Ryuta Nakai has won the Super High Roller Warm-Up at the World Poker Tour Seoul. The WPT Seoul INSPIRE Championship, the festival’s flagship event, gets underway today.
The World Poker Tour has been at INSPIRE Entertainment Resort in Incheon since 30 October. Several events have already concluded, including the $2,450 SHR Warm-Up. Japan’s Ryuta Nakai ($27,866) defeated fellow countryman Kensuke Kanamori ($17,727) to claim the title. The event featured a total prize pool of $84,425.
Today sees the first of four starting flights in the $1,300 WPT Seoul INSPIRE Championship. The event comes with a guaranteed prize pool of around $745,000. The WPT Seoul INSPIRE Championship will run until Monday, 9 November.
World Poker Tour – WPT Seoul 2026
Date: 30 October to 9 November
Venue: INSPIRE Entertainment Resort, Incheon
Events: 45 + Satellites
Buy-ins: KRW 300,000 ($225) to KRW 8,000,000 ($5,950)
Website: worldpokertour.com
–> WPT Seoul Schedule