Korea Poker Cup

#5 Main Event Day 1A-Early Bird Flight (GTD 800M) (1,240,000 KRW)

Yao Du Sets The Bar At Main Event Day 1A

The first of five flights for the KPC Main Event with a KRW 800,000,000 (~$544,077) guaranteed prize pool attracted 213 players and saw 27 bag their chips for Day 2 during level 17, almost 14 hours after the first hand was dealt.

Yao Du emerged on top with 455,000 and has been among the leaders since level 9, gaining a significant boost in level 14 when he knocked out Taiwanese pro Meng Ling Lin with A♦ A♣ against her K♥ K♣ and burst the bubble in level 16 by eliminating Xiaolu Yang with Q♦ Q♠ versus J♥ J♣ .

Read up on the action via the SMP Live Updates.

Chip Counts

#	Player	Chip count
1	455,000 -	YD Yao Du China
2	403,000 -	LT Lili Tang China
3	373,000 -	YF Yao Fang China
4	370,000 -	YJ Yunlong Jin China
5	350,000 -	SC Sun Chang Liang China
6	318,000 -	ZL Zehao Li China
7	316,000 -	XZ Xiangyu Zhao China
8	315,000 -	HT Hiroyuki Tane Japan
9	296,000 -	XW Xian Wang China
10	284,000 -	SY Shen Yulan China
11	280,000 -	LD Lee Daniel Hyongin
12	274,000 -	CC Chen Cheng China
13	252,000 -	BZ Borui Zhang China
14	251,000 -	HP Hongbo Pan China
15	224,000 -	ML Meng Li China
16	209,000 -	DL Dawei Lu China
17	206,000 -	JX Jin Xu Dong
18	198,000 -	JL Jun Li United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
19	184,000 -	DC Di Chen Taiwan
20	171,000 -	ZH Zhenfang Huang China
21	129,000 -	HY Haoran Yang China
22	108,000 -	LK Li Kung Taiwan
23	105,000 -	QJ Quan Jin China
24	95,000 -	SH Shih Hsien Yang Taiwan
25	81,000 -	LT Lei Tang China
26	75,000 -	CY Chen Yu China
27	69,000 -	HC Houkuan Cheng China
28		CC Chi Chen Taiwan
29	Busted	SS Sin Shun Wong Taiwan
30	Busted	TC Tsz Chun Chan Hong Kong
31	Busted	SN Si Ng Pun Hong Kong
32	Busted	LS Longhao Shen China
33	Busted	ZH Zhang Heng China
34	Busted	LC Lin Chen-An Taiwan
35	Busted	SZ Shenglai Zhang China
36	Busted	KY Kozo Yamada Japan
37	Busted	JM Joris Michl Netherlands
38	Busted	XL Xiang Li China
39	Busted	JW Junyi Wang China
40	Busted	GW Guyue Wang China
41	Busted	LL Lei Li China
42	Busted	YL Yong Li China
43	Busted	LW Lin Wei China
44	Busted	BH Byung Hoon Yu United States of America
45	Busted	WC Wei Cheng China
46	Busted	XZ Xugang Zhang China
47	Busted	XZ Xiaofeng Zhang China
48	Busted	TZ Tao Zhang (3)
49	Busted	JC Jinyu Chen China
50	Busted	WL Weijie Long China
51	Busted	ZL Zhang Lei China
52	Busted	YQ Yuan Qin China
53	Busted	LY Li Yang (2) China
54	Busted	YN Ye Na China
55	Busted	JP Jun Peng China
56	Busted	TM Tien Min Liang Taiwan
57	Busted	YL Ye Li China
58	Busted	YR Yan Ren China
59	Busted	CY Cheng Yen Lo Taiwan
60	Busted	BR Binwen Ren China
61	Busted	RI Riku Ichimura Japan
62	Busted	GL Gao Lei China
63	Busted	JH Jin Hyung Chun Canada
64	Busted	YY Yuan Yang China
65	Busted	VV Victor Vladimirovich Yuan Uzbekistan
66	Busted	KC Kuo Chen Hung China
67	Busted	BC Bo Cheng China
68	Busted	YL Yehan Lin China
69	Busted	CL Chen Long
70	Busted	YW Yimeng Wang China
71	Busted	HX Huang Xiongwei China
72	Busted	ZS Zhaoqing Sun China
73	Busted	YZ Yirui Zhang China
74	Busted	WP Weiran Pu China
75	Busted	KC Kaile Chen China
76	Busted	CJ Chi Jen Chen Taiwan
77	Busted	LM Li Ma (4) China
78	Busted	WL Wang Liang China
79	Busted	ZE Zi En Huang Taiwan
80	Busted	CX Chunnuan Xu China
81	Busted	TM Takashi Miyamoto Japan
82	Busted	HQ Heng Qiao China
83	Busted	TW Ta Wei Tou Taiwan
84	Busted	TT Tong Tsz Fai Hong Kong
85	Busted	KW Kezheng Wang China
86	Busted	JL Jingjing Li China
87	Busted	GH Gu Haohong China
88	Busted	HW Hualong Wang China
89	Busted	XW Xinyi Wang China
90	Busted	MF Miao Feng China
91	Busted	JY Jundong Yuan
92	Busted	MX Mingze Xu China
93	Busted	SW Shengyong Wang China
94	Busted	CL Chun Lung Wong Hong Kong
95	Busted	XY Xiaolu Yang China
96	Busted	YW Yongbin Wang China
97	Busted	KK Kao Kuo Wei Taiwan
98	Busted	YW Yi Wang (3) China
99	Busted	ML Meng Ling Lin Taiwan
100	Busted	DL Dai Linghui
101	Busted	ZW Zuyou Wang China
102	Busted	XE Xu Erdun
103	Busted	KH Kuan Han Lee Taiwan
104	Busted	ZW Zi Wei Tung Taiwan
105	Busted	ZH Zhang Hao China
106	Busted	JA Junke An China
107	Busted	DC Danqiu Chen China
108	Busted	YK You Kan Li China
109	Busted	LZ Li Zhonglu China
110	Busted	HZ Huanhong Zhan China
111	Busted	KS Kun Sang

Blind Levels

Level	Duration	SB	BB
Break
#1	40 min	100	200
#2	40 min	200	300
#3	40 min	200	400
#4	40 min	300	500
#5	40 min	300	600
#6	40 min	400	800
#7	40 min	500	1,000
#8	40 min	600	1,200
#9	40 min	600	1,200
#10	40 min	1,000	1,500
#11	40 min	1,000	2,000
#12	40 min	1,500	2,500
#13	40 min	1,500	3,000
#14	40 min	2,000	4,000
#15	40 min	2,500	5,000
#16	40 min	3,000	6,000
#17	40 min	4,000	8,000
#18	40 min	5,000	10,000
#19	40 min	6,000	12,000
#20	40 min	8,000	16,000
#21	40 min	10,000	20,000
#22	40 min	15,000	25,000
#23	40 min	15,000	30,000
#24	40 min	20,000	40,000
#25	40 min	25,000	50,000
#26	40 min	30,000	60,000
#27	40 min	40,000	80,000
#28	40 min	50,000	100,000
#29	40 min	60,000	120,000
#30	40 min	80,000	160,000