South Korea, Landing Casino JejuEVENT #5

2025.04.08 - 2025.04.13Add to Calendar

K Poker Cup

Shih Hsien Yang

Taiwan

Blind level

Level 17: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Entries

27/213

Total Chips

6,390,000

Average

236,667

Day 1A

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 6:51:00 PM

The Korea Poker Cup Main Event Flight A Is A Wrap With Yao Du In The Lead

Level 17: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Yao Du

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♣ .

Lili Tang also first appeared on the ladder during level 9, won a blind battle against Chen Yu with A♦ K♥ and kept chipping up, moving from 5th on the board during level 15 to second at the end, bagging 403,000. Yao Fang worked his magic away from our eyes, also being on the lower end of the Top 20 since the end of late registration and a late boost catapulting him into third with 373,000 to his name.

The remaining 27 players will have time to score some other trophies in the coming days until they can use their chips again on Saturday the 12th of April at 12:00 when Day 2 begins.

Remaining 27 Players

Player	Chips
YD Yao DuChina	455,000(57 BB)
LT Lili TangChina	403,000(50 BB)
YF Yao FangChina	373,000(47 BB)
YJ Yunlong JinChina	370,000(46 BB)
SC Sun Chang LiangChina	350,000(44 BB)
ZL Zehao LiChina	318,000(40 BB)
XZ Xiangyu ZhaoChina	316,000(40 BB)
HT Hiroyuki TaneJapan	315,000(39 BB)
XW Xian WangChina	296,000(37 BB)
SY Shen YulanChina	284,000(36 BB)
LD Lee Daniel HyonginUnited States of America	280,000(35 BB)
CC Chen ChengChina	274,000(34 BB)
BZ Borui ZhangChina	252,000(32 BB)
HP Hongbo PanChina	251,000(31 BB)
ML Meng LiChina	224,000(28 BB)
DL Dawei LuChina	209,000(26 BB)
JX Jin Xu DongChina	206,000(26 BB)
JL Jun LiUnited Kingdom	198,000(25 BB)
DC Di ChenChina	184,000(23 BB)
ZH Zhenfang HuangChina	171,000(21 BB)
HY Haoran YangChina	129,000(16 BB)
LK Li KungTaiwan	108,000(14 BB)
QJ Quan JinChina	105,000(13 BB)
SH Shih Hsien YangTaiwan	95,000(12 BB)
LT Lei TangChina	81,000(10 BB)
CY Chen YuTaiwan	75,000(9 BB)
HC Houkuan ChengChina	69,000(9 BB)

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 3:06:19 PM

Table 5 Update With Three Top Stacks Fighting For Dominance

Level 15: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
SH Shih Hsien YangTaiwan	142,500(29 BB)	5	1
QJ Quan JinChina	378,500(76 BB)	5	3
SC Sun Chang LiangChina	274,000(55 BB)	5	4
XZ Xiaofeng ZhangChina	114,500(23 BB)	5	5
YJ Yunlong JinChina	248,000(50 BB)	5	6
JL Jun LiUnited Kingdom	302,500(61 BB)	5	7
BZ Borui ZhangChina	217,000(43 BB)	5	8

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 1:24:57 PM

Yunlong Jin Stays Active

Level 13: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Yunlong Jin

Under the gun Shih Hsien Yang opens 6,000 and takes two players to the flop J♦ K♦ T♦ that gets checked around to the turn 5♠ . Big blind Victor Vladimirovich Yuan leads 11,000 and finds two customers sharing the river 2♦ with. The action checks to Yunlong Jin in +1, 20,000 slide over the line and Yang calls, throwing it in the muck after Jin shows A♦ 4♣ flush.

Player	Chips
YJ Yunlong JinChina	197,000(66 BB)
SH Shih Hsien YangTaiwan	148,000(49 BB)
VV Victor Vladimirovich YuanUzbekistan	35,500(12 BB)

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 1:14:19 PM

Chip Counts Going into Level 13

Level 12: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Player	Chips
CC Chen ChengChina	287,000(115 BB)
SH Shih Hsien YangTaiwan	251,000(100 BB)
BZ Borui ZhangChina	248,000(99 BB)
DC Di ChenChina	246,000(98 BB)
SC Sun Chang LiangChina	243,000(97 BB)
CY Chen YuTaiwan	216,000(86 BB)
SW Shengyong WangChina	211,000(84 BB)
XW Xian WangChina	198,000(79 BB)
GW Guyue WangChina	193,000(77 BB)
JM Joris MichlNetherlands	170,500(68 BB)
ZL Zehao LiChina	167,000(67 BB)
YJ Yunlong JinChina	152,000(61 BB)
XZ Xiangyu ZhaoChina	148,000(59 BB)
YF Yao FangChina	145,000(58 BB)
YW Yi Wang (3)China	141,000(56 BB)
YW Yongbin WangChina	136,000(54 BB)
YD Yao DuChina	133,000(53 BB)
JL Jun LiUnited Kingdom	124,000(50 BB)

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 1:12:23 PM

Double Up For Shih Hsien Yang

Level 12: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Shih Hsien Yang

Junlong Jin forks out 5,500 from +1 and takes two players to the flop 2♠ 2♥ Q♣ where his 10,000 c-bet gets called by both opponents to reveal the turn 6♥ . Putting his rivals all in with a jam, Jin gets rid of Dawei Lu in the hijack, but Shih Hsien Yang calls for 60,000.

Player	Hand	Chips
YJ Yunlong JinChina	A♥A♦ UTG+1	160,500(64 BB)
DL Dawei LuChina	HJ	103,000(41 BB)
SH Shih Hsien YangTaiwan	2♦5♦ BB	170,500(68 BB)

The 4♦ changes nothing and Yang picks up one of the biggest pots of the tournament so far with 5♦ 2♦ .

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 11:40:15 AM

Double Knockout For Shih Hsien Yang

Level 10: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

Junke An starts us off with a raise to 3,000 from +1, Hao Zhang jams 20,000 from the button and big blind Shih Hsien Yang cold four-bets to put An all-in, who has a monster and fills up as well.