Blind level
Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
Entries
22/174
Total Chips
5,220,000
Average
237,273

Day 1B

SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 6:12:58 PM

The Korea Poker Cup Main Event Flight B Comes To A Close With Lei Yu As Massive Chip Leader

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
Lei Yu

The second of five flights for the KPC Main Event with a KRW 800,000,000 (~$544,077) guaranteed prize pool attracted 174 players and saw 22 advance to Day 2 during level 18 with a new overall chip leader in Chinese pro Lei Yu.


The No. 24 on China's all time money list already banked more than $300,000 this year, all coming from deep runs during the Poker Dream 16 and Triton events here at the luxurious Landing Casino in Jeju. His day kickstarted after flopping a boat in level 10, extracting a lot of value with a big over-bet on the river and a massive push close to the end when he faced Zi Wei Tung - chip leader at the time - in a hand where he rivered a full house with 7 7 on 3 3 9 J 7 to almost double his already large stack. He will start Day 2 with 722,000.


Second in chips Kecheng Long - fresh from his biggest cash of $38,381 for shipping the Super High Roller at the Danang Poker Tour just over a month ago - arrived on the leaderboard late during level 13, doubling up against Kuo Wei Kao with A K against A Q and busting Shengyong Wang with Q Q against 9 9 in level 16 that led him to bag 525,000.


Third place finisher Ye Sheng accumulated 503,000 away from our view after being down to 23 big blinds when he lost a preflop all-in with A K against A A in level 12.


Day 2 will start on Saturday the 12th of April at 12:00.

Flight B Players Advancing to Day 2

PlayerChips
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
722,000(72 BB)
525,000(53 BB)
SY
Sheng YeAustralia [AUS]Australia
503,000(50 BB)
YY
Yan YanChina [CHN]China
428,000(43 BB)
SL
394,000(39 BB)
YL
330,000(33 BB)
QY
260,000(26 BB)
CJ
209,000(21 BB)
207,000(21 BB)
180,000(18 BB)
WC
Wei ChengTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
179,000(18 BB)
LL
172,000(17 BB)
153,000(15 BB)
ZW
144,000(14 BB)
XE
143,000(14 BB)
ZM
103,000(10 BB)
YL
102,000(10 BB)
82,000(8 BB)
KW
77,000(8 BB)
HW
Hao WangTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
76,000(8 BB)
70,000(7 BB)
65,000(7 BB)
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 4:44:02 PM

Chien Chih Weng Doubles Up With Cowboys

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

Under the gun Chien Chih Weng opens 20,000 and calls for a total of 103,000 after button Kozo Yamada jammed.

PlayerHandChips
KK
UTG
226,000(28 BB)
TT
D
32,000(4 BB)
Board:98J3J
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 2:33:00 PM

Taiwanese Pro Chien Chih Weng Out Of The Danger Zone

Level 15: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000
Chien Chih Weng

When the action folds to Chien Chih Weng on the button, all-in is declared for 59,000 and small blind Xingyu Liu fills up.

PlayerHandChips
AJ
D
128,000(26 BB)
XL
AT
SB
43,000(9 BB)

The dealer hits the felt 4 2 2 5 2 , keeping Weng's kicker in play to grant her a double up.

SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 12:29:46 PM

Table 4 Update With Two Former Chip Leaders Next To Each Other

Level 12: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500
PlayerChipsTableSeat
128,500(51 BB)41
67,500(27 BB)43
YT
55,500(22 BB)44
YL
128,000(51 BB)45
36,500(15 BB)46
AS
Artem SofronovRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
48,000(19 BB)47