of the 29 players who advance to the final day were guaranteed a minimum prize of \900,000. Once players made the money, the numbers started dropping at a rapid pace.
Unfortunately, as Moon Yong Seong was eliminated in 10th place, the last 9 players took the seats at the final table.
X-MAS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL TABLE
Player Hyeon-gyu Park, well known as LAD, was eliminated in 3rd place, and a heads-up match between player Seung-min Yoo and player Ji-tae Maeng was completed. Player Seung-min Yoo, who maintained the chip leader throughout the final day, eliminated player Ji-tae Maeng, and received the first prize of \23,000,000.
X-MAS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER, SEUNGMIN YU (\23,000,000)
#1 X-MAS CHAMPIONSHIP Result
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1 | YU SEUNG MIN | \23,000,000 |
| 2 | MAENG JI TAE | \20,300,000 |
| 3 | HYUN GYU PARK | \10,000,000 |
| 4 | KANG HEE SOO | \7,800,000 |
| 5 | KIM CHAE BIN | \6,000,000 |
| 6 | JINTAE YANG | \4,800,000 |
| 7 | PARK HYUN WOO | \3,800,000 |
| 8 | LEE WOO SANG | \3,000,000 |
| 9 | CHOI SOK HWAN | \2,400,000 |
| 10 | MOON YONG SEONG | \1,900,000 |
| 11 | KIM DAE WON | \1,400,000 |
| 12 | KIM GAB YONG | \1,400,000 |
| 13 | PARK DU YOUNG | \1,400,000 |
| 14 | HONG MYUNG CHUL | \1,400,000 |
| 15 | CHOI IL HWAN | \1,400,000 |
| 16 | YANG DONG HYUN | \1,100,000 |
| 17 | KIM JUNG MIN | \1,100,000 |
| 18 | KWAK WON HOON | \1,100,000 |
| 19 | MIN SUK KIM | \1,100,000 |
| 20 | SUNG JIN HAN | \1,100,000 |
| 21 | DONG WOO LEE | \900,000 |
| 22 | CHOI WONGOOK | \900,000 |
| 23 | IM HYEONWOO | \900,000 |
| 24 | SEO CHANG MIN | \900,000 |
| 25 | LEE MIN GYU | \900,000 |
#4 Monster Stack: Byeong Jun KO Lifts the First Trophy of his Poker Career! ($7,313)
The last no limit hold’em event in the series, the Monster Stack event, kicked off on Sunday the 19th at 11am. The top 10 of the final 100 entries will be guaranteed a minimum prize of \700,00. Byeong Jun Ko raised his first trophy after a heads-up match with Kang Tae-ho.
MONSTER STACK WINNER, BYEUNG JUN KO (\8,500,000)
#4 Monster Stack Result
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1 | BYEONGJUN KO | \8,500,000 |
| 2 | KANG TAEHO | \5,500,000 |
| 3 | KIM CHANG MIN | \4,000,000 |
| 4 | JEONG IN HWA | \3,000,000 |
| 5 | KIM SANG IL | \2,400,000 |
| 6 | PARK KI CHUL | \2,000,000 |
| 7 | CHA HONG JUN | \1,600,000 |
| 8 | NA A YOUNG | \1,300,000 |
| 9 | YUN JI HEE | \1,000,000 |
| 10 | JUNG JAE HOON | \700,000 |
#4 Limit Badugi 6-max: Gun Hyung Nam becomes the first APL Badugi event winner. ($2,285)
APL held the first ever Badugi tournament in Korea. The last event in the series, the Badugi event, is a poker game made in Korea, currently selected as one of the WSOP Draw games, and is a popular event among local players. It ended with a final entry of 60, and the top 6 became the first Badugi tournament money in list in Korea.
In the heads-up match of the Gun Hyung Nam player and Sung Gap Kim, the prize money was chopped, after a short battle Gun Hyung Nam became the first Badugi event Champion.
LIMIT BADUGI 6-MAX WINNER, GUH HYONG NAM (\2,750,000)
#5 Limit Badugi 6-max Result
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1 | NAM GUN HYONG | \2,750,000 |
| 2 | KIM SUNG KAB | \2,950,000 |
| 3 | JANG JI WON | \1,600,000 |
| 4 | KI JUN HYOUNG | \1,200,000 |
| 5 | EOM MIN GYU | \900,000 |
| 6 | KIM JUNG JU | \600,000 |
Coming up next, APL plans to welcome players to a 5 day series from February 2nd to 6th.
