South Korea, Landing Casino JejuEVENT #5

2025.04.08 - 2025.04.13Add to Calendar

K Poker Cup

Yao Du

China

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, 3:58:31 PM

Xiaolu Yang Bubbles With Hooks

Level 16: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Xiaolu Yang

Yao Du initiates the action with a 12,000 raise from +1 and fills up after Xiaolu Yang shoved 94,000 from the hijack.

Player	Hand	Chips
YD Yao DuChina	Q♦Q♠ UTG+1	369,000(62 BB)
XY Xiaolu YangChina	J♥J♣ HJ	busted

Yang needs an excavator to dig himself out of this hole, but doesn't get more than his bare hands on 2♦ 2♠ 9♥ K♠ K♦ and becomes the bubble after more than 12 hours of play.

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 3:23:43 PM

Top Stacks Going Into Level 16 And Two Places Away From The 32 ITM Spots

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

Player	Chips
BZ Borui ZhangChina	405,000(81 BB)
SY Shen YulanChina	395,000(79 BB)
CC Chen ChengChina	358,000(72 BB)
XZ Xiangyu ZhaoChina	321,000(64 BB)
LT Lili TangChina	282,000(56 BB)
ZL Zehao LiChina	272,000(54 BB)
YD Yao DuChina	272,000(54 BB)
YJ Yunlong JinChina	263,000(53 BB)
HP Hongbo PanChina	256,000(51 BB)
ML Meng LiChina	253,000(51 BB)
SC Sun Chang LiangChina	246,000(49 BB)
HT Hiroyuki TaneJapan	245,000(49 BB)
JL Jun LiUnited Kingdom	238,000(48 BB)
XL Xiang LiChina	210,000(42 BB)
YF Yao FangChina	203,000(41 BB)
LD Lee Daniel HyonginUnited States of America	201,000(40 BB)
DC Di ChenChina	195,000(39 BB)
JX Jin Xu DongChina	190,000(38 BB)

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 2:50:13 PM

Yao Du's Rockets Find A Customer

Level 14: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Under the gun +1 opened the flood gates with a raise to 8,000, hijack Meng Ling Lin ups it to 22,000, Yao Du cold four-bets his big blind to 50,000 and fills up after the initial raiser got out of the way and Lin jammed for a total of 63,000.

Player	Hand	Chips
ML Meng Ling LinTaiwan	K♥K♣ HJ	busted
YD Yao DuChina	A♦A♣ CO	238,000(60 BB)

Board:A♠6♦9♣6♣8♠

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 1:41:55 PM

Table 2 Update

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

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
HP Hongbo PanChina	69,000(23 BB)	2	1
TZ Tao Zhang (3)China	57,500(19 BB)	2	2
JX Jin Xu DongChina	126,500(42 BB)	2	3
LT Lei TangChina	127,000(42 BB)	2	4
ML Meng Ling LinTaiwan	67,500(23 BB)	2	5
YD Yao DuChina	138,000(46 BB)	2	6
KY Kozo YamadaJapan	148,000(49 BB)	2	7
ML Meng LiChina	181,000(60 BB)	2	8

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, 11:33:04 AM

Yao Du Chips Up

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

Raising to 3,000, hijack Houkuan Cheng leads two players to the flop A♦ 5♥ 7♣ where his 3,000 c-bet only keeps button Yao Du in the hunt. The turn 5♣ gets checked to Du who takes it down with a 5,500 bet.

Player	Chips
YD Yao DuChina	126,500(84 BB)
HC Houkuan Cheng	75,500(50 BB)

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 10:29:54 AM

Top Stacks Going Into Level 10

Level 9: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Player	Chips
DC Di ChenTaiwan	293,000(244 BB)
YW Yi Wang (3)China	205,500(171 BB)
JW Junyi WangChina	187,000(156 BB)
GW Guyue WangChina	179,000(149 BB)
ZW Zuyou WangChina	134,000(112 BB)
YD Yao DuChina	132,500(110 BB)
JX Jin Xu DongChina	129,500(108 BB)
XL Xiang LiChina	125,500(105 BB)
LT Lili TangChina	125,000(104 BB)
WC Wei ChengTaiwan	125,000(104 BB)
XZ Xiangyu ZhaoChina	112,500(94 BB)
XZ Xugang Zhang	112,500(94 BB)
DL Dawei LuChina	109,000(91 BB)
YF Yao FangChina	107,500(90 BB)
JM Joris MichlNetherlands	104,000(87 BB)
KY Kozo YamadaJapan	103,500(86 BB)
LK Li KungTaiwan	102,500(85 BB)
KH Kuan Han LeeUnited States of America	100,500(84 BB)

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 10:13:41 AM

Yao Du Joins 6-digit Club

Level 9: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Yao Du

Under the gun Yong Li raises to 2,500, two players call and small blind Yao Du squeezes to 15,600, taking only Li to the flop J♥ 2♣ 5♦ . Du triple barrels 11,500, 19,500 and a jam on the river 2♦ and A♣ that is enough to make Li snap fold.

Player	Chips
YD Yao DuChina	123,000(103 BB)
YL Yong LiChina	63,200(53 BB)

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 5:54:06 AM

Table 6 And 7 Chip Counts With A Total Of 72 Players Already Registered

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
CC Chen ChengChina	19,100(48 BB)	6	1
SY Shen YulanChina	28,700(72 BB)	6	2
BC Bo ChengChina	34,200(86 BB)	6	3
KC Kaile ChenChina	24,600(62 BB)	6	4
LZ Li ZhongluChina	58,900(147 BB)	6	5
SW Shengyong WangChina	52,600(132 BB)	6	6
DL Dawei LuChina	26,700(67 BB)	6	7
LM Li Ma (4)China	17,200(43 BB)	6	8
YZ Yirui ZhangChina	22,500(56 BB)	7	1
HX Huang XiongweiChina	30,000(75 BB)	7	2
LS Longhao ShenChina	33,100(83 BB)	7	3
LT Lei TangChina	36,800(92 BB)	7	4
JH Jin Hyung ChunCanada	40,900(102 BB)	7	5
YD Yao DuChina	27,000(68 BB)	7	6
YW Yimeng WangChina	32,300(81 BB)	7	7
YL Yong LiChina	37,800(95 BB)	7	8